National Directorate of International Relations Eng. Agueda Menvielle

1. National Directorate of International Relations Eng. Agueda Menvielle September, 2012

2. STI IN ARGENTINA

3. THE ARGENTINEAN ACADEMIA A long-standing tradition of scientific excellence has resulted in generations of highly qualified Human Resources

4. Bernardo Houssay Nobel Prize 1947 Role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of blood sugar (glucose) in animals. Luis Leloir Nobel Prize1970 Nucleotides, carbohydrate metabolism and renal hypertension to understand, diagnose and treat galactosemia. Cesar Milstein Nobel Prize 1984 Hybridoma technology for the production of monoclonal antibodies

5. In 2007, the President, Dr. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, created the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation Act 26.338

6. Non-profit Organizations Companies NATIONAL SYSTEM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Ministry of Foreign Relations Ministry of Industry INTI CONAE CONICET ANPCYT Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing IAA MInistry of Planning INIDEP CNEA Secretariat for Scientific and Technological Coordination INTA Secratariat for Policies and Planning INA Ministry of Education INPRES National Directorate for International Relations Public and Private Universities SEGEMAR Ministry of Defense Provinces CITEFA Provincial R&D Institutions Provincial Agencies for the Promotion of R&D&I IGM Ministry of Helath ANLIS

7. MISSION Give answers to the key social and sectoral issues and improve the quality of life of society Increase productivity of the competitive sector by focusing on the design of a new development model Support the expansion of companies based on new knowledge

8. Energy Agroindustry Health Environment and Social Development Biotechnology ICTs Nanotechnology STRATEGIC AREAS SECTORAL FUNDS

9. PUBLIC FUNDS Approved Projects 2011

10. ACHIEVEMENTS 2007-2011 • Increase of the National S&T budget by 226% • Financing of 12 public works under the National Infrastructure Plan, approval of 162 projects for revamping and/or improvement of infrastructure and 51 projects for equipment and improvement of 24 R&D Organizations. • Number of people involved in the R&D sectors, measured in the equivalent of full-time: 59,682 (2009) of which about 44,000 were researchers and fellows; • Creation of 7 new national systems in the Program for Large Instruments and Databases; • 10,481 fellowships for undergraduate and graduate studies • Building and inauguration of the 1st stage of the Scientific and Technological Pole: 45,000 m² • S&T investment in relation to GDP increased from 0.49% in 2004 to 0.67% in 2009

11. NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation Secretariat for Planning and Policies in Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. Secretariat for Scientific and Technological Coordination National Directorate of International Relations CONICET ANPCyT

12. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

13. NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BILATERAL MULTILATERAL UE ABEST RAICES MERCOSUR UNASUR COMPANIES IAESTE

14. BILATERAL COOPERATION MECHANISMS • Scientific Meetings and Workshops • About 65 held per year • Bilateral Projects • 499 ongoing projects • Research Fellowships

15. BILATERALES PROJECTS Involving researcher´s mobility • Austria: BMWF • Germany: BMBF, DAAD • Belgium: FWO, FNRS • Brazil: CAPES • Chile: CONICYT • Colombia: COLCIENCIAS • Cuba: CITMA • Slovenia: MHEST • Spain: MICIIN • France: ECOS, MATH AMSUD, STIC AMSUD, INRIA / CNRS, ARFITEC. • Hungary: NKTH • India: MOST • Italy: MAE • Mexico: CONACYT • Pakistan: MOST • Peru: CONCYTEC • Portugal: FCT • Czech Republic: MEYS • South Africa: DST • Uruguay: MEC

16. BILATERAL COOPERATION MECHANISMS • Binational Centers • 9 with Brazil: (CABBIO and CABN among others) • 3 with Germany • 1 with Spain (CEBIGEVE) • 1 with China • 6 with France • 1 with Cuba • 1 with Russia • 1 with Italy • 2 with Uruguay • 2 with Mexico • 1 with South Africa • Scientific and Technological Research Projects (PICTs) 5 2 4 7 6 2

17. MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

18. IBERO-AMERICAN PROGRAM FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENTwww.cyted.org • It is an international multilateral scientific and technological cooperation programme of a horizontal nature and with an Iberoamerican scope. • A tool for scientific and technological cooperation based on the pooling of resources and efforts to achieve common goals with impact on socioeconomic systems. • A mechanism that promotes the integration of the Iberoamerican Scientific and Technological Community, to promote the transfer of knowledge and skills and mobility of scientists and experts. • A bridge for interregional cooperation in science and technology

19. CYTED PROGRAM Number of Ongoing Coordination Actions=  12 1 Argentine Coordination - 16 Participating Institutions Number of ongoing Thematic Networks = 87 7 Argentine Coordinations - 125 Participating Institutions Number of ongoing Consortia Research Projects = 4 1 Participating Institution CYTED Genome Project Contributing countries: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and the CYTED Program.

20. COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION FRAMEWORK PROGRAM AND ITS INITIATIVES

21. EUROPEAN UNION Argentina was the first Latin American country to sign in 1999 a Cooperation Agreement in Science and Technology with the European Union.

22. Liaison Offices www.abest.com.ar (Argentina) www.bbice.cgee.org.br (Brazil) www.conacyt.mx/uemexcyt (Mexico) www.conicyt.cl/ (Chile)

23. Liaison Office Argentina- European Union Accomplished activities : • Dissemination of information on opportunities for cooperation • Organization of courses targeting R&D institutions • Call for travel grants for Argentine researchers to facilitate the creation of consortia • Call to determine topics of interest to be included in the Specific International Cooperation Actions • Dissemination and promotion of human resources training

24. Effectiveness of Latin American participation in FP7 (2007-2011) Source: CORDA (2011)

25. PROJECT FOR STRENGTHENING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMES AND JOB CREATION IN ARGENTINA Bilateral Cooperation Program between European Union and The Republic of Argentina. Implementing Agency: DNRI, MINCYT Total Budget: Euro 19,600,000 Contribution from the UE: Euro 9,800,000 Local Contribution: Euro 9,800,000 Implementing Period of the Agreement : 56 months Start Date for Implementation : April 2011

26. UNASUR • MERCOSUR + Guyana and Suriname • Structured around Councils: COSECCTI (South American Council for Education, Culture, Science, Technology and Innovation) • November 2010: II Meeting of Ministers of the CTI Group of COSECCTI, Cardales, Argentina. Adoption of the Roadmap of the Group

27. MERCOSUR SPECIALIZED S&T MEETING (RECYT) It was created on occasion of the SECOND MEETING OF THE COMMON MARKET COUNCIL (GMC) (Resolution N° 24/92.) June 1992 • AIMS: • Promote the development of science and technology and its contribution to improve the general welfare; •   advance research in S&T aiming at formulating policies related to science and technology for MERCOSUR.

28. MERCOSUR SPECIALIZED S&T MEETING (RECYT) • Thematic Committees: •   Information Society •   Support for scientific and • technological Development •   Biotecsur platform Strategic areas: • energy • biotechnology • ICTs • industrial competitiveness and Innovation • Agricultural productivity • Quality of Life • Natural Resources • Intellectual Property In 2008 the GMC approves the Framework Programme for Science Technology and Innovation of MERCOSUR 2008-2012 / 2013 – 2016 (under negotiation)

29. BIOTECH PROGRAMME MERCOSUR – UNIÓN EUROPEA • Coordinated by Argentina (MINCYT) • Objective: To promote the development and harnessing of agricultural biotechnology to support the sustained increase in the competitiveness of regional products in international markets Total Budget: € 7.300.000 euros

30. PROGRAMA BIOTECHMERCOSUR – UNIÓN EUROPEA • Strengthening Regional Poultry Health Status by applying biotechnology tools in the development of diagnostic methods and generation of epidemiological information, applied to the control of commercially important avian pathogens with an impact on public health •   Application of functional genomics and other biotechnological tools for the development and testing of vaccines against foot and mouth disease virus; •   Biotechnological strategies for the control of bacterial, viral and protozoan intracellular in cattle in MERCOSUR •   Development of an integrated platform for bioprospecting genotyping of candidate genes of interest in Eucalyptus germplasm in MERCOSUR •   Integrated genomic approach in MERCOSUR for the prospection of useful genes to improve soybean against biotic and abiotic stress.

