Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Technological Park of São Carlos


Description

ParqTec is the pioneering entity that emerged from the first public policy to institutionalize the transfer of technology from academia to the productive sector.
Created by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) on December 17, 1984, as a private and non - profit entity, its purpose is to promote regional development by optimizing the transaction cost of technological innovation - market and valuing entrepreneurship.

Installed in the Technology Capital, ParqTec has made a significant contribution to the construction of a vibrant Region of Innovation made up of public and private universities, research centers, government agencies and a group of more than 180 EBTs working in the ICT areas; New Materials; Electronic Instrumentation; Automation & Robotics; Fine and Optical Chemistry.

Project website

http://parqtec.com.br/?fbclid=IwAR1wrauR8J6XeASKTFoM_o8Ph2uSJJlxnRVbi9OO4ykPbMteGS2FOK5BwOk


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2019
  • AL C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil

Status

Ongoing

Start date

1984

End date

Not set


WSIS values promotion

Promote Innovation and Technology


Entity name

Technological Park of São Carlos

Entity country—type

Brazil Private Sector

Entity website

http://parqtec.com.br/?fbclid=IwAR1wrauR8J6XeASKTFoM_o8Ph2uSJJlxnRVbi9OO4ykPbMteGS2FOK5BwOk