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IPRA
International Public Relations Association
It is an organization for top level Public Relations Specialists, Owners of Companies and scholars. It is the sole organization spread wide across the world with members from 72 countries. It is the only PR establishment recognized by United Nations Organization. It is an establishment with a 45 years of history which continuously renews its organization and system.
The Board of Directors of the Association is composed of 13 members from 12 countries. The total number of its members is 655. Its members are composed of owners of companies, professionals, scholars and students. Turkey is the third largest member group after U.S.A. and England. Europe, Africa, Asia and America are represented by 264, 51, 94 and 87 members respectively.
Annual membership due is UKL 150, UKL 75 for scholars and UKL 20 for students. %50 of the members are above 50 years of age, 20% under 40 and 6% above 65. 66% of the members are male. Turkey is the country with highest growth in the number of its members in the last eight years.
Newsletter, FrontLine 21, Gold Papers, GWA Case Studies, web site and country sector reports are among its publications.
There are annual conferences, triennial conventions and training programs organized by IPRA.
GWA Award Program is the only PR Award program organized by IPRA. It is organized every year in 15-17 categories. In 2000, the number of application was 170. In the last two years Turkey has won 4 Grand Awards |
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