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Bi-monthly Studies
UIA has launched publication of bi-monthly studies on various subjects: sport, education, energy, society, women, ... etc., sampling and researching the various networks of the global civil society.
They show, for example, numbers of international organizations (NGOs as well as IGOs), their evolution throughout the years, distribution of these organizations all over the world, per region or countries, or you can see numbers of international events which have been or will be organized on that subject.
Methodology
UIA in fact has a huge number of data in over 60,000 international organizations profiles, 250,000 events all over the world during this and previous century.
These studies show what can be extracted, what can be the meaning of these information if organized, compared.
It's giving you on overview of the civil society in one particular field from a neutral point of view.
There are no speculations or extrapolations. These studies are here to show you the potential of data the UIA meticulously gathers, already more than 100 years, for the benefit of humanity.
Creativity
Creativity
All social progress is the result of human creativity. Rooted in the individuality of a human being, creativity can flourish only in an atmosphere of freedom.
Draft of a Universal Declaration of Human Values - Article 6.
5246 international organizations are classified under the field “innovative change”
In the Yearbook of International Organizations, associations are classified by subjects. The methodology is based on an integrative matrix of human endeavor. This approach prevents innovative change and development from being obscured and denatured by including them under descriptive sciences and theory. Themes are linked to such dichotomies as quality/quantity, art/science, soft/hard, image/text, context/structure and process/stasis. [Read more]
Creativity is a concept which fits many subjects’ cells in the matrix. Three have been selected for this study:
- creativity related to a material invention: quantitatively matter, actions linked to developmental principles, which concerned society, for example the public sector
- creativity as a formal concept, a precondition for innovation: in relation to society developmental principles as well, but part of art, soft science, as an explicit qualitative value
- creativity as a human value in its creative expression: related to environmental harmony it comes from existential experiences identified with meaning and consciousness
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Issue #6. Published in June 2009.
Citizenship
Citizenship
Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government”
In june 2009 there is the European Election
Main data on citizenship
1219 international meetings since 1929, 62 have "citizenship" in their title
Trends from 2002 to 2007 under the subject category “government, politics”
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Issue #5. Published in April 2009.
Culture
Culture
“The development of civil society is a cultural process, and "culture" therefore determines the definition of civil society […] If we take the very broad definition of culture as a code of values that apply to the members of a society, then culture also shapes the areas in which civil society operates.”
2008 was the year of "Intercultural Dialogue"
Main data on culture
986 international organizations (844 NGOs / 142 IGOs)
13295 international meetings since 1986
Enculturation is a process of learning a culture
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Issue #4. Published in February 2009.
Energy
Energy
The Yearbook of International Organizations contains entries on 503 international organizations (past and present) concerned with the field of energy. Of these, 148 are IGOs and 403 are NGOs.
1,795 is the current number of international meetings related to energy organized since 1986.
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Issue #3. Published in December 2008.
Education
Education
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. - United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26
Main data
3,938 international organizations (both past and present) concerned with the field of education
23,082 is the current number of international meetings related to education organized since 1986
A graph shows the evolution of international organizations concerned with education from 1986 to 2005. Each bar represents the percentage of change compared to the preceding year.
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Issue #2. Published in October 2008.
Olympic Games & Sports
Olympic Games & Sports
The Olympic Games have been organized since 1896 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which was founded in Paris in 1894. Its aim is to bring people together in a spirit of peace and with respect to universal moral principles.
Main data on sports
1335 international organizations
3019 international meetings since 1986
A circular graph shows percentages of sports associations concerned with disability
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Issue #1. Published in August 2008.
