Organization of American States

 

Preparatory Meetings for the First Hemispheric Meeting of Ministers and High Officials of Science and Technology in the Scope of CIDI. 

Within the scope of the First Hemispheric Meeting of Ministers and High Officials of Science and Technology in the Scope of CIDI; the Project in Hemispheric Cooperation in the Development of Science and Technology Policy approved by the Member States of the OAS in the Special Meeting of the COMCYT held in Lima, Peru on May, 2003; has as main objective to generate science and technology policies and strategies for the Americas in the priority areas defined by the COMCYT.

 

The official COMCYT delegates will revise the proposals obtained from the four workshops and elaborate a final document that will consolidate the Hemispheric Policies in Science and Technology. 

This document will be analyzed in the fifth workshop and subsequently revised and discussed by the COMCYT during its Fourth Ordinary Meeting which then will remit the document to the First Hemispheric Meeting of Ministers and High Officials of Science and Technology in the Scope of CIDI that will take place in Lima, Peru on November, 11-12, 2004 

The following are the workshops that are using the Virtual Meeting Room:
  1. Science, Technology and Innovation to Increase Competitiveness in the Productive Sector. Held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 17-19, 2003
    Workshop Final Report (January 23, 2004) Spanish  

  2. Scientific and Technological Development in the Americas. Held in Quito, Ecuador, December 10-12, 2003

  3. Popularization of Science, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on February 02-05, 2004

  4. Science and Technology for Social Development; coordinated by Jamaica on March 03-05, 2004

  5. Consolidation of Hemispheric Policies in Science and Technology, will take place in Washington D.C. on April 14, 2004

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