With the Académie des Sciences in 2013-2014

FOSteRinG inteRnAtiOnAL cOLLABORAtiOn

Playing an advisory role on a Global scale

within the interacademic networks

The national academies of sciences embody scientific excellence and

in this respect have the mission to carry out expertise and promote

sciences among the political leaders of their countries.The interacademic

network that have formed throughout the world act in the same spirit,

on a wider scale, though: such is the case with IAP (the InterAcademy

Panel, created in 1993, which now is the InterAcademy Partnership

)

on a global scale and, for Europe, with EASAC (the European Academies’

Science Advisory Council, created in 2001) and ALLEA (All European

Academies

, created in 1994).

a national role to improve international cooperation

Drawing on its experience in science diplomacy, the Académie des Sciences has created and chairs two committees of national scope

involved in the promotion of scientific interactions at the global level:

the

French Committee for International Scientific Unions

(cOFUSi), chaired by Académie member Françoise combes and created by

the Académie in 1967: it is in charge of coordinating the French national committees (cnF), which are the correspondents of the

international scientific unions that take part in the international council for Science (icsu). cOFUSi assesses and reports on the work of

the cnF to the French ministry of higher education and Research. moreover, it manages the funding granted by the ministry for taking

part in icSU and other various international unions. Lastly, cOFUSi spurs the different cnF on to hold joint interdisciplinary meetings

and supports their rapprochement with the learned societies;

the

Academic Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological International Relations

(cARiSt), chaired by Académie member

Daniel Ricquier and created by the Académie in 1983: its objective is to bring together the reflections of the different stakeholders

of French research - ministries, research organisms, associations and companies. this committee enables its participants to keep

informed and share their views on the actions they put in place, or contemplate on putting in place, at the international level: the

Académie des Sciences provides, not only a neutral ground making communication easier, but also the expertise of its members -

scientists enjoying worldwide credit for the excellence of their work. in 213-2014, cARiSt has focused on two themes for reflection:

International Strategy, positioning and dissemination of French Research (2013) and Scientific and Technological Watch, Innovation

and Competition

(2014).

IAP

The

InterAcademy Partnership

gathers 107 national academies of science

and regional networks - fromAfrica, the Americas, Asia and Europe (EASAC)

- of academies of science. Its goal is to further cooperation among its

members to improve citizen information and advise the political decision-

makers on the scientific aspects of critical global issues. In this framework,

one of its missions is to promote the creation of academies of science in

the countries that do not have one and to foster the young academies into

maintaining their expert role with the decision-makers of their State.