The Romanian Academic Society (''Societatea Academică din România'' in Romanian) is a

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

-based

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and NGO founded in 1996. It is considered close to the right wing of politics.Societatea Academica Romana at infopolitic.ro
/ref> SAR seeks to *Contribute to

good governance Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for t ...

and development through policy research. *Contribute to the European integration of Romania, Western Balkan countries and Moldova through transfer of best practices and advocacy*enhance the contribution of independent policy institutes to the process of policy formulation through advocacy and public debate. *Contribute to the (re)building of the fields of applied social sciences and public policy in Romania and South-Eastern Europe after fifty years of communism. The current president of the Society is Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. The other Board members are Aurora Liiceanu, Ana Maria Sandi, Andrei Pleșu, Ioan Popa, Sorin Vieru, and Daniel Dăianu. The Romanian Academic Society should not be confused with the

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its bylaws, the academy's ma ...

, a government-funded body that regulates the

Romanian language Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...

and promotes Romanian culture and literature. The usage of the words "Academic" and "Romanian" is restricted by Romanian law.

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Academic Society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...

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