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THAT CONTRIBUTES TO SCIENCE IN COLOMBIA
About us
We are leaders in research management. An open, inclusive, participatory and multidisciplinary community.
Mission
Connect science with society through management.
Vision
In the year 2030 we will lead the management between science and society in Latin America.
Principles and values
1. We persist in promoting the national CTeI with courage and passion.
2. We move forward with creativity and optimism.
3. We are a critical and constructive community.
4. We act with integrity and commitment.
5. We promote the identity of CTeI.
Download our statutes in PDF forma (Spanish version)
Board of Directors
Executive director
María Piedad Villaveces Niño
Doctorate in political studies at the Externado de Colombia University. Lawyer, Master in Development and Specialist in Project Management. She is an expert in public policy and in the management of science and technology projects.
She has been a university professor and Counselor of Social Sciences of Colciencias. Her work experience has been in the Colombian public sector and in the NGO sector in Canada.
Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Colombian Association for the Advancement of Science, AvanCiencia.
Work team
Yamile Castro González
Marketing, Sales and Customer Service Leader
"Being linked to an Association like AvanCiencia is wanting a country that is increasingly stronger and better prepared to face the challenges that the world proposes"
Francisco González
Strategic and technological leader
"With the use of information technologies, Latin America has the opportunity and the obligation to close the underdevelopment gap"
Saya Garavito
Strategy and Finance Leader
"En AvanCiencia enseñamos con el ejemplo: formulamos proyectos, desarrollamos tecnología, divulgamos conocimiento y creamos valorAt AvanCiencia we teach by example: we formulate projects, develop technology, disseminate knowledge and create value"
