From April 14 to April 15, 2023 in Almaty, the Turkic Academy with the support of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held the VI Meeting of the General Assembly of the Union of National Academies of Sciences of the Turkic World (UNASTW).
The event was attended by the President of the Turkic Academy Shahin Mustafayev, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sayasat Nurbek, Rector of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Zhanseit Tuymebaev, Executive Director of the Organization of Turkic States in Budapest Janos Hovari, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Isa Habibbeyli, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kunsulu Zakarya, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, President of the Turkish Academy of Sciences Muzaffer Sheker, President of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia Regdel Duger, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan (RF) Kamil Ramazanov, Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (RF) Daniya Zagidullina, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Gairat Bakhadirov, as well as the rectors of a number of universities of fraternal countries and famous scientists.
Within the framework of the meeting, the current chairmanship in UNASTW passed from the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic to the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.
At the meeting, topical issues of scientific cooperation among the Turkic states, the opportunities and prospects for the implementation of joint research programs and projects in the context of the challenges faced in recent years by the Turkic countries in the field of ecology, rational use of water resources, development of modern technologies, green energy, etc. An exchange of views on the further deepening of interaction between the scientific communities of the Turkic countries in the field of the humanities, namely, the studies of the common history, languages, literature and culture of the Turkic peoples, also took place.
The participants the meeting noted that at the current stage of Turkic integration, the urgent task facing the Turkic states is the comprehensive deepening of scientific and technological cooperation among the Turkic countries, including all branches of science, especially natural and applied ones.
During the discussion of the agenda items, the participants underlined the expediency of expanding the scope of competence of the Turkic Academy so that it includes natural and applied sciences.
In this regard, Shahin Mustafayev emphasized that the Turkic Academy, as one of the Turkic Cooperation Organizations, as well as a coordinating center of the scientific integration, can and should create common platforms and mechanisms for the development of cooperation among Turkic countries in the field of science.
In this context, it was proposed to re-evaluate the potential of the Union of National Academies of Sciences of the Turkic World as a platform, which was created in 2015 under the auspices of the Turkic Academy.
The parties came to the conclusion that in order to give a new impetus to Turkic integration, it is necessary for our research centers and scholars to implement common projects of a breakthrough nature in the scientific and technological field. This task is in line with the relevant provisions of the strategic document “Turkic World Vision – 2040”, which is essentially a kind of road map containing the main directions and goals for the development of the Turkic world for the coming decades.
During the meeting, the final document was be adopted, and the place and time of the next meeting of the Union was specified.
It should be noted that UNASTW was founded on June 29, 2015 in Astana on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, the first meeting was held at the site of the Turkic Academy. The functions of the Secretariat of the UNASTW are carried out by the Turkic Academy. Previously, five regular meetings and one emergency meeting of the UNASTW have been hold.
