The Northeast Scientific Centre, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences(NESC) unites scientific research and auxiliary research institutions, experimental and production enterprises, and organizations of the Far East Branch that are situated in the Magadan region and the Chukotski autonomous district.
The main tasks and functions of the NESC are:
- fundamental and applied scientific research geared to accelerating development of productive forces in the northeastern economic region; and economic, ecologic, socio-economic and other problems of Magadan and the Chukotski autonomous district;
- formulation of recommendations based on NESC's results to aid in the national economy;
- coordination of scientific research conducted by the institutions of NESC, by establishments of higher education, and also by ministries and departments situated within the Magadan region and the Chukotski autonomous district;
- formulation of recommendations for making rational use of the scientific potential of research institutions, establishments of higher education, and sectoral research institutes of the Magadan region and the Chukotski autonomous district in the process of fundamental and applied research in the natural and social sciences;
- development of production and social infrastructure of the NESC, and auxiliary research and production institutions for effective fulfillment of research plans and practical realization of obtained results in the national economy;
- training of highly qualified scientific personnel;
- organization of conferences, meetings, symposia, exhibitions, festivals and regional, republic and international scientific seminars on actual problems of science and technology;
- publication of scientific works and popularization of scientific knowledge by all mass media.
The NESC has produced a 118 page directory which further describes the functions of the Centre.