Interacademy Communication on Example of Regional Workshop on Science Academies in the Central and Eastern Europe and Their Role in Knowledge-Based Society

Abstract

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, IAP, and CEI jointly organized a regional Workshop on Science Academies in the Central and Eastern Europe and their Role in Knowledge-Based Society. The workshop, held at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk, Belarus on 11–12 June 2012, brought together 23 participants from 9 countries representing the Region of Central and Eastern Europe. As part of the workshop were discussed the tasks of national science academies in the global challenges and transformations, and the use of intellectual potential of academies in addressing to global and local challenges of the XXI century.