| has gloss | eng: The Union Académique Internationale (IUA – International Union of Academies) is the oldest and largest federation of Academies having a national character and created for international cooperation.. Founded in 1919, the aim of the IUA is to encourage cooperation in the advancement of studies through collaborative research and publications in those branches of learning promoted by the Academies and institutions represented in the IUA - philology, archeology, history, the moral, political and social sciences.. It has hundreds of member organizations from 39 different countries, and is organized under Belgian law as an international association having the pursuit of knowledge/learning as its aim. |