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-- Advice has been given to the European Parliament andCommission on proposed directives on the patentingof biological inventions and on the harmonisation ofcopyright.-- At the invitation of the Parliament of Croatia, theAcademia has provided an assessment on Science andHigher Education in Croatia. In a wider regional contextthe Academia in collaboration with UNESCO (the AE hasofficial ‘consultative’ status), has been a lead player inactivities aimed at the rebuilding of scientific co-operationin the countries of South East Europe.-- The Academia have issued a number statements to theinstitutions and governments of the European Unionwhich identify priorities for action. These include:• 2002: Virtuality and the European Citizen• 2002: The need for a European Research Council• 2002: International Academies as Interlocutorsbetween International Scholarship and SupranationalPolicy, D. Coates and S. Strömholm, Published in TheIPTS Report, vol 70, 2002.• 2003: Towards a European Research Council: AFurther Contribution to the Debate• 2003: The Rôle of Universities in the Europe ofKnowledge• 2004: The Rôle of the Humanities in EuropeanResearch Policy – a statement• 2007: The future of Mathematics Education in Europe• 2010: A commentary on the European Commissionstrategy: “Europe 2020”• 2011: European Commission Green Paper on CSF(Common Strategic Framework), an AE response• 2012: On the situation of the Humanities and SocialSciences in Europe-- The Academia Europaea was a founder member of theEuropean Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC)a grouping of major European National Academiesof Science that provide independent analyses of theimpacts and implications of science on issues ofsignificant European Public policy. EASAC responds toemerging and potential policy areas, such as on Energy,Environment, Health and the impact of emerging areasof science, for example the Nanosciences, by drawingon Academies own members to publish comprehensiveanalyses of the latest science that might be useful as
a guide to policy making. Full information and publicationscan be found on the EASAC website at www.easac.euFurther information on all of these activities can be foundon www.acadeuro.orgRelationships withother bodiesThe Academia Europaea maintains close relationshipswith other bodies concerned with European science andscholarship, including the European Commission and itsscientific advisory bodies (including EFSA; EURAB), theEuropean Science Foundation, UNESCO, the Council ofEurope, the network of European Academies (ALLEA), theInternational Council for Science (ICSU), Euroscience, theEuropean Research Council and the COST organisation.Contacts and exchanges of information and literatureare also maintained with national academies and otherinternational academies such as the Third World Academy.Our individual members serve on many internationaland national committees, boards and panels, such as forexample – the expert panels of the European ResearchCouncil; heads of national funding agencies and as officersof a number of National Academies of Science(s).FinanceAs an independent charitable and ‘not-for-profit’ body,the Academia Europaea exists through the generousfinancial support from a wide range of sources, includingfrom a number of government ministries and the researchfunding councils of several European countries, privatefoundations, charities, banks and industries. Members arealso asked to pay a subscription, although to recognise thatboth national traditions and the great differentials acrossEuropean country economies may present difficulties,generous exemptions are provided for in individual cases.All of our conferences and activities are externally supportedby funds which are negotiated by the Academia andoften passed directly from sponsors to the local organisers.This ensures an active and relevant involvement at the localand regional levels. We do not trade, sell, or carry out anyprofit making activities. We have no shareholders.We submit our annual report and accounts to the UKauthorities: to the Charity Commission of England andWales and to UK Companies House.
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