Last April 28, the Secretary of the Department of Planning and Policies dependent on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT, in Spanish), Dr. Ruth Ladenheim, visited the headquarters of INVAP (applied research company), in San Carlos de Bariloche, in the context of the presentation of the National Plan of Science, Technology and Innovation: \u201cArgentina Innovadora 2020\u2033 (Innovative Argentina 2020).<\/p>\n
Dr. Ladenheim, accompanied by the Under Secretary of Science, Technology and Development for the Province of R\u00edo Negro\u2019s Production, Lic. Daniel Quattrini and together with a delegation of the MINCYT, was welcomed by Lic. H\u00e9ctor Otheguy, General Manager & CEO of INVAP.<\/p>\n
On April 29, after touring the facilities of the technology company, in the city of Bariloche, Dr. Ladenheim officially presented the National Plan of Science, Technology and Innovation: Argentina Innovadora 2020\u2033. The official event \u2013attended by provincial and local government authorities\u2013 was presided over by the Governor of the Province of R\u00edo Negro, Alberto Weretilneck, the Ministry of Economy of the province, Accountant Alejandro Palmieri, the Under Secretary, Quattrini, and the Mayor of San Carlos de Bariloche, Mar\u00eda Eugenia Martini.<\/p>\n
The Plan \u201cArgentina Innovadora 2020\u201d makes a major contribution to the current management and is the result of a series of actions \u2013taken by the Ministry since its creation in 2007\u2013 that continues to encourage the growth and consolidation of areas and sectors considered strategic. By means of this Ministry, productive and inclusive innovation is fostered on the basis of expansion, progress and strengthening of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation, thus allowing the enhancement of the economic competitiveness and quality of people\u2019s life in a context of sustainable development. It is important to highlight that in 2012 the research and development investment in the Province of R\u00edo Negro amounted to 714,000,000 Argentine pesos.<\/p>\n
The Secretary, Dr. Ladenheim, said that: \u201cR\u00edo Negro is the second province of Argentina with the highest growth rate as regards investment and resources for research and development. And this is in line with the key points of the Plan, which are aimed at encouraging companies to conceive innovative projects with greater technological intensity and create more skilled jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n
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