ICT research in Argentina (Document for the WINDS-LA Project)

SUSANA FINQUELIEVICH (COORDINADORA); DANIEL FINQUELIEVICH

Menon Network EEIG

Lugar: Bruselas; Año: 2008 p. 16

This Document describes Argentina´s potentials in ICT research. Since the deep economic crisis Argentina has undergone in December 2001 and most of 2002, there has been a surprising economic recovery, mostly due to exportations of agricultural products, and tourism, even if the levels of poverty and indigence still remain exceedingly high (40% and 15%, correspondingly – see Marí, 20051). Knowledge industries, such as software, cinema, clothes and furniture design, have found new production and exportation niches. In the scientific domain, the expenditure in science and technology (S&T) has increased, in its relation to GDP. The initial National Budget for 2006 in S&T Activities (AC&T) was Argentine Pesos $362, 7 million (approximately 120.9 million US Dollars) more than the initial credit for 2005, representing a growth of 28,6%2 . However, the level of AC&T in the Overall National Budget does not reach 2%. In year 2005 it was 1,64%, increasing to 1,74% in 2006. Argentina’s National budget for AC&T is still significantly lower than other Latin American countries’3, such as Brazil, Mexico, and Chile. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities. 1). Knowledge industries, such as software, cinema, clothes and furniture design, have found new production and exportation niches. In the scientific domain, the expenditure in science and technology (S&T) has increased, in its relation to GDP. The initial National Budget for 2006 in S&T Activities (AC&T) was Argentine Pesos $362, 7 million (approximately 120.9 million US Dollars) more than the initial credit for 2005, representing a growth of 28,6%2 . However, the level of AC&T in the Overall National Budget does not reach 2%. In year 2005 it was 1,64%, increasing to 1,74% in 2006. Argentina’s National budget for AC&T is still significantly lower than other Latin American countries’3, such as Brazil, Mexico, and Chile. The country has not an Information Society Plan. Information Society issues have been initially undertaken by the National Secretariat of Communications4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities.4, but currently, it is the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva - SeCyT) the player which takes initiatives for policies and strategies in this field. SECYT is the governmental institution responsible for the design and implementation of the national S&T policy, the coordination of the activities carried on in this sector, control and assessment of S&T administration, as well as the promotion and dissemination of these activities.