WAAS Newsletter - January 2018

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FOUNDING OF ISACCL, BUCHAREST LEVANT INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL PEACE,BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES, GENEVA ECOSOC GRANTS CONSULTATIVE STATUS TO WAAS ROME FUTURE EDUCATION CONFERENCE REPORT INSIGHTS ON CREATIVITY, DUBROVNIK GLOBALISM VS NATIONALISM, PODGORICA	ECONOMICS IN A CHANGING WORLD, UMAG WAAS COLLABORATES FROM THE WAAS ARCHIVES UPCOMING EVENTS Future Education Conference,PONDICHERRY XV International Colloquium, PARIS Meeting on Charter of Human Responsibilities PUBLICATIONS BOOK LISTING
ISACCL founded to promote peace in the Levant
In 2017, the World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS)entered a new phase in its long-term plan to establish a virtual ‘world university’, as originally envisioned by its founders in 1960. In May 2017, the Parliament of Romania enacted new legislation establishing The Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilization (ISACCL) in Bucharest as a permanent government-funded research institution in partnership with WAAS, World University Consortium (WUC) and the Romanian Academy of Sciences. This is the first time the Academy is formally partnering with a national government to establish a new scientific institution. ISACCL was formally inaugurated at a two-day international conference conducted in the plenary hall of the Romanian Parliament on November 21-22, 2017, presided over by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, President of the Romanian Senate. The founding of ISACCL has	been the result of a six year Levant for Global Peace Initiative launched by Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania and founding President of ISACCL, to establish a permanent research institute to promote peace in the Levant through cultural diplomacy. According to the Romanian law establishing ISACCL, the Scientific Board is headed by its president, Emil Constantinescu, who also currently serves as a Trustee of WAAS and Director of WUC. The Board of Trustees of WAAS has also appointed five members to the Scientific Board of the Institute—Heitor Gurgulino de Souza,Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus, Tibor Tóth and Alberto Zucconi. Other WAAS Fellows serving on the Board include the current and past presidents of the Romanian Academy, Ionel Valentin Vlad and Ionel Haiduc; the Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isărescu; two former Ministers of Education, Remus Pricopie and Adrian Curaj; and the distinguished WAAS Fellow and Romanian Academician Mircea Maliţa. ISACCL’s Advisory Board includes WAAS FellowsFederico Mayor, former Director General of UNESCO, and Ismail Serageldin, founding Director of the Library of Alexandria.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
FOUNDING OF ISACCL, BUCHAREST LEVANT INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL PEACE,BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES, GENEVA ECOSOC GRANTS CONSULTATIVE STATUS TO WAAS ROME FUTURE EDUCATION CONFERENCE REPORT INSIGHTS ON CREATIVITY, DUBROVNIK GLOBALISM VS NATIONALISM, PODGORICA	ECONOMICS IN A CHANGING WORLD, UMAG WAAS COLLABORATES FROM THE WAAS ARCHIVES UPCOMING EVENTS Future Education Conference,PONDICHERRY XV International Colloquium, PARIS Meeting on Charter of Human Responsibilities PUBLICATIONS BOOK LISTING
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