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LOCTI: Are we still talking about CTI or just research?

progress and development of a society is inextricably linked to advancing to do science, technology and innovation of a country. It is therefore essential that they do not become politicized, uniform, abridging, or limit. Quite the contrary by the characteristics of their goods and services supported in the knowledge and management, demand the formation of a critical mass able to systematize, document, research, question, propose, create, implement and massively knowledge, applications and solutions that add value in a basic criterion of autonomy and independence of mind alien to political whims, economic, religious or dogmatic, sometimes try to catch and dispose of in dynamic are not, nor should they ever find it as their own.

development activities in science, technology and innovation includes multi-faceted and dynamic processes ranging from scientific or technological research, but not restricted to action to investigate, ie to investigate, document, test, contrast, experiencing or developing theories, models, methodologies, facts, prototypes, taxonomies and an extensive and valuable etc.

The work of science, technology and innovation have a greater scope, activities also include management and technological development , training, dissemination, incubation of technology-based businesses, entrepreneurship and innovation, it is scientific, technological, organizational or social, as well as the activities of transfer and appropriation of technologies and expertise, external technical linkages, STI capacity building as the formation of R & D, interface units, spin-off, for the last two almost non-existent or ineffective in the country where traditional approaches have restricted the technology parks that despite being articulated to campus for academic excellence or spaces have important limitations.

As can be seen STI activities are more extensive than it is scientific research, technological or social. Therefore concerned that the guidelines regarding the use of resources from the obligation under the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation (LOCTI) to two months reform, seem only summarized the research (other activity that is in my opinion passionate and valuable for the development of a country), running the risk of reduced LOCTI a Research Act which among other things raises the centralization of resources by the State why there is a need to remember that the law is not research, but the activities of science, technology and innovation (STI) which are broader and more diverse than just the research per se.

Moreover the work of CTI as no single "locus" to the academy, which logically has a specific weight, but not unique. Corporations, foundations, civic associations, technology development centers, NGOs, technologists, including freelancers, consultants and graduate students, etc, in addition to universities, are part of that critical mass that makes up the National Science, Technology and Innovation, which we know is insufficient for the challenges and challenges involving developing country.

CTI activities require the confluence of diverse actors and not respond to a model that contains new settings the complex and dynamic cycle of CTI to a relationship - State University - Society, where the Company does not intervene as a "locus" of this cycle but as a financier.

Moreover, to minimize the existence of companies that evade or deflect unfortunately LOCTI obligation to others processes for purposes other than linking with universities and R & D, or learning processes, technology and innovation management depends on an adequate understanding of the business and commitment to the local CTI, but then a lot depends on and proper management control, the same that has prevented the current date to know how many units of R & D business than academics were formed, reactivated or boosted between 2005 -2010, 2005 LOCTI product?, or how many and in what areas increased external technical linkages between universities and the productive sector, or do many courses graduate, graduate, or professional development programs increased enrollment LOCTI investment product, how many technical courses increased their demand for it, how is saving the country foreign exchange product engineering activities, design and technological development of components, equipment, parts and local?, despite the overall increase in imports promoted by the State in food items, agricultural, manufacturing, etc. by the inconsistency of policies supported in the process of expropriation and dismantling capabilities, foreign to the spirit and purposes of the LOCTI.

Or on the other hand, how many publications were generated with the input received by universities in these 5 years LOCTI 2005, how many investigations and in which areas contributed to developing country?.

In neither case are true answers, because the regulator on the issue unfortunately has not fulfilled its role and to do so requires a restructure and focus again resources, performance and evaluation criteria, in addition to the approval of who gives and who not, and the times when absolute discretion to implement such procedures as well as accountability so far lacking, despite people have valuable and able to propose and implement sensible proposals, but have in many cases marginal, saturated, underutilized and unmotivated.