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OEA/Ser.W
CIDI/doc.156/15[1]/
26May 2015
Original:Spanish
LIST OF OBSERVERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS FOR THE
FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH AUTHORITIES
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(March 10-11, 2015, Guatemala City, Guatemala)
(Approved at the 48th CIDI meeting held on May 20, 2015)
Organs and Agencies of the Inter-American System
Article 15.The representatives of the organs and agencies of the inter-American system may attend the meetings with the right to speak.
Organization of the Inter-American System to be invited:
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
Permanent Observers
Article 16.Permanent observers to the Organization or their respective alternates, as appropriate, may attend meetings of CIDI and of its committees. Permanent observers may also speak at meetings when it is so decided by the Chair.
Other Observers
Article 17.Observers to the meetings may also be sent by:
- Governments of members of the United Nations or of its specialized agencies, when they express an interest in attending, with the authorization of the regular monthly CIDI meeting;
- Inter-American regional or subregional governmental entities or agencies that are not included among the organs or agencies of the Organization, with the authorization of the regular monthly CIDI meeting; and
- Specialized agencies of the United Nations and other international agencies, when agreements concluded with the Organization and in force so establish or, absent such agreements, subject to prior authorization by the regular monthly CIDI meeting.
The observers referred to in this article may speak in the meetings of CIDI or of its committees when invited to do so by the Chair.
For the purposes of this article, the Secretary General of the Organization and/or the Executive Secretary for Integral Development will transmit the appropriate communications.
For the purpose of this article, the General Secretariat shall send the appropriate communications.
Andean Community of Nations(CAN)
Andean Development Corporation (AFC)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Compete Caribbean
Convenio Andrés Bello (CAB)
Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Gender Advisory Board (GAB) of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD)
Ibero-American Programme for Science, Technology and Development (CYTED)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Inter-American Metrology System (SIM)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI)
Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)
UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank (WB)
World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Barbados
Special Guests
Article 18.With the authorization of the regular monthly CIDI meeting and the consent of the government of the host country, national or international governmental agencies or entities and persons of recognized standing in the matters to be considered may attend sectoral and specialized meetings of CIDI as special guests, when they express an interest in doing so.
The special guests referred to in this article may speak at sectoral and specialized meetings of CIDI when invited to do so by the Chair.
Requests to attend meetings as special guests shall be presented to the General Secretariat of the Organization at least 15 days in advance of the opening of the CIDI meeting.
For the purposes of this article, the Secretary General of the Organization and/or the Executive Secretary for Integral Development will extend the corresponding invitations
For the purposes of this article, the General Secretariat will extend the corresponding invitations.
Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala, Guatemala
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), United States
Agência Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial (ABDI), Brazil
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), United States
American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES), United States
American Chemical Society (ACS), United States
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), United States
Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), Mexico
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
Bowie Business Innovation, United States
Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE), Canada
Caribbean – Central American Action (CCAA), United States
Caribbean Scientific Union (CCC), Dominican Republic
Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Trinidad and Tobago
CARISCIENCE, Trinidad and Tobago
Catholic University of Uruguay, Uruguay
Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), Mexico
Center of Applied Innovation in Competitive Technologies (CIATEC), Mexico
Central American Integration System (SICA), El Salvador
Chamber of Industry of Guatemala (CIG), Guatemala
CISCO, United States
Clemson University, United States
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), United States
Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI – SENAI), Brasil
Costa Rica – United States of America Foundation for Cooperation (CRUSA), Costa Rica
Dell Corporation, United States
Duke University, United States
El Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Mexico
Elsevier, Holland
European Union Delegation in Guatemala, Guatemala
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Costa Rica
Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America (FECAICA), Guatemala
Fullbright Program, United States
General Electric (GE), United States
George Washington University (GWU), United States
Georgia Centers of Innovation Program (COI), United States
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), United States
Global Federation of Competitiveness Council (GFCC), United States
Guatemala Foundation for Development (FUNDESA), Guatemala
Hewlett-Packard Company, United States
HPCwire, United States
Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC),
United States
Ibero-American Association of Engineering Schools (ASIBEI), Colombia
Impulsa, Global Business Incubator, United States
INNOVACORP Enterprise Center, Canada
Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (I-CHASS),
United States
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), United States
Instituto Tecnológico Superior (TECSUP), Perú
INTEL, Costa Rica
Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), Mexico
Inter-American and Ibero-American Network for Science and Technology Indicators (RICYT), Argentina
Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), Mexico
Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OUI-IOHE), Canada
International Council for Science (ICSU), Mexico
International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), France
Inter-Science Association, Venezuela
Knowledge Partnership Korea Fund for Technology and Innovation (KPK), Korea
Latin American and Caribbean Association of Information Technology Entities (ALETI), Spain
Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research Foundation (LACCIR),
Chile
Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), United States
Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks (RedCLARA), Chile
Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), Ecuador
Latin American Industrial Association (AILA), Ecuador
Latin University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Laureate International Universities (LIU), Costa Rica
MacArthur Foundation, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC), Mexico
Mexico – United States Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC), Mexico
Mexico – United States Foundation for Science (FUMEC), Mexico
Michigan State University, United States
Microsoft Corporation, United States
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico
Mozilla Foundation, United States
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), United States
National Agricultural Innovation (INIA), Peru
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Arecibo Observatory), United States
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), United States
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), United States
National Competitiveness Center (CNC), Panama
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil
National Economic Research Center (CIEN), Guatemala
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI), Peru
National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO), Brazil
National Metrology Center (CENAM), Mexico
National Productions (TPT) / Sci-Girls, United States
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), United States
National University, United States
Universidad del Norte (UNINORTE), Colombia
Northwestern Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR), Mexico
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), Italy
Orkestra, Basque Country
Pan American Academy of Engineering (API), Mexico
Pan American Association of Engineers (UPADI), Costa Rica
Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT), Bolivia
PEMEX, Mexico
PETROBRAS, Brazil
Physikalish-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil
Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA), United States
Purdue University (PU), United States
Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (CRECTEALC)
Research Center in Food and Development (CIAD), Mexico
Rockefeller Foundation, United States
Science and Technology Advisory Forum (FCCyT), Mexico
Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC), Canada
SOFFTEK, Mexico
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Spain
Spanish Bioindustry Association (ASEBIO), Spain
SYMANTEK, Mexico
Technological University of Panama (UTP), Panama
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy
Trivium Consulting, United States
TruBios, John Hopkins University, United States
Trust for the Americas, United States
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), Guatemala
Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín (UPB), Colombia
University of California, Davis, United States
University of Central Florida, United States
University of Costa Rica (UCR), Costa Rica
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States
University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), United States
VMWare, United States
Women in Engineering Proactive Network (WEPAN), United States
Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT), Canada
Women in Technology (WIT), United States
World’s Farmer Organization, Italy
Young Americas Business Trust (YABT), United States
Zamorano University, Honduras
Science and Engineering Academies, United States
Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (United States)
Gobee Group, United States
CampusPR, United States
National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural of Argentina
Academy of Sciences of Bolivia
Academy of Sciences of Brazil
The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada
Academy of Sciences of Chile
Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Colombia
National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica
Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic
Academy of Sciences of Ecuador
Academy of Sciences of Honduras
Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua
Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Science (APANAC)
National Academy of Sciences of Peru
National Academy of Sciences of Uruguay
United States National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela
Academy of Sciences, University of the West Indies
National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina
National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), Barbados
Sao Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chile
National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICIT), Costa Rica
Scientific Research Council (SRC), Jamaica
National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), Uruguay
United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
The Office for Research Results Transfer Activities (OTRI), Bogota, Colombia
National Forum of Innovation and Technology Transfer Managers (FORTEC), Brazil
RedVITEC – CIN, Argentina
Red NEXO, Costa Rica
Yachay Public Company, Ecuador
Ana G. Mendez University System, United States
Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial Industrial and Financial Institutions, (CACIF), Guatemala
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italia
HMClause, Guatemala
Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnología (Ci-Hova), Colombia (civil society organization registered with the OAS Secretariat)
[1]The version of this document approved by the Committee on Partnership for Development Policies ad referendum of CIDI was distributed with classification CIDI/CPD/Doc.77/14 Rev. 6