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International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
Organization's acronym:	FIATA
Address:	Rue Kleberg 6 Geneva Switzerland
Phone:	0227154545
Fax:	1201
Email:	info@fiata.org
Web site:	www.fiata.org
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Business and Industry Private Sector Sustainable Development Trade and Development Sustainable Development: Trade and environment Transport
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	FIATA's main objectives are to unite the freight forwarding industry worldwide to represent, promote and protect the interests of the industry by participating as advisors or experts in meetings of international bodies dealing with transportation to familiarise trade and industry and the public at large with the services rendered by freight forwarders through the dissemination of information, distribution of publications, etc. to improve the quality of services rendered by freight forwarders by developing and promoting uniform forwarding documents, standard trading conditions, etc. to assist with vocational training for freight forwarders, liability insurance problems, tools for electronic commerce including electronic data interchange (EDI) and barcode.
Year established (YYYY):	1926
Year of registration (YYYY):	1970
Organizational structure:	Organisation FIATA is structured into Institutes, Advisory Bodies, and Working Groups each in their turn dealing with every aspect that affects the international movement of freight. The Institutes, which usually meet twice per year, carry out the technical work of the Federation. Currently FIATA has three, namely the Airfreight Institute (AFI) details Customs Affairs Institute (CAI) details Multimodal Transport Institute (MTI) details Some of the Institutes have some permanent Working Groups; e.g. the MTI has three for Sea, Rail and Road Transport, and the AFI one for IATA matters. Working Groups report to their respective Institutes and meet according to necessity. For matters that affect the whole of the freight forwarding industry there are five Advisory Bodies: Advisory Body of International Affairs (ABIA) details Advisory Body of Information Technology (ABIT) details Advisory Body Legal Matters (ABLM) details Advisory Body Safety and Security (ABSS) details Advisory Body Vocational Training (ABVT) details They co-operate with the Institutes and Working Groups, if required, and meet according to necessity. Regional Meetings FIATA Association members are divided into 4 regions worldwide. These are: Africa/Middle East Americas Asia/Pacific Europe
Number and type of members:	115 Associations members (national freight forwarders associations) and over 5'650 Individual members
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues

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