Royal Academy of Science International Trust

EU Legislative Interests

Gender Equality Strategy, especially The Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025; The EU Anti-racism Action Plan 2020-2025; The EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion, and participation 2020-2030; and The Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030. Energy, Climate change, Environment: On Water: The Water Framework Directive. Water Policies: Drinking Water, Surface Water, Marine Water, Water Scarcity and Droughts, Water Reuse, Ground Water, EU efforts on Global Water Agenda. On Science for Environment Policy: Cancer: working with Europe's Beating Cancer Plan to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and solutions to live longer and better; Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030. Industry, Research, and Energy Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy Water Scarcity and Structural Investment in Access to Water Transport and Tourism Development Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Finance for Development Culture: On Regulatory Frameworks: Marakesh Treaty on print access for visually impaired persons; Online platforms on e-commerce. The New European Agenda for Culture and its three dimensions on social, economic and external for socio-economic sustainable development. Education, Training and Youth: European Education Area strategic framework especially on Council Resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021-2030) 2021/C 66/01 With a special focus on: Improving quality and equity in education and training; Teachers, trainers and school leaders; Digital Education; and The European Education Area in the world. The EU STEM Approach; the renewed EU agenda for higher education; the European Skills Agenda. In addition to the University-Business Cooperation, and to create collaboration with the EIT. Public Health: Supporting the EU adopted legislation on Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare; Pharmaceuticals and medical devices (pharmacovigilance, falsified medicines, clinical trials); Health security and infectious diseases; Digital health and care; Organs, blood, tissues and cells. Also the Strategic Plan 2020-2024 of the Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, and the priorities related to the Cancer Plan, Phrma Strategy, and the Investing in Health. Science, Technology and Innovation: Strategic plan 2020-2024 – Research and Innovation; research and innovation Projects for Policy initiative; to support public consultations as relevant; EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence;

Communication Activities

Gender Equality: The 9th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly held at the UNHQ. The European Union was a co-sponsor of the 9th Assembly in addition to many EU Member States, and the EU also endorsed the outcome document. EU Commissioner for Equality participated through a Video Message. The theme was "Women in Science Leadership for Peace and Sustainable Development." Youth Strategy: The 2nd Edition of Youth Viewing UN Member States Volutary National Reviews submitted during the UN High-Level Political Forum from 2016 to 2023. RASIT's unique program of Youth Empowerment was held virtually at the UNHQ, with a special focus on the Water (SDG6) and its nexus. Science Diplomacy for Peace and Security, an advocay program of RASIT to promote multilateralism, sustainable development, the transfer of technology, capacity building and development, among others. Women in Science and Diplomacy High-Level Panel organized with EU member States

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

RASIT is associated with the United Nations Global Communications Department and has consultative status with the UN ECOSOC Council.

Organisation Members

RASIT is a membership organization composed of individual members globally, roughly 35,000 individual members at any given time. RASIT has been working in the spirit of Sustainable Development Goal 17 ever since our founding. This is translated by our remarkable partnership with the United Nations agencies & Departments, including UN-DESA, ITU, UNCTAD, WHO, UNITAR, UNESCO, UN-Women, ILO, etc., the Member States, including 110 countries, and intergovernmental organizations including African Union, OECD, League of Arab States, among others, the private sector including Danaher and Turkish Airlines, civil society, and academic institutions including Felician University, Istanbul Gedik University, Istanbul Atlas University, Seton Hall, among others. https://www.womeninscienceday.org/.websites/index.html https://girlsinscience4sdgs.org/ RASIT works with companies from a variety of sectors, including energy, food and agriculture, water, consumer products, healthcare, finance, and information technology. For program implementation and policy advocacy, RASIT collaborates with other non-governmental and civil society organizations such as volunteer organizations, indigenous peoples' organizations, mass-based membership organizations, and community-based organizations.