José Sosa: “RedCLARA is a network which has played the role of information and knowledge manager” |
Written by Tania Altamirano |
Monday, 30 September 2013 00:00 |
Check out the voice of the President of the National Centre for Technological Innovation Foundation (CENIT), REACCIUN (Venezuela), and his vision about RedCLARA and collaboration. Read this and other interviews in the book “RedCLARA: Name, voice and instrument of collaboration in Latin America”.
What comes to your mind when you hear a researcher talking about collaboration? On the other hand, collaboration is a mechanism which can have an impact on the improvement of research processes with the convergence of experiences and expertise, thus strengthening the attention to needs through projects. What would you say is the most important aspect of research and education networks?
How would you describe the role of RedCLARA both at a regional and global level? RedCLARA is a network which has played the role of information and knowledge manager; it has enabled the dissemination of new spaces through the use of advanced networks and the internet. It has been a road that has encouraged relations and the exchange between researchers at a global level, eliminating barriers and building new ways for intellectual growth. What has been the key important aspect of the ALICE2 project for your network? On the other hand, it has enabled the operational and actual interrelation in joint research projects and developments between actors in the European and Latin American academia, leaving behind rhetoric and transcending into collaborative activities in different areas of interest. It has enabled the addition of new values linked by one single code despite having symbolic barriers like language or culture. It is the opportunity to develop knowledge communities for research associated to areas and problems of common interest in different nations. How important is for REACCIUN the collaboration with other national and regional networks and how do you collaborate globally? For REACCIUN collaboration is very important, since it results in the opportunity to offer a differentiating service for the academia and research centres, through which researchers, teachers and students can exchange experiences and share results in the search for answers to the problems to be addressed. Additionally, it represents the opportunity to strengthen and expand its presence in collaborative work through the use of advanced networks and incorporating Venezuela as an active nation in R+D+I into international networks which cut across diplomacy and are reflected in concrete actions, thus promoting regional inclusion and joint management. If RedCLARA did not exist, what would the science, research and innovation scenario in your country be like? Could you describe your view of research and education networks in the future? In the mid-term, they must have an impact on the development of new methodologies for online collaboration and expand their coverage towards innovators and organised communities. In the long term, they have to offer platforms and access, and coordinate collaborative research plans which encourage the participation of the social actors who experience the needs, so that they have a leading role in the socio-cultural and scientific-technological changes that have to do with them. During the entire implementation, networks must emphasise the encouragement for the creation of knowledge and research for the development of innovative proposals for the region in new areas of knowledge such as nanotechnology and robotics, among others, with the idea of moving forward in the development of the region’s technological potential. In a cross-cutting way, advanced networks, networks based on intelligence systems and on supercomputing systems which enable the creation of new knowledge and the processing of data from other perspectives which increase efficiency and effectiveness in the development of results. Likewise, the barriers still present, like language or the quality of connectivity, will move on to a different level, since the quality of communication channels will be even greater and the distractions still present in the network would tend to disappear. According to your point of view, what should be the role of RedCLARA over the next five years?
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