The National Academy of Sciences and Techniques of Senegal is a non-profit learned society under the patronage and protection of the Head of State.

The purpose of the Academy is:

• to assist, to advise the Senegalese State and the Public and Private Institutions within the framework of the definition and the implementation of the National Policy as regards Science and Technology;
• to encourage scientific research, to initiate, impulse and develop programs in the fields of Science and Technology;
• to contribute to the promotion and valorization of research results;
• To encourage scientific vocations among young people and women;
• to facilitate exchanges with similar organizations;
• to award prizes and fellowships to individuals who have particularly distinguished themselves through their work;
• to contribute to the development of scientific culture and the rapprochement between Science and Society.

To achieve its missions and goals, the Academy develops a Strategic Plan and implements work programs addressing the following themes:

• Science, Technology and Society.
  • raising awareness among high authorities and the general public on the impact of science and technology on sustainable development;
  • scientific explanations of natural or societal phenomena for the general public;
  • scientific and technological culture.
• Scientific and Technological Innovation and Development.
  • technological innovation strategy, both at the national and corporate level;
  • promotion of invention and innovation;
  • valorization of research results;
  • technological innovation and social welfare;
  • technology survey (threats or opportunities).
• Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Integration.
  • encouraging the development of networks or national research networks or systems;
  • development, thematic or interdisciplinary;
  • collaboration and partnerships with other learned societies and foreign national scientific organizations.