Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)

Department of Economic Development

The Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities in Science and Technology (REMCYT)

Science and Technology

The Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology present a forum for dialogue on the role that science, technology engineering an innovation play in the development of the Member States. Some important priority topics during the Ministerial meetings have been about how science and technology promote sustainability of food production and resources, increasing productivity in education and labor, and promoting social cohesion.

The Technical Secretariat for the Meetings of Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology as well as the Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology is the Department of Economic and Social Development

VI Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology
December 7 and 8, 2021 - Jamaica (Virtual)

V Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology
November 2 and 3, 2017 - Medellín, Colombia

IV Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology
March 10th and 11th, 2015 - Guatemala City, Guatemala

III Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology
November 2011 - Panama City, Panama

II Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology
October 2008 - Mexico City, Mexico

I Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology
November 2004 - Lima, Peru

The Cartagena Declaration and Plan of Action
November 1996 - Cartagena, Colombia