Royal Academy of Science International Trust

Organization's name: Royal Academy of Science International Trust
Organization's acronym: RASIT
Headquarters address  
Address: PO Box 1557
Rutherford NJ 07070

United States of America
Phone: 1 917 503 3868
Email: admin@rasit.org
Web site: www.rasit.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Biodiversity
  • Children
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disabled Persons
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Family
  • Financing for Development
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Information
  • International Law
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Media
  • Population
  • Private Sector
  • Refugees
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Values
  • Volunteerism
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality
  • Youth

Financing for Development:
  • Addressing systemic issues
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Men and boys
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Service provision
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media
  • Women and the media
  • Women in power and decision-making

Population:
  • International migration
  • Morbidity and mortality
  • Population distribution and internal migration
  • Population growth
  • Population structure
  • Reproduction, family formation and the status of women

Public Administration:
  • Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
  • Governance and Public Administration
  • Knowledge Systems and E-government
  • Public Service and Management Innovation
  • Socio-Economic Governance and Management

Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Disabled persons
  • Employment
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Youth

Statistics:
  • Development indicators
  • Disability Statistics
  • International Comparison Programme
  • International Economic and Social Classifications
  • Official statistics, principles and practices
  • Services Statistics

Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Atmosphere
  • Biodiversity
  • Biotechnology
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Demographics
  • Desertification and Drought
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Human settlements
  • Indicators
  • Industrial development
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Institutional arrangements
  • Integrated decision-making
  • International cooperation for an enabling environment
  • International law
  • Land management
  • Major Groups
  • Marine Resources
  • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
  • Mining
  • Mountains
  • Oceans and seas
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation
  • Science
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Sustainable development of SIDS
  • Technology
  • Toxic chemicals
  • Trade and environment
  • Transport
  • Waste (hazardous)
  • Waste (radioactive)
  • Waste (solid)
  • Waste Management

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • Algeria
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Zambia
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Libya
  • Lebanon
  • Tunisia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Morocco
  • United States of America
  • Iraq
  • Sudan
  • Guinea
  • Nigeria
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
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1968
Year of registration (YYYY): 1968
Organizational structure: The governing of RASIT is vested in the Board of Trustees, the Executive Board consisting of the dean, Executive Director, General Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Public Relations Secretary, and Directors of Committees. RASIT has 8 Acting Committees which are widely representative of its disciplines. The Executive Board aims of the committees are to foster a designated program, branch or theme of Science Technology Education Medicine and Arts, and to serve as a link between RASIT and its fellow associates and other individuals in the same field.Acting Committees maintain active links with relevant scientific societies and international organizations, and to advise Executive Board on relevant matters. The Acting Committees are: Education Committee Science Committee Medical Committee Public Relations & Information Committee Social Affairs Committee Arts, Literature & Culture Committee Economics Committee Legal Committee
Number and type of members: The membership of RASIT is made of top scientists, doctors, philosophers, educators, sociologists, artists, lawyers, and economist, distinguished in exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field. Members are employed by universities, governments, institutions, corporate and private research organizations, and contribute to RASIT in an honorary capacity by serving on committees and as advisers. Membership consists of two classes: associate and honorary. Number of Associate members of RASIT is 46755 Number of Honorary members is 320
Affiliation with NGO networks: DPI and ECOSOC
Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other: Trustees Funding, Wonders of Coffee Art Collection sales proceedings

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Scientific and technological communities
  • Children and youth
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization

Advancement of Women

Publications: Women in Science Journal Quarterly published electronically

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:
  • DPI