CEDIAStrategic Alignment: Sustainable Development Goals
The Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia – CEDIA joins the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in accordance with the United Nations Development Programme – UNDP , global goals undertaken in 2015 with the purpose of building together an innovative, competitive and sustainable country.
This project seeks to engage business leaders in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda, aligning them with the responsibilities inherent in their businesses, through an action plan to eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth, combat climate change, and promote peaceful societies. All of this is made possible through a global commitment. (Ecuador 2030, 2019)
The following are the Sustainable Development Goals that CEDIA aligns with:
With the aim of continuing the actions undertaken to improve the quality of life of all people, world leaders have defined an ambitious long-term program to increase the well-being of their people with the motto that no one is left behind and to ensure a sustainable coexistence with the environment.
The Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia, from its very conception, is constituted as a private non-profit organization whose superior purpose lies in collaborative work to generate and enhance research networks at the national and international levels, for the benefit of society.
CEDIA 's responsibility to present and future society means that our organization strives to efficiently manage the technological resources required by our members for their daily academic activities in order to allocate more economic resources to obtaining funds for scientific research, technological development and innovation and technology transfer.
In this regard, CEDIA 's Corporate Social Responsibility strategy includes a series of general short and long-term objectives:
- To act responsibly and ethically in all our day-to-day work activities, and to ensure that our employees, clients, and suppliers perceive a space of trust within and outside our organization.
- To contribute significantly to the Ecuadorian scientific community through R&D&I programs that include basic funding across all branches of knowledge, with proper monitoring, follow-up, and implementation, as well as the protection of results with transfer potential available to society.
*Our "Working Groups" programs and, since the first call for proposals for the "CEPRA" program, the winning projects incorporate the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations. - To position the Ecuadorian Academy as a key player in the National and Regional Innovation Ecosystem, linking the demand of the productive sector with the academic offer generated by our members; in this way, our CSR fulfills the transfer of research results towards the constant needs of society.
- Promote the principles: “Collaborative Network Work” and Economies of Scale, principles that allow for the effective acquisition of technologies and favorable negotiating power for our members, optimizing the resources available for Science, Technology and Innovation.
- Reducing the environmental impacts of our day-to-day operations through advanced technology.
- Safeguarding the safety of CEDIA employees through teleworking despite national provisions and traffic light regulations during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
- Reporting: With the implementation of CEDIA's Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, an annual report will be prepared that will include the relationship of the participation of each of our members with the programs, calls for proposals and benefits and their social impact (SDGs)
The Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia – CEDIA has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact since September 23, 2020. This corporate responsibility initiative is the world's largest, with nearly 12,000 commercial and non-commercial participants in 140 countries. Its objective is to develop global standards for understanding, implementing, and reporting on corporate engagement in these issues. As a participant, the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia – CEDIA commits to:
- Support the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact regarding human rights, labor, the environment and the fight against corruption.
- Advance these principles within your sphere of influence and make a clear statement of this commitment to your stakeholders and the general public.
- Participate in the activities of the UN Global Compact according to your type of organization
- Communicate every two years with your stakeholders about your commitment to the Global Compact and your efforts to support the ten principles, and publish this Communication on Commitment (COE) on the United Nations Global Compact website
You can check the activity status through the following link .
CEDIA manages the following objectives according to its work alignment, based on the benefits below:
Health and Wellness
To guarantee a healthy life and promote the well-being of society.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 3.
Target 3c: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of health workers in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
eHealth by CEDIA
- PROJECT ECHO
Its objective is to achieve universal health coverage, in particular protection against financial risks, access to quality essential health benefits and access to safe, effective, affordable and quality medicines and vaccines for all.
- TELASISTENCE & TELESHEALTH PLATFORM
- TRANSFORM HEALTH
CEDIA, through its eHealth by CEDIAprogram, was selected as a manager to form the national coalition of Transform Health. This global movement works collaboratively and interdisciplinarily to transform primary health systems with the goal of achieving strategies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, which is equitable, accessible and sustainable.
- TELECONSULTATION PROJECT (Agreement)
Target 3b: Support research and development activities for vaccines and medicines for communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries and facilitate access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to make full use of the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibility to protect public health and, in particular, to provide access to medicines for all
Through the CONNECT Funds, we allocate incentives to higher education institutions at all levels and stages of the research process, related to those supported by target 3B of SDG 3. Some of the relevant actions in this field are:
- R&D&I FUND
- Funding for research processes.
