1. “Recommendations for Integrating a Gender Perspective in Science and Technology Policies and Programs in the Americas”
Develop the necessary actions to integrate the gender perspective in science and technology policies and programs of the Member States, in order to achieve full participation of women and men. Women and men should be equal partners in the design, production and in sharing the benefits of the knowledge society,
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2. “Engineering for the Americas”
Build local engineering capacity to create knowledge that ensures the solution of local needs and opens the chance to compete for global opportunities. Engineering excellence is a key ingredient in the application of science and technology to the solution of the world's economic and social problems to achieve economic growth,
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3. “Inter-American Materials Collaboration through the Inter-American Materials Collaboration Program (CIAM)”
Support collaboration for joint research in materials and nanotechnology, strengthening the coordinated multi-agency program CIAM and its efforts to expand networking between scientists in participating countries in the Americas,
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4. “Interconnecting the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in the Americas, and the Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (CLARA)”
Develop advanced networks and infrastructure to interconnect human capacities, specialized resources and shared laboratories, sensors and instruments, databases, and their research organizations to strengthen education, science and technology and health in the Americas in the 21st century, using existing mechanisms such as the CLARA Project.
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5. “Global Change Research through the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)”
Support the strengthening of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) recognizing the importance of developing the capacity for understanding the integrated impact of global change on regional and continental environments in the Americas, and to promote collaborative research and informed action at all levels.
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6. “Inter-American Program for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators”
Support the creation of a Regional Program on Science and Technology Indicators, utilizing the current mechanisms of cooperation of the Ibero-American/Inter-American Network on Science and Technology Indicators (RICYT), recognize the importance of measuring the differentiated social impact of national and regional science and technology programs for development, and promote the formulation of sectorial indicators, taking into account the desegregation by sex.
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7. “Popularization of Science”
Support programs and activities to strengthen the public understanding of sciences, at both the national and regional levels, recognizing the critical role that the popularization of science and technology plays in the socioeconomic, cultural and environmental development of the countries in the Americas.
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8. “Geographic Spatial Information for Integral Development in the Americas ”
Promote and consolidate the renovated role of geographic information systems for the integral development of the Hemisphere, and facilitate projects that stimulate geographic information services as a basis for planning and decision-making in our countries.
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9. “Legal Metrology for the Caribbean”
Support the creation of a reliable metrological infrastructure for the Caribbean countries, composed of good standards, calibration services, testing laboratories, quality control systems and recognized certification, to overcome technical barriers to trade and facilitate their more efficient integration in the global market economy.
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10. “Advanced Networking for the Caribbean Region”
Support the establishment of advanced networks in the Caribbean region with interconnections through Central America and the other countries of the Western Hemisphere, recognizing that n etworking and information infrastructure is a critical vehicle for propelling countries of the region into competitive knowledge-based economies. This will enhance projects such as the Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks (CLARA).
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11. “Scientific Education with the Support from the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS)”
Support science education initiatives in the Americas, in particular the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE), through which our peoples can understand the importance of scientific endeavor for their cultural and socioeconomic development. Science education is the most important way through which national societies of all countries learn about science, its values, concepts and objectives.
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12. “Biotechnology for the Americas”
Stimulate the formulation of a biotechnology program for the Americas that allow the countries in the region to increase their commitment in research and development and establish collaborative efforts, at the hemispheric level, develop human resources and infrastructure, and establish a legal framework within which biotechnological development may occur. Special attention will be given to the application of biotechnology in tropical agriculture in order to enhance the nutrition of staple foods.
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13. “Digital Government in the Americas”
Support a collaborative regional initiative in digital government that would permit the active development and application of science and technology to the implementation of digital government, in order to provide the potential for reductions in public expenditures and improved services to citizens; facilitate inter-country and inter-agency data sharing for economic, social, scientific and technological development; and permit governments to benefit from and enhance each other’s digital automation efforts.
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14. “Databases, Portals, Publications and Scientific Journals”
Support the expansion and dissemination of regional information networks, databases, portals, catalogs of magazines and scientific publications - Internet based, that strengthen the management of scientific and technological activity and of innovation, such as the ScienTI Network (International Network of Information and Knowledge Sources for Science, Technology and Innovation Management), Platform Lattes of Brazil, INFOCyT Network (Information Network on Science and Technology for Latin America and the Caribbean), SciELO (Scientific Library Online), and Latindex (Regional Information System for Online Scientific Periodicals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal), in order to make them available in other countries of the region.
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15. “Productive Competitiveness and Employment”
Support the implementation of a Program of Productive Competitiveness and Employment for the region that considers a social and labor agenda as an integral part of economic growth, and as a way of ensuring an equitable distribution of benefits.
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