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
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. I also write a blog in Spanish which
In November 2013 the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a major report to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the declaration on the Right to Development adopted by the UN General Assembly. As a contribution to this volume, I wrote
Two chapters were published in edited book as a results of the conferences I gave at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studes in Potsdam at the end of 2012. The first is in the book Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development, edited by
As a result of the work done by an expert group convened by the International Civil Society Center on changes that can destabilize international civil society organizations, the final report —Riding the wave… rather than being swept away— was launched in November 2013. The report
At the end of October 2013 I gave a lecture at the twenty second CLEIN, with the participation of more than 1000 students from 15 countries in the region. My conference focused on science and technology policies in Latin America and their implications for industrial
In October 2013 I took part in a workshop gathering several Latin American organizations that provide support to government institutions in charge of formulating and implementing science, technology and innovation policies. It was organized by the Mexican Foro Científico y Tecnológico. A video of an
In August 2013 there was a meeting in Lima and Paracas, Peru, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the STPI project, the first, large-scale comparative research project on science and technology policies in developing countries, which was carried out during 1973-1979. Fifteen members of the
During June-August 2013 FORO Nacional Internacional organized, in collaboration with the Ruiz de Montoya University, a course on the new challenges for international cooperation and development in Peru. I gave three of the twelve conference, which are available in Spanish, covering the new context for
At the invitation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLA), I prepare a report on the background, implementation and results of FINCyT I, a US$36 million program financed with a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the