What UIA Does for the Meetings IndustryIn our earliest work the UIA quickly recognized the importance of international meetings and congresses to international association life. This recognition has led to a decades long engagement with what is now known as the meetings industry. UIA also initiated the first international meetings of this industry, which led to the creation of a number of trade groups includingAIPC,AIIC,AITC andIAPCO.
UIA currently offers collaboration and partnership with entities in the meetings industry in the form of anAssociate Membership. The main focus of this collaboration is to promote networking between association and industry bodies.
In addition, the UIA also offers Associate Members a range of services and support:
- An exclusive early copy of UIA’sInternational Meetings Statistics Report
- Online access to UIA’sInternational Congress Calendar and, with a Premium Membership, to theYearbook of International Organizations
- A copy of the UIA’sSurvey on Meetings of International Organizations
- 10% discount on custom reports such as our newDestination Reports
- Invitation to participate inOnline Masterclasses
- An invitation to participate in UIA'sAssociations Round Tables
- Opportunity topost relevant news on the UIA website
- Option to maintain Members’own page on the UIA website, linked from the Associate Members' Directory
- Support from UIA in networking with international associations by customized contactdata delivery
- Option to order a customizeddata-streaming in constantly updated live data feeds on organizations and their meetings
- Invitation to participate in UIA’s training sessions
- An option to receive professional advice about networking opportunities with associations (available on request)
More about Associate Membership
In our earliest work the UIA quickly recognized the importance of international meetings and congresses to international association life. This recognition has led to a decades long engagement with what is now known as the meetings industry. UIA also initiated the first international meetings of this industry, which led to the creation of a number of trade groups includingAIPC,AIIC,AITC andIAPCO.
UIA currently offers collaboration and partnership with entities in the meetings industry in the form of anAssociate Membership. The main focus of this collaboration is to promote networking between association and industry bodies.
In addition, the UIA also offers Associate Members a range of services and support:
- An exclusive early copy of UIA’sInternational Meetings Statistics Report
- Online access to UIA’sInternational Congress Calendar and, with a Premium Membership, to theYearbook of International Organizations
- A copy of the UIA’sSurvey on Meetings of International Organizations
- 10% discount on custom reports such as our newDestination Reports
- Invitation to participate inOnline Masterclasses
- An invitation to participate in UIA'sAssociations Round Tables
- Opportunity topost relevant news on the UIA website
- Option to maintain Members’own page on the UIA website, linked from the Associate Members' Directory
- Support from UIA in networking with international associations by customized contactdata delivery
- Option to order a customizeddata-streaming in constantly updated live data feeds on organizations and their meetings
- Invitation to participate in UIA’s training sessions
- An option to receive professional advice about networking opportunities with associations (available on request)