At the General Assembly of ANAS, held on February 20, the head of the Working Group, Director of the Department of Science and Education of the Presidium of ANAS, Doctor of Philology Sarkhan Khaveri, provided information about the project “Concept for Development and Roadmap of ANAS”.
He noted that the “Concept for Development and Roadmap of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences for 2025-2030” presented for discussion, consists of two main sections.
The first section covers global challenges, new development trends of world science, emerging trends of social and humanitarian sciences, the justification of the Concept, its goals, objectives, and tasks, the historical development chronology of the Academy and its new legal status, and the main directions of the Roadmap which focus on scientific and organizational activities. In addition, it also includes the time sequence of implementing the Concept, the execution and mechanisms for controlling its implementation, the monitoring system, and outcome indicators. Sarkhan Khaveri mentioned that, overall, the first section of the Concept can be considered as a scientific-philosophical framework document for organizing the development processes at the Academy effectively and consistently over the next five years.
Sarkhan Khaveri said that the necessity of developing and implementing the Concept is explained by three important factors at the global, regional, and local levels.
The first factor is linked to the global development trends of the modern world, the second factor is related to the new geopolitical realities of our country and the region, and the third factor is connected with the new stage of development of science in the republic.
The speaker noted that the Concept reflects numerous and varied areas of activity, objectives, tasks, and measures for their implementation. These can be summarized under three main goals:
“The first goal is to transform the Academy into the primary center of fundamental research through the conduct of studies at a modern theoretical-methodological level. The second goal, taking into account that social and humanitarian scientific institutions operate within the Academy, is to direct activities in this field towards the development of the state’s cultural-spiritual and ideological spheres. The third goal is to functionally achieve the realization of its central role in scientific coordination across the republic in a new quality and at a new level.”
It was noted in the report that these goals derive their legal basis from the new Charter of the Academy, approved by the President, and their moral and ethical accountability from the Academy’s 80-year history and the exceptional role it has played in the social progress and the history of public opinion of the Azerbaijani people.
Sarkhan Khaveri stated that the second section of the Concept is the “Roadmap,” where numerous and diverse measures aimed at achieving the goals are reflected.
The scholar noted: “The main philosophical platform of the Concept is the foresight methodology-forecasting the future. Based on this methodology, the Concept examines possible scenarios for the development of science in the next five years, identifies strategies to be prepared for them, and develops mechanisms for their implementation. Forty structures are involved in the implementation of the “Concept for Development and Roadmap”: 6 scientific divisions, 2 regional divisions, 10 research institutions, 2 regional scientific centers, 4 organizations, and 16 departments of the Presidium of ANAS”.
