CEDIA strategic alignment: Sustainable Development Goals
The Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia - CEDIA joins the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) according to the United Nations Development Program - UNDP , global objectives undertaken in 2015 with the purpose of building overall an innovative, competitive and sustainable country.
This project seeks to commit entrepreneurs to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda according to the alignments that being the company entails as such, with an action plan to eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth, combat climate change or promote peaceful societies. All this thanks to a global commitment. (Equator 2030, 2019)
Below are the Sustainable Development Goals that CEDIA aligns with:
In order to continue with 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 peoples with the slogan that no one is left behind and to seek a sustainable coexistence with the environment.
The Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and the Academy, from its very conception, is constituted as a private non-profit organization and whose higher purpose lies in collaborative work to generate and promote research networks at the national and international levels. for the benefit of society.
CEDIA 's responsibility towards present and future society makes our organization strive to efficiently manage the technological resources that our members require for their daily academic activities in order to allocate greater economic resources to obtain funds for scientific research. , technological development and innovation and technology transfer.
In this sense, CEDIA 's Corporate Social Responsibility strategy contemplates a series of general objectives in the short and long term:
- Act responsibly and ethically in all our day-to-day work activities, and ensure that our collaborators, clients, suppliers perceive a space of trust inside and outside our organization.
- Contribute strongly to the Scientific Community of Ecuador, with R&D&i programs that include everything from base financing in all branches of knowledge, with their correct monitoring, follow-up and execution, to the protection of results with transfer potential available to the society.
*Our “Work Groups” programs and since the 1st. Call for the “CEPRA” program, the winning projects of these calls involve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs – defined by the United Nations. - Position the Ecuadorian Academy as a key actor 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 complies with transferring the research results towards the constant needs of society.
- Promote the principles: "Collaborative Network Work" and Economies of Scale, principles that allow an effective acquisition of technologies and favorable bargaining power for our members, optimizing the resources available for Science, Technology and Innovation.
- Reduce the environmental impacts of our day-to-day operations through advanced technology.
- Protect the safety of CEDIA employees through teleworking despite national provisions and traffic light regulations during the COVID 19 global pandemic.
- Inform: 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 and benefits and their social impact (SDG).
The Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia - CEDIA is part of the United Nations Global Compact UN since September 23, 2020 - Corporate responsibility initiative, the largest in the world with almost 12,000 commercial and non-commercial participants in 140 countries . It aims to develop global standards to understand, implement, and report on business engagement on these issues. Commitments As a participant, the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia - CEDIA undertakes 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 post this Communication on Commitment (COE) on the UN Global Compact website
You can review the status of activity through the following link .
CEDIA manages the following objectives according to its work alignment, according to the benefits below:
Health & Wellness
Guarantee a healthy life and promote the well-being of society.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 3.
Target 3c: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
eHealth by CEDIA
- ECHO PROJECT
It aims to achieve universal health coverage, including protection against financial risks, access to quality Essential Health Benefits and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable medicines and vaccines for all.
- TELASISTENCE & TELEHEALTH PLATFORM
- TRANSFORM HEALTH
CEDIA , through its eHealth by CEDIA program, was selected as manager to form the national coalition of Transform Health, this global movement works collaboratively and interdisciplinary in the transformation of primary health systems with the aim of achieving strategies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 that is equitable, accessible and sustainable.
- TELECONSULTATION PROJECT (Agreement)
Target 3b: Support research and development of vaccines and medicines for communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries and facilitate access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the Agreement on TRIPS and Public Health, affirming 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 health public and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
Through the CONNECT Funds, we allocate incentives for higher education institutions in all areas 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
- Funds to finance research processes.
- FUND 1 to 1
- Research funds in connection between a University and a non-academic organization (Private Company, State, NGO, among others)
- RECORD FUND
- Promotion of protection through intellectual property mechanisms.
Quality education
Guarantee inclusive, equitable and quality education by promoting learning opportunities.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 4.
CEDIA is an organization that promotes the efforts of the academy through all its benefits. Among the main achievements in recent years are:
- The implementation of the Continuing Education School, EFC, with a varied offer of courses in different topics and areas of knowledge.
- Funds for training and updating of knowledge through specialists and experts.
- Open access consultation platforms and repositories.
