The Academy Assembly, the highest body of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic responsible for the foremost priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XLI Meeting in the Municipal House in Vinohrady December 13. 2012. By a secret ballot. Professor Jill Drahoa was reelected by the Academy Assembly as the new candidate for the presidency of ASCR for the period 2013-2017. The president of Czech Republic will ratify this election and the nominee will be inducted as the new head of Academy at the XLII Meeting of Academy Assembly on March 19. 2013. and Jiří Drahoš.
In this issue, we feature an article by Professor Jiří Drahoš, president of the Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic. The article focuses on a current situation of in the Academy. He emphasises that the ASCR is the most efficient institution in the field of science and research in Czech Republic. What's more, the Aca demy was 99th among 2000 institutions evaluated by Clmago Institutions Ranking: 2009 World Report. In December 2009 at the Academic Assembly, the Czech Science Academy head. Censured the Government Council for Research and. Development and Innovation for downgrading its funding system of support for science. In his speech at the Assembly he also stressed that Academy as a consequence of its research continuously returns to society what it has received for its scientific endeavours from public finances. and Jiří Drahoš.
This issue presents complete preliminaries on voting for a new president of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The new president will assume his office on March 25, 2013 and serve for four years. As head of the ASCR, he is its chief representative and also administrator of the Academy's budget. After his selection, he will be nominated to the post by the president of the Czech Republic. The candidate will be selected at the XLI Meeting of Academic Assembly. The list of proposed nominees for the members of Academic Board and Scientific Board of ASCR will be published in the second issue of Academic bulletin 2013.
The Academy Assembly, the highest body of the ASCR responsible for the topmost priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XXXVIII Meeting on April 21, 2011. Among invited guests were Alena Gajdůšková, 1st Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Stanislava Hronová and Vladimír Haasz, Vice-Chairpersons of the R&D Council and others. The main agenda item of this meeting was discussion the report of the Steering Committee of the Evaluation of Academy Institutes. Through the Committee's evaluation, the Academy Council is provided a full report of the research effectiveness of Academy Institutes. and Jiří Drahoš.
V souvislosti s ukončením procesu hodnocení výzkumné činnosti pracovišť Akademie věd České republiky za léta 2005-09 se hodně času věnovalo diskuzím nad budoucím směrováním Akademie věd ČR. Základním cílem je zvýšení vědeckého výkonu Akademie věd a jejích jednotlivých ústavů vytvořením koherentního programu AV ČR jako celku, který by zahrnoval aktuální trendy světové vědy a vývoje poznání a zároveň reagoval na základní společenské výzvy v oblasti vědy a výzkumu. Přípravu této strategie lze vnímat jako pokračování pohybu Akademie věd ve směru nastoupeném po mimořádném Akademickém sněmu v červnu 2009, kdy byla v novodobé historii České republiky poprvé ohrožena její existence., In connection with the completion of the evaluation process for research activities at our institutes for 2005-09, we have devoted a great deal of time to discussions of the future direction of AS CR. The fundamental aim is to raise the scientific performance of AS CR and its institutes by creating a coherent programme for AS CR as a whole, reflecting current trends in world science and development of knowledge and at the same time reacting to the essential social challenges in science and research. I perceive the preparation of the Strategy as a continuation of the shift in direction taken after the extraordinary Academy Assembly in June 2009, when its existence was in jeopardy for the first time in the modern history of the Czech Republic., and Jiří Drahoš.