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21 st Century Strategy Education, Science, Technology and Innovation for Costa Rica

21 st Century Strategy Education, Science, Technology and Innovation for Costa Rica Dr. Gabriel Macaya Vicepresident. General Objective.

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21 st Century Strategy Education, Science, Technology and Innovation for Costa Rica

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  1. 21st Century Strategy Education, Science, Technology and Innovation for Costa Rica Dr. Gabriel Macaya Vicepresident

  2. General Objective • Contribute to align the actions and initiatives of diverse stakeholders (i.e., public sector, private sector, NGOs, government institutions, individual citizens, international cooperation, etc.) and facilitate their collaboration in order to guarantee that Costa Rica’s development goals-as defined in our vision for the year 2050-will be achieved. • The 21st Century Strategy recognizes and highlights the role of education, science, technology and innovation as key drivers of our future development. • If the Strategy is implemented as planed, Costa Rica will become a Developed Country in the first half of this Century.

  3. Qualified human resources to meet the challenges of development. Fruitful and fair incorporation of all social sectors into the information age, the global economy and the knowledge-based economy. Diversification of exports and foreign direct investments, in education and knowledge driven areas. Accelerate the start-up and growth of small and medium enterprises. (incubation, venture capital, linkage opportunities to multinational corporations, etc.) Incorporate scientific and technological thinking into local culture and everyday life. Vision: Costa Rica in 2050What is required?

  4. Recognize the central role of the human resource. Highlight the importance of networking. Redefine the role of public sector, private sector, NGOs, government institutions, international cooperation, etc. Rethink the role of humanities, social sciences and economy. Include the development strategy for science and technology in a broader human development process. Vision: Costa Rica in 2050Key success factors

  5. 2050: 2000 por millón 2050: 9,5 2006: 533 por millón 2006: 3,2 AVERAGE OF SCHOOLING YEARS % OF EAP REPRESENTING PROFESSIONALS & TECHNICIANS “CLUSTERS” DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS % 10 - APLICATION OF USPTO PATENTS / MIL TERCIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS 2050: 9,2 2050: 11 años ARTICLES ON SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL JOURNALS / MILLON PATH TOTAL INVESTMENT IN R&D (GDP %) QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 - 2006: 6 años 2006: 3,9 RESEARCHERS IN R&D / MILLON PHONES LINES/1000 ESCALA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS (% OF TERCIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS) 0 - COMPUTERS/ 1000 INTERNET NODES/ 10,000 CORRUPTION CONTROL INTERNET USERS/ 10,000 TRANSPARENCY GDP / PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT EFFICENCY LEGAL FRAMEWORK HUMAN INDEX PROTECTION OF I NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY QUALITY OF REGULATION LEVEL OF LOCAL COMPETITIVENESS

  6. Defining the gap Five performance categories

  7. Gap in innovation and human resources Ten performance indexes

  8. National English Plan Arias-Sánchez Administration

  9. Main Objective Prepare the Costa Rican population with English language skills that would open the doors for greater personal and professional development. This preparation would increase their possibilities to access universal knowledge and to benefit from better paid job opportunities. National English Language Plan

  10. Main institutional players: Ministry of Public Education (MEP) National Learning Institute (INA) 21st Century Strategy Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) Costa Rican Agency for the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (CINDE) National English Language Plan

  11. COSTA RICAN CASE STUDYFDI by type of enterprise • The Free Trade Zones generate $339 million in FDI. The most important activities have been the high technology electronics industry, and the medical products and devises.

  12. Real Vs. Optimal English Language SkillsCINDE (2006)

  13. Real Vs. Optimal English Language SkillsCINDE (2006)

  14. Real Vs. Optimal English Language SkillsCINDE (2006)

  15. Real Vs. Optimal English Language SkillsCINDE (2006)

  16. Demand for bilingual human resourcesService Sector

  17. Main Objective Contribute to the formulation and implementation of a National Plan for Education of the Scientific and technological Thinking for the Basic General and Diversified Education, as part of a public policy that establishes the implications of innovative approaches adopted for the education system. Scientific and Technological Thinking Program

  18. Strategic priority as defined by the Ministry of Public Education Various initiatives are being developed with the objective of helping the students to learn skills that will enable them to learn how to live, coexist, interact and comprehend the worlds of science, mathematics and language. Scientific and Technological Thinking Program

  19. Main institutional players: Ministry of Public Education National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica UNESCO Support the creation of an innovative proposal to combine and articulate the institutions, persons, ideas and efforts existing in the country. 21st Century Strategy (coordination) Scientific and Technological Thinking Program

  20. Integral Human Development perspective: Any form of education which promotes the appreciation of science and scientific thinking, the appreciation for the exploration and reasonable search of explanations for social facts and nature, search of consensus in constructing solutions to the problems that arise, appreciation and respect for nature and all forms of life, understanding of science in its contextual relationship with the other disciplines, consciousness of the value of knowledge and technology under a development ethic. Scientific and Technological Thinking Program

  21. Renewal and updating mechanisms: Develop and adapt educational materials to promote scientific thinking and scientific education as well as the appropriate software for the promotion of educational practices in agreement with the proposal. Develop a relevant educational research that will allow to identify problems understand and create proposals for adequate improvements in the educational processes. Renew training plans for teachers in service in areas related to the scientific thinking and scientific education. Scientific and Technological Thinking Program

  22. Renewal and updating mechanisms (cont.): Renew the training plans for teachers to give the new generations a clear vision towards the integral training starting from the development of scientific thinking and practice of scientific education. Create conditions to incorporate into the academic culture the organization of congresses, conferences, seminars, publication of journals showing results, to share experiences and to discuss alternative ways of thinking and promoting the scientific education and thinking to allow an appropriate re-planning of the strategies. Scientific and Technological Thinking Program

  23. 21st Century Strategy is working on the design and implementation of a “pilot project” for Liberia. The project will benefit form the collaboration of foreign universities, local universities, and the private sector. The project will benefit from the developed regional capacities for teaching English as a Second Language, technical training, engineering and robotics. It will also work closely with CINDE to attract foreign direct investment in Hi-Tech Industries, preferable R&D and high value–added activities. In short, the project seeks to replicate in Liberia some of the key factors that contribute to explain the success in creation, diffusion and application of knowledge of the innovation networks of Silicon Valley, in California, or Route 128, in Massachusetts. Liberia “pilot project”

  24. Main objective: Design and promote legal reforms to the national legal and institutional framework in order to promote a better articulation between the main scientific and tecnological groups, individuals and organization, both in the public and private sectors, to foster and facilitate innovation processes and to further potentiate the economic opportunities at every level. At the same time, these efforts will contribute to close the existing gaps in terms of income and quality of life between different groups of Costa Ricans. National Science, Technology and Innovation System

  25. Main objective: The Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy is in the process of preparing a National Investment Plan for the Public Sector for the next five, ten and twenty years. It is crucial for the achievement of the goals stated in the 21st Century Strategy to assign, as part of the National Investment Plan, the required resources to invest in the development of science, technology and innovation in Costa Rica. National Investment Plan in Science, Technology and Innovation

  26. Main objective: A group of six internationally renowned US-based Universities will collaborate with the 21st Century Strategy team in order to help Costa Rica attain their development objectives in science, technology and innovation before the year 2050. University of Texas at Austin Kansas State University University of Kansas Michigan State University University of Florida at Gainesville University of California at Los Angeles Alliance with US-based Universities

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