Resumo de INITIATIVE FUNDS NOT Invests IN RESEARCH

INITIATIVE FUNDS NOT Invests IN RESEARCH -In 1994, about 75% of the scientists employed in Germany working within the industry, 15% in universities and 10% for the federal government. In Brazil, the percentage of scientists working directly in the industry is only 10%. The other bodies are working on the search or universities maintained by the government. "The main problem of scientific research in Brazil is the lack of a more effective partnership between research centers and private initiative." The information is the director general of the ice, Ozório Fonseca, which only sees a way to fight biopiracy: the country out in front, to find out first and patenting the result. According Ozório, Brazilian industrial policy has always been focused on the acquisition of technology and not for the basic research and development. He cites as an example the very zone of Manaus, which not done any kind of transfer of technology, but just be establishing a regional culture. "The Amazon alone has become priority in the area of research from 95, when Fernando Henrique took the government. Before that, the resources brought in the region were sufficient only to maintain the few research centers working precariously. " In 1997, investment in science and technology in the country reached 1.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), about $ 10 billion, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology. The figure includes resources of the federal government, state and private initiative. Investments applied by Brazil in the training of human resources in the country and abroad, hit the house of $ 800 million per year. As a result, there is a significant qualitative-quantitative growth of scientific literature, especially the works, theses and books. The problem is the transfer of the search results for the practical application in industry. "Even in agricultural research in the area, no venture capital investments," analyzes Ozório. "Here in the Amazon, these searches are being made primarily by helicopters and the Embrapa, two government agencies." But not all are black clouds in the region''s future. "The new superintendent of Suframa, Sergio Antonio, has just reactivate the Board of Agriculture, the Center for Biotechnology of the Amazon is getting out of the role and the Fucapi already doing the initial studies for the establishment of a center of cosmetics. With St. initiatives of this size that we correct the biopiracy ", evaluates. The director general of the ice also away the accusations that the institute maintains agreements with foreign agencies without which the country to benefit with the results of searches. "We must be clear that the ice has no autonomy to sign international agreements. This is a constitutional exclusive jurisdiction of the Brazilian government. What is the easiest is to provide the infrastructure needed for that researchers can work, "he says.

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