- Independent teaching and learning platforms among others that can be summarized in accordance with the following goals:
Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all men and women to quality technical, professional and higher education, including university education
- AVANTE FUND Avante Fund – CEDIA
- PONENTE FUND Speaker Fund – CEDIA
- CONTINUING TRAINING SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuous Training School
- MOOCS PLATFORM MOOC Platform – CEDIA
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES Consortium Resources Access Program (PARC) – CEDIA
- STUDENT WELL-BEING PLATFORM Student Well-Being Platform (BEST) – CEDIA
- LEARNING OBJECTS REPOSITORY Learning Objects Repository – CEDIA
- OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY NETWORK OF ECUADOR (RRAAE) Open Access Repository Network of Ecuador (RRAAE) – CEDIA
Target 4.4: By 2030, significantly increase the number of youth and adults who have the necessary skills, particularly technical and professional skills, to access employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.
We facilitate access to information, advanced learning programs at initial levels, such as access to financing programs for the development of initiatives from the academy.
In addition, we include various efforts in terms of open innovation and generation of opportunities to promote entrepreneurship and relationships with non-academic actors, which open development opportunities in the programs:
- ESTALMAT ESTALMAT - CEDIA Program
- INNOVATION CHALLENGES Open Innovation – CEDIA
- FUNDS AND PARTNERS ALERTS Fund and partners alert – CEDIA
- SEMANTIC REPOSITORY OF RESEARCHERS (REDI) Ecuadorian Repository of Researchers (REDI) – CEDIA
Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all students acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to promote sustainable development, including through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, equality of gender, the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and the appreciation of cultural diversity and the contribution of culture to sustainable development.
At CEDIA , we provide refresher courses to teachers in good practices through the EFC, in addition, open innovation challenges framed in sustainable development are managed in areas of citizen initiatives, in private companies and emerging businesses with the support of economic resources, processes of business acceleration and connections with potential investors or key allies, such as the Circular Challenges initiative, which awarded and accompanied the development of projects that implement the Circular Economy to care for the country's natural resources.
- CONTINUING TRAINING SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuous Training 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.
Keeping teachers, researchers and academic staff that impart knowledge updated is one of the roles that CEDIA fulfills with various financing programs, through competitive funds (Fondo Avante, Ponente, Divulga), as well as technological infrastructure that supports the research processes (supercomputer, researchcloud, among others). The Continuing Training School also proposes actions in favor of the preparation of teachers in all areas of knowledge.
- AVANTE FUND
- FUND DISCLOSES
- SPEAKER FUND
- TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- CONTINUING TRAINING SCHOOL – EFC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
- STUDENT WELL-BEING PLATFORM
- OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY NETWORK OF ECUADOR (RRAAE)
- RESEARCHERS SEMANTIC REPOSITORY (REDI)
Gender equality
CEDIA as an articulating entity, generates incentives for equal participation and access to the use of academic and technological resources in order to break gender gaps and stereotypes from the initial stages, as well as in the visibility of initiatives of women in a scientific and academic role in Coordination with international organizations.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 5.
Target 5.5: Ensure the full and effective participation of women and equal opportunities for leadership at all decision-making levels in political, economic and public life.
- INTERNAL MANAGEMENT CEDIA
Internally, in the areas we work for gender parity, as well as in responsibilities and activities framed in highlighting the leadership role of women.
- 11 heads: 4 women, 36.4%.
- 99 workers on the payroll: 48 women, 48.5%.
- The same remuneration in positions of similar responsibility.
Our goal is to enhance the use of enabling technology, particularly information and communication technology, to promote the empowerment of women.
- FINANCING FUNDS
Women in science is one of the issues that has stood out over the years due to the high participation of researchers and its impact on activities at the national and international level.
- National Invention Fair 2022
Due to their outstanding participation in the event organized by CEDIA , UTPL and UNL researchers were awarded financing by the divula fund for their participation in the World Inventions Fair in Taiwan, where they obtained the Gold award Invento de lojanas took the medal of gold at a world fair in Taiwan | Ecuador | News | The universe.
- CEPRA XVI projects, 2022
Of the total of 23 projects, we have 8 directors. This value represents 35%.
The total number of participating women is 62, out of a total of 181 people. With a percentage value of 34%.
- IDI XVII Projects (Previously named “CEPRA”), 2023
Of the total of 27 projects, we have 11 female directors, representing 41%.
The total number of participating women is 77, out of a total of 190 people. With a percentage value of 40%.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WEEK 2023
In this year 2023 in accordance with the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, this event is held with the title "Women and intellectual property, accelerate innovation and creativity" where through activities related to highlighting the role of women in activities that support Science, Technology and innovation, meetings are held with experts from all over the world and the academic community is invited to participate in this annual space organized by CEDIA .
Decent work and economic growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 8.
Target 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including by focusing on high value-added and labour-intensive sectors.
Immersed in the activities promoting Science, Technology and Innovation - CTi, are those value-generating units of CEDIA . Among all the activities, some categories can be highlighted:
- 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.
- MONEY
Some of the financing funds are part of high-level training for research groups such as Avante; for relevant research management, the 1 A 1 Fund and in technology transfer processes accompanied by CEDIA , the Acelera or Registra Fund.
- AVANTE FUND
- FUND 1 ON 1
- RECORD FUND
- ACCELERATES FUND
Target 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and foster the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial benefits.
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
In the processes of acquisition, management and dissemination of academy knowledge, the optimization of R&D costs and the relationship of needs and opportunities for the use of technologies are encouraged.
- CONNECT+TRENDLAB
Academia, industry, entrepreneurs and the public sector participate in this educommunicative space to identify opportunities according to the developing sectors of the country and initiate linkage projects.
- OPEN INNOVATION
These spaces include intellectual contributions to real and global problems of the sectors and areas of knowledge, with the purpose of obtaining financing for the management of new projects such as incubation, financing, training, articulation, etc.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructures, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization by fostering innovation.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 9.
Target 9.5: Increase scientific research and improve the technological capacity of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including by fostering innovation and substantially increasing, by 2030, the number of people working in research and development per million inhabitants and public and private sector spending on research and development.
As part of the value chain of the industries, the research and development efforts are integrated, R&D, which are developed from the Universities through financing funds granted by CEDIA . Annually, more than 1 million dollars are allocated to research processes and a large part of these funds are directed exclusively for direct links with the company, focusing on applying technological development in real environments that improve the competitive conditions of different sectors.
- FUND 1 ON 1
- R&D&I FUND
- RECORD FUND
- ACCELERATES FUND
Target 9.b: Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive regulatory environment for industrial diversification and value addition to commodities, among other things.
Through processes of technological surveillance and competitive intelligence, updates of technologies and referent industries in Ecuador are carried out to discover what are those opportunities for development and union of efforts, be it through state initiatives or gestated from the academy.
- CONNECT MAGAZINE
- TRENDLAB
- FUND 1 ON 1
Target 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communication technology and strive to provide universal and affordable Internet access in the least developed countries by 2020.
The most important CEDIA congress that takes place annually is the TIC EC, where the main advances and technological trends are exposed. Within this framework, specialized spaces are provided for the discussion of new information and communication technologies and how they could be used at a national level at an affordable cost.
- ICT EC
Reduce inequality within and between countries
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 from 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, regardless of their age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, economic situation, or other condition
- RESEARCH FUNDS
CEDIA finances, through its research funds, those initiatives that meet a high impact parameter in terms of meeting their objectives with the application and relevance of the environment in various fields of knowledge such as ethnographic studies, teaching, mobility, technologies ( TIC).
These are some of the initiatives that have been relevant in promoting and achieving progress in terms of target 10.2 of the SDGs:
- Democratization of artificial intelligence learning from an early age in Ecuador – CEDIA
- Characterization of the Mathematical Modeling Processes Developed by Primary Education Students – CEDIA
- Use of immersive technologies in the teaching-learning of Modern Physics – CEDIA
- Cognitive model of mobility for women farmers in the canton of Cuenca – CEDIA
- Llankak Warmikunata Kamachikkuna (Protect working women) – CEDIA
- ESTALMAT
This program boosts the intellect and abilities of children and adolescents with exceptional abilities in Mathematics. The beneficiaries of this program have participated in workshops to develop their skills in the provinces of Azuay, Chimborazo and Guayas.
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
Promote initiatives aimed at responsible consumption and means of production, circular economy and research towards its development.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 12.
Target 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large corporations and transnational corporations, 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 in the circular economy, among which were the following:
- Training programs in circular economy through the EFC.
- Incubation and acceleration programs for circular ventures.
- Articulation with academia to develop circular initiatives.
- RESEARCH FUNDS
Through funds that benefit not only companies or private initiatives, but also involve large sectors of the economy, as well as initiatives applied to cities in the country, some of the examples of research by CEDIA members have been:
- ProS-5.0: Sustainable production model for textile MSMEs: Towards Industry 5.0 – CEDIA
- Environmental resilience in urban socio-ecological systems of neo-tropical cities, Quito and Guayaquil cases – CEDIA
- It seeks to obtain a circular economy process taking advantage of the production of elements such as rice for the production of derivatives or additional products that are generated with it – CEDIA
Target 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people around the world have the relevant information and knowledge for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
- RESEARCH FUNDS: 1 TO 1 FUND
The initiative of the 1 to 1 fund is to link sectors of scientific production with those of use/application of knowledge, so that, through the 1 to 1 Fund, a project has been financed that, in addition to this synergistic principle, has the objective of sharing knowledge that generate sustainability in communities and productive systems:
- Determine the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, in the production of cocoa in the community of Vinces, in order to reduce the associated environmental impact – CEDIA
- The use of residues from the cocoa activity is not used for the generation of innovative Ecuadorian products – CEDIA
- Improve living conditions in terms of infrastructure in Manabí through social housing to reach all sectors affected by the 2016 earthquake – CEDIA
Health & Wellness
Guarantee a healthy life and promote the well-being of society.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 3.
Target 3c: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.
eHealth by CEDIA
- ECHO PROJECT
It aims to achieve universal health coverage, including protection against financial risks, access to quality Essential Health Benefits and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable medicines and vaccines for all.
- TELASISTENCE & TELEHEALTH PLATFORM
- TRANSFORM HEALTH
CEDIA , through its eHealth by CEDIA program, was selected as manager to form the national coalition of Transform Health, this global movement works collaboratively and interdisciplinary in the transformation of primary health systems with the aim of achieving strategies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 that is equitable, accessible and sustainable.
- TELECONSULTATION PROJECT (Agreement)
Target 3b: Support research and development of vaccines and medicines for communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries and facilitate access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the Agreement on TRIPS and Public Health, affirming 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 health public and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
Through the CONNECT Funds, we allocate incentives for higher education institutions in all areas 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
- Funds to finance research processes.
- FUND 1 to 1
- Research funds in connection between a University and a non-academic organization (Private Company, State, NGO, among others)
- RECORD FUND
- Promotion of protection through intellectual property mechanisms.
Quality education
Guarantee inclusive, equitable and quality education by promoting learning opportunities.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 4.
CEDIA is an organization that promotes the efforts of the academy through all its benefits. Among the main achievements in recent years are:
- The implementation of the Continuing Education School, EFC, with a varied offer of courses in different topics and areas of knowledge.
- Funds for training and updating of knowledge through specialists and experts.
- Open access consultation platforms and repositories.
- Independent teaching and learning platforms among others that can be summarized in accordance with the following goals:
Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all men and women to quality technical, professional and higher education, including university education
- AVANTE FUND Avante Fund – CEDIA
- PONENTE FUND Speaker Fund – CEDIA
- CONTINUING TRAINING SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuous Training School
- MOOCS PLATFORM MOOC Platform – CEDIA
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES Consortium Resources Access Program (PARC) – CEDIA
- STUDENT WELL-BEING PLATFORM Student Well-Being Platform (BEST) – CEDIA
- LEARNING OBJECTS REPOSITORY Learning Objects Repository – CEDIA
- OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY NETWORK OF ECUADOR (RRAAE) Open Access Repository Network of Ecuador (RRAAE) – CEDIA
Target 4.4: By 2030, significantly increase the number of youth and adults who have the necessary skills, particularly technical and professional skills, to access employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.
We facilitate access to information, advanced learning programs at initial levels, such as access to financing programs for the development of initiatives from the academy.
In addition, we include various efforts in terms of open innovation and generation of opportunities to promote entrepreneurship and relationships with non-academic actors, which open development opportunities in the programs:
- ESTALMAT ESTALMAT - CEDIA Program
- INNOVATION CHALLENGES Open Innovation – CEDIA
- FUNDS AND PARTNERS ALERTS Fund and partners alert – CEDIA
- SEMANTIC REPOSITORY OF RESEARCHERS (REDI) Ecuadorian Repository of Researchers (REDI) – CEDIA
Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all students acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to promote sustainable development, including through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, equality of gender, the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and the appreciation of cultural diversity and the contribution of culture to sustainable development.
At CEDIA , we provide refresher courses to teachers in good practices through the EFC, in addition, open innovation challenges framed in sustainable development are managed in areas of citizen initiatives, in private companies and emerging businesses with the support of economic resources, processes of business acceleration and connections with potential investors or key allies, such as the Circular Challenges initiative, which awarded and accompanied the development of projects that implement the Circular Economy to care for the country's natural resources.
- CONTINUING TRAINING SCHOOL – EFC CEDIA Continuous Training 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.
Keeping teachers, researchers and academic staff that impart knowledge updated is one of the roles that CEDIA fulfills with various financing programs, through competitive funds (Fondo Avante, Ponente, Divulga), as well as technological infrastructure that supports the research processes (supercomputer, researchcloud, among others). The Continuing Training School also proposes actions in favor of the preparation of teachers in all areas of knowledge.
- AVANTE FUND
- FUND DISCLOSES
- SPEAKER FUND
- TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- CONTINUING TRAINING SCHOOL – EFC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
- STUDENT WELL-BEING PLATFORM
- OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY NETWORK OF ECUADOR (RRAAE)
- RESEARCHERS SEMANTIC REPOSITORY (REDI)
Gender equality
CEDIA as an articulating entity, generates incentives for equal participation and access to the use of academic and technological resources in order to break gender gaps and stereotypes from the initial stages, as well as in the visibility of initiatives of women in a scientific and academic role in Coordination with international organizations.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 5.
Target 5.5: Ensure the full and effective participation of women and equal opportunities for leadership at all decision-making levels in political, economic and public life.
- INTERNAL MANAGEMENT CEDIA
Internally, in the areas we work for gender parity, as well as in responsibilities and activities framed in highlighting the leadership role of women.
- 11 heads: 4 women, 36.4%.
- 99 workers on the payroll: 48 women, 48.5%.
- The same remuneration in positions of similar responsibility.
Our goal is to enhance the use of enabling technology, particularly information and communication technology, to promote the empowerment of women.
- FINANCING FUNDS
Women in science is one of the issues that has stood out over the years due to the high participation of researchers and its impact on activities at the national and international level.
- National Invention Fair 2022
Due to their outstanding participation in the event organized by CEDIA , UTPL and UNL researchers were awarded financing by the divula fund for their participation in the World Inventions Fair in Taiwan, where they obtained the Gold award Invento de lojanas took the medal of gold at a world fair in Taiwan | Ecuador | News | The universe.
- CEPRA XVI projects, 2022
Of the total of 23 projects, we have 8 directors. This value represents 35%.
The total number of participating women is 62, out of a total of 181 people. With a percentage value of 34%.
- IDI XVII Projects (Previously named “CEPRA”), 2023
Of the total of 27 projects, we have 11 female directors, representing 41%.
The total number of participating women is 77, out of a total of 190 people. With a percentage value of 40%.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WEEK 2023
In this year 2023 in accordance with the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, this event is held with the title "Women and intellectual property, accelerate innovation and creativity" where through activities related to highlighting the role of women in activities that support Science, Technology and innovation, meetings are held with experts from all over the world and the academic community is invited to participate in this annual space organized by CEDIA .
Decent work and economic growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 8.
Target 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including by focusing on high value-added and labour-intensive sectors.
Immersed in the activities promoting Science, Technology and Innovation - CTi, are those value-generating units of CEDIA . Among all the activities, some categories can be highlighted:
- 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.
- MONEY
Some of the financing funds are part of high-level training for research groups such as Avante; for relevant research management, the 1 A 1 Fund and in technology transfer processes accompanied by CEDIA , the Acelera or Registra Fund.
- AVANTE FUND
- FUND 1 ON 1
- RECORD FUND
- ACCELERATES FUND
Target 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and foster the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial benefits.
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
In the processes of acquisition, management and dissemination of academy knowledge, the optimization of R&D costs and the relationship of needs and opportunities for the use of technologies are encouraged.
- CONNECT+TRENDLAB
Academia, industry, entrepreneurs and the public sector participate in this educommunicative space to identify opportunities according to the developing sectors of the country and initiate linkage projects.
- OPEN INNOVATION
These spaces include intellectual contributions to real and global problems of the sectors and areas of knowledge, with the purpose of obtaining financing for the management of new projects such as incubation, financing, training, articulation, etc.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructures, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization by fostering innovation.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 9.
Target 9.5: Increase scientific research and improve the technological capacity of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including by fostering innovation and substantially increasing, by 2030, the number of people working in research and development per million inhabitants and public and private sector spending on research and development.
As part of the value chain of the industries, the research and development efforts are integrated, R&D, which are developed from the Universities through financing funds granted by CEDIA . Annually, more than 1 million dollars are allocated to research processes and a large part of these funds are directed exclusively for direct links with the company, focusing on applying technological development in real environments that improve the competitive conditions of different sectors.
- FUND 1 ON 1
- R&D&I FUND
- RECORD FUND
- ACCELERATES FUND
Target 9.b: Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive regulatory environment for industrial diversification and value addition to commodities, among other things.
Through processes of technological surveillance and competitive intelligence, updates of technologies and referent industries in Ecuador are carried out to discover what are those opportunities for development and union of efforts, be it through state initiatives or gestated from the academy.
- CONNECT MAGAZINE
- TRENDLAB
- FUND 1 ON 1
Target 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communication technology and strive to provide universal and affordable Internet access in the least developed countries by 2020.
The most important CEDIA congress that takes place annually is the TIC EC, where the main advances and technological trends are exposed. Within this framework, specialized spaces are provided for the discussion of new information and communication technologies and how they could be used at a national level at an affordable cost.
- ICT EC
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
Promote initiatives aimed at responsible consumption and means of production, circular economy and research towards its development.
Actions that are carried out from CEDIA and that carry out the following goals of objective 12.
Target 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large corporations and transnational corporations, 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 in the circular economy, among which were the following:
- Training programs in circular economy through the EFC.
- Incubation and acceleration programs for circular ventures.
- Articulation with academia to develop circular initiatives.
- RESEARCH FUNDS
Through funds that benefit not only companies or private initiatives, but also involve large sectors of the economy, as well as initiatives applied to cities in the country, some of the examples of research by CEDIA members have been:
- ProS-5.0: Sustainable production model for textile MSMEs: Towards Industry 5.0 – CEDIA
- Environmental resilience in urban socio-ecological systems of neo-tropical cities, Quito and Guayaquil cases – CEDIA
- It seeks to obtain a circular economy process taking advantage of the production of elements such as rice for the production of derivatives or additional products that are generated with it – CEDIA
Target 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people around the world have the relevant information and knowledge for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
- RESEARCH FUNDS: 1 TO 1 FUND
The initiative of the 1 to 1 fund is to link sectors of scientific production with those of use/application of knowledge, so that, through the 1 to 1 Fund, a project has been financed that, in addition to this synergistic principle, has the objective of sharing knowledge that generate sustainability in communities and productive systems:
- Determine the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, in the production of cocoa in the community of Vinces, in order to reduce the associated environmental impact – CEDIA
- The use of residues from the cocoa activity is not used for the generation of innovative Ecuadorian products – CEDIA
- Improve living conditions in terms of infrastructure in Manabí through social housing to reach all sectors affected by the 2016 earthquake – CEDIA
Revitalize the Global Alliance for Sustainable Development
Actions carried out by CEDIA and that carry out 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 exchange on mutually agreed terms, including by improving coordination between existing mechanisms, particularly at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
- ADVANCED NETWORK
- CLARA NETWORK ALLIANCE
- R&D&I FINANCING
- STRATEGIC ALLIES
- WORK GROUPS PROGRAM
- CONGRESS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES – TICEC
- SCIENCE DISSEMINATION PROGRAM
Promote the development of environmentally sound technologies and their transfer, dissemination and dissemination to developing countries on favorable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
Make fully operational, by 2017, the technology bank and the science, technology and innovation capacity-building support mechanism for least developed countries and increase the use of enabling technologies, in particular of information and communications
- 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 cooperation and triangular
- ADVANCED NETWORK
- CLARA NETWORK ALLIANCE
- R&D&I FINANCING
- STRATEGIC ALLIES
- WORK GROUPS PROGRAM
- CONGRESS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES – TICEC
- SCIENCE DISSEMINATION PROGRAM
DATA, MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop indicators that measure progress in sustainable development and complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
- STUDY OF USE OF TECHNOLOGIES OF ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITIES – UETIC
- ACADEMIC INDICATORS OF ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITIES
