{"id":1263,"date":"2008-05-26T12:48:46","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T10:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:04:11","slug":"union-of-international-associations-uia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"Union of International Associations UIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union of International Associations (UIA) is the world\u2019s oldest, biggest and most comprehensive source of information on global civil society. Databases and publications cover many aspects of international organizations \u2013 their history, organization and meetings, and the problems and methods with which they work [more]. Here the main entry point for all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diversitas.org\/db\/x.php\">online databases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The UIA was founded one hundred years ago, in 1907, by Henri La Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science. It is a non-profit non-governmental organization registered under Belgian law as an AISBL. It has consultative status with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/node\/204\">ECOSOC<\/a> (since 1951) and <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.unesco.org\/en\/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html\">UNESCO<\/a> (1952) &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/\">full text<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/\">Homepage<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diversitas.org\/db\/x.php\"> online databases<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/projects\"> projects<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/services\"> services<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/members\"> Members<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/node\/96\"> Active members<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/node\/97\"> Associate Members<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/en\/forum\/67\">UIA News<\/a>,  and inscription for the Newsletter: down in the right column;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/en\/node\/10977\">Contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/en\/about\">About<\/a>: The Union of International Associations (UIA) \u2013 non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental \u2013 is an extraordinary scientific research institute and documentation centre. It focuses on a topic of increasing relevance: the nature and evolution of international civil society. Since 1907, it has been a pioneer in the provision of information on international organizations and their global challenges.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>International associations, now often referred to as INGOs (international non-governmental organizations) and IGOs (inter-governmental organizations), play a role in every facet of 21st century life in all parts of the world. The UIA documents this development, recording information about organizations, their concerns, their philosophies, and their goals. The results of this research and documentation are made available to the public in print, online, and on CD-ROM &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uia.be\/en\/about\">full text<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union of International Associations (UIA) is the world\u2019s oldest, biggest and most comprehensive source of information on global civil society. Databases and publications cover many aspects of international organizations \u2013 their history, organization and meetings, and the problems and methods with which they work [more]. Here the main entry point for all online databases. 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