German National Committee for Biology

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The German National Committee (DNK) Biology is a scientific nonprofit and non-governmental organization that advocates for German biologists internationally and is integrated into an international hierarchy. The DNK selflessly represents the scientific and science-political interests of numerous biological societies in the international bodies of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS, International Union of Biological Societies) and the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS, International Association of Microbiological Societies). The committee is thus also on the International Science Council(ICSU, International Council of Scientific Unions ). The DNK emerged in 2002 from the Union of German Biological Societies .

For further scientific committees, see National Committee .

tasks and goals

The committee has three main tasks:

  • It proposes to the ICSU scientific programs that it has developed.
  • It provides information about programs and activities and networks the ICSU, IUBS and IUMS with German biologists by promoting the exchange of information via its website.
  • It nominates representatives for the program groups and governing bodies of the ICSU, IUBS and IUMS and for their scientific sections.

It promotes research programs through its own national or international conferences as well as program-related research funding institutions. The DNK does not support individual research projects (that is the task of the German Research Foundation (DFG) or the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) or the science ministries of the federal states). For example, the German National Biology Committee suggested that IUBS get involved in the ABS ( Access and Benefit Sharing ) program at the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity .

organization

The organs are the board of directors and the general assembly.

Board

The board executes the resolutions of the general assembly, networks and informs the participants. It consists of the chairman, a deputy and a secretary. He is usually elected for two years from the ranks of the general assembly. The spokesman for the professional societies in the Association of Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine in Germany (VBIO) is also a member of the board.

Acting board of directors

since March 2012 :

  • Chair: Regine Jahn
  • Deputy: Reinhard Krämer
  • Secretary: Erwin Beck

General meeting

The general assembly decides on all activities and matters and elects the board. Each professional society belonging to the committee sends a permanent representative to the general meeting. The mandate holders of the ICSU, the IUBS and the IUMS are permanent guests of the German National Committee. Additional guests can be invited to the general meeting as required.

Cooperations

The committee cooperates closely with the Association of Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine in Germany (VBIO): The DNK is a cooperating member of the VBIO. The DNK chairman, Ralf Reski , has been a member of the VBIO advisory board since 2008 and advises the VBIO in this function. Among other things, it promotes the direct and concrete interlinking of science and business. The spokesman for the professional associations of the VBIO is a natural member of the DNK board. His function in the committee is decided at the general meeting.

Legal status and finances

The committee is selfless, has no economic goals and has no financial resources. From the German Research Foundation is funded by the DFG for example, pays the travel costs for the annual general meeting.

Members

The committee currently consists of 42 professional associations (as of December 2008), each of which sends a permanent representative to the general assembly:

Former Chair

  • March 2008 - March 2012: Ralf Reski
  • until March 2008: Erwin Beck

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dissolution of the Union of German Biological Societies (UDBio), Biospektrum 2002
  2. ↑ http://www.iubs-member-germany.de/de/03Vorstand.html
  3. ↑ Advisory Board of the VBIO ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vbio.de