NABA is a member of the “Milano Accademie” network, which includes some of the most prestigious artistic institutions in the city of Milan such as Conservatorio di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Fondazione Scuole Civiche di Milano – Scuola d’Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi, Accademia di Teatro alla Scala e Domus Academy. Together with the fashion schools of the Lombardy region, NABA has activated the Fashion Educational Platform and is also part of MANET (Media Art Net) as well as of the Planetary Collegium, a PhD Program in Arts and Technologies at the University of Plymouth. Together with other local Universities, the Academy has participated in the creation of the Milan Universities Portal. It received the certificate of civic merit from the Milan City Council for its contribution to the development of culture and education in the Lombardy Region.

NABA participates with a rich event program at the cultural life of the city and operates actively in the organisation of projects and initiatives in the social and artistic field. Since 2004, through NABAFuturarium Association, the academy creates and runs a network of relations with the professional world and with the most important institutions in the city to assist students in the passage from the academic life to the professional world, with particular attention to non profit organisations.

NABA collaborates with numerous Italian Cultural Institutes abroad and with the following institutions: Triennale di Milano, Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia, MiArt Milano, Isola Art Center di Milano, Museo di Scienze Naturali, Provincia di Milano, Comune di Milano, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Art for the World Europa, Associazione Sodalitas, Campagna delle Nazioni Unite per gli Obiettivi del Millennio, AIM, Caritas, Libera, Terre di Mezzo, Milano Metropoli Agenzia di Sviluppo, Provincia di Torino, Fondazione Magica Cleme e Associazione Vida a Pititinga Onlus.

NABA takes part in projects organised in collaboration with companies and associations that include: Alessi, Electa, La Perla, Triumph, L’Oréal, Yoox, White Fashion Trade Show, Procarton, Swarovski, Argo, Brioschi, Inter Football Club, ATM, Pirelli, Buongiorno, Datch, Jacuzzi, C. L. A. S. S., Pago, Forumnet, Open Care, Bosch, Xerox, Ferrero, Haworth, Whirlpool, H2C, Business Press, Bang&Olufsen, Eberhard Italia, Endemol, MTV, C6TV, Radio Deejay, Pitti Filati, Fiera Milano International, RedBull.

NABA has enabled agreements for placements with well-known associations and companies: Art for the World Europa, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Fondazione Museion - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Bolzano, The Swatch Group, Giorgio Armani, Pininfarina Extra, Provincia di Milano, Armando Testa, Publicis, Upim, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Editrice Abitare Segesta, McCann Erikson, Saatchi & Saatchi, Velvet, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Il Sole 24 ORE, Valentino Fashion Group, Missoni, Trussardi, Lorenzo Riva, Gianni Versace, E. C. (Costume National), Fabrica Art & Media, Next Media Lab, Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno, Studio Azzurro, Mediaset, Teatro Stabile di Genova, Fondazione Ente Autonomo Piccolo Teatro di Milano.