During 2010 COMCLARA benefited Urdimbre - an education and research community formed by 13 universities from the region – with resources that helped it to strength its core and to explore new ways of teaching and researching, for example the creation of virtual schools. “RedCLARA's support has been determinant for this community that's now facing new challenges based on joint participation”, says Blanca Ruth Orantes, Research Director at the Technological University of El Salvador, and one of the Urdimbre's specialists who carried out the survey about the challenges involved in the creation of a regional research community. In this interview, Orantes explains how research and education networks are fundamental for the advance of this and other relevant initiatives in Latin America.
