Libro Blanco Vol I en Ingles
Libro Blanco Vol I en Ingles
Libro Blanco Vol I en Ingles
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TOWARDS A NATIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY FOR COMPETITIVENESSVOLUME 1Objective:To promote the developm<strong>en</strong>t of sci<strong>en</strong>ce as one of the bases of innovation, emphasising sci<strong>en</strong>tific research mainly applied totechnological developm<strong>en</strong>t or focused on providing answers to production problems, especially those that are linked to the sectors where weare or should be competitive today, and those where there is a positive relationship betwe<strong>en</strong> its pot<strong>en</strong>tial and the effort required in order todevelop it.Lines of action:Chile must increase its research and developm<strong>en</strong>t activities and, giv<strong>en</strong> their strategic relevance, both State and private companies shouldsupport them. Furthermore, the creation of knowledge, be it aimed or not at productive activities, increases the capacity to adapt knowledgecreated by others. This is why the key lines of action of this strategy proposal include:B.1 Increase of public support for basic and applied sci<strong>en</strong>tific and technological activity, with special though not exclusive emphasis oninitiatives proposed by production sectors (demand-driv<strong>en</strong>), thus leveraging private sp<strong>en</strong>ding.Additionally, an increased sci<strong>en</strong>tific activity assumes the creation of a critical mass of researchers who increase their productivity andharness network synergies. In effect, this conc<strong>en</strong>tration of researchers would increase sp<strong>en</strong>ding effici<strong>en</strong>cy and would decrease the transactioncosts with the business world, and also with other national and international groups that could mutually b<strong>en</strong>efit from increased interaction.Consequ<strong>en</strong>tly, the Council would like to propose the following line of action:B.2 Support for the developm<strong>en</strong>t of sci<strong>en</strong>tific and technological c<strong>en</strong>tres of excell<strong>en</strong>ce integrated into national and internationalnetworks, for the formation of progressive human capital, the creation of new knowledge, linkage with productive sectors and supporting theactivities of other groups of researchers in the country. This support must be organized based on a system that would link public financing ofthe pot<strong>en</strong>tials and curr<strong>en</strong>t sci<strong>en</strong>tific and technological c<strong>en</strong>tres, guaranteeing their excell<strong>en</strong>ce and promoting their links with the areas ofinteresting for the strategy adopted by the governm<strong>en</strong>t.120