Science Day of Kyrgyzstan
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National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan
It is celebrated annually on November 10 and is timed to coincide with World Science Day in honor of peace and development.
Established by the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 14, 2002 No. 18, attaching great importance to the role of science and scientists in creating a sustainable society, in order to rationally use the achievements of science for the benefit of society.
The scientific potential of Kyrgyzstan is concentrated in 90 independent scientific and technical institutions, organizations, enterprises, higher educational institutions, research and production centers, temporary creative teams.
The main components are:
1. Research institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. Sectoral research institutions of ministries and departments of the Kyrgyz Republic.
3. Research institutions at higher educational institutions.
4. Research and production centers.
5. Temporary creative research teams and individual scientists.
The academic sector of science is mainly concentrated in the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR), which unites 25 research institutes and centers.
The highest qualified level of specialists in the academic and higher education sectors of science, having a degree of doctor or candidate of science for every 100 specialists (42 ± 43 people).
The largest share of highly qualified specialists (doctors and candidates of sciences) in the total number of research specialists falls on medical sciences (53%), natural (38%), agricultural (41%), technical (32%).
To date, many research structures of the republic have established direct contacts with foreign scientific organizations and scientific and technical workers.
Over the past 6 years alone, more than 17 million US dollars have been attracted to the scientific and technical field of the republic in the form of direct investments and grants.
