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the world have too many bad experiences; therefore, they know very well what it<br />
means to leave too much space for extreme standpoints. Many people expect a<br />
wise, balanced voice from the Academy as one of the rare forums that still enjoy<br />
the reputation and trust of the public. The pause in our discussions is not a consequence<br />
of a conclusion to have given up our plan. Experiences show that we have<br />
to take time for resolving difficult harmonisations in order to simplify the process<br />
of reaching a consensus.<br />
The increasing impact of the capital on some basic elements of our future development<br />
is quite concerning in the public as well as in our Academy. Significant<br />
pressure is put on our architectural and urban heritage, thus threatening to depreciate<br />
some valuable distinctions of our capital and some other cities. The negative<br />
impact can also be felt on numerous other areas of work. The triple nature of the<br />
world crisis - economic, environmental and the crisis of values - is a significant<br />
hint that we need to reconsider the logic, goals and ethics of development, the responsibility<br />
of individuals, groups and forums. Therefore, it seemed appropriate<br />
to accept the invitation of our Prime Minister to join the group that is considering<br />
the vision of sustainable development. The standpoint of this group is currently<br />
under public discussion.<br />
SASA has accepted the invitation of the Minister of Education to contribute<br />
to the deliberations on the necessity for putting greater emphasis on the values in<br />
school education - from kindergarten to university. This invitation, which was<br />
actually initiated by the Academy itself, was considered as a welcome opportunity<br />
to influence the lessons on natural science, human science and sociology in primary<br />
and secondary schools and warn about the necessity for raising the quality<br />
of programmes and teachers. The natural science lessons have become a special<br />
concern of world’s and European academies. The Slovenian Academy of Sciences<br />
and Arts is actively cooperating in this interacademy project. In Slovenia, we have<br />
also started the discussion with professionals on the university and secondary<br />
school levels.<br />
SASA has concluded agreements on cooperation with 37 academies. The cooperation<br />
evolves diversely, depending on current interests. We have also hosted<br />
the president of the Albanian Academy of Science, Professor Gudar Beqiraj. The<br />
Academy is also active in numerous interacademy associations. In 2009, these associations<br />
included the ALLEA (All European Academies) that includes 55 academies,<br />
the European Academies Science Advisory Council, the InterAcademy<br />
Panel on International Issues, the European Science Foundation (with 19 academies),<br />
the International Union of Academies and other associations.<br />
Recently, we have decided to cooperate in a close group of the ALLEA Standing<br />
Committee on Science and Ethics. The current projects of the Committee are<br />
the code of conduct of scientific integrity and the education in ethics and philosophy<br />
of science as a part of training of young researchers.<br />
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