Academy of Sciences of Albania
[1] In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred to the Academy's jurisdiction.[2] The institution includes the most distinguished scientists, also called "academics", that are involved in research centers and other organisations inside and outside Albania.[6] The Academy was among several dozen of the world's scientific academies which endorsed through signature the Summit Statement emerging from the New Delhi Population Summit of 1994.The Academy of Sciences of Albania has the country's largest academic library.[10] Four research institutes which were separated from the Academy joined to form the Centre of Albanological Studies.