RASIT was signed into being by the late HRH Prince Mohammed bin King Faisal (I) El-Hashemite in 1968 to provide education to whoever is in need. As mandated in its constitution, RASIT has been building and developing capacity through its scholastic programs. For more than 55 years, RASIT has served and prepared more than 30,000 students and professionals from around the world to face the challenges of the continuously changing and developing world.

Through times of change, RASIT’s mission has remained steadfast in investing in the leaders of tomorrow, TODAY – The Youth - to ensure they will achieve their full potential, through education, building skills, and knowledge development.

Through the World Youth League activities and programs, RASIT has a variety of schemes to deliver outstanding leadership and talent development programs in different areas, including:

• RASIT Scholarships: provided to less fortunate and underprivileged youth.
• Admission and Counseling Service: Helping Youth achieve their goals in life by choosing the appropriate major of study that match their skills, selecting accredited universities, and guiding them through the admission process.
• Internship: Provide internship opportunities for Students, whether at RASIT or at different institutions and organizations, to gain practical experience and plan their future careers.
• Exchange Program: Giving youth the opportunity to experience different cultures and improve their skills.
• Analytical Skill Development: Strengthening Youth knowledge and skills to make informed and effective decisions, positively interact with their peers, and act as community advocates.
• Project Assistance: Giving support to Students in accomplishing their academic project requirements, and further encouraging postgraduate students to have joint research degree programs, which will help them to further their research, upgrade research methodologies, and export-import culture and technology between institutions.

Gathering and communicating ideas and knowledge continues to be a primary pursuit of today’s RASIT. The tremendous expansion of research and information in the sciences and art in recent times makes such a pursuit even more crucial if real progress is to result.

Since the year 1968, RASIT made further strides towards helping to spread the word of dialogue and understanding about the significant issues concerning Youth education, employment, responsibilities, and most importantly, their vision in social and economic sustainable development programs worldwide.

The Youth Sustainable Development Studies Center, founded by HRH Prince Professor Adel EL-Hashemite in 1986, strives to empower Youth and enhance their participation in the scholarly exchange of knowledge on sustainable development and promotes joint research across sciences on sustainable development issues.

The Center, comprised of an inter disciplinary group of youth and junior professionals, work focuses on contemporary issues and challenges, inter alia, education, health, food and agriculture, energy, environment, multilateralism, and beyond.

As mandated in its constitution of 1968, the Intergenerational Dialogues program was launched by the late HRH Prince Mohammad bin King Faisal (I) of Iraq El-Hashemite in 1978 to bridge different generations and share their views and experiences.

The program “Generations Dialogue” aims to improve the understanding of young people’s sense of what the future holds for them. An innovative approach is designed specifically to open dialogue across traditional disciplines and age boundaries and to bridge the agendas and preoccupations of academics, senior professionals, private sectors, policymakers, and of young people.

The Generations Dialogue inevitably triggers a broader concept of capacity development. It allows Youth to learn from the experience of older people, while the older generations can profit from the Youth’s knowledge and skills, as well as from their energy and dynamic force.

Generations Dialogues identify and define new approaches to bridging the gap between generations in the virtual and the real world. It contributes to a mutual recognition of basic rules of intergenerational dialogue based on understanding and respect.

Whether it is about management, economics, health, democracy, entrepreneurship, education and employment, or environmental challenges such as water, climate change, or biodiversity, every event of the Generations Dialogue has a theme based on the priorities of national, regional, and international priorities.

The SPEAK Podcast was started as a weekly radio program aired live every Monday on Lebanon Radio Station (the Republic of Lebanon's Official Radio Station) from Beirut. This unique Radio Program, known as “ENWAN”, has provided a platform for Arab youth and foreign university students in the MENA Region to have the opportunity to debate with guests from different backgrounds. The Guests’ backgrounds ranged from Ministers, parliamentarians, CEOs of the Private Sector, Foreign Ambassadors, and Representatives of the International Community. The Hosts of the ENWAN Radio Program were young women and men who devote part of their time to getting trained by RASIT to be prepared for interviewing thy guest.

With RASIT’s continuous efforts, the youth, whether hosts or the audience of the ENWAN Radio Program gained skills and knowledge, confidence, self-esteem, and more importantly, the encouragement to debate challenges and present their views on possible solutions.

Per the successful impact of the ENWAN Radio Program, RASIT has initiated “S.P.E.A.K” Podcast by youth for youth. This exciting new podcast bridges the gap between the youth of different backgrounds, as well as between youth and the people of the world. Youth host to talk science, culture, arts, sustainable development issues concerning society, and beyond.

A platform, conscience, and voice of the world's Youth, the League holds “The I.D.E.A.S.” talks either as part or on the margins of International Community Fora and Conferences.

“The I.D.E.A.S.” events provide a unique opportunity for youth to exchange opinions and outlooks on sustainable development issues, network and engage with global stakeholders.

In line with RASIT’s strategy of bringing everyone forward, “The I.D.E.A.S.” meetings are held virtually where young women and men worldwide meet to debate and contribute to salient issues, such as sustainable cities, climate change, the blue economy, arts and culture, Science and Technology for development, skills for descent jobs, among other subjects.

Since 1968, RASIT’s strategy has been investing in the leaders of tomorrow TODAY. “The I.D.E.A.S.” events are broader in this format. Creating dialogue opportunities between Youth and Policymakers is one of the distinctive approaches to transformation.

Conclusions of “The I.D.E.A.S.” discussions and events are shared with policymakers in the form of reports.

Per the recommendations of the First Youth World Congress organized by RASIT and UNESCO in 1998, The Youth Action Hubs initiative was created by The World Youth League with the principle “By Youth, for Social-Economic Development.”.

The Action Hub aims to empower youth to think globally and express views on Socio-Economic Sustainable Development and enables RASIT to act locally as game changers in our communities by setting up SDG-related projects.

Recognizing their potential, RASIT has created a space for its fellow members to engage with other youth from around the world to discuss challenges, provide solutions, and take action to implement development programs in their communities. The Action Hub meetings are held twice a year, in virtual and hybrid formats.

RASIT World Youth League manages the Hub and coordinates with its members the discussion topics of the meetings. Youth participants generate an executive summary and outcome recommendations of their meetings and submit them to the RASIT Executive Board for further processing.

Since it was launched in September 1998, the Action Hub has conducted more than 48 meetings, created 18 local sustainable projects, submitted 21 studies for local government, and presented its work at 13 International Conferences.

RASIT’s leadership is defined by its impact, influence, and inspiration. We consider success and achievement through transformation and implementation.