Global civil society activity in France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany to the northeast, Switzerland to the east, Italy and Monaco to the southeast, Andorra and Spain to the south, and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and have a total population of 68.4 million as of January 2024. France is a semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.
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Meetings Statistics
From UIA's International Meetings Statistics Report
Top 10 over 20 years
France is ranked #3 over a 20 year period,
with 12383 meetings since 2004.
Top 10 in 2023
France is ranked #8 for 2023, with 312 meetings.Local UIA Partner
Lille Grand Palais
website: http://www.lillegrandpalais.co.uk/An ideal location at the heart of the Paris-London-Brussels triangle, the best possible access and plenty of public transport make metropolitan Lille the perfect place for your eco-friendly event.
Lille Grand Palais is an area of 45,000 m2 comprising:
- 3 auditoriums
- 4 exhibition halls
- 28 meeting rooms
- Zenith Arena.
Organising an event in Lille Grand Palais in France means having an experienced team on hand to help. A team dedicated to you, making sure that everything runs smoothly and that all your demands are met! Our philosophy: work with us and share our skills to ensure you enjoy your event just the way you want it.
Lille Grand Palais has been the organiser/orchestrator of events since 2007. This expertise has been deployed for such evenings as Ladies After Work, congresses – such as the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Conference, NutrEvent, etc. We also organise exhibitions (public or professional) which have recently included the Lille Art Fair, Kids Park, the “ Créer” Trade Fair, the Personal Services exhibition, etc.
Local UIA Partner
Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau
website: http://en.parisinfo.com/An expert on the destination, the Bureau is your key partner for organizing your event in Paris.
The Bureau encourages and supports professional associations and scientific societies that wish to propose Paris as a host destination for their congress. It helps them throughout the process, from the compilation of the bid; it recommends service providers and organizes site inspection visits. It carries out part of the lobbying, right up to the presentation of Paris in front of the international committee of the association. The Convention Bureau represents the destination, in connection with the services of the City, the Region and the State. It gathers Parisian professionals and institutional players participating in a bid, in order to offer a full and tailor-made offer.
Local UIA Partner
Lyon Convention Bureau
website: http://www.en.lyon-france.com/Local UIA Partner
Ville de Marseille
website: http://www.marseille.fr/sitevdm/jsp/site/Portal.jspCrossroads of civilizations and trade since ancient times, Marseille possesses a nature, land and sea heritage unique in its diversity. These assets, combined with a city in metamorphosis, have generated a vigorous revival of economic activity and has placed the city among the most popular tourist destinations.
The figures speak for themselves: over 4 million tourists in 2010, 12,000 direct jobs or 5.4% of total employment in Marseille, and over € 700 million of income.
In 2011, the city had 5,182 hotel rooms, 3.6% more than the previous year.
Marseille has also become one of the first ports of embarkation for the European cruise market, an interesting position given that the Mediterranean destination has the fastest growth.
As the top cruise centre in France, with more than one million passengers in 2012, Marseille reinforced its status as first port of embarkation in France with nearly 380 calls to port in 2011 for an estimated income of €110 million.
In less than 15 years, Marseille has tripled the number of Congress days hosted on its territory from 109,000 days in 1996 to almost 300,000 in 2011.
The city now has powerful and functional structures to accommodate some 350 events per year in places as diverse as the Palais du Pharo, the Palais des Congrés in the Chanot Park and the World Trade Centre.
Organizations based in France
Association mondiale des sciences de l'éducation - Reims
International Arts and Entertainment Alliance - Paris
Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse - Paris
Association internationale de lutte contre la cybercriminalité - Paris
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities - Boulogne-Billancourt
Fédération internationale pour la sécurité des usagers de l'électricité - Paris
International Blackcurrant Association - Beaucouzé
Electronic Business Group - Paris
International Technical Centre for Bottling and Packaging - Paris
International Association of Gerodontology - Paris
European Association of Jewish Community Centres - Paris
Association francophone pour la prévention-réadaptation cardiovasculaire - Tracy le Mont
Novus Sanguis - Paris
Fédération francophone des amis de l'orgue - Aulnay-sous-Bois
Cardiac Bioassist Association - Paris
World Digital Solidarity Agency - Lyon
Association des Villes et Régions Hôtes d'Expositions Internationales - Paris
European Federation of Press Clubs - Issy-les-Moulineaux
European Federation of Associations of Patients with Haemochromatosis - Croissy-sur-Seine
Société internationale francophone d'éducation médicale - Strasbourg
International Association for Procedural Law - Paris
European Society for Vascular Surgery - Bordeaux
International Confederation for Electroacoustic Music - Chaintreaux
International Federation of Orgonomic Colleges - Saint-Mars-du-Désert
Internationalist Communist Union - Paris
View More profiles (3441) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
Future Events in France
2031 World Contest – World Ploughing Organization - Paris
2031 IRC : International Rubber Conference – International Rubber Conference Organisation - Paris2029 Winter Meeting – CIRP - The International Academy for Production Engineering - Paris2028 Winter Meeting – CIRP - The International Academy for Production Engineering - Paris2028 Congress – Syndicat international du décolletage - Paris2027 World Congress – International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders - Paris2027 Winter Meeting – CIRP - The International Academy for Production Engineering - Paris2027 Congress – European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Lille2027 Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine – World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine - Paris2026 International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) – International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage - Marseille2026 Annual Meeting – European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology - Marseille2026 Annual Meeting – European High Pressure Research Group - Montpellier2026 World Conference on Transport Research – World Conference on Transport Research Society - Toulouse2026 Congress – International Courtly Literature Society - Montpellier2026 Annual Meeting – Organization for Human Brain Mapping - BordeauxView More Future Events (99) in The International Congress Calendar
Past Events in France
2024 Congrès International – Association pour les Produits Propres et Parentéraux - Biarritz
2024 Meeting – NFC Forum - Nice
2024 General Assembly – International Council for Standardization in Haematology - Montpellier
2024 World General Assembly – International Network of Basin Organizations - Bordeaux
2024 Studying Ecumenism in Strasbourg! – Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg - Strasbourg
2024 Symposium – International Society for the History of Radiology - Paris
2024 Sommet – Organisation internationale de la Francophonie – Conférence au sommet des chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement des pays ayant le français en partage
2024 Sleeve Gastrectomy Consensus Summit – International Club of Young Laparoscopic Surgeons - Montpellier
2024 European Veterinary Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare (EVCBMAW) – European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology – European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine
2024 European Veterinary Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare – European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology - Paris
2024 World Congress – European Hygienic Engineering Design Group - Nantes
2024 Congrès – Société Francophone de Néphrologie Dialyse et Transplantation - Bordeaux
2024 Annual Conference – Association for Consumer Research - Paris
2024 Joint Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies – International Society for the Study of Pleura and Peritoneum – Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International
2024 Workshop of Strasbourg – Arab Centre for International Humanitarian Law and Human Right Education - Strasbourg
View More Past Events (37276) in The International Congress Calendar
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