The New Role of the Academies of Sciences in the Balkan Countries

Abstract

Preface. Opening Speech I. Pesmazoglou. The University Research System in Greece and its Effect on Science Policy Ch. Proukakis. The Role of the French Academy of Sciences M. Grunberg-Manago. Academies in Transition V.N. Constantinescu. The National Research Centers and their Role on the Technology Transfer and Science Policy of Greece N. Katsaros. The Role and Place of Research Institutes in Romania. Restructuring Strategies between Tradition and Modernism F.T. Tanasescu. The Role of the National Academy of Sciences in the Science and Technology System of Armenia Y.L. Sarkissyan. Research and the Evaluation of its Results in Industry G. Parissakis. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Scientific Potential and Research Priorities N. Yakmoff, N. Petrova. Realizing the Economic Benefits of Good Science R.E. Armit. Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) A.O. Cavdar. For a New Conception and Stronger Role of the Academy of Sciences as a Productive, Competitive and Collaboration Promoting Research Center P.D. Skende. The Survival Problems of the Academies of Sciences of the Balkan Countries: To Be Or Not to Be? S. Radautsan. Science and International Communication: The Role of Academies of Sciences: Building Bridges P.J.D. Drenth. Activities of the Canadian Academy of Science and of Recent Innovative Centres in Canada B.P. Stoicheff. Transition Period Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia F. Sargsyan. The Academy's Role in Promoting Interdisciplinary Scientific Research M. Jeeves. The Role of Academies of Sciences in Periods of Transition H. Sorensen. Inventions as Promoters of Scientific and Technical Progress I. Bostan, V. Dulgheru. Some Aspects of Reformation of the National Academy ofSciences of Ukraine S.A. Andronati. Transformation of Research in the Czech Republic: The Role of the Academy of Sciences V. Paces. A Strategy for Knowledge Diffusion E. Malitikov. Academies from Plato to Zamolxis A. Vartic. The Role of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in Coordination of Fundamental Research and Scientific Networking Y. Shoukourian. Science at the Edge of the Twenty First Century: Social Results and Problems Y. Solodukhin. Subject Index.