The Northeast Scientific
Centre, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
(NESC) unites scientific research and auxiliary research
institutions, experimental and production enterprises,
and organizations of the Far East Branch that are
situated in the Magadan region and the Chukotski
autonomous district.
The main tasks and functions of
the NESC are:
- fundamental and applied
scientific research geared to accelerating
development of productive forces in the
northeastern economic region; and economic,
ecologic, socio-economic and other problems of
Magadan and the Chukotski autonomous district;
- formulation of
recommendations based on NESC's results to aid in
the national economy;
- coordination of scientific
research conducted by the institutions of NESC,
by establishments of higher education, and also
by ministries and departments situated within the
Magadan region and the Chukotski autonomous
district;
- formulation of
recommendations for making rational use of the
scientific potential of research institutions,
establishments of higher education, and sectoral
research institutes of the Magadan region and the
Chukotski autonomous district in the process of
fundamental and applied research in the natural
and social sciences;
- development of production
and social infrastructure of the NESC, and
auxiliary research and production institutions
for effective fulfillment of research plans and
practical realization of obtained results in the
national economy;
- training of highly
qualified scientific personnel;
- organization of
conferences, meetings, symposia, exhibitions,
festivals and regional, republic and
international scientific seminars on actual
problems of science and technology;
- publication of scientific
works and popularization of scientific knowledge
by all mass media.
The NESC has produced a 118
page directory which further describes the functions of
the Centre. An
"electronic" version of the directory can be
downloaded from this web page. The document is in Adobe Acrobat pdf file format.
Last
updated 5/20/97
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