03/10/2023

Innovación en Ciencia y
Tecnología

Simone Belli
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
sbelli@ucm.es

EULAC FOCUS is a collaborative project funded by the European

Commission under Grant Agreement No 693781.
LAC Participation in Horizon2020
Fig. 27 - Network per registers, sample of EULAC 2005-2016
Map of EU-Andean collaboration (2005-2016)
Funding agencies

Publication
Records % of 5830
Years
2005 3 0.1%
2006 3 0.1%
2007 10 0.2%
2008 146 2.5%
2009 325 5.6%
2010 483 8.3%
2011 631 10.8%
2012 752 12.9%
2013 723 12.4%
2014 748 12.8%
2015 948 16.3%
2016 1058 18.1%
Number of European projects with
Ecuadorian participation

Programs:
4

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Number and impact (as measured by h-index) of
publications by Ecuadorian authors with all other
countries from 2006-2015 based on the 10 most
prevalent fields (2006-2015).
Agricultural and
Biological Sciences Medicine

Biochemistry,
500
Genetics and
Molecular Biology 300

Environmental 30
Social
Science
sciences Earth and
Engineering
Planetary
Computer Sciences Physics and
science Astronomy

Immunology
and
Microbiology
Collaboration
network between
Ecuador and other
countries involved in
FP7 and H2020
projects

Legend:
15-20 projects
10-15 projects
6-10 projects
1-5 projects
Countries that led FP7 and lead H2020
projects (as coordinators) with Ecuadorian
participation
Languages of EU-Andes co-publications
 Scientific publications 2015-2017 (Belli,
Baltà, 2020)
University Publications Professors (2015) Publications per
Professors
Universidad San Francisco de
322 742 0,43
Quito
Pontificia Universidad Católica
275 2692 0,10
del Ecuador
Escuela Politécnica Nacional 233 834 0,28
Universidad Central del
214 2003 0,11
Ecuador
Escuela Politécnica del Litoral 218 885 0,25
Universidad de las Fuerzas
25 1257 0,02
Armadas-ESPE
Universidad Yachay Tech 107 137 (2017) 0,78
Scientific publications 2015-2017
Publications per professor
 Professors with PhD

University Professors Professors with PhD Percentage

Universidad San Francisco de
742 153 20,62%
Quito
Pontificia Universidad Católica
2692 174 6,46%
del Ecuador
Escuela Politécnica Nacional 834 167 20,02%
Universidad Central del
2003 77 3,78%
Ecuador
Escuela Politécnica del Litoral 885 176 19,89%
Universidad de las Fuerzas
1257 82 6,52%
Armadas-ESPE
Universidad Yachay Tech 137 (2017) 78 56,93%
Scientific collaborations seem to be empirically observable, and
thus embodied and distributed (Belli, Baltà, 2020).
Ecuador se convierte en el sexto país latinoamericano
con mayor número de co-publicaciones científicas con
las universidades europeas
Ecuador se convierte en el sexto país latinoamericano
con mayor número de co-publicaciones científicas con
las universidades europeas
Challenges

Source: EULAC Focus WP4

T4.3 Assessing the perception of bi-regional STI activities on the political level
Survey
Research and Innovation Policy

While the historical focus of European research policy on Community Industry

established a close link between industrial competitiveness and research
excellence, it is not a common feature of STI policy in LAC.
In general terms it can be stated that in LAC technological and innovation
policies enjoy a lower priority in comparison to science and higher education
policies, which count with more institutional and financial support (Barrotea et
al. 2017).
Although LAC countries with better developed STI landscapes have put a greater
emphasis on defining regional - territorial innovation systems (Barrotea et al.
2017), supporting start-ups (OECD 2016), and developing innovation value chains
in recent years, the limited financial support to innovation, especially from the
private sector, constitutes the main limitation.

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Innovation as Transversal Area

Common Research Area

synergies

integration GLOBAL
MOBILITY RIs CHALLENGES
joint
EURAXESS Bi-regional
agenda Interest Group
setting Working
MSCA NCP
Group
mutual ERC Policy Advice
learning SDGs
INNOVATION
Oportunidades de formación y desarrollo
profesional para investigadores en movilidad
Best Practices

a) ERA-Net LAC/ Interest Group joint Calls encouraged EU13

and smaller LAC countries to participate.
b) LAC NCP Network is very active.
c) The EURAXESS Worldwide Brazil node was expanded to the
LAC region.
d) The bi-regional Working Group on Research Infrastructures
supports the match-making process and paves the way for mutual
access to RIs in both regions.
e) The policy advice initiative for CELAC supports the
implementation of the SDGs through STI activities (e.g. reduction of
biomass waste by 2030 in Central America and the Dominican
Republic).

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Actions for future STI cooperation

ACTION 1: INCREASE VISIBILITY AND PROMOTE OPEN ACCESS PLATFORMS

ACTION 2: STRENGTHEN LAC AS UNIQUE RESEARCH DESTINATION

ACTION 3: ENHANCE MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

ACTION 4: STRENGTHEN JOINT RESEARCH FUNDING INCL. SMALLER EU/LAC COUNTRIES

ACTION 5: ESTABLISH SYNERGIES TO FOSTER INDUSTRY-SOCIETY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION

ACTION 6: ALIGN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH REGIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION POLICIES

ACTION 7: PROMOTE SCIENCE DIPLOMACY IN THE EU-LAC COOPERATION