The association was created in February 1990, after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, being the first autonomous association of its kind in the country.

This expert committee recommended that a separate autonomous association of accountants should be formed to regulate the profession.

The California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) is an autonomous Baptist association of churches in the state of California.

A co-operative is defined as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.

The National Association of Railway Clubs is an autonomous association whose members are sports and social clubs in England, Scotland and Wales.

Today, CCCA is the largest of 18 autonomous associations on six continents.

A cooperative ("co-op") is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual, social, economic, and cultural benefit through a mutually owned and democratically run enterprise.

In 1934, the school separated itself from the commerce chamber and became an autonomous association under Belgian law.

Weber argues that the development of cities in European culture (Occidental cities) as an autonomous associations with its own municipal officials was influenced by such factors as:

The Hong Kong branch became an autonomous association and the 111th member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1977.