Romanian Academic Society
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The Romanian Academic Society (Societatea Academică din România in Romanian) is a Bucharest-based think tank and NGO founded in 1996. It is considered close to the right wing of politics.[1][failed verification]
SAR seeks to
- Contribute to good governance and development through policy research.
- Contribute to the European integration of Romania, Western Balkan countries and Moldova through transfer of best practices and advocacy*enhance the contribution of independent policy institutes to the process of policy formulation through advocacy and public debate.
- Contribute to the (re)building of the fields of applied social sciences and public policy in Romania and South-Eastern Europe after fifty years of communism.
The current president of the Society is Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. The other Board members are Aurora Liiceanu, Ana Maria Sandi, Andrei Pleșu, Ioan Popa, Sorin Vieru, and Daniel Dăianu.[citation needed]
The Romanian Academic Society should not be confused with the Romanian Academy, a government-funded body that regulates the Romanian language and promotes Romanian culture and literature. The usage of the words "Academic" and "Romanian" is restricted by Romanian law.
References
[edit]- ^ (in Romanian) Societatea Academica Romana at infopolitic.ro
External links
[edit]- (in English) Official site[failed verification]
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