Governance

New international research suggests global instability is no longer an occasional disruption for meeting organisers but an increasingly important factor in destination selection and event planning. SWITZERLAND — Nearly three-quarters of organisations surveyed by IAPCO say global conflicts are affecting their ability to plan or host international meetings, highlighting the growing influence of geopolitical risk on the association events sector. The 2026 Global Socio-Political Impact Survey, led by IAPCO with AIPC, AMC Institute, IFES, ICCA and PCMA, collected responses from 130 organisations. Some 73.84% reported that global conflicts had affected their ability to plan or host international meetings, compared with […]

Most governance frameworks for associations ask the same basic question: does the organisation have the right policies, procedures and controls in place? What fewer frameworks ask is whether the people responsible for executing those policies actually have the capability to do so. Singapore’s newest framework draws that distinction explicitly, and in doing so raises a question that most association boards have not formally examined. Enterprise Singapore launched the Trade Association and Chambers (TAC) Measurement Framework in April 2026, developed with input from more than 60 trade associations and chambers, in collaboration with PwC Singapore. The TMF adds six new capability […]

Most cross-border association partnerships begin the same way: a signed MOU, a joint photo, a press statement about strengthening ties. What happens after that is rarely documented, which is exactly where the real work begins. India’s Institute of Directors (IOD) offers a useful case study because its own site lays out several different instruments of international expansion side by side, rather than just one. In July 2025, IOD signed an MOU with the Vietnam Independent Directors Association (VNIDA), a body established directly under a decision of Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs in 2022. A few months later, in November 2025, […]