Caracas (EFE) and technology.
“That the proposal, the organizational architecture and the agenda of priority issues come out of this meeting so that from Celac, sooner rather than later, with the support of the 33 countries, we can found a Latin American center for applied science and technology research”, said the president.
Maduro urged the Ministers of Science and Technology who participate in these meetings to use this future Latin American research center. Whose headquarters have not yet been proposed, to connect all the advances and news of each country in the region.
“Science and technology have to be at the forefront of the construction projects of our continent, science, technology, applied innovation have to be at the forefront of the search for solutions to the enormous problems that have arisen from climate change” , he remarked.
He added that the future center must respond to the most pressing needs in agriculture and health.
Ministers and high representatives of Celac in the areas of science, technology and innovation began, in Caracas, a cycle of meetings and work tables that will last until tomorrow, when the signing of regional agreements is expected.
The activity, organized by the Government of Venezuela, includes discussions on food sustainability, communicable and non-communicable diseases. Spatial capacities, mitigation and adaptation to the climate crisis, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, science for social inclusion and exchange of ancestral knowledge.