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UIA's scientific approach and activities – research, consultation, training and networking opportunities – support global civil society actors and facilitate collaboration and exchange among them. UIA promotes public awareness of the work of international associations and represents their collective views on a global platform.
As a non-profit independent research institute, the UIA provides a platform for global nongovernmental cooperation – collaborating with, providing services to, and promoting international associations. By documenting the work of international nongovernmental organizations and intergovernmental organizations we promote public awareness of their activities. Making civil society visible on a global stage is the core purpose of the UIA.
According to its statutes the UIA pursues the following major objectives:
- To undertake and promote research and studies on transnational associative networks, considered to be an essential component of contemporary society
- To collect and distribute the most comprehensive documentation possible on international organizations and associations, both governmental and non-governmental, and on new forms of transnational co-operation
- To collect and distribute data on the various meetings organized by international bodies
- To encourage and undertake all possible action aimed at promoting the development and efficiency of non-governmental networks, as well as communication between people working in an international context and co-operation between associations
- To study, categorize, analyse, compare and illustrate world problems as perceived by international organizations.
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