RedCLARA News - 2004/2010

Declaration addressed to the Governments of Latin America

Gathered in the CLARA Workshop: "Strategic Agenda for e-Science in Latin America" we, the participants, have agreed to suggest to the authorities of our countries to carry out the pertinent actions in order to create the "First Framework Programme for the Development of Science and Technology in Latin America". The experience of the European Union which is carrying out its Seventh Framework Programme (with an important financing budget), shows that the concept is powerful and successful.

We are convinced that Latin America needs the development of education and science to reach the progress of its societies and its truly political, cultural and economic independence. We are also convinced that our future as a region depends on our unity and decision, and that we do not have to wait from others what we are not be willing to do. Without any doubts, a serious position will help to strengthen the relationship with the rest of the world, not from dependency point of view but from a collaborative one.

We propose the adoption of a resolution about this matter during the next Presidential Summit, this should be followed by the creation of a technical commission in charge of the elaboration of this proposal.

Lima, November 7th, 2008

Luis Núñez (Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela)
GregoryRandall (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Bernard Marechal (CIEMAT, España and Universidad Federal do Rio do Janeiro, Brazil)
Angel Bustamante (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru)
Carlos Conca Rosende (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Marcio Faerman begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brazil)
Laurent Sass (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)
Rossana Rivas (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Peru)
Gina Caraballo (Universidad Bolivariana, Venezuela)
Silvio Alvarez (Presidente del Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzada, Ecuador)
Carlos Monsalve Arteaga (Director Ejecutivo del Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzada, Ecuador)
Ida Holz (Universidad de la República, Red Académica Uruguaya, RedCLARA Uruguay)
Nelson Cacho Araujo (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería,FIGMM,Peru)
Juan Carlos Torres (Organización Universitaria Interamericana)
Moisés Tacle Galárraga (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador)
Luis Furlán (Universidad del Valle, Guatemala)
Rubén Medinacelli (Comité Ejecutivo de la Universidad Boliviana, Bolivia)
Jeremìas Herrera (Representante REDCYT Panamà, Universidad Tecnológica de Panama)
Juvenal Castromonte Salinas (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia)
Alberto Zambrano Elizondo (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
Jorge Alberto Del Carpio Salinas (CONCYTEC, Peru)
Rennato Tello (SENACYT, Guatemala)
José Luis del Barco (Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina)
Erlinda Hándal Vega (Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador, C.A.)
Carlos Benjamìn Orozco (Ministerio de Educación, El Salvador)
Daniel Díaz Ataucuri (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería INICTE UNI, Peru)
Martha Giraldo (Red Nacional Académica de Tecnología Avanzada RENATA, Colombia)
María Luisa de Boehm (Universidad del Valle, Guatemala)