INDUSTRY WATCH
THE FUNCTION OF THIS PLATFORM IS TO EXPOSE THE CAPACITIES AND PRODUCTION THAT CHILE HAS IN SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION .
Studies and Statistics via a collaboration in which other entities such as ANID , Corfo , FIA , INE , Inapi and SIES , provide their data and information .
How Observa operates
The work of Observa is to promote the use of evidence to address and solve public problems and its objective is to collect , standardize , analyze and disclose in a safe , responsible , fluid and friendly way , all the information that concerns the National System of Science , Technology , Knowledge and Innovation ( CTCI ) of Chile , to support evidence-based public policy decision-making and to inform citizens and relevant stakeholders of the system .
This initiative becomes an important model for making CTCI-related data available to the population to improve its use and application , and it becomes a beacon for other nations in the region that are looking for an example to follow in terms of integration and efficiency of use for data and information .
Accessing the information generated by a country like Chile on the behaviour of the various entities that participate in processes related to scientific research , the development of innovative processes , the participation of academic and productive entities in technological development is now easier thanks to the development of an initiative called Observa .
Observa , specifically the Observatory of the Science , Technology , Knowledge and Innovation System ( CTCI ), formed as an institutional initiative of the Ministry of Science , promoted and co-ordinated by the Office of
To achieve this , Observa has a website , through which data , information and analysis are reliably accessed on the National System of CTCI from which it is possible to inform the actors of the academy , the public sector , private , civil society and citizens .
“ The function of this platform is to expose the capacities and production that Chile has in science , technology , knowledge and innovation in a single place , solving the problem of fragmentation and bringing the data closer to citizens and decisionmakers . It is also a contribution to transparency in the management of the state , of a more modern , friendlier state that adopts state-of-the-art technologies ,” said the Minister of Science , Andrés Couve , who pointed
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