About the UIA
Overview
The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It 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.
Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.
Publicly the UIA is best known for the Yearbook of International Organizations, the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, the International Congress Calendar, and its former journal Transnational Associations.
In its on-going efforts to facilitate understanding of the nature and complexities of the international community of organizations the UIA has become a cutting-edge technical centre with high standing in the academic, governmental, and business domains.
Finance
The UIA is mainly self-financed through membership subscriptions, sale of publications and services, and research and consultancy contracts. Other sources of income are through sponsorship and donations. The annual budget is approximately € 650,000.
Working languages
The main working languages of the UIA are English and French. Most publications are produced in English, with French versions where there is a demand.
Consultative status
