Congress

About Congress

The Congress is the body that directs the overall policies of ASRIC including formulation and review of Work Programmes, approves Action Plans, Funding and Resource Mobilization Strategies in accordance with the AU Policies. It develops its internal guidelines and rules of procedures in line with the relevant AU legal instruments; elect the Bureau and sets-up its sub-committees, among others.It is the apex body of ASRIC as stipulated in Article 6-1 of the Statute and it is responsible to the Specialized Technical Committee on Education Science and Technology (STC-EST).

Congress Members

National Academies of Science in Africa

Academies of Science support the implementation of a nation’s science policy through their dual mandate: promoting and honouring scientific excellence and providing evidence-based science advice to their nations. In Africa, there are twenty-nine (29) national academies of science namely:

· Algeria – AcadémieAlgérienne des Sciences et Technologies (AAST)

· Madagascar – Madagascar’s National Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences

· Benin – Académie Nationale des Sciences, Arts et Lettres du Benin (ANSALB)

· Malawi – Academy of Sciences in Malawi

· Botswana – Botswana Academy of Sciences (BAS)

· Mauritius – Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology (MAST)

· Burkina Faso – AcadémieNationale des Sciences du Burkina (ANSB)

· Morocco – Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Morocco

· Burundi – Academie Burundaise Des Sciences Et Technologie (ABST)

· Mozambique – Academy of Sciences of Mozambique (ASM)

· Burundi – Academie Burundaise Des Sciences Et Technologie (ABST)

· Nigeria – The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS)

· Cameroon – Cameroon Academy of Sciences (CAS)

· Rwanda – Rwanda Academy of Sciences

· Congo – Académie Nationale des Sciences et Technologies du Congo (ANSTC)

· Senegal – Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal (ANSTS)

· Cote d’Ivoire – National Academy for Cote d’Ivoire

· South Africa – Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

· Egypt – Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)

· Tanzania – Tanzania Academy of Sciences (TAS)

· eSwatini – Kingdom of eSwatini Academy of Sciences

· Togo – AcadémieNationale Des Sciences, Arts Et Lettres Du Togo (ANSALT)

· Ethiopia – Ethiopian Academy of Science (EAS)

· Uganda – The Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS)

· Ghana – Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS)

· Zambia – Zambia Academy of Sciences (ZaAS)

· Kenya – Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS)

· Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS)

National Young Academies of Science in Africa

National Young Academies of Science in Africa – like other Young Academies of Science worldwide – work as the voice of young scientists for the advancement of issues important to young scientists. This includes, for example, science education or the dialogue between science and society. The Young Academies are affiliated with a senior National Academy of Science..