Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium

The association is headquartered in the buildings of the former Royal Stables at the Academy Palace, Hertogsstraat 1 Rue Ducale B-1000 Brussels.

The assignment of the National Committees is the promotion and coordination for Belgium of the studies of different scientific disciplines that are within their competences, mainly from an international point of view.

The office has the following responsibilities and duties: InterAcademy Panel (IAP) is a worldwide network of National Academies of Science.

The main objective is to promote the cooperation between its Member Academies and to give advice to its citizens and their governments when it comes to scientific aspects of worldwide concerns.

All Academies will be more efficient when it comes to increasing their influence and spreading their advice and warnings amongst their citizens and politicians through communication connections and networks created by the IAP-activities.

The UAI works to promote the advancement of knowledge, development of scientific exchanges and initiatives of its academies.

The increasing number of projects, by its willingness to accommodate more members of academies, the International Academic Union and aims to represent the principle of excellence that animates it.