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</ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </header>  <div id="main"> <div id="content" class="column" role="main"> <a id="main-content"></a> <article class="node-65781 node node-2024-redesign node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix"> <header> <p class="submitted"> Submitted by <span class="username">jrbrubaker</span> on <time pubdate datetime="2025-01-18T19:21:42+01:00">Sat, 18/01/2025 - 19:21</time> </p> </header> <div class="field-body"> <h3 class="subhead24">Conserving and Celebrating the History of International Associations: 115 Years of UIA</h3> <div class="leftcol24 events"> <div class="paragraphArticle"> <h4><em>Maison des Association Internationales (MAI), Rue Washington 40, Brussels</em></h4> </div> <div class="paragraphArticle"> <h4><em>Thursday 22 May 2025</em></h4> </div> <div class="paragraphArticle"> <p>In 1907, the Central Office of International Institutions was founded in Brussels to enhance collaboration between various international organizations, and to serve as a documentation centre. In 1910, at the First World Congress of International Organizations in Brussels, representatives from 137 international civil society associations and 13 governments formally agreed to transform the Central Office into the Union of International Associations (UIA). From its inception, the UIA was designed to help manage relations between international associations, study questions of common interest, facilitate the creation of new organizations, support international education and undertake a range of publishing and documentation activities. On 22 May 2025, an event in Brussels will reflect on the history of the UIA and its relation to wider histories of international cooperation. Alongside featuring a range of speakers, we will celebrate the UIA’s rich history with a reception, and you are cordially invited to this event.</p> </div> <div class="paragraphArticle"> <h5><b>9:30 to 15:15 <em>(Workshop – Closed session)</em></b></h5> <h4>Preserving and Using the Documentary Heritage of International Associations and Charities</h4> <p><em>This workshop will bring together historians, archivists and INGO staff and volunteers to discuss the preservation and use of INGO archives. Supported by the British Academy and its programme ‘Archiving the Mixed Economy of Welfare’, the event will combine case studies presentations with discussions.</em></p> </div> <div class="paragraphArticle"> <h5><b>15:30 to 19:00 <em>(Public Event, Room ‘Brussels’)</em></b></h5> <h4>Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of International Associations</h4> <table class="115YTable 115YTable-responsive dcf-w-100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top !important;"><p>15:30</p></td> <td style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p>Welcome & Introduction</p> <p><em>Cyril Ritchie, President of the Union of International Associations, First Vice President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top !important;"><p>15:45</p></td> <td style="padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 30px;"> <p>Welcome from Brussels</p> <p><em>Speaker t.b.d. and Patrick Bontinck, CEO of <a href="https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors" target="_blank">visit.brussels</a></em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top !important;"><p>16:00</p></td> <td style="padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 30px;"> <p>The UIA, its histories and the data of international life</p> <p><em>Daniel Laqua, Associate Professor of European History, Northumbria University and Elizabeth Bloodgood, Associate Professor of Political Science, Concordia University</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top !important;"><p>16:30</p></td> <td style="padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 30px;"> <p>Keynote: International Organisations and Internationalism(s) in Modern History</p> <p><em>Jessica Reinisch, Professor of Modern European History, Birkbeck, University of London</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top !important;"><p>17.15</p></td> <td style="padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 30px;"> <p>Thanks & Closing</p> <p><em>Cyril Ritchie</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top !important;"><p>17:30</p></td> <td style="padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 30px;"> <p><em>Drinks Reception in the Bar (sponsored by <a href="https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors" target="_blank">visit.brussels</a>)</em></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p>This public event is by invitation only, request your invitation <a href="" target="_blank">here</a></p>  </div> <div class="rightcol24 events"> <strong>Events</strong> <ul> <li><a href="/roundtable">2025 Round Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/en/115years/">115 Years of UIA</a></li> <li><a href="/en/masterclasses/">Online Masterclasses</a></li> <li><a href="/roundtable?qt-view__roundtable__page=1&qt-roundtables=0#qt-roundtables">Past Round Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/services/ads-sponsorship?qt-ads_sponsorship=0#qt-ads_sponsorship">Sponsorship Opportunities</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment_forbidden first last"></li> </ul> </article> </div> <div style="clear:both;height:10px;"> </div> <div id="newsrow" style="clear:both;margin-bottom: -40px !important;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> <footer id="footer" class="region region-footer">  <div id="block-block-1" class="block block-block first last odd"> <div id="info-footer" style="margin-top:100px !important;"> <div class="footlinkrow"> <h5 id="footerheader">Union of International Associations - Union des associations internationales</h5> </div>  <div class="footlinkrow"><h5>Connect with UIA:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="/contact-uia" title="Contact UIA">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Union-of-International-Associations-UIA-24698358587/" title="UIA on Facebook"><i class="icon-facebook-sign footsocial"></i>Facebook</a></li>  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/union-of-international-associations---uia/" title="UIA on LinkedIn"><i class="icon-linkedin-sign footsocial"></i>LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/uia-org.bsky.social" title="UIA on Bluesky"><i class="icon-certificate footsocial"></i>Bluesky</a></li> </ul> </div>    <div class="footlinkrow"> <h5>Support:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="/support-our-work" title="Donation">Become a UIA Supporter</a></li> <li><a href="/support-our-work" title="Donation">Make a Donation</a></li> </ul></div> <br /> <div class="footlinkrow"><h5>© 1907 - 2025 Union of International Associations</h5><ul> <li><a style="color:#666;" href="/terms">Terms and Conditions</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div id="devel"> </div> <script src="https://uia.org/sites/uia.org/files/js/js_rhgMEtWWrUc1BWDS91k0qJ8Fj1NY2kp3iLE2R7vimjA.js"></script> </body> </html>