Regional Coordinating Centers of AASA (hereinafter Regional Centers) are scientific and administrative centers established with the purpose of elaboration, formation and maintenance of scientific and technological programs of AASA or programs supported by AASA. The Regional Centers should act in accordance with AASA constitution.

The Regional Centers can be established or liquidated with decision of General Assembly of AASA, which must comply with the state legislation of the country where the office is situated. According to the norms of international law, the Regional Centers are accountable to AASA through their principal founder, representative of the academy member of AASA.

A proposal to organize Regional Center, including the scope of programs to be supervised, financial sources and staff must be discussed and approved by AASA Board meeting. Then, according to art. 8.2 of AASA constitution, the Board has to propose the issue to the consideration of AASA General Assembly for final approval.

Regional Centers are structural units subordinated to the Academy of Sciences of the country of disposition. The Academy can make a decision on establishment of the Regional Center as an independent legal entity

If approved by the AASA General Assembly, local authorities and Academy of Sciences can be co-founders of Regional Centers.

Activities on commercialization of research results may and should be undertaken by Regional Centers. In accordance with AASA Constitution, art. 1, AASA has been announced itself as a non-profit organization; therefore,item 3.3(4) of the Constitution may be implemented only through the network of Regional Centers.

AASA concludes with each member academy of the country of disposition of Regional Centers a framework agreement, which should determine general legal and mutual obligations and take into account features, specific to region.
The framework agreement can be concluded for each program or set of the programs.
According to the framework agreement between AASA and the member-academy, the Regional Center is empowered to administrate appropriate programs.

The framework agreement should determine the terms of financial relations between the parties, control and accountability, scientific and technical examination, participation on a competitive basis of the scientists and expertsof the countries of the basic executors and other AASA member-academies, as well as conditions for participation ofnon-members.

Under the decision of AASA General Assembly for the special programs of development it is possible distribute by quota of the scientists and experts from the interested countries - participants.

The works on the national programs or plans, and also on independent (internal or international) contracts and grants, can be carried out by Regional Centers in case they do not contradict the terms of the framework agreement and AASA Secretariat is acknowledged.

The Chiefs of Regional Centers are automatically included in AASA Secretariat and carries in this connection the appropriate duties related to the activities of the Regional Office and his interaction with AASA and Secretariat.

Regional Centers and AASA Secretariat are responsible for duly informing of the AASA members about competitions under the programs, conferences, workshops and symposiums connected to the activities of AASA and its RegionalCenters.

The chief (director, chairman or manager) of the Regional Center is appointed and released from the position by AASA Board upon the proposal of founders of the Regional Center.

In conformity with international traditions accepted by the majority of establishments of Academies of Sciences, the Scientific Council carries out the scientific supervision of activities of Regional Center and programs managed by it.

The structure and composition of Scientific Councils are coordinated by founder's assembly and approved by the decision of the local Academy of Sciences. Managers and scientific coordinators of the programs supervised by theRegional Center are automatically included in the Scientific Council.

Chiefs of the Regional Centers and the program managers are obliged to allocate in their estimates financial expenses for arrangement of competitions and scientific expertise. Scientific Council together with AASA Board formsinternational teams of the experts for each program from outstanding scientists and specialists.

The Chief of Regional Center agrees with a local Academy of sciences and AASA Board the list of managers and scientific coordinators of the programs.

Brief reports on execution of the scientific programs and activity of Regional Center are annually submitted to AASA Secretariat, then discussed and approved by AASA General Assembly. Regional Center should also submit the final complete reports on the programs to examination and approval by AASA Board. In exclusive cases under the decision of General Assembly the extraordinary monitoring and check of activity of Regional Center can be arranged.

Regional Centers together with AASA Board and Secretariat should study the market of scientific and technical services and create necessary information and innovation services.

Regional Centers should work with consideration of intellectual property rights. Development of AASA programs is possible involving AASA member-academies with their resources and tasks.

Determinative of creation of financial sources for both scientific and research-and-development programs is the adjustment and expansion of contacts of AASA Board with governmental structures and large companies. Each AASA member should strive for inclusion the questions of scientific and researches cooperation in the plans of intergovernmental and international meetings and agreements.

For realization of a continuity of their action, duly program filling, attraction of investors and sponsors, formation of the market of science-intensive manufacture, scientific and technical researches, Regional Centers are recommended tocreate the own development fund.