- However, only 2.3% of Scientific Research is produced in Latin America
- 9% of World´s population is concentrated in Latin America
- 40% of the water reserves is in Latin America
The challenge of producing knowledge in Latin America
Water map
Scientific research map
IDRC – TTI / Latin American Think Thanks / ILAIPP members
In order to:
Generate Knowledge
Build a space of exchange
Promote strengthening
actions
Prompted by IDRC since 200912 centers 7 countries
Diversity: Challenge and opportunity
ILAIPP members are diverse in years of institutionalization, some created in the decade of the 60s and others since
2000
ILAIPP members have different numbers of researchers, from 7 up to 33 researchers
on a diversity of fields of study
The diversity of ILAIPP members
enrich the capacity to conduct relevant
research with potential to influence policies in different
contexts
Knowledge generation and propose to enrich the
debate on public policy and the development of
Latin America
Generate comparative research to bear on the public policy
debate
Increase the capacity of the centers to do
research
Construction of a space for exchange, discussion and learning among think tanks in the region, with
proposals and experiences to influence
public policy.
Visualize ILAIPP as a regional leader for Public Policy
Research of common interest of
members
Promote exchange of best practices
for incidence among the
institutions from the Think Net
Promote actions to strengthen the
institutional capacities of the centers that comprise
Strengthen the organizational capabilities of
ILAIPP and Think Thanks members
Establish an internal
communication system
Courses of Action
Strategic Objectives
Strategic Map
Associate Members
Full Members
General Assembly
Executive Secretary
Research
CoordinatorStrengthening
Coordinator
Communications
Coordinator
Governance Structure
Executive secretariat
Executive Committee
Advisory Committee
Fund´s Administrator
Criteria for Research Agenda
ILAIPP Comparative
Research Agenda on
Public Policies
Interests of ILAIPP
members
Capacity of ILAIPP members
National agendas a public policy debates
Funding opportunities
for research on Public Policiess
Endogenous Factors
Exogenous Factors
Research Agenda
Economic policies of poverty and equity (public budget, poverty reduction)
Democracy , decentralization, civil rights and political culture
Natural resources , environment and climate change
Education, human capital and knowledge generation
AXIS
2015 Regional conference
• Quality and Innovation in Education
Following Steps
Organizational capacity development
• Identify organizational needs in research, communication and advocacy dimension
• Design and implement courses both face-to-face and virtual modalities
• Evaluate sustainability of ILAIPP – Think Thankers School
Following Steps
Implementing the Research Agenda
• Promote collaborative comparative research projects • Develop the Second Regional Conference on Innovation and
Quality in Education. Lima, 2015 • Conduct research and regional policy proposals related to
climate change
Following Steps
Deepening skills in communication and advocacy
• Forming group of communicators (members ILAIPP centers)
• Learned from experiences that have influenced supranational policies to design ILAIPP strategy to contribute with Latin American public policies