Yearbook of International Organizations Overview

Yearbook of International Organizations

Edited by the Union of International Associations

The Yearbook of International Organizations provides the most comprehensive coverage of non-profit international organizations to date. The printed edition, published annually since 1948 and now in six volumes, and the online edition, published since 2000, consists of approximately 64,000 transnational civil society organizations in 300 countries and territories, and includes approximately 1,200 new entries each year.

Online

A userguide can be accessed here.

Demos can be accessed here.

The Yearbook of International Organizations Online provides a comprehensive database of intergovernmental (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) worldwide. Free from print restrictions, the Yearbook Online covers international organizations – federations, scholarly societies, associations and transnational actors of all types – in all corners of the world, over centuries of history, and is updated on a regular basis by a dedicated editorial team. The new, flexible interface presents fully searchable content, and provides extensive hyperlinks between organization profiles and websites.

Features and Benefits

Access to the whole organization database of the Union of International Associations
Direct access to organizations’ websites and contact information
Graphic presentation of the network of international organizations
Descriptions include the history, structure, staff, languages, members, etc. of organizations
Covers organizations’ aims, activities, events and publications
Provides biographies of key officers of a large portion of the organizations
Offers statistical information and analyses, geographical and subject indexes
Updated every 6-8 weeks on a regular basis
New, user-friendly interface with flexible search and display options, with several new features and improvements each year

In Print

The Yearbook of International Organizations is published via the following six thematic volumes:

    * Volume 1A + 1B: Organization Descriptions and Cross-References
    * Volume 2: Geographical Index - A Country Directory of Secretariats and Memberships
    * Volume 3: Global Action Networks - A Subject Directory and Index
    * Volume 4: Bibliographic Volume - International Organization Bibliography and Resources
    * Volume 5: Statistics, Visualizations and Patterns
    * Volume 6: Who's Who in International Organizations

    * Set Edition: Yearbook of International Organizations 2011/2012 (Volumes 1 - 6)

Research Advantages
Dynamic in structure and extensive in scope, the Yearbook serves a variety of research needs. Use the yearbook to:

    * Find scientific and neutral information on single organizations, and the relationships between them (Volume 1)
    * Discover the activities of international organizations throughout the world (Volume 1)
    * Locate organizations by geographic area (Volume 2), field of activity (Volume 3), or by their publications (Volume 4)
    * Obtain a global view of past and future trends in particular fields of activity (Volume 5)
    * Learn about the key people involved in particular fields of international civil society (Volume 6)

Sample Pages

Sample Pages
Volume 1A + 1B: Organization Descriptions and Cross-References:

This PDF covers the following chapters:
*CIVICUS * Erasmus Student Network * International Institute Synthetic
Volume 2: Geographical Index - A Country Directory of Secretariats

This PDF covers the following chapters:
*Bolivia * Bosnia-Herzegovina * Slovakia

Volume 3: Global Action Networks - A Subject Index

This PDF covers the following chapters:
* Development / Sustainable Development * Environment * Peace Rights * Societal Problems / Hygiene

Volume 4: Bibliographic Volume - International Organization Bibliography and Resources

This PDF covers the following chapters:
* Asian Alliance of * WHO Regional Office * Center for Latin

Volume 5: Statistics, Visualizations and Patterns

This PDF covers the following chapters:
* Table of Contents * Historical Overview of Number of International Organizations by Type * Countries in Which International Organization Secretariats are Located * Number of International Organizations by Subject of Activity

Volume 6: Who's Who in International Organizations

This PDF covers the following chapters:
* Kuipers * Sauca

About the UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was founded over one hundred years ago, 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. For more information, visit: http://www.uia.org.

Contact

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