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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28th of April 2020
Plans are underway for a new convention center in Korea, the first for the country’s South Chungcheong Province (Chungnam-do) region.
Chungnam-do announced the plans earlier this month, stating the province’s first international convention center is set to be built near the Cheonan-Asan KTX Station in the city of Cheonan, with an expected completion date of 2023. Korea’s Chungnam Province to Receive First International Convention Center
Chungnam-do announced the plans earlier this month, stating the province’s first international convention center is set to be built near the Cheonan-Asan KTX Station in the city of Cheonan, with an expected completion date of 2023. Korea’s Chungnam Province to Receive First International Convention Center
23rd of April 2020
Deadline: 1 June 2020
NGOs interested in applying for ECOSOC consultative status should submit their application and required documents on or before the deadline 1 June 2020.
The following link provides background information, the benefits and instructions how to apply: https://bit.ly/39OqE71
18th of April 2020
EAHL is happy to announce that the venue for the next conference in 2021 will be Ghent, Belgium.
23rd of March 2020
The jointly Regional Congress on Membrane Technology 2020 (RCOM2020) and Regional Conference on
Environmental Engineering (RCEnvE2020) is a regional conference that is organized by the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. RCOM2020&RCEnvE2020 is a premier forum for the knowledge and technology sharing of new
and advances research results in the field of membrane and environment. The conference will bring together
20th of March 2020
On Friday, 28 February 2020, International Esports Federation (IESF) had the privilege to be invited to lunch by His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance.
His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan is renown for having promoted tolerance, not only in UAE, but throughout the world. His achievements have had long-lasting effects and will no doubt be eveen further built on in thee future.
12th of March 2020
Despite setbacks from the COVID-19 crisis, Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) – MICE Bureau prepares to bounce back in the later part of the year by organizing a series of roadshows across Asia to promote Korea’s appeal as a corporate meetings and incentives destination.
10th of March 2020
The International Journal for Research on Learning Disabilities (IJRLD) -formerly "Thalamus", is the journal of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities. Past issues of the journal are posted on the Academy's website along with guidelines for submission of new scholarly manuscripts. Academy membership is not required for submission. <http://www.iarld.com/>
10th of March 2020
International Congress on Pediatric Pulmonology
25-28 June 2020 Thessaloniki, Greece
https://www.cipp-meeting.org
25-28 June 2020 Thessaloniki, Greece
https://www.cipp-meeting.org
6th of March 2020
The World Autism Organisation (WAO), a purely voluntary, charitable, Not for Profit organisation, was founded in 1998 by parents of autistic people. The main objective of the WAO is to encourage and foster the development of services appropriate to the needs of people with autism throughout the world. These needs are the same across the globe, but sadly there are still great differences in understanding and resources from one country to another. Our
5th of March 2020
Equitable and Sustainable WASH Services: Celebrating our Learning from failure and success
7th – 10th September 2020
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Our title this year recognises that we learn equally, if not more, from our mistakes than we do from our successes.
7th – 10th September 2020
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Our title this year recognises that we learn equally, if not more, from our mistakes than we do from our successes.
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