31. BIOTECH PROGRAM PHASE II Completion of the BIOTECH MERCOSUR - EU: • March 7, 2011. Continuity of the Platform: • Creation of the Biotecsur Platform Committee under RECYT • Approval of new funding from the EU • Argentina and Brazil agreed to co-finance the project BiotecSojaSur and the Observatory on Biotechnologies • Inclusion of topics: health and renewable energies

32. SUPPORT PROJECT FOR THE SOCIETY OF INFORMATION MERCOSUR – UE Coordinated by Brazil (MCT) Aim: To promote policies and strategies at the MERCOSUR level in the field of Information Society and bridging the digital divide and asymmetries in the area of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the region. Budget : €7,000,000 million Euros

33. FUND FOR STRUCTURAL CONVERGENCE FOCEM – MERCOSUR Project: “Research, Education and Biotechnology applied to Health“ • Aim: To conduct joint research, human resources training, mobility actions and joint scientific meetings for the creation of a network of institutions specialized in chronic diseases of aging. • Institutions: Max Planck Inst (Argentina), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Brazil), Inst Pasteur (Uruguay) and the Research Institute of Health Sciences (Paraguay) • Budget: USD 10,061,400 Structural Biology Center (CEBEM) • Objective: Integration and equipping of centers of excellence in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

34. AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVE INTEGRATION OF MERCOSUR • proposal submitted during PPTA 2012 and under negotiation. • Financing: through the capitalization of FOCEM USD 50 million

35. INTERAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH (IAI) ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN STATES American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) -D epartment of Science, Technology and Innovation(DCTI) - Interamerican Committee on Science and Technology (COMCYT) Headquarters for communication and liaison science-policy in Buenos Aires INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (ICGEB) The Centre shall be located in the Scientific and Technological Pole in the premises of the Former Giol Wineries.

36. IAESTE • Exchange students in Engineering and Sciences. • Global program composed of 91 members from 83 countries involving 3,500 companies and 1,400 universities. • Aims: •  To provide technical training for university students in institutions, universities and companies located abroad. •   To complement the student's academic background, thus facilitating further employment opportunities. • Agreement with 8 Argentine Universities • During the last year 10 universities conducted exchanges

37. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITH ENTERPRISES • Data Base of Technology-based Enterprises (TBE) • Pilot Test • International ANR: open to all countries that cooperate with Argentina. Ongoing with:

38. www.raices.mincyt.gov.ar raices@mincyt.gov.ar

39. Program Network of Argentine Researchers and Scientists residing Abroad   RAICES as a State Policy Act 26,421 Year 2008

40. RAICES PROGRAM • Objectives • Strengthening the scientific and technological capacities of the country through links with Argentine researchers residing abroad • Promote the retention of researchers in the country and the return of those interested in developing their activities in Argentina.

41. ADVISORY COMMITTE Formed by representatives of the National Scientific and Technological System • MREC • CONICET • CIN • UIA • CONAE • CNEA • INTA • INTI • Researchers from the S&T system • Repatriated

42. SCIENTIFIC DATABASE • It is estimated that 6,000 Argentine scientists and technologists reside abroad •   The database of the RAICES Programme includes 4755 researchers.

43. DISSEMINATION • Monthly Gazette • highly qualified professional Offer : Dissemination of the résumés of Argentine scientists interested in returning to the country.

44. ARGENTINEAN SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS RESIDING ABROAD Distribution as per geographic area Asia 2% Oceania 1% North America Europe 32% Africa 0,8% 39% America Central 0,2% South America 25%

46. DISSEMINATION HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL OFFER Dissemination of the working interest of qualified nationals residing abroad in the local scientific, technological and business sectors INFORMATION LINKING Dissemination of information and job opportunities in the scientific technological sector in Argentina.

47. Metropolitan (Buenos Aires, CABA) Center (Córdoba, Santa Fe) Patagonia 6% New Cuyo 7% NEA 5% NOA (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, S. del Estero, Tucumán) NOA 4% NEA (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Misiones) Center 19% Metropolitan 59% New Cuyo (La Rioja, Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis) Patagonia (Chubut, La Pampa, Neuquén, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, T. del Fuego) Linking Actions DR. CÉSAR MILSTEIN Grant Total approved: 198

48. LINKING ACTIONS PICT - RAICES Scientific and Technological Research Projects ANPCyT Scientific and Technological Research Projectsincluding a member of the RAICES Programme in the responsible group.. 95 approved projects NETWORKS Call for projects to increase liaison among researchers in the areas of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Biological Engineering and Health. 32 nets funded. Call 2012: under evaluation

49. LINKING ACTIONS Advisory Committe for International Cooperation Programs for Scientific and Technological Cooperation Abroad (CAPICCyTE) SEED FUNDS - SMEs Call for projects from micro and small technology-based enterprises in the areas of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, ICTs and Engineering. Scientific Meetings / Seminars / Workshops

50. REPATRIATION ACTIONS • REPATRIATION OF SCIENTISTS • CONICET – Postdoctoral Reintegration Fellowships • ANPCyT – Research and Development Projects for the Repatriation of Researchers (PIDRI) • Return Grants • Repatriated Researchers: 938