Academy of Science South Africa 2005/6 Annual Report

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ASSAfMission statementClarifying the niche of the AcademyNational science academies are assuming increasing importance in the world science system, bothas unique and potentially valuable entities in their respective national systems of innovation and sciencebaseddevelopment generally, and in regional or other supra-national configurations, up to the globalbody called the InterAcademy Panel (IAP), with its dedicated subsidiary unit (the InterAcademy Council,or IAC), generating evidence-based reports and recommendations for the global community of nations.Many national science academies are also the adhering bodies of the International Council on Science(ICSU), promoting individual disciplines worldwide, and organising international cooperation in largescale,global projects.Like democratic South Africa in general, ASSAf aspires to play both a national and an internationalrole, particularly with respect to the African continent. We see the Academy as usefully at arms lengthfrom Government and other organised sections of the state, comprising an assembly of excellent scholarsfrom many disciplines who are well-networked both nationally and internationally, and have showntheir interest in and capacity for promoting the development of a prosperous and a fully enabled society.Membership of the Academy (by election) is both an honour and an obligation to work individually andcollectively (as the Academy) to ensure that decision making requiring scholarly scrutiny and analysisis based on the best and most integrated understandings and insights available to the country. TheAcademicians thus represent an organised, independent but responsive scholarly voice to help guide thedevelopment of the country and its people.The Mission of ASSAf is thus tobecome increasingly associated in the mind of the nation with the highest levels of scholarlyachievement and excellence in the application of scientific thinking for the benefit of society;consolidate its infrastructure and capacity, and to expand and mobilise the membership to ensure thatscholars from a full disciplinary spectrum are available for its work, and that these are indeed boththinkers and doers, willing to put significant effort into the Academy’s activities;embark on a programme of systematic studies of evidence-based issues of national importance, someNational science academies areassuming increasing importancein the world science system,both as unique and potentiallyvaluable entities in their respectivenational systems of innovationand science-based developmentgenerally, and in regional or othersupra-national configurations,up to the global body called theInterAcademy Panel (IAP), withits dedicated subsidiary unit (theInterAcademy Council, or IAC),generating evidence-based reportsand recommendations for theglobal community of nations.Annual Report 2005/06
ASSAfMission statementMember of an international community of academiesImage: Quest – Science for South Africaproposed by government or other sectors, and some identified by the Academy itself;develop a sound and robust methodology for constituting study panels, organising their work,including conferences and workshops, and producing authoritative reports that are welldisseminatedand have significant impact;publish science-focused periodicals, especially a multi-disciplinary journal of high quality (theSouth African Journal of Science) and a science magazine that will showcase the best ofSouth African research to a wide national (and international) audience (Quest – Science for SouthAfrica), and to promote the development in South Africa of an indigenous system of researchjournals of internationally recognised quality and usefulness;develop productive partnerships with other organisations, especially (but not only) the Departmentsof Science and Technology, Education, Health and Agriculture; the National Advisory Councilon Innovation; science councils; higher education institutions, etc., with a view to the building ofcapacity in science and its applications within the National System of Innovation (NSI);create new and diversified sources of funding for the sustainable functioning of an independentAcademy;communicate effectively with the general and specific publics, as well as with partners andsponsors;develop a plan for the expansion of the activities of ASSAf in partnership with the national scienceacademies of other countries, including contracted partnership with the US National Academies;andplay a significant role in the international science system, particularly in Africa, throughorganisations such as the InterAcademy Panel (IAP) and the InterAcademy Council (IAC), theAcademy of Sciences of the Developing World (TWAS), the International Council on Science (ICSU),as well as the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), all in the context of the NewPartnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).Promoting Excellence in Science for Society
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