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International Organization Information / Research: 2001 (Part #6)

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Online databases: Since November 2000, our databases for international organizations, world problems, strategies, human development and human values have been online and interlinked – extensive access is free of charge ((at http://www.uia.org/data.htm).

Organization data is made available under subscription. The databases have been successfully switched to a new server. Much effort has gone into increasing the security features against different forms of abuse. Users can now provide comments on specific profiles which are immediately integrated into the database for access by other users. We are in process of completing the online version of the international meetings data.

A new computer proof process has been developed to communicate with international organizations profiled in the Yearbook. A notable feature is that it gives each organization a unique password enabling them to consult their own entry on the web -- as well as that of any organization to which they refer as collaborators. It offers organizations a way of using the Yearbook free of charge.

Users can now sponsor editorial work on single entries or on whole databases through online payments. This micro-sponsoring facility is an extension of our new online payment facility. Discussion for have been created for users (at http://db.uia.org/forum/default.asp). We are pleased with user response from around the world to these facilities. UIA information services are widely indexed by web search engines.

Multimedia: As a means of increasing access to UIA online information by a wider variety of users, visualization and sound techniques have now been incorporated and are in process of development (see http://db.uia.org/scripts/sweb.dll/examples) We are now able to produce high-quality, poster-sized, multi-colour maps of networks of problems, organizations or strategies for use in conferences. Smaller versions have been printed on T-shirts and other products to give visibility to the online facilities (http://www.uia.org/visuals).