THIRD MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE COMMUNITY OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES (CELAC). Quito, Ecuador. September 15, 2015. In Quito, Province of Pichincha, Republic of Ecuador, Ministers and Senior Officials of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Member States of CELAC Considering the achievements of the Third Summit of Heads of State, held in Costa Rica on January 28 and 29, 2015, and recalling the resolutions adopted at the Second Meeting of Senior Officials in Science and Technology held in San Jose, Costa Rica, on April 1 and 2, 2014; where the need for acquisition of knowledge and upgrading of skills as a permanent and inclusive process in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, that will allow meeting the challenges and demands of society; and the availability of human talent with greater skills and capacities as a differentiator for progress and competitiveness of nations was highlighted. Also, considering the space of the Second EU-CELAC Summit which was held in Brussels on June 10th and 11th, 2015. Understanding that the internal and external challenges the region is facing, suggest the need to use the CELAC, as a privileged space for intra and interregional interaction and political dialogue, to concert key objectives and short and medium term goals that constitute a guideline of our work and action. The achievement of such objectives needs to be measurable and verifiable; and synthesized in a framework program, will develop responses to the acceleration of technological change in recent times, recognizing that the conditions in the region must be translated into challenges for developing skills that will allow the appropriation, use and promotion of endogenous scientific knowledge from the perspective of technology consumers. Agreeing that the scope of strategic planning based on education, science, technology and innovation, also involves promoting the development of critical analysis to debate about knowledge, science, technology, economic models and knowledge management oriented to the needs of Latin America and the Caribbean; Recognizing that the improvements in scientific-technological, productive and investment matters have become engines for social changes in the region, differing
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