Under the leadership of Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the GCSP, the Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security was initiated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, and Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. It seeks to reward groundbreaking concepts that offer exceptional promise in addressing peace and security challenges.
UIA News & Press
14th of November 2025
Call for input - Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 (Freedom of Association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-draft-general-c...
12th of November 2025
Announcement of the First UIA Academic Forum Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, and Call for Participants.
5th of November 2025
The European Association of Centres for Medical Ethics (EACME) and the KU Leuven Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law are delighted to announce the EACME Annual Conference 2026, to be held in Leuven, Belgium, from September 24 to 26, 2026.
14th of July 2025
14 July 2025 – Immediate Release
Union of International Associations (UIA) opens registration for its Associations Round Table Europe 2025UIA’s 19th Associations Round Table Europe will take place at the Marriott Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium on 21 November 2025
14th of July 2025
[BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUNE 2025]
Union of International Associations releases 66th International Meetings Statistics ReportThe Report provides a global view of international association meetings.
14th of January 2025
The Union of International Associations (UIA) is excited to announce a new, customizable service designed to meet the unique needs and interests of professionals, institutions, and organizations around the world. With this paying service, users can name any city or country, and UIA will provide a comprehensive report on international association activity specific to that location.
14th of January 2025
The meetings organized by international associations are many and varied, from world-wide congresses to regional assemblies. The situation is gradually becoming clearer after the impact of the pandemic and the cancellations forced on the sector, but conditions have yet to return to the levels of 2019. The advent and spread of virtual and hybrid formats may make permanent changes to the way conferences are run.
17th of September 2024
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC), UNESCO’s precursor:
International Conference Celebrating
A Century of International intellectual Cooperation: from Legacy to Future Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w6_Jf1EkaM
18th of July 2024
PCAAE has teamed up with Andrew Chamberlain, FSAM, FRSA, MIoL of U.K.-based Elevated and Elisa Pratt, MA, CAE, CVF of U.S.-based Brewer Pratt Solutions LLC in offering a new credentialing program, the “Certificate in Association Governance” which is open to members and nonmembers, both in the Philippines and overseas.
5th of January 2026
Under the leadership of Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the GCSP, the Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security was initiated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, and Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. It seeks to reward groundbreaking concepts that offer exceptional promise in addressing peace and security challenges.
14th of November 2025
Call for input - Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 (Freedom of Association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-draft-general-c...
12th of November 2025
Announcement of the First UIA Academic Forum Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, and Call for Participants.
5th of November 2025
The European Association of Centres for Medical Ethics (EACME) and the KU Leuven Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law are delighted to announce the EACME Annual Conference 2026, to be held in Leuven, Belgium, from September 24 to 26, 2026.
14th of July 2025
14 July 2025 – Immediate Release
Union of International Associations (UIA) opens registration for its Associations Round Table Europe 2025UIA’s 19th Associations Round Table Europe will take place at the Marriott Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium on 21 November 2025
14th of July 2025
[BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUNE 2025]
Union of International Associations releases 66th International Meetings Statistics ReportThe Report provides a global view of international association meetings.
14th of January 2025
The Union of International Associations (UIA) is excited to announce a new, customizable service designed to meet the unique needs and interests of professionals, institutions, and organizations around the world. With this paying service, users can name any city or country, and UIA will provide a comprehensive report on international association activity specific to that location.
14th of January 2025
The meetings organized by international associations are many and varied, from world-wide congresses to regional assemblies. The situation is gradually becoming clearer after the impact of the pandemic and the cancellations forced on the sector, but conditions have yet to return to the levels of 2019. The advent and spread of virtual and hybrid formats may make permanent changes to the way conferences are run.
17th of September 2024
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC), UNESCO’s precursor:
International Conference Celebrating
A Century of International intellectual Cooperation: from Legacy to Future Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w6_Jf1EkaM
18th of July 2024
PCAAE has teamed up with Andrew Chamberlain, FSAM, FRSA, MIoL of U.K.-based Elevated and Elisa Pratt, MA, CAE, CVF of U.S.-based Brewer Pratt Solutions LLC in offering a new credentialing program, the “Certificate in Association Governance” which is open to members and nonmembers, both in the Philippines and overseas.
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14th of June 2022
The contents to be addressed in this Eighth Workshop are structured in conferences and round tables aimed at identifying the emerging threats of microplastics with their potential effect on health, environment and climate change, promoting applied research, circular economy and favoring the development of sustainable chemistry as a strategy to mitigate.
The contents to be addressed in this Eighth Workshop are structured in conferences and round tables aimed at identifying the emerging threats of microplastics with their potential effect on health, environment and climate change, promoting applied research, circular economy and favoring the development of sustainable chemistry as a strategy to mitigate.
2nd of June 2022
9th of May 2022
The Korea Tourism Organization obtained the ISO 20121 certification from the Korean Standards Association, an international standard for sustainable event management established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
19th of April 2022
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO has designated Salpausselkä Geopark as a Global Geopark. The designation recognizes sites and landscapes of international geological significance and the designated territories form a global network of sustainable travel destinations with outstanding geological features.
19th of April 2022
Associate Professor Katri Lindfors from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology has been named the new Tampere Congress Ambassador.
Associate professor Katri Lindfors has been in the organizing committee of numerous Tampere Celiac Disease symposia, and she is a board member in the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (ISSCD).
Associate professor Katri Lindfors has been in the organizing committee of numerous Tampere Celiac Disease symposia, and she is a board member in the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (ISSCD).
19th of April 2022
Academy Professor Tapio Salmi and his colleagues at Åbo Akademi’s Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering believe that international scientific conferences are an effective way to share the latest research data, while also being an inspiring way to get young researchers involved in the best international networks early on in their careers.
18th of April 2022
“It’s only Busan to make it happen.”
Busan, a maritime city that boasts MICE!
12th of April 2022
European Association Summit 2022
Brussels & Online, 3-4-5 May 2022
Come and join us in Brussels, the world’s leading capital for international associations, to be inspired, connected and empowered to be even better - together.
12th of April 2022
European Association Summit 2022
Brussels & Online, 3-4-5 May 2022
Come and join us in Brussels, the world’s leading capital for international associations, to be inspired, connected and empowered to be even better - together.
31st of March 2022
Call for partnership for the fifth celebration of the International Day of Living Together in Peace (IDLTP) on 16 May 2022
A very simple and free partnership, which enhances your association!
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