The UIA Round Tables are organized annually by the Union of International Associations, the research institute and documentation centre established in 1907 and based in Brussels. The Round Tables, that are the core of UIA’s education project, provide an opportunity to learn through networking and through practice, to meet other international associations and share experience and knowledge to help run the organizations better.
Clara Fernández López, External Relations Manager at UIA, comments further that choosing Prague gives us the opportunity to hold the event in a country, which balances the regional presence of UIA with this event. And this is part of the mission of UIA. She said, that they are looking forward to working with Prague Convention Bureau in order to make Round Table 2020 a successful and a joyful event: for associations delegates, and not less for Prague Convention Bureau and for UIA.
Roman Muška, Managing Director at the Prague Convention Bureau stated that annually, the event is attended by approximately 150 participants from all around the world, of which 70 – 80% are associations’ representatives. They are honored to have a chance to welcome these people involved in running associations at the UIA Associations Round Table here in the Vienna House Diplomat Prague, that is now undergoing an extensive renovation, and introduce them to what the city can offer for their meetings, he added.
Prague will take over the relay after Brussels, where the Round Table is held every other year. The destinations for the next two years of the event were also already announced – the 15th Round Table will return to Brussels again and the 16th will go to Rotterdam. More information about the UIA and Associations Round Tables can be found here.
