Input Paper Funding Mechanisms Working
Group
Funding Mechanisms Working Group
Chair: Development Bank of Latin America
(CAF)
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Input Paper Funding Mechanisms Working Group
Funding Mechanisms Working
Group
It is conformed by 14 high-level experts from the industry,
academic, and scientific community
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experts
*The LAC-ICT Expert Group description
and members can be found in www.lacictexpertgroup.eu
Name*
Adolfo Castejon (Chair)
Organisation
CAF
Country
Regional
Alfonso Luna
Paulo Egler
Pablo Miguel Jacovkis
Kentriky
IBICT
National University
Tres de Febrero
CAMTIC
Columbia University
SOFTEX
CEPAL
ITESM
UNAL
GECHS
MINCYT
CONICYT
CAF
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Otto Rivera Valle
Raúl Katz
Mariana Yasbeck
Mario Castillo
Raúl Monroy
Jairo Espinosa
Luis Stein
Rosita Wachenchauzer
María Mesonero
Mauricio Agudelo
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Costa Rica
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Colombia
Chile
Argentina
Chile
Regional
Objective
Create a dynamic and updatable input
paper, including identification of main
funding mechanisms for projects in
ICT Research, with recommendations
for enhanced cooperation and
suggestions for strengthening and
supporting funding mechanisms.
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Introduction
• Input Paper on Funding Mechanisms Working Group
addresses 7 LAC countries:
Argentina
Peru
Costa
Rica
Brazil
Countries
Analysed
México
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Colombia
Chile
Content
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The report firstly presents the scope and purpose of
the document
Gives an overview of the Funding Mechanisms in
Latin America (by country).
Provides an overall analysis of programs and funding
mechanisms aimed at providing support of international
cooperation in ICT research and innovation.
Identifies all complementary funding mechanisms
for cooperation between Europe and Latin America in
ICT research and innovation.
Identifies the programs, funding amounts and terms by
country that are explicitly open to European
researchers.
Finally, drafts recommendations to three stakeholders
(Latin American institutions and funding agencies,
institutions responsible of political dialogue on science
and technology between the European Union and Latin
America, and the European Commission).
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Methodology
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Literature review
Funding Mechanisms and Programs in the target countries (i.e. Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica and Peru)
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Survey
A survey of public and private institutions providers, and recipients of
funding aimed at understanding perceptions oriented to financing needs
and current funding mechanisms for ICT research and innovation.
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Comments
Based on the discussions held with the LAC-ICT Expert Group set up by
LEADERSHIP about funding mechanisms
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Overview:
The study identified 122 ICT research funding programs focused on ICT
research and innovation in the 7 countries addressed in the study.
LATIN AMERICA: ICT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUNDING PROGRAMS
Source: Telecom Advisory Services compilation (2014)
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Overview:
Total funds budgeted for ICT research in the countries under study approximate
US$20.4 billion per year.
LATIN AMERICA: Total funds by geographic eligibility (in US$ million)
Source: Telecom Advisory Services analysis
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Overview:
Beyond the national programs, there are 3 types of complementary funding
mechanisms promoting cooperation between Latin America and Europe
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International funding mechanisms: funding programs sponsored by
multilateral institutions aimed at promoting cooperation between Europe and
Latin America.
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Bilateral agreements: funding agreements signed between specific
European and Latin American countries aimed at promoting cooperation in
ICT research.
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Latin American funding programs open to European researchers:
funding programs sponsored by Latin American institutions (public and
private) open to European researchers.
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Overview:
Many bilateral cooperative agreements have been signed between Europe and
Latin America countries to provide funds for ICT research (Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia and Mexico)
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FINDINGS:
Main Funding Mechanisms by country.
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Argentina: 34 ICT research and development funding programs were
identified in Argentina, of which 8 are open to Europeans, while 13 are not
explicit about their national eligibility conditions. The major funding for ICT
research in Argentina is the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
Productiva (MINCYT). (165.16 US$ millions)
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Brazil: 18 funding programs were identified in Brazil, of which 12 are open
to Europeans, while 4 are not explicit about their national eligibility
conditions. Multiple ministries and national entities provide funding for ICT
research and development. Among them, the Ministerio de Ciencia,
Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), the Ministerio de Desarrollo, Industria y
Comercio Exterior, and the Ministério de Educação are the most prominent
ones. (16.28 US$ billions)
FINDINGS:
Main Funding Mechanisms by country.
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Chile: 24 funding programs were identified in Chile, of which 14 are open to
Europeans, while 8 are not explicit about their national eligibility conditions.
There are several national public organizations providing ICT R&D funding.
