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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (GMU)

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Atomic Energy Biodiversity Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Culture De-mining Debt Relief Decolonization Development Disabled Persons Disarmament Drug Control Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Industrial Development Information Intellectual Property International Law International Security Justice Labour Law of the Sea and Antarctica Least Developed Countries Media Micro-Credit Migration Minority Rights New Global Institutions Outer Space Peace and Security Population Private Sector Refugees Religion Science and Technology Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Torture Trade and Development United Nations Funding United Nations Reform Values Violence Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth 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 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 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 Financial Management Public Service and Management Innovation Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Conflict Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth 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
Geographic scope:	International
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:	George Mason University is innovative and entrepreneurial in spirit and utilizes its multi-campus organization and location near our nation's capital to attract outstanding faculty, staff and students. George Mason will: - Educate the new generation of leaders for the 21st century men and women capable of shaping a global community with vision, justice, and clarity. - Encourage freedom of thought, speech, and inquiry in a tolerant, respectful academic setting that values diversity. - Provide innovative and interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses of study that enable students to exercise analytical and imaginative thinking and make well-founded ethical decisions. - Nurture and support a highly qualified and entrepreneurial faculty that is excellent at teaching, active in pure and applied research, capable of providing a broad range of intellectual and cultural insights, and is responsive to the needs of students and their communities. - Maintain an international reputation for superior education and public service that affirms its role as the intellectual and cultural nexus among Northern Virginia, the nation, and the world. (As amended by the Board of Visitors 2008.)
Year established:	1957
Organizational structure:	George Mason University is an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free, and prosperous world. We are committed to global research, education and outreach. Recent global strategies include seeking international partnerships, evidenced by more than 115 memoranda of understanding with international institutions; the Sino-American 1+2+1 Dual Degree Program; curriculum development resulting in new courses, programs, minors and certificates with a global focus; more than 35 research and education centers that focus on global issues; and development efforts dedicated to global initiatives resulting in numerous grants for research, collaboration and educational programs. George Mason University provides many opportunities for students to learn about the United Nations system through classes, field trips, research, and hosting a class held via video conference with the Ambassador's Club at the United Nations since 1999. (A complete list of global related academic programs and degrees is available at http://worldwide.gmu.edu/degrees.html .) Students at Mason are involved in 24 International-student organizations, such as Amnesty International and Model UN, which hosts an annual conference for 400 high school students (http://mun.gmu.edu) and attends other MUN conferences. Faculty in many departments are actively engaged in researching and resolving key issues relating to the UN, global security, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, health care, and public policy. Mason professors continue to work on conflict resolution issues with NGOs and the UN. For example, a recent study on peace building in Burundi and Sierra Leone is available at http://cct.gmu.edu/research/ndura.html.) The School of Peace Operations (http://popp.gmu.edu/) works directly with UNDPKO in providing, training, and assessments. A summary of centers and institutions is available at http://worldwide.gmu.edu/centers.html . As a founding member of the Academic Impact and the ten universal principles, George Mason University continues to deepen our partnerships and research with the United Nations and welcomes opportunities to partner with other organizations and educational institutions to maximize resources and assist others. George Mason University’s accreditation status to the United Nations Department of Public Information UN/NGO section dates back to 2007. In recent years the university topped the U.S. News & World Report's "Up and Coming National Universities" and is ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the most diverse campuses in the nation, as well as being a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Intensive University. With over 30,000 students and more than 150 degree programs, Mason is located just outside Washington, DC a vital intersection of government, multinational and domestic business, nonprofits and high-technology. For additional information please contact Dr. Sonja Taylor at staylor9@gmu.edu.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	TBA
Funding structure:	Fundraising campaigns Fees for education and training services Grants from Governments Other sources

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