The IAP Annual Report provides an overview of IAP activities in 2020, with specific sections on activities by affiliated regional networks Association of Academies and Societies of Science in Asia (AASSA), European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) and Network of African Science Academies (NASAC).

The Report also gives evidence of IAP’s focus on providing science advice and promoting cooperation and capacity building among its membership - the world’s merit-based academies of science, medicine and engineering.