The General Assembly of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences sets forth the directions of academic activities and supervises execution. The main missions of the Academy are to conduct research in basic and technological sciences for the purpose of obtaining further knowledge and provide advice for the decision making governmental bodies, and to undertake Government-assigned projects with regard to key science and technology issues in the process of social, economic and cultural development in Mongolia.
As a country situated at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, the Mongolian Academy of Sciences has cooperative arrangements with scientific organizations in Europe and Asia. It is a national member of the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA), the Inter Academy Panel (IAP), the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Science Council of Asia (SCA), The Mongolian Academy has established links with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) as well. At present, the Mongolian Academy has established formal contacts with more than 70 major research and academic organizations in more than 25 countries. In addition, it has signed over 130 agreements and protocols both by the Academy itself as well as by its Institutes with equivalent international academic institutions.