- FUND 1 to 1
- Research funds in collaboration between a University and a non-academic organization (Private Company, State, NGO, among others)
- FUND REGISTERS
- Promoting protection through intellectual property mechanisms.
Quality education
To guarantee inclusive, equitable and quality education by promoting learning opportunities.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 4.
CEDIA is an organization that promotes academic efforts across all its resources. Among its main achievements in recent years are:
- The implementation of the School of Continuing Education, EFC, with a varied offer of courses in different topics and areas of knowledge.
- Funds for training and knowledge updating through specialists and experts.
- Open access query platforms and repositories.
- Teaching and independent learning platforms, among others, can be summarized in accordance with the following goals:
Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to quality technical, vocational and higher education, including university education
- AVANTE FUND Avante Fund – CEDIA
- Fund – CEDIA
- CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuing Education School
- MOOC PLATFORM MOOC Platform – CEDIA
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES Consortium Resources Access Program (PARC) – CEDIA
- STUDENT WELL-BEING PLATFORM Student Well-being Platform (BEST) – CEDIA
- Learning Object Repository – CEDIA
- Repository Network (RRAAE) – CEDIA
Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of young people and adults who have the necessary skills, particularly technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.
We facilitate access to information, advanced learning programs at initial levels, as well as access to funding programs for the development of initiatives from academia.
In addition, we include several efforts regarding open innovation and the generation of opportunities to promote entrepreneurship and relationships with non-academic actors, which open up development opportunities in the programs:
- ESTALMAT ESTALMAT – CEDIA Program
- INNOVATION CHALLENGES Open Innovation – CEDIA
- FUNDS AND PARTNER ALERTS Funds and Partners Alert – CEDIA
- SEMANTIC REPOSITORY OF RESEARCHERS (REDI) Ecuadorian Repository of Researchers (REDI) – CEDIA
Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development.
At CEDIA, we provide refresher courses for teachers on best practices through the EFC (Educational Culture Fund). We also manage open innovation challenges framed within sustainable development in the areas of citizen initiatives, private companies, and emerging businesses, with the support of economic resources, business acceleration processes, and connections with potential investors or key allies, as in the Circular Challenges initiative, which awarded and supported the development of projects that implement the Circular Economy to protect the country's natural resources.
- CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuing Education School
- OPEN INNOVATION ( CIRCULAR CHALLENGES )
Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
Maintaining up-to-date knowledge among faculty, researchers, and academic staff is one of CEDIA key roles. This is achieved through various funding programs, including competitive grants (such as the Avante, Ponente, and Divulga funds), and technological infrastructure that supports research processes (supercomputers, cloud computing, etc.). The School of Continuing Education also develops initiatives to enhance faculty development across all disciplines.
- AVANTE FUND
- DISCLOSURE FUND
- FUND SPEAKER
- TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION – EFC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
- STUDENT WELFARE PLATFORM
- ECUADOR'S OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY NETWORK (RRAAE)
- SEMANTIC REPOSITORY OF RESEARCHERS (REDI)
Gender Equality
CEDIA as an articulating entity, generates incentives for equitable participation and access to the use of academic and technological resources in order to break down gender gaps and stereotypes from initial stages, as well as in the visibility of initiatives of women in a scientific and academic role in coordination with international organizations.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 5.
Goal 5.5: Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
- CEDIA INTERNAL MANAGEMENT
Internally, in all areas we work towards gender parity, as well as responsibilities and activities framed to highlight the leadership role of women.
- 11 bosses: 4 women, 36.4%.
- 99 employees on payroll: 48 women, 48.5%.
- The same remuneration for positions of similar responsibility.
Our goal is to improve the use of instrumental technology, particularly information and communication technology, to promote the empowerment of women.
- FINANCING FUNDS
Women in science is one of the topics that has stood out over the years due to the high participation of female researchers and their impact on activities at the national and international level.
- National Invention Fair 2022
Researchers from UTPL and UNL, thanks to their outstanding participation in the event organized by CEDIA were awarded funding from the Fondo Divulga to participate in the World Invention Fair in Taiwan, where they won the Gold Medal. An invention by women from Loja took the gold medal at a world fair in Taiwan | Ecuador | News | El Universo.
- CEPRA Projects XVI, 2022
Of the 23 projects, 8 have female directors. This represents 35%.
The total number of female participants is 62, out of a total of 181 people. This represents 34% of the total participants.
- IDI Projects XVII (Formerly named “CEPRA”), 2023
Of the 27 projects, 11 are directed by women, representing 41%.
A total of 77 women participated out of 190 people, representing 40%.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WEEK 2023
In 2023, in accordance with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), this event, entitled "Women and Intellectual Property: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity," is being held. Through activities highlighting the role of women in supporting science, technology, and innovation, meetings are being held with experts from around the world, and the academic community is invited to participate in this annual event organized by CEDIA.
Decent work and economic growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 8.
Goal 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, inter alia by focusing on high value-added and labor-intensive sectors.
CEDIA's value-generating units are deeply involved in activities promoting Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI). Among these activities, some categories stand out:
- PROMOTION OF CULTURE
We develop events to promote innovation processes through forums related to technological trends, investment in R&D processes and protection via Intellectual Property.
- FUNDS
Some of the funding sources are framed within high-level training for research groups such as Avante; for the management of relevant research the 1 A 1 Fund and in technology transfer processes accompanied by CEDIA the Acelera or Registra Fund.
- AVANTE FUND
- FUND 1 TO 1
- FUND REGISTERS
- ACCELERATE FUND
Target 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial benefits.
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
In the processes of acquiring, managing and disseminating academic knowledge, the optimization of R&D costs and the matching of needs and opportunities for the use of technologies are encouraged.
- CONNECT+TRENDLAB
This educational and communication space brings together academia, industry, entrepreneurs, and the public sector to identify opportunities according to the country's developing sectors and to initiate collaborative projects.
- OPEN INNOVATION
These spaces include intellectual contributions to real and global problems in sectors and areas of knowledge, with the purpose of obtaining funding for the management of new projects such as incubation, financing, training, articulation, etc.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization by fostering innovation.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 9.
Target 9.5: Increase scientific research and improve the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, particularly developing countries, inter alia by encouraging innovation and substantially increasing, by 2030, the number of people employed in research and development per million population and public and private sector expenditure on research and development.
As part of the industries' value chain, research and development (R&D) efforts are integrated, carried out by universities through funding provided by CEDIA. Annually, more than $1 million is allocated to research processes, and a large portion of these funds is directed exclusively toward direct collaboration with companies, focusing on applying technological development in real-world environments to improve the competitiveness of various sectors.
- FUND 1 TO 1
- R&D&I FUND
- FUND REGISTERS
- ACCELERATE FUND
Goal 9.b: Support the development of domestic technologies, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a regulatory environment conducive to industrial diversification and value-added commodities, among other things.
Through technological surveillance and competitive intelligence processes, updates are made to technologies and leading industries in Ecuador to discover what the opportunities are for development and joining efforts, whether through state initiatives or those generated from academia.
- CONNECT MAGAZINE
- TRENDLAB
- FUND 1 TO 1
Target 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in the least developed countries by 2020.
CEDIA 's most important annual congress is TIC EC, where the latest technological advances and trends are presented. Within this framework, specialized spaces are provided for discussing new information and communication technologies and how these could be leveraged nationally at an affordable cost.
- ICT EC
Reducing inequality within and between countries
To lead processes of democratization of technological information and facilitate access to tools through the generation of economies of scale in support of science.
Actions carried out by CEDIA to achieve the following goals of objective 10.
Target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all people, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
- RESEARCH FUNDS
CEDIA finances, through its research funds, those initiatives that meet a high impact parameter in terms of fulfilling their objectives with the application and relevance of the environment in various fields of knowledge such as ethnographic studies, teaching, mobility, technologies (ICT).
These are some of the initiatives that have been relevant in promoting and achieving progress towards SDG target 10.2:
- Democratizing Artificial Intelligence Learning from an Early Age in Ecuador – CEDIA
- Characterization of Mathematical Modeling Processes Developed by Primary Education Students – CEDIA
- Use of immersive technologies in the teaching and learning of Modern Physics – CEDIA
- Cognitive mobility model for women farmers in the Cuenca canton – CEDIA
- Llankak Warmikunata Kamachikkuna (Protect working women) – CEDIA
- ESTALMAT
This program fosters the intellect and abilities of children and adolescents with exceptional mathematical skills. Participants in this program have taken part in workshops to develop their abilities in the provinces of Azuay, Chimborazo, and Guayas.
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Promote initiatives aimed at responsible consumption and means of production, circular economy and research towards its development.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 12.
Target 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large companies and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and incorporate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.
