Scientific Cooperation between the European Union and Latin American Countries: Framework Programmes 6 and 7

Abstract

In this chapter we analyse the main trends in scientific cooperation between the European Union (EU), and the leading Latin American countries (LAC) by studying the structure of the cooperative projects funded by the EU through the most recent Framework Programmes (FPs) that include Latin American groups and institutions, e.g. all of the projects funded by FP6 and FP7 up to April 2010. The analyses focus on total number of projects, funding, relative contribution made to the project funds by the different countries, geographical distribution and other general features. The analyses also focus on the thematic structure of this type of scientific collaboration, the concentration of projects in specific urban areas, such as capital cities, the existence of dominant elites or institutions in each field that may explain the greater involvement of a country or a city in a higher number of projects and other specific features. We have chosen this approach taking into account the availability of information sources. The advantage of our selection of sources of information is the existence of their time series and the scope of their programmes, which cover many disciplinary fields not covered by the most active institutions working with Latin America (NIH, NASA, US and private foundations) whose initiatives are restricted to research in fields such as health, space, biomedical research or other specific subjects.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Depositing User:	Dr. Luciano Levin
Date Deposited:	26 Dec 2019 18:33
Last Modified:	26 Dec 2019 18:33
URI:	https://repositorio.esocite.la/id/eprint/249

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