The objective of FASC is to promote the advancement of chemical sciences and the practice of chemistry that could be instrumental to the fulfillment of the development aspiration and objective of the people in Africa.
FASC seeks:
a. to promote and maintain effective communication throughout the community of chemists and chemical scientists in Africa.
b. to promote collaborative activity among member societies and among the individual members of these societies.
c. to maintain and promote high professional, educational and ethical standards.
d. to disseminate chemical knowledge.
e. to maintain a policy on safeguarding the environment and promotion of sustainable development.
f. to act in an advisory, consultative and representative capacity in relation to African institutions and regional initiatives.
g. to promote cooperation with other international organizations and similar regional and international networks.
FASC pursues these objectives mainly by the following means:
a. By holding or assisting in the holding of symposia and other scientific meetings and schools in order to exchange ideas and information, by offering opportunities and by encouraging discussions related to the fields in the chemical sciences.
b. By cooperating with other organizations on scientific issues related to chemistry.
c. By establishing working-groups for studying subjects related to chemical sciences.
d. By collecting and disseminating relevant information on the activities of the member societies.
e. By cooperating with other international scientific organizations (e.g. IUPAC, AAPAC, RSC, ACS, etc.) and by collaborating with other societies in joint meetings.
f. By instituting and conferring awards related to the objectives of the Federation.
g. By establishing and observing By-Laws.
h. By following any other course of action that is in accordance with the objectives of the Federation.
i. By promoting publications in all fields of the chemical sciences.