Lawmaker Ricardo Sanchez stressed that the proposed amendment to the legal regulation is aimed to the demand of innovators and the scientific personnel, as well as women leaders, who represent 61.2 percent of professionals in the sector.

According to the president of the parliamentary commission dedicated to education, science and health, the reform includes issues related to the National Scientific Plan, the registry of projects, the Registry of Innovators and Scientists, and the strengthening and recognition of ancestral knowledges.

The National Assembly approved in mid-May in first discussion the draft Organic Law on Science, Technology and Innovation, a regulation aimed at developing the country’s capabilities and potentials in this area. The reform also seeks to encourage the innovation capability of the public and private productive and academic sectors, as well as the strengthening of an adequate infrastructure and equipment to support services to the institutions.

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