“A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110.” (Wikipedia)
POSTPONED to 2021
UIA regrets that, due to the current global health risks and the restricted movement those risks impose on us, our Supercentenary celebration is cancelled. We hope to take up our plans again next year, for the 111st anniversary.
Programme
9:00–15:00: SEMINAR on association archives
15:30–18:30: SUPERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
The past: Speakers explore the impact and legacy of international
associations, globally and locally.
Including:
Cyril Ritchie, President of UIA
The present: International associations today and the role of Brussels
The future: "MetaVisioning the next 110 years" a workshop//facilitated by UIA Members Tim Casswell and Jennifer LaTrobe
- What is the world we dream**of for our children’s children to inhabit?
- What is the world we dread**our children’s children will inhabit?
- What contribution can a union of our inter-national associating make?
- Following in the path of Otlet and La Fontaine, what can we create?
18.30–20.00: COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Background
On 9 May 1910, at the Palais des Académie in Brussels, the First World Congress of International Organizations was convened. The representatives from 137 international civil society bodies and 13 governments present formally agreed to transform the Central Office into the Union of International Associations. The new UIA was to provide services including management of relations between international associations, study of questions of common interest, creation of new organizations, international instruction, management of publications and documentation, and other general services.
The 2nd World Congress of International Organizations was held in Ghent in May 1913, with representatives from 169 international associations and 22 governments.
Registration
Registration is free and will begin in April
Supported by
British Academy Research Project
“Archiving the Mixed Economy of Welfare“
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Contact Us
Questions about the Supercentenary?
We are happy to hear from you!
Nancy Carfrae, nancy@uia.org