Armenia's National Academy of Sciences becomes member of ALLEA

YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS. The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia has become a member of the All European Academies (ALLEA). The Information and Analysis Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia informed "Armenpress" that the ALLEA membership will provide new opportunities to the Armenian scientists in respect of scientific exchanges and involvement in the international programs.

By decision of the 14th General Assembly of the European federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, held in Berlin on 30 April 2013, ALLEA admits three new members and now comprises a total of 55 Member Academies from more than 40 countries. Alongside two Belgian academies, the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia was invited to become member of ALLEA.

With an absolute majority of the votes cast the ALLEA General Assembly decided to invite the three academies to become part of the ALLEA. On the basis of the comprehensive application dossiers that the applicants had provided, the ALLEA Board had recommended the admission of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia as well as of the two Belgian academies Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taalen Letterkunde) and Royal Academy of French Language and Literature (Académie Royale de langue et de literature françaises de Belgique).

ALLEA, the federation of All European Academies, was founded in 1994 and currently brings together 55 Academies in more than 40 countries from the Council of Europe region. Member Academies operate as learned societies, think tanks and research performing organisations. They are self- governing communities of leaders of scholarly enquiry across all fields of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities. ALLEA therefore provides access to an unparalleled human resource of intellectual excellence, experience and expertise.

Independent from political, commercial and ideological interests, ALLEA’s policy work seeks to contribute to improving the framework conditions under which science and scholarship can excel. Jointly with its Member Academies, ALLEA is in a position to address the full range of structural and policy issues facing Europe in science, research and innovation. In doing so, it is guided by a common understanding of Europe bound together by historical, social and political factors as well as for scientific and economic reasons.