Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Colombia)

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCiencias) is the body of the National Government of Colombia for the management of public administration, rector of the sector and of the National Science System , Technology and Innovation (SNCTI), in charge of formulating, guiding, directing, coordinating, executing, implementing and controlling the State policy in this matter, in accordance with the development plans and programs, in accordance with Law 2237 of 2022, through which its creation was made official.[2]

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación

Ministry Headquarters Building.
Ministry overview
Formed24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)
HeadquartersAvenida Calle 26 No. 57 - 83 -Tower 8 - Floor 2 to 6
Bogotá, Colombia
Annual budgetCOL$ 392,362 million [1]
Ministry executives
  • Yesenia Olaya Requene
    , Minister
  • Andrea Carolina Navas Calixto, Vice Ministry
Websitehttps://minciencias.gov.co/

The Ministry of Sciences is headed by Minister Yesenia Olaya Requene, born in Tumaco, Nariño She is a sociologist from the University of Caldas, a Master's in Pedagogy from the Autonomous University of Mexico and a PhD from the same university.

She was a research associate at the 'Hutchins Center for African and African American Research' at Harvard University. Her broad approach to diversity and racial equality in Latin America led her to be in 2019 the academic coordinator of the Certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies of this same institution.

Structure

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is made up of the Minister's Office, the advisory and support offices, two vice ministries and the general secretariat, as follows:Organigrama Minciencias</ref>

  • Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Vice Ministry of Knowledge, Innovation and Productivity
    • Knowledge Generation Department
    • Direction of Transfer and Use of Knowledge
  • Vice Ministry of Talent and Social Appropriation of Knowledge
    • Direction of Capabilities and Dissemination of the CTel
    • Direction of Vocations and Formation in CTel
  • General Secretary
    • Human Talent Department
    • Administrative and Financial Management

See also

References
  1. Gobierno sube en 10 % presupuesto del nuevo Ministerio
  2. Sobre Minciencias, página oficial Minciencias
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