Chile needs a combined ministry for science, technology, innovation and higher education according to a committee of experts convened by president Sebastián Piñera.
The committee’s report, Institutional Framework for Science, Technology and Innovation, was published on 15 May and proposes that a government ministry be created that would address science, technology, innovation and higher education. Such a ministry has been a longstanding request of the country’s scientists. The report says that a change in the government’s structure is needed to maintain coordination between higher education, science, technology and innovation efforts.
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