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RICYT – Ibero American Network of Science and Technology Indicators

A successful experience for horizontal cooperation

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A little bit of history

It was “born” in 1994, when the first Ibero American workshop on S&T indicators took place in Buenos Aires.

Initial funding by CYTED and OAS.Fast process of gaining recognition,

not only in the region but also by international and multilateral organizations.

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Institutions supporting RICYT

CYTED Program Organization of American States (OAS) Organization of Ibero American States

(OEI) UNESCO Executive Secretary of Convenio Andrés

Bello (SECAB) National counterparts in all the region

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Participant institutions: SOUTH AMERICA NATIONAL MINISTRIES OF S&T (or equivalent) not

national statistics institutions:

Argentina BoliviaBrazil ColombiaChile Ecuador

Paraguay Peru

Uruguay Venezuela

UNIVERSITIES AND R&D INSTITUTIONS

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Participant institutions: NORTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

CARIBBEAN COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CCST)

NATIONAL MINISTRIES OF S&T (or equivalent):

Canada Mexico USA

Barbados CubaDominican Rep. Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago

UNIVERSITIES AND R&D INSTITUTIONS

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Participant institutions: CENTRAL AMERICA

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA (CTCAP)

NATIONAL MINISTRIES OF S&T (or equivalent):Costa Rica HondurasEl Salvador NicaraguaGuatemala Panama

UNIVERSITIES AND R&D INSTITUTIONS

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Extra-regional institutions

OECD

EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROSTAT

SPAIN MCyT - CINDOC - INE -

CDTI

FRANCE INIST - OST

UNCTAD

PORTUGAL MCES

RUSSIA CSRS

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Objectives

To promote the development of instruments to measure and analyze S&T in Latin America, in the frame of international cooperation, in order to learn more about S&T and its applicability as an instrument for the policy and decision making processes.

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Specific objectives

Design indicators for the measurement and analysis of S-T&I in the region.

To facilitate comparability and international exchange of information about S-&T.

Diffusion of information: reports, working documents and indicators.

To train people in S&T statistics and indicators.

To organize international meetings – workshops and seminars - around the main topics of the network.

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Normalization, analysis and research: ISSUES

S&T inputs indicators

Innovation indicators

Knowledge Society indicators

Bibliometric indicators

Public perception, scientific culture and public

participation International mobility of HRST

S&T social impact indicators

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Normalization, analysis and research: RESULTS9 books on S&T indicators (5 pocket editions).L.A. Manual of Technological Innovation

Indicators – Bogotá Manual.L.A. Methodology for producing S&T input

indicators.Methodology for the Caribbean.Methodology for obtaining bibliometric indicators

in Latin America.Study of the Ibero American production in the

biomedical sciences field.Studies on HRST and S&T social impact

indicators.

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Production of information: ACTIVITIES

Annual survey of S&T indicators to all the countries of region.

Survey on National S&T institutional systems to all the region’s countries.

Production of bibliometric indicators.Revision and consolidation of the

information.Publication of Ibero and Inter American

indicators.

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Production of information: ACTIVITIES

Annual survey of S&T indicators to all the countries of region.

Survey on National S&T institutional systems to all the region’s countries.

Production of bibliometric indicators.Revision and consolidation of the

information.Publication of Ibero and Inter American

indicators.

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Training: ACTIVITIES

5 rounds of short fellowships13 national and sub-regional

training seminaries 14 technical assistance visits2 courses about indicators in the

framework of UNESCO Chair

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Diffusion of Information: ACTIVITIES and RESULTS

Boletín Indicios (14 editions, 1000 vols.)Cuadernos de Indicios (2 editions, 500

vols.)Text book (co-edited with UNESCO/Nueva

Sociedad and COLCIENCIAS/Tercer Mundo)Web site (1500 visits per month)

Up-to-date indicators in the web site

Projects and results presentation in international forums

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RICYT activities 2003: Regional Workshops

Second Workshop on “Indicators for the Information Society”, Lisbon, February

Third Workshop on “Bibliometric Indicators”, Madrid, March

First Workshop on “Public Perception, Scientific Culture and Public Participation, Salamanca, May

“Sixth Ibero and Inter American Workshop of S&T Indicators” (every two years)

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S&T indicators currently produced and published by RICYT

Context indicators Population Labour force Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Input indicators Expenditures Human resources

Output indicators Patents Bibliometric

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Innovation indicators

Training and methodological activities Regional standard for the production of innovation indicators:

Bogotá Manual

Innovation surveys in the region’s countries: Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil (Sao Paulo), Uruguay, Mexico,

Indicators Input and output innovation indicators

Technology Balance of Payments

International Trade of High Technology goods and services

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Why did we need a regional manual?

Share common criteria and procedures for “constructing” indicators.

Common methodology for the measurement and analysis of innovative processes.

International and regional comparisons.

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Characteristics of LA firms regarding innovation

Informal organizational settings for conducting innovation,

Fewer R&D projects undertaken, Innovation mainly based in the acquisition of

technology embodied in capital equipment, The importance of organizational change in

innovation processes, Fewer resources devoted to innovation activities,

and Fragmented flows of information within national

systems of innovation.

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Indicators that RICYT is working on and will publish in the short term

Indicators of public perception of science First survey in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and

Uruguay. Indicators of social impact of S&T

Development of methodology for the region and pilot survey in selected countries.

Indicators of international mobility of HRST Pilot indicators developed from population

census in L.A. and from USA data on resident scientists (2003).

Knowledge Society Indicators

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0.61

0.62

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1.93

2.68

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Argentina

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Brazil

Latin America

Uruguay

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Full time researchers by 1,000 of the Labour Force, 2001*

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Publications from Latin America and the

Caribbean in different databases, 2001

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Chemical Abstracts

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General achievements

Inclusion of Latin American S&T indicators in world statistics

Raise profile of LA S&T Support for (policy) research on S&T

Colombian Observatory of S&T Participation as a region in S&T statistics

international meetings Successful story of regional ‘integration’

(horizontal cooperation) What is lacking: use of S&T indicators and

statistics for policy-making.

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Finally… the end

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