It is against
this background that the Caribbean Scientific Union (Comunidad Cientifica
del Caribe CCC) was established in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
in November 2000 after a series of Meetings held in Trinidad (1998), Santo
Domingo (1999) and Cuba (1999). Its legal domicile is:
Domicilio:
Instituto
de Investigaciones Inmunológicas de la Universidad de Cartagena
Dirección:Instituto
de Investigaciones Inmunológicas, Hospital Universitario, Tercer
Piso, Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia.
TELEFONO:(57
–4)6698491
FAX:
(57-4) 6698491
APARTADO
AEREO: e-mail:
info@accefyn.org.co
accefyn@acccefyn.org.co
jlozano@accefyn.org.co
2. Objectives
Among its objectives
are:
a) To promote
the concerted action of the Academies of Sciences and equivalent institutions
of the Greater Caribbean Region to best serve the interests of the countries
of the region.
b) to facilitate
coordination of the international scientific activities of its members.
c) to stimulate,
design, coordinate or participate in the implementation of international
cooperative activities and programmes.
d) to act as
a consultative body in scientific issues that have an international
dimension.
e) to promote
the public understanding of science and respect for it
3. Membership
Membership
is open to established scientific academies in the region or scientific
institutions with common interest in the case of a country without an academy.
It is also opened to any recognized international non-governmental scientific
organization.
4. Executive
Members
The Members of
the Executive are:
President: Dr.
Harold Ramkisoon, Trinidad & Tobago.
Vice-President:
Dr. Mario Bonetti, President Academia de Ciencias de República Dominicana.
Secretario:
Dr. Ismael Clark, Presidente Academia de Ciencias de Cuba.
Treasurer: Dr.
Francisco Guzmán, Consejo Nacional de Universidades de Nicaragua.
Vocal: Dr. Luis
Eduardo Mora, ex President de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas,
Físicas y Naturales.
5. Further
Information
For further information,
contact:
