Annual report and accounts - Academia Europaea
Annual report and accounts - Academia Europaea
Annual report and accounts - Academia Europaea
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ACADEMIA EUROPAEAThe structure of the <strong>Academia</strong> <strong>Europaea</strong>A Deed of Trust, dated 29 January 1990 governs the <strong>Academia</strong> <strong>Europaea</strong>. Trustees are appointedunder the terms of the Deed in line with a supplemental Deed approved <strong>and</strong> adopted on 4 April 2003.Under the authority of the Trustees, the regular business of the <strong>Academia</strong> is conducted by a Councilwhich consists of the Board of management, representatives of Sections <strong>and</strong> not less than 5 memberswho are elected by the <strong>Annual</strong> Meeting of all the members of the <strong>Academia</strong> present <strong>and</strong> eligible to vote.The Council appoints a President, Vice-Presidents <strong>and</strong> a Treasurer who together form a Board ofManagement to supervise the work of the <strong>Academia</strong> between meetings of the Council. Sir Brian Heapassumed the chair of the Trustees on 2 April 2004. During the period of this <strong>report</strong> the Trusteesapproved the appointment of one new Trustee: Professor Jürgen Mittelstrass, the retiring President.The mission of the <strong>Academia</strong> <strong>Europaea</strong>The <strong>Academia</strong> <strong>Europaea</strong> is an international, non-governmental association of individual scientists <strong>and</strong>scholars, who are experts <strong>and</strong> leaders in their own subject areas as recognised by their peers.The <strong>Academia</strong> will:· Promote a wider appreciation of the value of European scholarship <strong>and</strong> research.· Make recommendations to national governments <strong>and</strong> international agencies concerning mattersaffecting science, scholarship <strong>and</strong> academic life in Europe.· Encourage interdisciplinary <strong>and</strong> international research in all areas of learning, particularly in relationto European issues.· Identify topics of trans-European importance to science <strong>and</strong> scholarship, <strong>and</strong> propose appropriateaction to ensure that these issues are adequately studied.The <strong>Academia</strong> will endeavour to:· Encourage the highest possible st<strong>and</strong>ards in scholarship, research <strong>and</strong> education.· Promote a better underst<strong>and</strong>ing among the public at large of the benefits of knowledge <strong>and</strong> learning,<strong>and</strong> of scientific <strong>and</strong> scholarly issues, which affect society, its quality of life <strong>and</strong> its st<strong>and</strong>ards ofliving.3
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