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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25th of June 2019
District Cooling and Heating: Countries consider how to meet their commitments and goals regarding climate change district heating and cooling has become a major consideration in lowering carbon emissions. Approximately 50% of energy consumption in the EU comes from space heating and cooling. Heating represents the largest part of this load and by transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable resources, such as geothermal, CO2
20th of June 2019
The Hakluyt Society Symposium 2019
20th of June 2019
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3rd of June 2019
Principal Korean port city Busan is set to further expand its arts and entertainment facilities over the next three years in response to growing demand for the coastal metropolis as a domestic and international cultural events destination. Scheduled for arrival across the city by 2022, the Busan International Art Center, Busan Opera House, and Busan Lotte Town Complex are all expected to boost the city’s diverse cultural venue
29th of May 2019
Hamburg is gearing up to host the Rotary International Convention from
June 1-5, 2019 with over 25,000 Rotarians from 170 countries expected at
the event in the Hamburg fair ground. “As an economic and cultural centre that connects Germany with the
world, Hamburg is perfect for our congress,” said Barry Rassin,
21st of May 2019
The German Marshall Fund of the United States will organise a workshop on "The Cost of a Normless Europe" in Brussels on 16th-17th September 2019.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together ongoing empirical and theoretical research to explore the processes whereby a normless Europe is of consequence and its implications for the EU as an international actor – be it ‘normative’ or ‘strategic’.
21st of May 2019
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Korea MICE Expo (KME), Korea’s largest trade show for incentive planners and meeting professionals. The event will take place June 12-14, 2019 in Songdo ConvensiA, Incheon.
14th of May 2019
The 11th International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS), will be
organized in Leiden (Netherlands) on 16-19 July 2019.
Over 2500 participants from 75 countries will attend this four-day conference and enjoy the panel sessions, the cultural program and the foodtruck festival.
7th of May 2019
The 2019 ASEAN- ROK Commemorative Summit is set to take place from November 25-26 in Busan.
25th of April 2019
Hamburg is well known for
its world class events, conferences and meetings in the maritime,
design, music, aviation, tech and finance industries but when you pull
into this port city you also experience a perfect storm of further influences that will wow!
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