1. Preparatory Meeting for the IV Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT Cesar Parga Chief Section of Competitiveness, Innovation and Technology

2. Section of Competitiveness, Innovation and Technology 2012-2015 2 Meetings of the COMCYT (2012 and 2013) 2012 October 18-19, 2012 (VII COMCYT) 2013 November 14-15, 2013 (VIII COMCYT) 25 countries over 100 participant 40 Presentations of Experiences and partners cooperation opportunities 20 videoconferences (WGs 1, 2 and 4) Average 10 connections from Member States and Partners and 20 participants for 2 hours 200 connections 400 participants 800 hours of in kind professional hours OAS Missions, Technical teams in capitals, professional associations, experts, universities, companies, NGOs, international organizations Hosted by National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)- OASARTCA-University of Illinois, CISCO, Duke University, OAS GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT

3. 20 Presential meetings and workshops (WG 1, 2, 3 and 4) 9 Working Group 3- SIM, COPANT,IAAC and several additional workshops 2 Working Group 1, 6 Working Group 2, and 2 Working Group 4 Hosted by Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States Convened over 30 professionals and stakeholders each (More than 600) with support of strategic partners (UPADI, LACCEI, IANAS, OASARTCA) Beneficiaries: Institutions and stakeholders from all OAS Member States 3 FEMCIDI (now Development Cooperation Fund/DCF) Projects Engineering and Mobility, led by Argentina with Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico and Uruguay (WG2) Metrology and Climate Change-NIST for all OAS Member States (WG3) Technology Transfer and Incubation led by Bolivia with Brazil, Mexico and Costa Rica (WG4) Capacity Building and Special Cooperation Projects CONACYT-AMEXCID-OAS Scholarship Program (WG2) 400 scholarships for Masters/PhDs from 20 OAS Member States Metrology and Climate Change-NIST and USOAS Mission (WG3) PTB, National Metrology Institute of Germany (WG3) HASTAC/OASARTCA/EXECUTIVE IMMERSION PROGRAM UC DAVIS/CONACYT/CANADA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACADEMY AMERICAS GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT

4. GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT -Working Group 1 on Innovation: -Preliminary list of 32 Innovation Indicators based on previous work with OECD -After consultation with working group members: Final list of 12 Innovation Indicators -Collaboration with the Ibero and Inter-American Network on Indicators of Science and Technology (RICYT) -Participation of CONACYT Mexico and the OAS Technical Secretariat at the Anuual Meeting of RICYT in October 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

5. Working Group 2 on Human Resources, Training and Education: -Seminar in Buenos Aires in June 2013 to launch the FINAM Mobility Program -FINAM Mobility Program Launch in September 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina -General Assembly of the Pan-American Union of Engineering (UPADI) in 2013 in Medellin, Colombia; and 2014 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia -Directory of 8 universities that have expressed interest in participating in the FINAM Mobility Program (Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Estados Unidos) -Second and Third Calls for Applications for the Scholarship Program OAS-CONACYT-AMEXCID donated by the National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) -Outreach approach to other partners from private sector (Cisco, GE, Intel, Softtek, Symantec) GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT

6. -Working Group 3 on National Quality Infrastructure: -Signing of the MOU creating the Quality Infrastructure Council of the Americas in August 2014 in Guatemala -Collaboration with PTB Germany on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project, The Climate Change & Biodiversity Projects -Group Meetings: -Trinidad and Tobago, August 2013 (IAAC General Assembly) -Mexico, October 2013 (SIM General Assembly) -Guatemala, August 2014 (IAAC General Assembly) -The WG3 has received support by PTB Germany, the National Research Council of Canada and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT

7. -Working Group 4 on Technological Development: -Shared good practices on Technology Transfer and Commercialization among members and partners of the WG -Academy on Technology Transfer and Commercialization for the Americas on December 2-12, 2014 in La Paz, Mexico with participation of 14 OAS Member States.The Academy received financial support from the Government of Canada and the CONACYT of Mexico. -Meeting with Technology Transfer Offices of the Americas in Queretaro, Mexico, on November 26-27, 2014, leading to Queretaro Charter -Special HASTAC Conference in Lima Peru, Ministry of Culture and Mission of Peru to the OAS (April, 2014) -Contributions from strategic partners such as University of California in Davis,Center for Biological Research of the Northwest, Mexico (CIBNOR), National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA, USA), OASARTCA- University of Illinois GS/OAS SEDI/DED Summary of Activities Leading to IV REMCYT