The Académie Des Sciences brings together French and foreign scholars in order to contribute to the progress of science and its application. In order to do so, the Académie studies social questions associated with the development of the sciences, fosters international scientific cooperation, and encourages the diffusion of science among the public.
Division within the Académie Des Sciences with a role or interest in biosecurity:
The Delegation for International Relations (DRI)
“The main purpose of the Academy of Athens is the cultivation and advancement of the Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts, the conduct of scientific research and study, and the offer of learned advices to the state in these areas.
In the pursuit of these objectives, the Academy of Athens supports scientific research, participates in international scientific organisations, carries out publications, grants scholarships, and confers awards and honorary distinctions.”
The Academy provides funding for high-quality scientific research, serves as an expert in science and science policy, and strengthens the position of science and research.
Division(s) within AKA with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Research Council for Biosciences and Environment
The Research Council decides upon research funding within its field. The Council’s research fields are: biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, ecology, biosystematics and -physiology, forest sciences, agricultural sciences, food sciences, research relating to the state of the environment Read More »
“ASSAf aims to remain independent of government and sectoral lobbies and to: Use best-available evidence and scientific knowledge as drivers towards generating recommended solutions to national problems; Apply multi-disciplinarity and consilience in approach;Adhere to the highest ethical and moral standards; Recognise the essentially developmental nature of our society and the importance of the natural environment, both for their own sake and from a human and utilitarian perspective.”
The aim of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is to promote, coordinate, integrate and spread scientific knowledge in its highest expression, in the unity and universality of culture. The Accademia works extensively in the biological sciences and their applications.
