COLCIENCIAS Relaciones entre Colombia y su diaspora de alto reconocimiento
Jean-Baptiste MEYER
INCUBADORAS DE LAS DIASPORAS DEL SABER KNOWLEDGE DIASPORAS INCUBATORS Bogota 12 de diciembre 2011
Creacion de Incubadoras Diasporas del Conocimiento para America Latina
Creation of Incubators of Knowledge Diasporas for Latin America
Incubators Innovative firms Protection Early development Market interaction
Support services Resources provision
Various census of diaspora networks • 41 (Meyer & Brown 2001) • 107 (Barré et al 2003) • + 21 (Lowell – Gerova 2004) • 173 (Meyer & Wattiaux 2005) • 185 (Tobin & Salee 2006)
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200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Identified by the OCAO Identified through (Xiao 2006) websearch (Meyer & W attiaux 2006)
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Inputs of Diaspora Knowledge Networks • Exchange of information • Specialist knowledge transfer • “Scientific diplomacy” or promoting the home country in business community abroad • Joint projects, partly on a virtual basis • Training: home-country sessions and mentoring students abroad • Enterprise creation (including multinational subsidiaries) • Ad hoc consultations, for example on research/development projects
Conclusions & Recommendations of experts • Diasporic dynamism • Big potential for development • • • •
But need: Appropriate public policies Appropriate institutional policies Support of : links, actors, actions.
Actor-Network Theory for innovation networks
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I Problematization : convergence of people N C Mobilization : move to origin country issues U B Enrollement : fit with other (diaspo/countries) A T Interesment : durable commitment for action O R
Incubator’s tasks • 1) Find : extract data • CIDESAL evidence : 5% • Objective : reach, 20 or 50% • 2) Convince (mobilize) • Communication : we need you ! • CIDESAL evidence : Uruguay consejos consultivos • Objective : early involvement, participation
Incubator’s tasks • • • •
3) Enroll/fit together: describe We know you ! Your skills, abilities… Objective : shape country demand CIDESAL evidence : Colombia alliances (ASCUN)
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4) Sustain action : incentives/mediation Resources : material symbolic Travels, distant work, technology Institutional : programmes (convocatoria Colciencias)
The Incubator is a package • Information : www.observatoriodiasporas.com Exists, in development • Technology provision : UnoPorUno software Work in progress, 1st of March delivery • Guidelines: instructions, training On going user studies + sessions 2012 • Recommendations : policy design Extracted from historical cases (R-Caldas) and specific sectors studies (biotechnology)
Colombian researchers : circulation and diaspora (World)
Colombian researchers : circulation and diaspora (Europe)
Colombian + LA researchers : Location in Europe
Colombian researchers : Returnees location In Colombia
Incubator Protection
No initial self sufficiency
Early
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From potential to realization
Links among actors
Support services and with resources
Evolution of world skills flows from centre - periphery‌
Evolution of world skills flows ‌ to the multipolar world
www.observatoriodiasporas.com Jean-baptiste.meyer@ird.fr