... prepared the soil for prolific literary, scholarly, educational and artistic activities in Macedonia. This area saw the birth of the first Slavic alphabet which then spread throughout the entire Slavic world. It was the home of the civilisation of the Macedonian Slavs with its high aesthetic values in literature, the visual arts, music and architecture.

... expanded, establishing branches among the Macedonian expatriates in Sofia (1903) and Odessa (1905), as well as in Bitola and Thessaloniki (1910-13). As part of its numerous scholarly and literary activities and with a clearly defined Macedonian national agenda, the society proclaimed the Macedonian language as its official language in Article 12 of the Constitution adopted on 16 December 1903. It published the first book in the modern Macedonian literary language (Za makedonckite raboti - On Macedonian Matters) in 1903 and in 1905 it published Vardar, the first scholarly, scientific and literary journal in contemporary Macedonian, while in 1913 it produced the first Map of Macedonia. In addition it published historical records and other official documents with a clear Macedonian national ideology and a liberation programme for the preservation of the territorial integrity and freedom of Macedonia (1913-15), as well as the most renowned journal in Macedonian and Russian Makedonskij Golos (Macedonian Voice) (1913-14). It designed a Macedonian flag (1914) and prepared and published the Programme for a Democratic and Federative Balkan Republic (1917).

The solemn opening ceremony of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts was on 10 October 1967 in the Great Hall of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. At the opening ceremony, in addition to the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts members and the delegations of the fraternal academies from the other republics, attended many representatives of the public, scientific and cultural life of the Republic. The Solemn Assembly was opened by the President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Academician Blaže Koneski, and was greeted by: Mito Hadži Vasilev, President of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia; Academician Grga Novak, President of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts; Academician Velibor Grigorić, President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Academician Josip Vidmar, President of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; and Academician Vaso Butozan, President of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Academy has been established as the highest scientific and artistic institution in our Country which monitors and stimulates the development of sciences and arts and endeavours their advancement. The Academy surveys the situation with the cultural heritage and natural resources, collaborates in the preparation of the national policy regarding the sciences and arts, stimulates, coordinates, organizes and conducts scientific research and artistic achievements, especially those particularly relevant to the Republic of Macedonia. The Academy facilitates scientific and artistic work on the part of its members, it encourages the use of the most advanced methodology, scientific knowledge and results in the scientific research, and establishes, maintains and develops international cooperation in the fields of the sciences and arts. As the highest independent scientific and artistic institution the Academy achieves its objectives by organizing basic, developmental and applied research, especially with comprehensive and inter-disciplinary research; by organizing scientific meetings and artistic presentations and by publishing the results of the scientific research and scientific meetings and the artistic works. The Academy collaborates with the universities, scientific and cultural institutions, with scientific and artistic societies and other organizations in the field of sciences and arts in the Republic of Macedonia, as well as with academies of sciences and arts and other scientific and artistic institutions abroad.

Departments review the situation in the relevant scientific, scholarly and artistic fields, and give opinions on and make proposals for the furtherance and the application of contemporary scientific knowledge and the results of scientific research. They discuss proposals for the publication of the artistic achievements and scientific research of members and other works submitted to the Academy for publication. They also decide which articles are to be included in the departmental publications and nominate articles for publication in other journals issued by the Academy. The departments initiate and evaluate the various scientific and scholarly projects undertaken by the Academy. They put forward proposals for the organisation of scholarly and scientific conferences and symposia, art exhibitions and other cultural events, confirm the programmes, of work, propose candidates for full, corresponding, honorary and foreign membership of the Academy and decide on the nominations for full membership made by institutions of higher education as well as by other scientific and artistic institutes and organisations.