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Programme 3ASSAfKey questions that come up in a young academy, or better an academy that is starting up in the late20th/early 21st century, is that some assumptions one may make by analogy with older academies do notnecessarily apply. For example, the principle of voluntary and “honorary” service to an Academy by itsmembers/fellows, or by outside scholars, cannot be taken for granted, as many academics now participate inthe consultancy marketplace as actively as do private sector participants, and the opportunity cost of workingon an academy study may be quite considerable. Academy prestige and associated prioritisation are thekey to managing this issue, but other approaches may be needed without departing from the fundamentalprinciples that govern the intrinsic value of academy-type contributions to a country’s life and welfare.A good track record is the best guarantor of future success – an academy is not valued in a competitiveenvironment simply for its existence.An academy needs to ensure that its national role is established before extensive internationalactivities are undertaken. Many advantages will, however, accrue from judicious use of such linkageswhere these bring real mutual benefits. The ASADI programme must recognise that an association ofstrong individual national academies will be far more productive than an ambitious and/or stronglydriven association of weak academies.Other sources of project supportIn the past (i.e. before the initiation of the ASADI partnership with the US National Academies)ASSAf relied mainly for its operations on an annual Grant-in-Aid from the Department of Science andTechnology (DST). Part of the funding provided by the DST constituted a three-year (2002-4) contractfor the Research Journals project comprising the subsidisation of the South African Journal of Science(SAJS), Quest – Science for South Africa, and the consensus Study on Research Publishing in South Africa(described above), amounting to over ZAR 4,5 million. The level of Grant-in-Aid support increased in thelast two years to the point where the awarded operational funds (distinct from continuing support for theSAJS and Quest at about ZAR 1,1 million) now stand at about ZAR 2,1 million for the financial year 2006-7Annual Report 2005/0661
ASSAfProgramme 3Key performanceindicators for Programme 3ASSAf’s international activities have expandeddramatically in the last year, linked to internal growthand the development of its capacity to functionas South Africa’s national science academy in thefullest sense. The partnership with the US NationalAcademies in conjunction with the Network of AfricanScience Academies (NASAC) has allowed the Academyto initiate a major consensus study on nutritionand human immunity, to establish a Committeeon Science for the Alleviation of Poverty, and toconvene an outstandingly successful international“double symposium” on evidence-based advice.ASSAf is participating in various programmes of theInterAcademy Panel (IAP), is awarding a Young ScientistPrize in conjunction with the Academy of Science forthe Developing World (TWAS), and has been able tosecure the election of one of its members as the cochairof the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP).(the total Grant-in-Aid for 2006-7 is ZAR 3 million).ASSAf has had support from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation (as a personal three-year operatinggrant of USD 75 000 to the then President, Prof Wieland Gevers (MASSAf) over the period 2003-6), theFord Foundation (USD 20 000 over 18 months for a study on the molecular life and health sciences inSouth Africa), and the IAP (USD 11 000 to support the workshop on science education described in8.1 above). ASSAf members (currently 261) pay a compulsory annual subscription of ZAR 200. Interestaccruing on unspent funds held by the Academy is attributed to projects where this is a set requirement,or it is accumulated and accountably used as operational funds at the direction of the Council.The draft Strategic Plan now under development makes provision for a greatly enhanced fundraisingdrive by ASSAf over the next two years. It is expected that studies to be commissioned by governmentdepartments or other agencies will generally be funded in full by the commissioning body concerned.62 Promoting Excellence in Science for Society
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