The Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (ACCEFYN; Spanish: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales) is a Colombian entity in charge of the development of the exact, physical and natural sciences in Colombia.
[1] The management of the academy is held by a board of directors elected individually by the voting members, every three years.
Its members can be re-elected in office for a maximum of two consecutive times.
It is also the promoter of several scientific unions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Although the background of the academy go back to the government of Francisco de Paula Santander (who founded in 1826 the National Academy of Colombia), the academy was recognized by law 34 of 1933 like advising organism of the national government in scientific subjects.