Recap of ALLEA Board Meeting in Sofia, September 2014
ALLEA Board Meeting held in Sofia, Bulgaria in September 2014 covered various agenda items including recent activities, financial updates, membership dues, upcoming events, and more. The meeting also discussed collaborations with Science Europe and strategic initiatives for European Academies. Detailed reports and figures on ALLEA's expenditures and income were presented during the meeting, highlighting the organization's financial status and membership dues for 2014.
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ALLEA ALLEA Board Meeting Board Meeting Bulgarian Bulgarian Academy Sofia Sofia Academy of of Sciences Sciences 16/17 September 2014
Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Approval: Meeting agenda / Minutes of last Board meeting Report: Recent, on-going and upcoming activities Update on Working Group activities / ALLEA participation in Horizon 2020 applications Update on finances and membership dues 2014 General Assembly 2015: Programme planning Voting principles in ALLEA STIS-Dialogue between Academy networks and European Commission Joint ALLEA-ESF conference in Brussels in early 2015 Update: ALLEA Mme de Sta l Prize 2015 New and pending membership applications Thoughts about European Academies Programme / Update: Survey and Synergy Analysis of SSH Research (SASSH) Item 12 Next meetings and any other business Cooperation with Science Europe High level Academies meeting in Edinburgh Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9 Item 10 Item 11 ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 2
Item 2 Report: Recent, on-going and upcoming activities ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 3
Item 3 Update on Working Group activities / ALLEA participation in Horizon 2020 applications ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 4
Item 4 Update on finances and membership dues 2014 ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 5
ALLEA account balance (as of 15/09/14): 107.999,11 De facto expenditures 2014 (Jan-Sept): Expected pending expenditures 2014: Expected total expenditures 2014: 158.600 (rounded) 60 75.000 218 233.000 Figures presented Figures presented in in business business plan plan and and adopted adopted by by GA 2014 in Oslo: GA 2014 in Oslo: Expected expenditures 2014: Expected income 2014: 249.540,00 234.740,00 ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 6
Membership dues originally invoiced 2014 245.440 Invoiced 2014 (de facto)* 210.340 Received 2014 (as of 15 September 2014) 181.141 Pending and expected (partly committed) 6.420 Pending and not expected (improbable/unclear) 23.617 Expected total membership dues 2014 Expected total membership dues 2014 187.561 187.561 *temporary (2xMadrid); France (Ac. des sciences); Belgium; Finland temporary exemptions exemptions and and reductions reductions granted granted totalling totalling 35.100 35.100 : KNAW; Spain ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 7
Number of Academies* which settled their payment Number of Academies* which settled their payment 48 48 full amount reduced amount overpayment 42 5 1 Number of Academies which have not settled their payment Number of Academies which have not settled their payment 10 10 Payment committed for later 2014 (full or reduced amount) Temporary exemption granted due to financial constraints 3 No payment despite reminders /no reaction 2 5 *Including members elected at GA 2014 (payment of partial amount for 2ndhalf of 2014) ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 8
Item 5 General Assembly 2015 in Lisbon: Programme planning ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 9
Item 6 Voting principles in ALLEA ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 10
Three options: a)1 academy = 1 vote Pro: currently valid principle remains / no change in the Statutes necessary Contra: (Large) countries with only one academy are underrepresented (example Russia) / (small) countries with more academies (example Belgium) b)1 country / scientific community = 1 vote Pro: voting principle in line with contributing principle Contra: Academies from one country have to discuss before or during the meeting how to cast the vote c)Maximum number of academies from one country = number of votes (currently 4) Pro: avoids imbalance as seen in option 1 Contra: rather complex voting system ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 11
Item 7 STIS-Dialogue between Academy networks and European Commission ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 12
Item 8 Joint ALLEA-ESF conference in Brussels in early 2015 ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 13
Item 9 Update: ALLEA Mme de Sta l Prize 2015 ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 14
Item 10 New and pending membership applications ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 15
Item 10 ACADEMY COUNTRY STATE OF APPLICATION AGREED NEXT STEPS National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine Ukraine Dossier received / pending answer from existing member academy Await answer from existing member Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Azerbaijan Invited to prepare dossier Await dossier The Learned Society of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Existing member consulted Existing member supports admission Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences Albania Existing member consulted; applicant invited to prepare dossier Await answer from existing member / await dossier International Academy of the History of Science (AIHS) International scope / based in Paris Invited to prepare dossier for possible associate membership Await dossier ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 16
Item 11 Thoughts about European Academies Programme / Update: Survey and Synergy Analysis of SSH Research (SASSH) ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 17
Item 12 Next meetings and any other business Cooperation with Science Europe High level Academies meeting in Edinburgh DATE VENUE REMARKS Board Meeting 4/2014 3 / 4 December 2014 Jerusalem confirmed Board Meeting 1/2015 2 / 3 March 2015 11 / 12 March 2015 Carlo D Adda approaches new Italian members Venice / Torino (?) General Assembly 2015 23 / 24 April 2015 Lisbon confirmed Board Meeting 2/2015 18 / 19 June 2015 22 / 23 June 2015 Edinburgh venue confirmed / date tba Board Meeting 3/2015 10 / 11 September 2015 tba tba Board Meeting 4/2015 7 / 8 December 2015 tba tba Red: proposals / red & underlined: preferential dates as mentioned in last Board meeting ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 18
Dinner Dinner on the invitation of the President on the invitation of the President of Bulgarian Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Academy of Sciences of the the ALLEA Board Meeting | 16/17 September 2014 | Sofia 19
