Science, technology, and innovation in Chile / James Mullin ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Mullin, James, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--Chile.

Science and state.

Technology and state--Chile.

Technology and state.

Technological innovations--Chile.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chile and Canada are two countries who share the challenge of creating and maintaining a vital ''national system of innovation'' to serve the needs of their resource-based economies. Chile and Canada also have a rich history of research collaboration, largely fostered by the activities of IDRC. With this in mind, and following a conversation between Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Chilean President Eduardo Frei in 1997, IDRC and the Chilean National Council for Science and Technology (CONICYT) agreed to collaborate in a review of Chile's policies and programs in science and technology. Science, Technology, and Innovation in Chile presents the results of that review. It gives the reader a detailed look into Chilean policies of science and technology, using the ''national system of innovation'' as its point of departure. The book proposes mechanisms for better public-sector coordination, reforms of public-sector technology institutes, and policies for training scientists and engineers. It will appeal to government officials and policymakers in science and technology; academics, researchers, professors, and university students in development studies, policy studies, and Latin American studies; public and private businesses involved, or interested in becoming involved, in the Chilean economy; and donor organizations and NGOs active in Chile and throughout Latin America.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Executive summary""; ""Origins of the study""; ""Formal terms of reference""; ""The use of the “functions of a national system of innovation� as a policy framework""; ""CONICYT and policy development""; ""Policy issues emerging from the review""; ""Background to the study""; ""I. Introduction""; ""Origins of the study""; ""Formal terms of reference for the study""; ""Structure of the report""; ""II. Methodology""; ""General approach""; ""Use of the “functions of a national system of innovation� as a policy framework""

""The concept of “stakeholders� in a national system of innovation""""Structure of the interview set""; ""Limitations in the interview set""; ""III. An overview of Chile�s national system of innovation""; ""Policy, resource allocation, and regulatory processes""; ""IV. Governmental processes for science, technology, and innovation policy formulation""; ""Financing mechanisms within the national system of innovation""; ""V. CONICYT, FONDECYT, and FONDEF""; ""CONICYT and the context for evaluating its main funding instruments""; ""FONDECYT""; ""FONDEF""

""CONICYT and its responsibility for policy development""""VI. Other financing bodies""; ""Funds coordinated by PIT""; ""Scholarships""; ""Funding from the business sector""; ""Funding by regional governments""; ""Performance within the national system of innovation""; ""VII. Principal science and technology institutions of the national system of innovation""; ""The universities""; ""Technological institutes""; ""Firms in the private and public sectors""; ""Human resource development""; ""VIII. The development and use of human resources in the national system of innovation""

""Learning and the national system of innovation""""The challenges of human resource development in Chile""; ""Training and the role of technical colleges""; ""Introducing new technological skills into enterprises""; ""The availability of research management skills""; ""Rejuvenation of the research community""; ""The Ministry of Education�s program on quality and equity in higher education""; ""Infrastructure""; ""IX. Institutions providing the infrastructure for the national system of innovation""; ""Standards and metrology""; ""Intellectual property""

""Telecommunications and Internet infrastructure""""Libraries""; ""Major facilities for big science � the observatories""; ""Analysis of issues within the national system of innovation""; ""X. Emerging issues""; ""Institutional governance""; ""The need for prioritization""; ""Technology for small- and medium-scale enterprises""; ""Promoting an Innovation “culture� in Chile""; ""Support for the social sciences""; ""Health research""; ""XI. An innovation policy agenda for Chile""; ""A first discussion of the findings""; ""Introduction""; ""The sessions""; ""Concluding remarks""

""Appendices""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149).

ISBN:

1-280-84990-8

9786610849901

1-55250-315-1

OCLC:

317384372