Akademi Basong
Akademi Basong, or the Basong Academy, is a non-profit institution established by Basong Malaysia that serves as an advisory forum. The Academy's main object is to make recommendations of economic policies to the Government (principally the Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi and the Deputy Prime Minister, Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak) of Malaysia.
History
Akademi Basong's predecessors were the Family Business Research Centre and the Plastics Recycling Research Centre under the Office of the Chief Strategist of Basong Malaysia.
In 2003, those research centres, as well as other research units, were consolidated to form the Academy, and academicians have been elected from outside Basong Malaysia (even outside Malaysia). There have since been academicians from India, Malaysia and New Zealand.
The Secretariat to the Academy is therefore established in the Office of the Chief Strategist of Basong Malaysia.
Functions
The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister were formally informed of the establishment of the Academy, and have been advised on various economic and political issues.
The Academy's activities since its establishment are:
Family Business Research Centre
Plastics Recycling Research Centre
MyWorms Project
The Robert's Rules of Order Interest Group
Bureau of Minority Shareholders (formerly the Shell Refining Company Minority Shareholders Committee)
Small and Medium Enterprise BOND Market Working Group
The Delphi Method Interest Group
However, according to its Statutes, the Academy shall not acquire any property or involve in any financial activity.
Membership
The number of Akademikus, or the Academicians, shall not be more than 26, and all must be NATURAL persons.
There shall be 3 officeholders: the Director (the chairperson of meetings), the Chancellor (considered the president) and the Perpetual Secretary (the chief executive officer). They cannot be paid.