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Regional Program

The Regional Program consists of two areas: Regional Centers and Regional Strategy.

The Regional Centers are focused on generating capacities and boosting the development of science, technology, and innovation in all regions of the country, through the implementation and monitoring of projects that are geared towards creating, strengthening, and giving continuity to regional scientific and technological research centers. The Centers’ three areas of support are: managerial–financial; technical–scientific; and management–transfer–liaison. These Centers seek to generate, promote, and strengthen research capacities and competencies in science, technology and innovation, and advanced human capital training in different fields.

The Management and Liaison area’s main purpose is to position CONICYT as a relevant actor in discussion platforms on regional science, technology, and innovation. To this end, it assumes institutional representation and develops studies that are focused on understanding the reality of the different regions regarding the issues that it addresses. Additionally, this area is in charge of coordinating the use of resources coming from regional Innovation Funds for Competitiveness (FIC Regional) that are assigned by CONICYT. Thus, it establishes links with regional stakeholders who participate in the process of allotment for this funding, and with the programs that our institution possesses in terms of human capital and the development of a scientific and technological base.

Mission

The mission of the Regional Program is to support the decentralization of scientific and technological development in Chile, from a geographical and an institutional perspective. Thus, the Program articulates science, technology, and innovation activities in the different regions of the country, according to the needs and priorities that regional authorities set for their economic and social development.