The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts has been a member since 2006.
The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA), founded in 1971, is the supreme institution in the field of sciences and arts in Montenegro, of particular national and state interest. With the mission to gather prominent scientists and artists from a wide range of areas of science and art, in order to develop scientific thought, cultivate and promote art, to pursue scientific research and, independently or in cooperation with other scientific organizations, stimulate the activity of scientific organizations and scholars in Montenegro. The Montenegrin Academy unites scientific potentials; organizes, stimulates and develops all forms of creation in science, art and culture; affirms Montenegrin spiritual, national and state tradition from Doclea to contemporary Montenegro; and with its engagement contributes to the overall progress of the state of Montenegro. It is an independent institution that is managed by its members, in compliance with the Law and the Statute of MASA.
The members of MASA are in the status of full, associate and foreign. Full and associate members make up the working composition of MASA. The Bodies of MASA are: the Assembly, the Presidency and the President.
MASA performs its overall activity within the Departments, Committees, Institutes, Centers, Commissions and other working bodies, including over 300 scientists and scholars.
MASA has four (4) Departments:
Special units within the Academy are Library with Archive, and Gallery with art collection.
Overall forms of activities through which MASA performs its work include:
From the beginning of the XXI century, MASA continuously carries out the organization and implementation of international meetings and projects that contribute to the promotion and enhancement of the international scientific role of both the Academy and Montenegro. The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts has numerous bilateral Agreements on Scientific Cooperation signed with foreign, mainly national, academies of sciences and arts. As a national academy, MASA is represented in the most important European and international academic associations and societies. MASA representatives regularly participate in annual meetings and assemblies, and in other way contribute to the work of the international academy associations of which MASA is an institutional member (9). Members of MASA individually are fellows of the reputable international academies of sciences and arts and learned societies (5). As of January 2023 MASA finds itself, after 50 years, in a new, appropriate setting. The new and reconstructed MASA building provides adequate conditions for the implementation of numerous and diverse creative activities, including art exhibitions, film projections and musical concerts at the Gallery of MASA.
Photo by Montengrin Academy of Science.
