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Regional partners

Five Regional Partners keep TWAS close to grassroots science in the developing world

The Academy’s partners in the five major regions of the developing world perform the following functions: provide information to scientists, organize conferences, select Young Affiliates, propose candidates for TWAS awards, raise awareness of TWAS and its programmes, and may identify candidates for nomination to TWAS membership.

View countries served by each Regional Partner

Pretoria

South Africa

TWAS Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Partner (TWAS-SAREP)

at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in Pretoria, South Africa

Coordinator:

Melusi Twala

email:

twasrossa@assaf.org.za

website:

www.twas-rossa.org.za/

Alexandria

Egypt

TWAS Arab Regional Partner (TWAS-AREP)

at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt

Coordinator:

Ahmed Zayed

email:

alexandria@twas.org

website:

www.bibalex.org/TWAS-ARO/en/Home/Index.aspx

Bangalore

India

TWAS Central and South Asia Regional Partner (TWAS-CASAREP)

at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India

Coordinator:

Jaishri Sanwal Bhatt

email:

twascasarep@jncasr.ac.in

website:

https://www.jncasr.ac.in/twascasarep

Beijing

China

TWAS East and South-East Asia and the Pacific Regional Partner (TWAS-SAPREP)

at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China

Coordinator:

Weidong Liu

email:

twasroeseap@cashq.ac.cn

website:

www.twas-roeseap.cas.cn/

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

TWAS Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Partner (TWAS-LACREP)

at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro

Coordinator:

Virgílio Augusto Fernandes Almeida

email:

twas-lacrep@abc.org.br

website:

twas-lacrep.org