Mandate

Provide a description of the landscape of key issues in Nuclear Science research sequentially for the next 10 to 20 years (IUPAP Report 41).
Produce and maintain a compendium of facilities existing or under development worldwide (IUPAP Report 41 and Addendum).
Establish a mapping of these facilities on to the scientific questions identified above.
Indicate the missing components that would have to be developed to provide an optimized, comprehensive network of international facilities.
Explore mechanisms and opportunities for enhancing international collaboration in nuclear science ( the establishment of ANPhA [Asia Nuclear Physics Association] and ALAFNA [Asociacion Latina Americana de Fisica Nuclear y Aplicaciones] with a nascent similar effort for Africa).
Identify the R/D projects that could benefit from an international joint enterprise.
Serve as a source of expert advise to governmental and intergovernmental organizations in connection with efforts to coordinate and promote nuclear science at the international level ( the OECD Global Science Forum Working Group on Nuclear Physics [2006-2008] ).
Serve as a forum for the discussion of future directions of nuclear science in the broadest sense (the IUPAP Nuclear Science Symposia).
Document the cross disciplinary impact of Nuclear Physics with its Nuclear Science Facilities and identify mechanisms for expanding (fostering) cross disciplinary research.