Public relations is institutionalizing in various organizations. Here we offer links to the major global/international public relations professional and academic associations, and we also give links to the major national public relations associations around the world.
International Public Relations
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Africa
African Public Relations Associations
Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA)
Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA)
Kenya – Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK)
Asia
China – China International Public Relations Associations (CIPRA)
India – Public Relations Society of India (PRSI)
Indonesia – Public Relations Society of Indonesia (PRSI)
Malaysia – Public Relations Consultant Association of Malaysia (PRCAM)
Philippines – Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP)
Singapore – Institute of Public Relations of Singapore
South Korea – Korea Public Relations Association (KPRA)
Asia-Pacific
Australia – Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA)
New Zealand – Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ)
Europe
Austria – Public Relations Verband Austria (PRVA)
Belgium – European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA)
Czech Republic – Komora Public Relations (KoPR)
Estonia – Estonian Public Relations Association (EPRA)
Germany – German Public Relations Association / Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschafte.V. (DPRG)
Hungary – Hungarian Public Relations Association (HPRA)
Italy – Italian Federation of Public Relations / FederazioneRelazioniPubblicheItaliana (FERPI)
Italy – Italian Public Affair Association (PAA)
Ireland – Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII)
Norway – Norwegian Communication Association / Norskkommunikasjonsforening (NORSK)
Portugal – Portuguese Association of Corporate Communication / Associação Portuguesa de Comunicação de Empresa (APCE)
Russia – Russian Public Relations Associations (RASO)
Spain – Communication Directors Association / Asociación de Directivos de Comunicación, Dircom (DIRCOM)
Sweden – Swedish Public Relations Association / SverigesKommunikatörer (SPRA)
Switzerland – .HARBOURCLUB. (.HARBOURCLUB.)
Switzerland – Swiss Public Relations Association / Schweizerischer Public Relations Verband (SPRV)
Switzerland – Swiss Public Relations Institute / Schweizerisches Public Relations Institut (SPRI)
United Kingdom – Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
Latin America
Brazil – Brazilian Association for Business Communication / AssociaçãoBrasileira de ComunicaçãoEmpresarial (ABERJE)
Colombia – Colombian Center of Public Relations and Organizational Communication / Centro Colombiano de RelacionesPúblicas y ComunicaciónOrganizacional (CECORP)
Mexico – Mexican Association of Public Relations Professionals / Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales de RelacionesPúblicas (PRORP)
Puerto Rico – Asociacion de RelacionistasProfesionales de Puerto Rico (ARPPR)
North America
Canada – Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS)
Canada – Canadian Council of Public Relations Firms (CCPRF)
United States – Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
International
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
International Public Relations Association (IPRA)
Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management
• AMEC - The Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications (is the global trade body and professional institute for agencies and practitioners who provide media evaluation and communication research. • CERP - CERP is the umbrella organisation of national and professional PR associations all over Europe. • EUPRERA - The European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) is an autonomous organisation that aims at stimulating and promoting the knowledge and practice of public relations education and research in Europe. • EUPRIO - EUPRIO is the network for professionals in public relations and information services in European higher education. • ICCO - The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is the voice of public relations consultancies across the world. • Athur W. Page Society - Arthur W. Page Society is a select membership organization for senior public relations and corporate communications executives who seek to enrich and strengthen their profession. • Council of Public Relations Firms - The Council of Public Relations Firms represents the business of public relations. • IABC - The International Association of Business Communicators provides a professional network of business communication professionals. • ICA / PR Division - The overall purpose of the ICA / PR Association is to advance the scholarly study of human communication and to facilitate the implementation of such study so as to be of maximum benefit to humankind. • IPR - The Institute for Public Relations is an independent nonprofit organization that builds and documents research-based knowledge in public relations, and makes this knowledge available and useful to practitioners, educators, researchers and their clients. • Public Affairs Council - Members of the Council are Fortune 500 corporations, emerging growth companies, associations and consulting firms at the forefront of the public affairs field. • Global Alliance - The Global Alliance is a framework for collaboration with a mission to enhance the public relations profession and its practitioners throughout the world. • Institute for Public Relations - As an independent nonprofit dedicated to the science beneath the art of public relations™, the Institute for Public Relations bridges the academy and the profession, supports PR research and mainstreams this knowledge into practice through PR education.
• Australia Public Relations Institute of Australia • Austria Public Relations Verband Austria • Belgium Belgian Public Relations Centre Belgian Public Relations Consultants Association • Canada The Canadian Public Relations Society • Croatia Croatian Public Relations Association • Czech Republic Association of Public Relations Agencies • Denmark Dansk Kommunikationsforening • Finland Finnish Association of Communicators • Germany Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft E. V. Gesellschaft Public Relations Agenturen E.V. • Greece Hellenic Association of Public Relations Consultancies • Hungary Magyar Public Relations Szövetség • Ireland Public relations Institute of Ireland • Italy Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche Italiana • Luxemburg Cercle National des Relations Publiques • Netherlands Beroepsvereniging voor Communicatie • New Zealand Public Relations Institute of New Zealand • Norway Norsk Kommunikasjonsforening • Poland Polskie Stowarzyszenie Public Relations • Russia Russian Public Relations Association • Serbia Društvo za odnose s javnošću Srbije • Spain Asociación De Empresas Consultoras De Relaciones Públicas Y Comunicación • Slovenia PRSS • South Africa Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa • Sweden Swedish Public Relations Association • Switzerland Société Suisse de Relations Publiques Schweizerisches Public Relations Institut • UK Charted Institute of Public Relations • USA Public Relations Society of America PR Students Society of America