- OPEN INNOVATION CHALLENGES
Through the alliance with GIZ and MPCEIP, different processes were generated within the framework of open innovation and framed within the circular economy, among which were the following:
- Training programs in circular economy through the EFC.
- Incubation and acceleration programs for circular enterprises.
- Collaboration with academia to develop circular initiatives.
- RESEARCH FUNDS
Through funds that benefit not only companies or particular initiatives, but also involve large sectors of the economy, as well as initiatives applied to cities in the country, some examples of research by CEDIA members have been:
- ProS-5.0: Sustainable production model for textile SMEs: Towards Industry 5.0 – CEDIA
- Environmental resilience in urban socio-ecological systems of neo-tropical cities, cases of Quito and Guayaquil – CEDIA
- The aim is to achieve a circular economy process by leveraging the production of elements such as rice to produce derivatives or additional products generated from it – CEDIA
Target 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and knowledge for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
- RESEARCH FUNDS: FUND 1 TO 1
The 1 to 1 fund initiative aims to link sectors of scientific production with those of knowledge use/application. Thus, through the 1 to 1 Fund, projects have been financed that, in addition to this synergistic principle, aim to share knowledge that generates sustainability in communities and production systems:
- Determining the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from cocoa production in the community of Vinces, in order to reduce the associated environmental impact – CEDIA
- The use of waste from cocoa farming is not being utilized to generate innovative Ecuadorian products – CEDIA
- Improving living conditions in terms of infrastructure in Manabí through social housing to reach all sectors affected by the 2016 earthquake – CEDIA
Health and Wellness
To guarantee a healthy life and promote the well-being of society.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 3.
Target 3c: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of health workers in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
eHealth by CEDIA
- PROJECT ECHO
Its objective is to achieve universal health coverage, in particular protection against financial risks, access to quality essential health benefits and access to safe, effective, affordable and quality medicines and vaccines for all.
- TELASISTENCE & TELESHEALTH PLATFORM
- TRANSFORM HEALTH
CEDIA, through its eHealth by CEDIAprogram, was selected as a manager to form the national coalition of Transform Health. This global movement works collaboratively and interdisciplinarily to transform primary health systems with the goal of achieving strategies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, which is equitable, accessible and sustainable.
- TELECONSULTATION PROJECT (Agreement)
Target 3b: Support research and development activities for vaccines and medicines for communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries and facilitate access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to make full use of the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibility to protect public health and, in particular, to provide access to medicines for all
Through the CONNECT Funds, we allocate incentives to higher education institutions at all levels and stages of the research process, related to those supported by target 3B of SDG 3. Some of the relevant actions in this field are:
- R&D&I FUND
- Funding for research processes.
- FUND 1 to 1
- Research funds in collaboration between a University and a non-academic organization (Private Company, State, NGO, among others)
- FUND REGISTERS
- Promoting protection through intellectual property mechanisms.
Quality education
To guarantee inclusive, equitable and quality education by promoting learning opportunities.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 4.
CEDIA is an organization that promotes academic efforts across all its resources. Among its main achievements in recent years are:
- The implementation of the School of Continuing Education, EFC, with a varied offer of courses in different topics and areas of knowledge.
- Funds for training and knowledge updating through specialists and experts.
- Open access query platforms and repositories.
- Teaching and independent learning platforms, among others, can be summarized in accordance with the following goals:
Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to quality technical, vocational and higher education, including university education
- AVANTE FUND Avante Fund – CEDIA
- Fund – CEDIA
- CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuing Education School
- MOOC PLATFORM MOOC Platform – CEDIA
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES Consortium Resources Access Program (PARC) – CEDIA
- STUDENT WELL-BEING PLATFORM Student Well-being Platform (BEST) – CEDIA
- Learning Object Repository – CEDIA
- Repository Network (RRAAE) – CEDIA
Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of young people and adults who have the necessary skills, particularly technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.
We facilitate access to information, advanced learning programs at initial levels, as well as access to funding programs for the development of initiatives from academia.
In addition, we include several efforts regarding open innovation and the generation of opportunities to promote entrepreneurship and relationships with non-academic actors, which open up development opportunities in the programs:
- ESTALMAT ESTALMAT – CEDIA Program
- INNOVATION CHALLENGES Open Innovation – CEDIA
- FUNDS AND PARTNER ALERTS Funds and Partners Alert – CEDIA
- SEMANTIC REPOSITORY OF RESEARCHERS (REDI) Ecuadorian Repository of Researchers (REDI) – CEDIA
Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development.
