UIPM, APQN and UIA
Institutional Evidence & Source Documentation

Universal Institute of Professional Management (UIPM)

The APQN member page identifies UIPM and explicitly displays “Membership Type: Institutional.” This is direct evidence of how UIPM is categorized in the APQN member directory.

The APQN material supplied for this documentation states that APQN has 209 members from 45 countries and territories and describes APQN as a major international organization in the Asia-Pacific higher-education quality-assurance field.

Its stated mission is: “To enhance the quality of higher education in Asia and the Pacific region through strengthening the work of quality assurance organizations and extending the cooperation between them.”

The supplied APQN material also describes APQN's history: APQN was founded in Hong Kong in January 2003, was incorporated as a non-profit association in Victoria, Australia in December 2004, and later operated through organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Universal Institute of Professional Management (UIPM)

• UIA Organization ID: AA3997
• UIA database: Global Civil Society Database / Open Yearbook
• UIA profile: Universal Institute of Professional Management

Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN)

The UIA profile also records several organizational relationships, including:

• Cooperates with UNESCO
• Memorandum of Understanding with Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• Accredited by UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP)
• Memorandum of Understanding with INQAAHE
• Links with ENQA
• Links with ECA

Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)

Universal Association of Professional Colleges and Universities (UAPCU)

The UIA profile lists the following under relations with inter-governmental organizations:

• Links with United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• Links with European Union (EU)
• Links with UNDESA
• Links with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Links with United Nations (UN)
• Links with UN Women

Under relations with non-governmental organizations, the UIA profile also lists links with ICC, UIPM University International, and UN Global Compact, and lists UAPCU as a Member of the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI).

UIA states that its work is of particular interest to academic researchers in:

• Political Science
• Sociology
• International Relations
• Peace Studies

UIA also states that it works with universities and research institutes around the world and frequently assists graduate and post-graduate students with their research and data needs.

UIA's official “Partners and Institutional Status” page provides information about UIA's own institutional relationships. The page lists, among others, relationships with:

• UNESCO
• ECOSOC
• ILO
• UN Department of Global Communications (UN-DGC)

This section concerns the institutional status of UIA itself. It should be distinguished from the individual organization profiles maintained in the UIA Open Yearbook.

UIA states that it was founded in 1907 by Nobel Peace Prize winner Henri La Fontaine and information-science pioneer Paul Otlet. UIA describes its historical purpose as documenting international associations and the development of internationalism.

UIA describes itself as an independent research and networking organization that documents the work of, collaborates with, provides services to, and promotes international associations in order to support and foster global civil-society cooperation.

The UIA Open Yearbook describes itself as a free service of UIA's subscription-based Yearbook of International Organizations and states that it includes profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide.