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FOUNDATION DATE The Society of Sciences and Arts of Montenegro was constituted by the Decision of the Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro on June 10, 1973; in April 1976, following the adoption of Law on Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Society transformed into the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts. According to the Law, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts is the supreme institution in the field of sciences and arts in the Republic of Montenegro.ACTIVITY OF THE ACADEMY a) it strives for freedom of scientific and artistic creativity;
b) organizes, initiates and implements the scientific research, by itself or in cooperation with other scientific institutions;
c) organizes, by itself or in cooperation with others, scientific meetings, symposia, scientific speakers' platforms, scientific debates, consultations and exhibitions;
d) renders assistance to individual scientific and artistic work of its members and scientific and artistic work in other institutions;
e) takes part in establishing the programme of scientific and artistic significance for the Republic;
f) assists in training and specialization of young scientists and artists;
g) issues publications in the field of science and arts;
h) makes incentives and cherishes scientific and artistic critique;
i) collects, arranges and studies scientific materials in the field of science and arts;
j) participates, as needed, in assessment of the results of scientific and artistic creativity;
k) makes initiatives, proposals and opinions to state authorities and other holders of economic, cultural and public life aimed at the improvement of conditions for scientific work and artistic creativity;
l) cooperates with scientific, cultural, economic and professional organizations and institutions in the country and abroad.
MEMBERSHIP MASA members are: full members (academicians), associate members and foreign members.
Full and associate members create MASA's working body.
Presently there are 42 members (32 full and 10 associate members) in the working body of the Academy and there are 28 foreign members.
Elections for Academy members, as a rule, are performed every third year.
ORGANISATION: Division of Natural Science;
Division of Social Sciences;
Division of Arts.
Within the Academy are 24 permanent and project boards, which in their programmes involve more than 350 associates, prominent scientific workers and artistic creators from the universities, scientific institutes and artistic associations
RESEARCH AND STUDY UNITS: Institute of language and literature »Petar Petrovic Njegos«;
Centre for Energy and Ecology - ENEKO Centre.
AUTHORITIES Assembly consists of all MASA members in the working body;
Presidency of the Academy: president, secretary general, and divisional secretaries;
President of the Academy is academician Momir Djurovic.
Vice president is academician Mijat Sukovic
Secretary General is academician Ranislav Bulatovic.
PUBLISHING ACTIVITY - Editions Year-book,
Proceedings of the Divisions;
Proceedings from scientific meetings;
Special editions;
Special (selected) papers;
Collections of papers;
Historical sources;
Jubilee editions;
Critical editions;
Bibliographies;
Memorials to deceased members of the Academy;
Catalogues;
Joint editions.
MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS OF MASA: Encyclopaedia of Montenegro;
Flora and Fauna of Montenegro;
Publishing the sources for the history of Montenegro;
Ethnological Properties of Montenegro;
Demographic and Population Problems of Montenegro;
Linguistic Research;
Research in Musicology.
INTERNATIONAL AND INTER-ACADEMY COOPERATION MASA has signed the agreements on cooperation with:
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Russian Academy of Sciences
Albanian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Slovenian Academy of Sciences anad Arts
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Romanian Academy
Turkish Academy
Latvian Academy of Sciences
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republic Srpska
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Academia dei Lincei - Roma
It is a member of ALLEA - Amsterdam, UAI - Brussels, Inter-academy Council for the South Eastern Europe, CEEN - Central European Network and European Academy - Salzburg, ICSU - Paris, European Academy of Sciences and Arts - Salzburg.
FINANCIES Resources for MASA operation are provided from the Budget of the Republic of Montenegro.ADDRESS: Rista Stijovica 5, Podgorica, Montenegro
Telephone: + 381 81 655 450; 381 81 655 466
Facsimille: + 381 81 655 451
e-mail:
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web site: www.canu.cg.yu
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