At CEDIA, we provide refresher courses for teachers on best practices through the EFC (Educational Culture Fund). We also manage open innovation challenges framed within sustainable development in the areas of citizen initiatives, private companies, and emerging businesses, with the support of economic resources, business acceleration processes, and connections with potential investors or key allies, as in the Circular Challenges initiative, which awarded and supported the development of projects that implement the Circular Economy to protect the country's natural resources.
- CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuing Education School
- OPEN INNOVATION ( CIRCULAR CHALLENGES )
Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
Maintaining up-to-date knowledge among faculty, researchers, and academic staff is one of CEDIA key roles. This is achieved through various funding programs, including competitive grants (such as the Avante, Ponente, and Divulga funds), and technological infrastructure that supports research processes (supercomputers, cloud computing, etc.). The School of Continuing Education also develops initiatives to enhance faculty development across all disciplines.
- AVANTE FUND
- DISCLOSURE FUND
- FUND SPEAKER
- TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION – EFC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
- STUDENT WELFARE PLATFORM
- ECUADOR'S OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY NETWORK (RRAAE)
- SEMANTIC REPOSITORY OF RESEARCHERS (REDI)
Gender Equality
CEDIA as an articulating entity, generates incentives for equitable participation and access to the use of academic and technological resources in order to break down gender gaps and stereotypes from initial stages, as well as in the visibility of initiatives of women in a scientific and academic role in coordination with international organizations.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 5.
Goal 5.5: Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
- CEDIA INTERNAL MANAGEMENT
Internally, in all areas we work towards gender parity, as well as responsibilities and activities framed to highlight the leadership role of women.
- 11 bosses: 4 women, 36.4%.
- 99 employees on payroll: 48 women, 48.5%.
- The same remuneration for positions of similar responsibility.
Our goal is to improve the use of instrumental technology, particularly information and communication technology, to promote the empowerment of women.
- FINANCING FUNDS
Women in science is one of the topics that has stood out over the years due to the high participation of female researchers and their impact on activities at the national and international level.
- National Invention Fair 2022
Researchers from UTPL and UNL, thanks to their outstanding participation in the event organized by CEDIA were awarded funding from the Fondo Divulga to participate in the World Invention Fair in Taiwan, where they won the Gold Medal. An invention by women from Loja took the gold medal at a world fair in Taiwan | Ecuador | News | El Universo.
- CEPRA Projects XVI, 2022
Of the 23 projects, 8 have female directors. This represents 35%.
The total number of female participants is 62, out of a total of 181 people. This represents 34% of the total participants.
- IDI Projects XVII (Formerly named “CEPRA”), 2023
Of the 27 projects, 11 are directed by women, representing 41%.
A total of 77 women participated out of 190 people, representing 40%.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WEEK 2023
In 2023, in accordance with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), this event, entitled "Women and Intellectual Property: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity," is being held. Through activities highlighting the role of women in supporting science, technology, and innovation, meetings are being held with experts from around the world, and the academic community is invited to participate in this annual event organized by CEDIA.
Decent work and economic growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 8.
Goal 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, inter alia by focusing on high value-added and labor-intensive sectors.
CEDIA's value-generating units are deeply involved in activities promoting Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI). Among these activities, some categories stand out:
- PROMOTION OF CULTURE
We develop events to promote innovation processes through forums related to technological trends, investment in R&D processes and protection via Intellectual Property.
- FUNDS
Some of the funding sources are framed within high-level training for research groups such as Avante; for the management of relevant research the 1 A 1 Fund and in technology transfer processes accompanied by CEDIA the Acelera or Registra Fund.
- AVANTE FUND
- FUND 1 TO 1
- FUND REGISTERS
- ACCELERATE FUND
Target 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial benefits.
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
In the processes of acquiring, managing and disseminating academic knowledge, the optimization of R&D costs and the matching of needs and opportunities for the use of technologies are encouraged.
- CONNECT+TRENDLAB
This educational and communication space brings together academia, industry, entrepreneurs, and the public sector to identify opportunities according to the country's developing sectors and to initiate collaborative projects.
- OPEN INNOVATION
These spaces include intellectual contributions to real and global problems in sectors and areas of knowledge, with the purpose of obtaining funding for the management of new projects such as incubation, financing, training, articulation, etc.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization by fostering innovation.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 9.
