Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Business and Industry
Citizenship and Governance
Coorporate Accountability
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Culture
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Financing for Development
Governance
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Information
International Law
Justice
Labour
Media
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Private Sector
Religion
Science and Technology
Sustainable Development
Trade and Development
Values
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
International Cooperation in Tax Matters
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Information and communication technologies
Millennium Development Goals
Women and health
Women and the economy
Women in power and decision-making
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Social Development:
Conflict
Cooperative
Disabled persons
Employment
Information and Communications Technologies
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Statistics:
Crime and criminal justice statistics
Demographic and social surveys
International Economic and Social Classifications
Labour and Compensation
Services Statistics
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Education
Energy
Finance
Health
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Integrated decision-making
International law
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Partnerships
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Science
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
United States of America
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1943 |
| Organizational structure: |
The highest governing of Inter American University is a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees, whose members are elected by the Board itself without any outside intervention or tutelage of any kind. The president is the chief executive and academic officer of the Institution. The Managerial Systemic Council is composed of the president of the University, vice-presidents, chancellors, the dean of the School of Law and Optometry, an Executive Secretary appointed by the President, the Executive Director of the Information System, the Executive Director of the office of the Juridical Advisor, the Executive Director of the Office of Evaluation and Systemic Research, the Executive Director of the Human Resource Office, the Executive Director of the Office of Promotion and Recruitment. In addition, when affairs relevant to their functions are being considered by the Council, the following person will attend as advisors: the President of the University Council, and the Director of Planning and Systemic Development of Physical Plant. Subject to the approval of the President and the Board of Trustees, the administration and the faculties of the School of Law and of the School of Optometry are responsible for their own academic programs and standards. Nevertheless, in all other respects, these professional schools are also subject to university-wide policies, norms and procedures. The Academic Senate of the Instructional units and the University Council, heirs of the Academic Senate created in 1996 and succeeded by the University Senate in 1973, are primarily concerned with the academic well-being of the University through the process of academic articulation among the campuses. The Academic Senates establish academic norms subject to the ratification of the University Council and the concurrence of the President. Both bodies formulate recommendations on affairs related to educational, administrative and research policy. |
| Number and type of members: |
If the word member is used to mean stakeholders these are professors, students, Board of Trustees, middle management, employees and other parties within the zone of influence. If the word member is use in the term of Corporate Governance meaning as a Corporate. Board of Trustees served aside from Board membership as a legal and functional equivalent of a general member. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Grants from Governments
Fees for education and training services
Fundraising campaigns
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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