{"id":49636,"date":"2024-05-07T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=49636"},"modified":"2024-05-07T11:23:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:23:17","slug":"the-future-of-europe-depends-on-robust-open-and-free-science-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=49636&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The future of Europe depends on robust, open and free science and education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Address of the Presidents of National Academies of Sciences of the European Union Member States
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Ensure European Union\u2019s global leadership position in science and innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n

European science operates at the forefront of global research and innovation. Scientists across the European Union are engaged in research and development on fundamental, practical, and societal problems. Science and innovation are quintessential for the European Union\u2019s freedom and resilience, for its global competitiveness, its prosperity and well-being. This should not be taken for granted. It is essential to safeguard the open and international collaborative character of the scientific endeavour, invest in the full breadth of science and scholarship, and guarantee the uptake of scientific insights into policies that address the major challenges of our democratic societies.<\/p>\n

Promote a robust, open and free science system<\/strong><\/p>\n

International cooperation and the open exchange of knowledge, researchers and students are the major asset of the European Union, while the sharing of insight is a key prerequisite for scientific and technological advancement. Open international scientific cooperation is also important for international relations beyond academia. Decision makers should refrain from raising discouraging barriers to this. They should protect the principles of academic freedom, the academic institutional autonomy and the open international exchange of people and information, while ensuring safe and sustainable working conditions for scientists and students at all times.<\/p>\n

Invest in science and education <\/strong><\/p>\n

Science and scholarship are not only important for economy and prosperity; they bring independent critical thinking and reflection, and these are fundamental to vibrant and resilient democracies. Securing Europe\u2019s global leadership in science and innovation requires stable investments in research, innovation and education. To keep pace with other parts of the world, the European Union and its Member States should deliver on the mutually agreed ambition to invest 3% of GDP annually in research and development. In addition, and with the decisive contribution of the European Parliament, they should reinforce the European Union\u2019s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and the top-level quality of European education.<\/p>\n

Use current scientific knowledge in policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Parliament bears enormous responsibility for the advancement of science and innovation in the European Union with its Framework Programme and its European Research Area. We urge Member States and the European Union institutions to use scientific evidence continuously and wisely in their policymaking. The challenges ahead \u2013 including climate change and biodiversity loss, international migration, food security, energy transition, to name only a few \u2013 are so complex and urgent that they cannot be addressed effectively without science and without a trustful dialogue between science, politics, civil society and economic actors.<\/p>\n

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Signatories (by country)<\/p>\n

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Heinz Fa\u00dfmann, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nAustrian Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christoffel Waelkens, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRoyal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michel Willem, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRoyal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julian Revalski, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nBulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Velimir Neidhardt, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCroatian Academy of Sciences and Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Achilles C. Emilianides, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eva Za\u017e\u00edmalov\u00e1, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCzech Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marie-Louise Nosch, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRoyal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tarmo Soomere, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nEstonian Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuula Linna, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nFinnish Academy of Science and Letters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alain Fischer, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nFrench Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gerald Haug, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nGerman National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stamatios Krimigis, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nAcademy of Athens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tam\u00e1s Freund, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nHungarian Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patrick Guiry, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRoyal Irish Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roberto Antonelli, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nItalian National Academy Lincei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivars Kalvi\u0146\u0161, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLatvian Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J\u016bras Banys, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLithuanian Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucien Hoffmann, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLuxembourg Grand-Ducal Institute, Natural Sciences Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfred J. Vella, Rector<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nUniversity of Malta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marileen Dogterom, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marek Konarzewski, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nPolish Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Cardoso, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nAcademy of Sciences of Lisbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ioan-Aurel Pop, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRomanian Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pavol \u0160ajgal\u00edk, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nSlovak Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter \u0160tih, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nSlovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda Sanz Serna, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRoyal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birgitta Henriques Normark, President<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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