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| REGIONAL AGENDA OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION |
| (STI) |
| a) RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNMENTS |
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| * To increase public investment in science, technology and innovation (STI), with |
| the goal to reach at least 1% of GDP within the next five years. In the case of |
| countries that have already reached this level, to continue raising the percentage of |
| investment. |
| * To foster cooperation for advanced knowledge production between the scientific |
| teams and local teams through different mechanisms that incorporate added-value |
| knowledge in the local production. |
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| * To encourage the creation of capacities of STI in strategic areas of knowledge, |
| improving database creation and endogenous scientific-technological platforms |
| and to promote collaboration and development of strategic network projects, |
| particularly in South-South and North-South-South regional cooperation. |
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| * To strengthen and foster graduate programs in the region with specific resources |
| establishing academic exchange and promoting the creation of regional graduate |
| and research programs between institutions from different countries. |
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| * To support and encourage PhD programs to increase the number of experts in all |
| areas of knowledge, with emphasis on sustainable development and regional |
| integration as strategic areas of the country. |
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| * To disseminate and propel scientific knowledge throughout society, instigating |
| scientific curiosity and the culture of innovation among young people. |
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| * To implement a national policy for scientific and technological development, |
| creating legal frameworks and appropriate support mechanisms in order to build a |
| national STI system that stimulates cooperation between governments, |
| universities, research centers and the productive system. |
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| * To promote the implementation of methods for technology and innovation transfer |
| between local and regional players to enhance the production of goods and |
| services and increase national and regional competitiveness. |
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| * To strengthen technical and technological education. |
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| * To create mechanisms to assist STI investments in the private sector. |
| b) RECOMMENDATIONS TO HEI |
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| * To establish institutional policies to promote research and innovation, including |
| incentives for professors, researchers and students, and creation of mechanisms |
| for the dissemination of results, scientific initiation programs, among others. |
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| * To create institutional mechanisms for the transfer of knowledge and innovation |
| such as incubators, curriculum for the preparation of entrepreneurs, technology |
| parks, and policies for the protection of intellectual property, among others. |
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| * To create mechanisms for STI development at institutional levels in alliance with |
| public and private sectors reassuring the relevance of research. |
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| * To actively participate in the national STI system, with the specific functions of |
| Higher Education. |
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| * To promote social and cultural studies, strengthening its own perspectives on |
| how to approach problems, responding to challenges in human rights, social- |
| economic and cultural areas, equity, distribution of wealth, multicultural integration, |
| participation, democracy building and international equilibrium, as well as the |
| enrichment of our national heritage. |
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| * To commit to regional development, offering solutions to social problems taking |