የቤልጂየም የሮያል ሳይንስ እና ጥበባት አካዳሚዎች ከ1919 ጀምሮ አባል ናቸው።
Belgium is a Member of ISC through its two relevant Academies, namely: The Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB) and the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB).
The Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB) was founded on 12 January 1769 as the “Société littéraire de Bruxelles”. It was transformed into an Academy on 16 December 1772 by the Empress Marie-Thérèse. On 1 December 1845, King Leopold I conferred new Statutes and By-Laws on the Academy; they still govern it today.
This Academy, comprising 240 members, 200 associates (foreign members), is divided into four Classes: (1) Sciences, (2) Letters and Moral and Political Sciences, (3) Arts and (4) Technology and Society (each Class having 60 members and 50 associates.)
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) was founded by the Royal Decree of 16 March 1938; new statutes and a new name were signed by His Majesty King Albert II (Royal Decree of December 2, 1998). It has the same structure as the Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB), but each Class has on average 13 honorary members and 70 members. Moreover, the Academy counts about 60 foreign members in total.
ARB እና KVAB የተለያዩ ኮሚቴዎችን እና ተግባራትን ይደግፋሉ፣ ማለትም ከአይኤስሲ እና ከሚመለከታቸው አካላት ጋር የተያያዙ ብሄራዊ ኮሚቴዎች።
እነዚህን ተግባራት ለማስተባበር ሁሉም ፖስታዎች እና መረጃዎች ከአይኤስሲ ዩኒየኖች ጋር የሚገናኙበት፡ የቤልጂየም የሮያል ሳይንስ እና ጥበባት አካዳሚዎች (RASAB) የሚደርሱበት ጃንጥላ ድርጅት ተፈጥሯል።
Among the other activities promoted by the Academies, mention must be made of the following joint initiatives: the Royal Commission on History, the Royal Commission on Dialectology and Toponymy, and the Royal Belgian Academy Council of Applied Sciences (BACAS). The Academies also publish a National Biography – each in its own language, and they hold membership in the International Academic Union (IAU), which has had its administrative seat at the ARB since 1919.
Both Academies have, in addition, their own specific activities. They advise the federal and (respective) community governments on matters related to science, the humanities and fine arts, and often issue statements of opinion on these matters. They are centres of cooperation between Belgian and foreign scholars and artists, and maintain frequent contacts with their Belgian and foreign counterparts. The Academies organize, jointly or separately, symposia devoted to scientific, literary, philosophical and such like themes, and exhibitions of a scientific or artistic nature. They award specific prizes based on annual competitions, prizes and subsidies of foundations, and have their own publications (Yearbooks, Position Papers, collections of Scientific Dissertations).
The ARB administers the Central Fund for Belgian Artists, the Arthur Mergelynck Foundation, the J. and Y. Ochs-Lefebvre Foundation, the Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation, and has formed several of its own working groups. It has contacts with a large number of sister Academies, for example, the Institut de France, the Academy of Netherland, the Academy of Luxembourg and the Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres.
The KVAB also has its own committees, on a variety of topics, for example the History of Law, Economic History, Classical Studies, Maritime History, Humanism in the Netherlands, Human Rights, etc. Through its ‘Academic Cultural Forum’ KVAB organizes multiple colloquia and lectures. It has multiple bilateral agreements with other European Academies en is actively involved in in a number of international networks, such as ISC, ALLEA, EASAC and Euro-CASE.
Photo by RASAB.
