The Arab Science & Technology Foundation - (Private)
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Its board of directors and advisory board are composed of an elite cluster of renowned Arab scientists whose outstanding scientific achievements are well known on the national and international levels. The Foundation aims to identify and support outstanding scientific research activities being conducted by women and men of science and technology from the Arab world. It also attempts to act as a mediator between those who produce, develop, finance or benefit from scientific research, while seeking to become a center for assessing the performance of scientific programs and also a powerful international Arab entity that defends the region's interests in scientific and technological progress. The Arab Science and Technology Foundation represents the interests of an enormous group of people bound together by strong bonds of language, history and common traditions and inhabiting a continuous geographic area stretching from the northern coasts of Africa on the Atlantic and across the Eastern Mediterranean to the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula on the Arabian Gulf.
Therefore, the Foundation reflects the aspirations of this group of people to reassume its historical role in enriching the worldwide enterprise of science. It also expresses the efforts of these people in developing national programs and projects capable of assimilating the scientific advances of the 21st century and interacting positively with the Western and Eastern experiences of scientific development. Being the first organization to bring together scientists from inside and outside the Arab world with the aim of utilizing local and expatriate expertise in service to the Arab world and humanity in general, ASTF is, in fact, responding to the natural human feeling of wanting to be close to one's roots, and fulfills the most cherished wish of expatriate scientists to compensate their motherland for part of the loss incurred by the "brain drain".
As such, ASTF aspires to be an influential Arab and international entity supporting the efforts of Arab scientists and researchers and defending the interests of the region in scientific and technological development, as well as protecting humanity from the likely negative effects and hazards of such developments. Moreover, it seeks not only to strengthen the links between universities and research centers inside and outside the Arab world through joint projects, agreements and programs, but also to attract businesses, companies, and individuals capable of allocating endowments to fund University research posts in those fields that are vital for the Arab countries.
Science and technology constitute a strategic source of Arab power, which could be leveraged if efforts unite and goals crystallize. Any form of support for research and development in the Arab world represents a step further along the pathway of Arab future. ASTF encourages and supports excellence and innovation in scientific and technological research in the Arab countries and is committed to promoting coordination and cooperation among scientists and scientific organizations for the sake of applying knowledge to the service of sustainable development in the Arab countries.
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