Among them, the most prominent are the Comisión Nacional de
Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), and the Corporación de
Fomento de la Producción (CORFO). (173.13 US$ millions)
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Colombia: 15 funding programs were identified in Colombia, of which 9 are
open to Europeans, while 3 are not explicit about their national eligibility
conditions. The government funding programs of ICT research in Colombia
are centralized through COLCIENCIAS, which, at this time, benefits from
ministerial ranking. (1.12 US$ billions)
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Mexico: 19 funding programs were identified in Mexico, of which 5 are open
to Europeans, while 2 are not explicit about their national eligibility
conditions. The most important funding organization is the Consejo
Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT). (2.59 US$ billions)
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FINDINGS:
Main Funding Mechanisms by country.
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Costa Rica: 4 funding programs were identified in Costa Rica, just 1 is not
explicit about their national eligibility conditions (sponsored by the private
sector). (78.71 US$ millions)
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Peru: 8 funding programs were identified in Peru, of which 6 are open to
Europeans (all of them are sponsored by national public sector institutions)
and 1 is not explicit about their national eligibility conditions. Consejo
Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología and Ministerio de la Producción are the
main institutions for ICT funding. (31.13 US$ millions)
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Key Issues:
There is a visible fragmentation and lack of coordination across ICT research
funding mechanisms programs and agencies.
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Some of the programs are integrated within institutional frameworks,
typically laid out at the country level: CONICET (Argentina), CONACYT
(Mexico), FINEP (Brazil) and CORFO (Chile) function as coordinating
entities providing consistency across funding.
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However, this is not enough to integrate other funding sources (sub-national
and cross-institutional). When adding private funding sources, the
fragmentation increases exponentially.
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This state of affairs hampers the efficient allocation of funds as well as the
alignment of funds with ICT development objectives.
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We are aware that this fragmentation cannot be fully addressed over the
short run. However, some initiatives can incrementally improve the
efficiency in resource allocation.
Key Issues:
There is also a correlation between the lack of coordination and allocation
efficiencies on a country level when referring to bilateral funding mechanisms.
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The multiple sources and agreements between countries and between
countries and multilateral institutions appear to have little coordination.
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Two levels of fragmentation have been detected:
First, Latin American countries tend to
sign agreements based on reciprocity
terms. They do not usually include
comprehensive frameworks that avoid
redundancies and link the agreements
with an ICT development agenda.
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Second, European agencies and
multilateral institutions sometimes sign
agreements not always taking in to
account national development
programs.
Recommendations to
Latin American institutions and Funding
Agencies that manage funding programs
Recommendation 1. To develop a
country-by-country comprehensive
institutional framework that enhances
the alignment between the various
funding sources and programs and
national ICT development objectives.
Additionally, this framework would
facilitate the potential coordination of
programs in order to avoid
redundancies.
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Recommendation 2: To develop a
country specific maps of funding
mechanisms with again, the purpose of
rationalizing the sources of funding. In
addition, these maps could serve as a
basis for providing researchers with a
tool that enhances their visibility of
potential funding programs. This
matching platform could enhance
efficiency in resource allocation.
Recommendations to
Institutions responsible of political dialogue
on Science, Technology and Innovation
between EU and Latin America
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Recommendation. To establish coordination mechanisms on both ends of
bilateral agreements.
First, whenever Latin American
countries sign agreements
based on reciprocity, they
should do it in the context of a
comprehensive framework to
avoid redundancies and link the
agreements to an ICT
development agenda.
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Second, European agencies and
multilateral institutions need to
coordinate among themselves
in order to avoid redundancy
and inefficiency in the provision
of funding.
Recommendations to
European Commission
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Recommendation. To enhance awareness of the opportunities available to
ICT researchers.
• ICT is becoming an important infrastructure component with economic
potential. Countries such as Colombia, Brazil and Mexico are
recognizing the value of ICT to enhance and reorient their economies.
• Latin America could greatly benefit from additional support from the
European Union, through funding focused on applied science and
technology, entrepreneurship, and firm development.
The European Commission could further enhance its position in the Latin
American region by focusing supporting resources in these areas, and
increasing awareness of available programs. Support could range from
engineering and technology to business management and economics,
thereby further enhancing the range of potential disciplines. A lot of these
areas are already being addressed in the Horizon 2020 program.
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Download the complete report at:
http://www.leadershipproject.eu/?page_id=3442
The consortium:
Quotation:
When quoting information from this report, please use the following phrase:
“Input Paper Funding Mechanisms Working Group – Mapping of Latin American Programs and Financing
Mechanisms supporting international cooperation in ICT research and innovation, access to programs and
recommendations”, LEADERSHIP project.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for
research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 611099
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Thank you
Yolanda Ursa
email: yolanda.ursa@grupoinmark.com
Adolfo Castejon
e-mail: acastejon@caf.com
www.leadershipproject.eu
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