Our main goals are:
- to empower young scientists worldwide
- to foster trans-disciplinary and international cooperation
- to expose young scientists to the expectations and issues of societies
- to disseminate scientific knowledge in societies
- to enhance the participation of young scientists to decision-making processes.
To achieve these goals, WAYS acts as a global umbrella:
- to connect people
- to help grass-roots initiatives to attain a global reach,
- to adapt know how and projects from region to region according to local needs.
Our vision is:
- to assure the vitality of science and technology by developing a scientifically literate and educated world community of young scientists;
- to realize the potential of young people as the next generation of scientists and policy-makers;
- to make science more attractive, comprehensible and accessible to everyone;
- to generate a research climate that allows for creativity, open communication, and free flows of ideas and talents.
Our mission is:
- to provide an arena to interact and exchange information in order to extend scientific knowledge and improve collaboration between different generations of scientists worldwide, and communication between scientists and Society;
- to create a platform to make the voice of young scientists heard about present problems and concerns through regular input into science policy and decision-making.
Our core values are:
community, open communication, cooperation, trust, opportunity, recognition, teamwork, creativity, innovation, empowerment, leadership, diversity, equality.