Target 9.5: Increase scientific research and improve the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, particularly developing countries, inter alia by encouraging innovation and substantially increasing, by 2030, the number of people employed in research and development per million population and public and private sector expenditure on research and development.
As part of the industries' value chain, research and development (R&D) efforts are integrated, carried out by universities through funding provided by CEDIA. Annually, more than $1 million is allocated to research processes, and a large portion of these funds is directed exclusively toward direct collaboration with companies, focusing on applying technological development in real-world environments to improve the competitiveness of various sectors.
- FUND 1 TO 1
- R&D&I FUND
- FUND REGISTERS
- ACCELERATE FUND
Goal 9.b: Support the development of domestic technologies, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a regulatory environment conducive to industrial diversification and value-added commodities, among other things.
Through technological surveillance and competitive intelligence processes, updates are made to technologies and leading industries in Ecuador to discover what the opportunities are for development and joining efforts, whether through state initiatives or those generated from academia.
- CONNECT MAGAZINE
- TRENDLAB
- FUND 1 TO 1
Target 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in the least developed countries by 2020.
CEDIA 's most important annual congress is TIC EC, where the latest technological advances and trends are presented. Within this framework, specialized spaces are provided for discussing new information and communication technologies and how these could be leveraged nationally at an affordable cost.
- ICT EC
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Promote initiatives aimed at responsible consumption and means of production, circular economy and research towards its development.
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 12.
Target 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large companies and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and incorporate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.
- OPEN INNOVATION CHALLENGES
Through the alliance with GIZ and MPCEIP, different processes were generated within the framework of open innovation and framed within the circular economy, among which were the following:
- Training programs in circular economy through the EFC.
- Incubation and acceleration programs for circular enterprises.
- Collaboration with academia to develop circular initiatives.
- RESEARCH FUNDS
Through funds that benefit not only companies or particular initiatives, but also involve large sectors of the economy, as well as initiatives applied to cities in the country, some examples of research by CEDIA members have been:
- ProS-5.0: Sustainable production model for textile SMEs: Towards Industry 5.0 – CEDIA
- Environmental resilience in urban socio-ecological systems of neo-tropical cities, cases of Quito and Guayaquil – CEDIA
- The aim is to achieve a circular economy process by leveraging the production of elements such as rice to produce derivatives or additional products generated from it – CEDIA
Target 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and knowledge for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
- RESEARCH FUNDS: FUND 1 TO 1
The 1 to 1 fund initiative aims to link sectors of scientific production with those of knowledge use/application. Thus, through the 1 to 1 Fund, projects have been financed that, in addition to this synergistic principle, aim to share knowledge that generates sustainability in communities and production systems:
- Determining the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from cocoa production in the community of Vinces, in order to reduce the associated environmental impact – CEDIA
- The use of waste from cocoa farming is not being utilized to generate innovative Ecuadorian products – CEDIA
- Improving living conditions in terms of infrastructure in Manabí through social housing to reach all sectors affected by the 2016 earthquake – CEDIA
Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
Actions carried out by CEDIA that achieve the following goals of objective 17
TECHNOLOGY
Improve North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation in and access to science, technology and innovation, and increase knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including by improving coordination among existing mechanisms, particularly at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
- ADVANCED NETWORK
- CLEAR NETWORK ALLIANCE
- R&D&I FUNDING
- STRATEGIC ALLIES
- WORKING GROUPS PROGRAM
- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CONGRESS – TICEC
- SCIENCE DISSEMINATION PROGRAM
To promote the development of environmentally sound technologies and their transfer, dissemination and diffusion to developing countries on favorable conditions, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
To fully operationalize, no later than 2017, the technology bank and the capacity-building support mechanism for science, technology and innovation in least developed countries and to increase the use of enabling technologies, in particular information and communications technology
- VIRTUAL PLATFORMS
- OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES
CAPACITY BUILDING
Increase international support for effective and targeted capacity-building activities in developing countries to support national implementation plans for all Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
- ADVANCED NETWORK
- CLEAR NETWORK ALLIANCE
- R&D&I FUNDING
- STRATEGIC ALLIES
- WORKING GROUPS PROGRAM
- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CONGRESS – TICEC
- SCIENCE DISSEMINATION PROGRAM
DATA, MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop indicators that measure progress on sustainable development and complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity building in developing countries
- STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY USE IN ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITIES – UETIC
- ACADEMIC INDICATORS OF ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITIES
