About TWAS

TWAS was founded in 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world, under the leadership of Abdus Salam, the Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate. They shared a belief that developing nations, by building strength in science and engineering, could build the knowledge and skill to address such challenges as hunger, disease and poverty. From the start, the Academy had essential support from Italian scientists and political leaders.

The Third World Academy of Sciences, as it was originally known, was inaugurated officially in 1985 during a ceremony attended by United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. Initially, TWAS had 42 elected fellows, nine of them Nobel laureates. The name was changed twice: in 2004, to "The Academy of Sciences for the developing world" and, in 2012, to the current one, "The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries"

Today, TWAS more than 1,400 elected fellows — some of the world's most accomplished scientists and engineers — representing 112 countries; 13 of them are Nobel laureates. About 84 per cent come from developing nations, and the rest are scientists from the developed world whose work has had a significant impact in the South. TWAS fellows are the foundation for all of the Academy's work.

TWAS-SAPREP Mission

The aim of the TWAS-SAPREP (TWAS East and South-East Asia and the Pacific Regional Partner), formerly TWAS Regional Office for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific, is to support scientific capacity building for sustainable development in East & Southeast Asia and the Pacific region by promoting the activities of TWAS and its affiliated organizations, such as the TWNSO, TWOWS, IAC and IAP, in the region within the framework of the overall strategic plan of TWAS.

Its main tasks are:

• To implement the CAS/TWAS cooperative programs;
• To promote the Associateship Scheme at Centers of Excellence in the South;
• To organize meetings of TWAS fellows in the region for the strategic development plans based on the overall blueprint of TWAS;
• To support CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum on Climate;
• To hold joint workshops on issues of common concern;
• To identify eminent scientists in the region for the nominations to TWAS memberships and awards;
• To sponsor public lectures by eminent scientists on the concerned issues worldwide; and,
• To maintain a website for the Regional Partner.

OWSD (the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World) is a program unit of UNESCO. And based at the offices of TWAS (the World Academy of Sciences, in Trieste, Italy. CNOWSD ever linked at the website of TWAS-SAPREP.

Related Links:

TWAS website: twas.org

TWAS-SAPREP website: www.twas-roeseap.cas.cn

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