Partners and external relations

	Since 1952, the UIA has had a consultative status relationship with UNESCO. An upgrade of UIA's consultative status to "Formal Associate Relations" was granted on the 4th April 2008 at the 179th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO.
	The UIA has enjoyed consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 1951. Under Council Resolution 334 B (XI), ECOSOC decided to continue cooperation with the UIA in the preparation of the Yearbook of International Organizations. A French edition was produced with the assistance of the Agence pour la coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT) in 1980.
	Since 1982, many UIA reference works have been published in cooperation with De Gruyter Saur. Based in Munich, Germany, De Gruyter Saur is known throughout the world as one of the leading publishers of biographical and bibliographical reference titles serving the library and academic community wordwide.
	As of January 2010 the UIA expanded its services by partnering with the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Subscribers to ICCA´s online database of international association events can now benefit from 4,500 of UIA´s 62,000 profiles of international associations. The UIA profiles are a significant augmentation to the information available to ICCA subscribers. For the UIA, this partnership is a further step in fulfilling its purpose to facilitate the evolution and work of international civil society associations.
	In partnership with Creative Connection, the UIA has added Keynote Listening to our portfolio of services, since 2007. Keynote Listening is an illustrated record of the evolution of a meeting capturing its essence and energy, its story, content and atmosphere in a quick and memorable manner so participants understand and retain the proceedings as it happens.
	In 2009, the UIA and the Mundaneum began collaborating on projects to acknowledge and commemorate their common founders, Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine.
	Since 2008, the UIA has provided articles for Headquarters magazine. Moreover, an Academic Session is organized each year on the first Monday of October to present the UIA International Meetings Statistics and trends in international associations meetings and conferences. Consult UIA articles.
	Special relations have been established with the Federation of European and International Associations Established in Belgium (FAIB).
	Special relations have been established with the Federation of Semi-Official and Private International Institutions established in Geneva (FIIG).
	The UIA collaborates with CIVICUS by providing data from the Statistics, Visualizations and Patterns volume (Volume 5) of the Yearbook of International Organizations which is used in the Civil Society Index (CSI). In return, CIVICUS kindly offers the UIA a copy of the "Global Survey of the State of Civil Society".
	UIA cooperates and exchanges with the European Society of Association Executives. The ESAE supports and represents association managers in Europe. It provides an international framework for round tables, seminars, and events throughout the year, highlighted by keynote speakers from senior levels in industry, government and association management.

In addition to the above mentioned partners, the UIA's external relations also include, or have included in the past, the following:

consultative status with the International Labour Organization (Special List)
collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
collaboration with the Commonwealth Science Council
collaboration with Mankind 2000 on the Encylopedia of World Problems and Human Potential; the web versions of the associated databases were updated with support of the European Commission in a project through the INFO2000 programme of the European Commission, from 1997 to 2000.
In 2007-2009, the UIA partnered with opinion researchers at GlobeScan on a survey of international associations. The survey aimed to tap civil society organization's expertise on major global issues, as well as views of civil society's role and impact in the world.
cooperation in specific fields with the Council of Europe
contacts with the European Commission and the European Community
association with the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the United Nations
participation as one of the research institutes in the network of the United Nations University (UNU)
special relations with the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers (IAPCO)
special relations with the Union des organisations internationales non-gouvernementales établies en France (UOIF)
membership to the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
membership to the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organizations in Official Relations with UNESCO
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contact with nearly 39,000 international non-governmental and governmental organizations eligible for inclusion in the Yearbook of International Organizations

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