Published 21-06-2013
CONICYT participated on 20 and 21 June at the launch meeting of the Project and Sustainable Strategic Cooperation in R & D with Latin America: Climate Change, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials (ENSOCIO-LA) in the Czech Republic.
The project ENSOCIO-LA formally began its activities on 1 May 2013 and will run until 30 April 2015. Its main objective is to establish a research and innovation cooperation sustainable and integrated between the EU and the countries of Latin America in the field of environment, specifically climate, resource efficiency and raw materials.
CONICYT is one of the 14 Latin American and European partners involved in the project ENSOCIO-LA and is responsible for the tasks related to the issue of resource efficiency. Above, with the objective of strengthening the scientific and political dialogue between the EU and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on the different aspects of the efficient use of resources, as well as providing specific inputs in order to increase the efficiency of resource allocation, data exchange and better dissemination of results and initiatives agencies to design and implement public policies in both regions.
Another objective ENSOCIO-LA project is to improve the dissemination and exploitation of research results in the field of the environment by different user groups. To which arises networking and establishing twinning existing multilateral and bilateral projects funded by different sources, through the development of efficient schemes of interaction between science, industry and the joint development of future research priorities and joint.
The project also includes the participation by Chile's Scientific Research Centre for Mining Technology (CICITEM), in charge of producing a research report on commodities, and the collection of Fact Sheets on transnational programs, national and regional research and raw material projects. The CICITEM was created as part of the third Competition Consortium Creating Cooperative Research and Development 2004 Regional Program of Scientific and Technological Development of CONICYT.
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