REGIONAL POLICIES ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN COLOMBIA: EMERGENCE, EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STATUS

Like other latin american countries, since the decade of 1960 Colombia begin to implement a policy of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) that has undergone several phases reflecting different theoretical approaches and governance models. In the context of the strong push to decentralization comprehending several fields that took place at the beginning of the years of 1990, the regional dimension was introduced to the STI national policy. Since then and through a trial and error process a corpus of conceptual, normative and instrumental approaches regarding this dimension has been progressively built, becoming a essential component of the STI colombian policy. Using the theoretical approaches of "territorialization of public policies" and "narrative research", this article gives an account of the emergence, evolution and present status of the STI colombian policies. Special attention is given to the tensions and dilemmas arising from the convergence at the national and regional levels of the STI and competitiveness policies stablished by recent legislation.