05-24, 09:00–10:00 (Europe/Paris), Auditorium 450
Ecuador underwent a profound transformation with the Constituent Assembly and a New Constitution in 2008 that elevated “Buen Vivir” (Good Living) as a constitutional paradigm and utopia. It framed human rights in the context of rights of good living and set out a detailed political path for their enjoyment, including education, science, and technology policies. This required a long and careful effort at planning for development, in the context of the twenty-first century. The government was organized into six different sectors, the newest of which was the Knowledge and Human Talent sector.
As the longest-standing Minister of Knowledge of Ecuador, Andres Arauz implemented policies for “Buen Conocer”. It implied the long-term planning of our education policies, new wiki-built legislation for open knowledge, a review of international treaties, new universities, free open software, a biodiversity-focused agenda, and open knowledge procurement policies for access to medicine.