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President's Report on the State
of the Union
2. MISSION STATEMENT AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN
I believe that one of the most important accomplishments of the Union
during the last two years is the formulation and adoption of a Mission
Statement and a Strategic Plan. Although we have long had Objectives
specified in our Statutes, we now state succinctly:
IUPAC's mission is to advance the worldwide aspects
of the chemical sciences and to contribute to the application of chemistry
in the service of Mankind. In so doing, IUPAC promotes the norms,
values, standards, and ethics of science and advocates the free exchange
of scientific information and unimpeded access of scientists to participation
in activities related to the chemical sciences.
Here we deliberately use the term chemical sciences to recognize
chemistry as the central science and to express the Union's interest
and involvement in chemistry as it is employed in the biological,
environmental, geological, and materials sciences. We recognize explicitly
that chemistry in its broadest sense is of fundamental importance
to world development and that IUPAC has a responsibility to see that
the fruits borne of chemistry are used to serve the world of which
we are a part. Our Mission Statement goes on to make it clear that
IUPAC continues to promote the universality of science, as expressed
by ICSU, the International Council for Science. To further its mission,
IUPAC has established a set of ten long-range Goals:
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IUPAC will serve as a scientific, international,
nongovernmental body in objectively addressing global issues involving
the chemical sciences. Where appropriate, IUPAC will represent the
interests of chemistry in governmental and nongovernmental forums.
- IUPAC will contribute to the advancement of research in the chemical
sciences throughout the world.
- IUPAC will assist chemistry-related industry in its contributions
to sustainable development, wealth creation, and improvement in the
quality of life.
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IUPAC will facilitate the development of effective
channels of communication in the international chemistry community.
- IUPAC will promote the service of chemistry to society in both
developed and developing countries.
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IUPAC will utilize its global perspective to contribute
toward the enhancement of education in chemistry and to advance
the public understanding of chemistry and the scientific method.
- IUPAC will make special efforts to encourage the career development
of young chemists.
- IUPAC will broaden the geographical base of the Union and ensure
that its human capital is drawn from all segments of the world chemistry
community.
- IUPAC will encourage worldwide dissemination of information about
the activities of the Union.
- IUPAC will assure sound management of its resources to provide
maximum value for the funds invested in the Union.
These long-range goals reflect on the inwardly directed goals of
the Service of IUPAC to the global world chemistry community, on the
outwardly directed mission-oriented goals, on the broadening of the
geographical base, and on the scientific-public principles of IUPAC's
management.
The importance of the Strategic Plan is not only in precisely what
it espouses but in its very existence. Never before has IUPAC (and
perhaps not any of the international Scientific Unions) articulated
a set of goals and strategic thrusts that provide an overall direction
to the Union's activities. The goals are quite broad and are very
ambitious as indeed they should be. They provide targets toward which
the Union should strive.
For the current biennium, we have a set of strategies by which we
hope that the Union can move toward achieving its goals. These strategies
are intended to guide the development of operational plans and setting
of priorities for optimal use of the Union's resources, both human
and financial. In our agenda book, you see an interim report on the
way in which all IUPAC bodies are addressing these strategies in the
context of their own programs. These strategies will be modified,
refined, and replaced as needed for the next biennium as a result
of ideas brought forth by the Council, our National Adhering Organizations,
many IUPAC bodies, and individual chemists concerned about the future
of the Union.
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