In November 2014 I attended the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the IID in London. I made a presentation on the perspectives of Latin American with regards to climate change, which is available here, and also contributed to the IIED blog on COP20
At the end of October 2014 I participated in the annual conference of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of La Libertad, a region in the Northern coast of Peru. I covered the theme of innovation and economic development in Peru. A copy of my
In June 2014 I took part in the Montevideo, Uruguay, gathering of cooperation agencies from Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal. The objective was to examine current cooperation trends and prospects. My presentation (in Spanish) is available here , the conclusions of the event can
In June-July 2014 the SciDev portal published two interviews I gave on science, technology and development. The first is available here and focused on the need to have science and technology capabilities to understand the global changes under way at present, and to take advantage
The second edition of my book Ciencia, Tecnología, Innovación. Políticas para América Latina (Science, Technology, Innovation. Policies for Latin America) was published by the Fondo de Cultura Economica in December 2013. Following presentations of the first edition in Lima, Bogota, Mexico City, San José, Buenos
In January 2014 I prepared a contribution to the Development Progress blog of the Overseas Development Institute in London, in which I argued against the idea of “graduation” in international development cooperation. My contribution is available here. In February 2014 I prepared a contribution to
A while after I made a presentation at the conference Aula Magna 2012 organized the PUCP, I completed the preparation of a paper based on my intervention. See the paper (in Spanish only) here.
On March 14, 2013, I delivered the inaugural address for the academic year at the Universidad Continental, in Huancayo, Peru. At that time I received an Honorary Doctoral degree from this center of higher studies. The theme of my conference was the future of higher
After completing practically all the operations of the Program on Science and Technology (FINCyT 1) at the Office of the Prime Minister, and after the designation of the new chairman of the Board of the Program on Innovation and Competitiveness (FINCyT 2) which will replace
The Center of Information on International Cooperation, directed by Philipp Schonrock in Bogota, Colombia, published a report on the trend and scenarios for international development cooperation. This report examines the future prospects of cooperation in Latin America, and makes use of some of the material