ECUADOR 2013
Surface Ranking 75th Total 283,520 a km 2 water 5% Population 151st (2010) Total 14,483,499 Density 58.95/km 2 GDP (nominal)* 64th Total US$80.927 billion Per capita US$ $5,310 GDP (PPP)* Total) US$ $153.239 billion GDP per cápita US$ $10,055 ECUADOR *(2012)
Interesting facts Surface speed due to rotation: 1609 km/h. At the poles, this speed is 0 km/h Length variance between the longest and the shortest day in Ecuador: less than 40 minutes. Weather is not determined by seasons but by climatic floors Inhabitants live in altitudes ranging from sea level to 4000 meters above sea level These facts somehow influences the behaviour of the systems of nature, life and society.
Science and technology in Ecuador: Main challenges
2010 Human resources for Science and Technology The scientific community in Ecuador is still spread around the country. There are efforts to establish an active network of scientific institutions that work in cooperation. Ecuador does not have financial mechanisms that would allow students and scientists to access research research infrastructures or that would encourage cooperation projects.
2013 INISP The scientific community in Ecuador is still spread around the country. There are efforts to establish an active network of scientific institutions that work in cooperation. Industrial Sector UT A
2013 National Scholarship Program Prometeo International Scholarship Program Ecuador does not have financial mechanisms that would allow students and scientists to access research research infrastructures or that would encourage cooperation projects. Private Funding Human Resources International Cooperation National Funding Program
2013 2010 Investment in Science and Technology
2010 Investment in Science and Technology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um9dtmv85r4#t=20
En el año 2012 La inversión en investigación científica y desarrollo tecnológico pasó de 1 000.000,00 US$ A 12 000.000,00 US$ En el 2013 Se superará una inversión plurianual de 60 000.000,00 US$
Relationship between public and private There is no complete information available about private centers that have the qualified workforce, adecuate infrastructure, organisational leadership and handling capacity for research and training jobs in the country. The cooperation between the public and private sectors regarding Science and technology is punctual and ocasional.
2010 Biotechnological Development The country does not have a national strategy that defines goals and priorities for the development of biotechnology. The country does not own the necessary multidisciplinary research equipment for Biotechnological research and development that would allow to develop new products and services.
Public Interest The population in general is not conscious of how endogeneous research can play a role in its socioeconomic development.. Therefore, the public is not aware of the achievements and contributions of local scientists, furthermore, the solutions that local research brings to the country s problems are not acknowledged.
Science and Technology, the work of the Ecuadorian Government
At a governmental level, Science and technology has a recent History in Ecuador 2013 National Academy of Sciences Investigadores independientes Ministerios Empresas Públicas y Privadas In 1979, the National Council of Science and Technology was In 2006 the National Secretary of Science and Technology is createdl(senacyt) SENESCYT The Constitution, approved by referendum in 2008, establishes the National System of Cience, Technology, Innovation and Ancestral Knowledge, which organiation depends on the Senacyt Institutos de Investigación Universidades Organizaciones Científicas
2010 In the last years.. The target of a knowledge based strategy is to include most of the members of the society Ecuador makes important efforts to be part of the Society of Knowledge throught acciones and decisions that recognize Science and Technology as key elements in the social, economical and political development of the country.. In fact, it defined politics for Science and Technology that are in accordance with reality and the needs of the country in 6 specific areas. específicas.
National Policies Develop and Strengthen human resources in Science and Technology. Promote the generation and promotion of scientific research, technological development, innovation, and (re) valorization of ancestral knowledge. To promote the creation and strengthening of science academies, ethics committees, intellectual property, communications, scientific culture, and other actors and organizations, promoting coordination of their actions. To promote the creation and strengthening of science academies, ethics committees, intellectual property, communications, scientific culture, and other actors and organizations, promoting coordination of their actions. Incorporate new technologies of information and communication to the generation and dissemination of knowledge to help increase domestic production thus improving quality of life of the population.
The Strategic Challenge: Changing the Energy Matriz in terms of the changes of the Production Matrix http://www.sectoresestrategicos.gob.ec/wp - content/uploads/downloads/2013/06/inform e-de-rendición-de-cuentas-2012.pdf E=f(P)