Conference FDUSP UAEM The Right to Health: the Role of Universities in the access to medicines São Paulo, August 17, 2010

2. O programa em Políticas Públicas, Estratégias e
Desenvolvimento tem por objetivos, contribuir para a
renovação conceitual e instrumental da ação pública;
para o desenvolvimento, no contexto da
transformação do papel do Estado e de suas políticas,
levando-se em conta as estratégias inovadoras dos
atores sociais e de empresas; capacitar seus
participantes para a identificação de prioridades,
lacunas e possibilidades de ação, no campo das
políticas públicas; habilitar seus participantes para a
tomada de decisão nos processos estratégicos,
voltados para a mudança institucional e para o
desenvolvimento.

3. (*) Em associação parcial
com a Fiocruz
(Ministério da Saúde)‫‏‬

4. INCT-PPED
National Institute of Science and Technology on
Public Policies, Strategies and Development
Coordinator: Eli Diniz
Vice-Coordinator: Ana Célia Castro
Participating Institutions:
1. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ);
2. Fluminense Federal University (UFF);
3. Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ);
4. Juiz de Fora Federal University (UFJF),
5. State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)‫‏‬
6. State University of Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ)‫‏‬

5. Institutional goals
• To contribute to the renewal, conceptually and
practically, of public action oriented toward
development.
• To provide a focal point for discussion and
studies on varieties of capitalism, government
and businesses, innovation, biodiversity, and
governance.

6. Research areas
• The State, Varieties of Capitalism, and
Development Policies in Emerging
Countries
• Public Policies, Institutions, and
Technological Dynamics
• Biodiversity, Natural, and Cultural
Resources

7. Research area:
Public Policies, Institutions, and Technological
Dynamics
This research area’s goals include:
• Linking new technological trajectories with institutional change and
public policies;
• Knowledge governance: policies and regulation for the production ,
circulation, utilization, and protection of knowledge assets.
• Understanding the relationship between catching-up and intellectual
property;
• Analyzing the policies, institutions, and conflicts of interest of the
National Program for the Production and Use of Biodiesel.

8. MINDS
Multidisciplinary Institute on
Development and Strategies

9. History
• MINDS was founded nine years ago as a group of
like-minded academics and intellectuals
concerned with development strategies.
• The group’s research was founded on an
interdisciplinary approach, where historical
analysis, economic sociology, institutional,
evolutionary where building blocks.

10. History
• MINDS has adopted, in the past three
years, the think tank model, committing
itself to strategic thinking and capacity
building.
• Currently, it’s reshaping itself with an
emphasis on global governance issues and
Brazil’s emergence as a “global player”.

11. Achievements
• a tightly woven network of national and foreign
professionals and scholars;
• nine years of rigorous academic output and
successful meetings,
• a host of capacity building initiatives;
• and contributions to new research programs
and institutes embedded in leading
Brazilian universities.

12. MINDS aspires to be
• an international “think tank” addressing
research and policy issues regarding the
challenges and opportunities for developing
countries in the areas of governance and
development.
• an actor influencing ongoing dialogues on
strategic responses to globalization.

13. Current project:
Capacity Building for Emerging Knowledge
Governance Institutions
Key question:
What kinds of knowledge governance
arrangements are available—or have to be
created—to foster innovation and development,
simultaneously promoting welfare and access?

14. Current activities include:
• Policy-oriented research projects
• Capacity building initiatives
• Research reports and occasional papers
• Networking and connecting researchers, civil
society organizations, policy makers and national
and international institutions
• Organizing public debates on global governance
and development issues
• Promoting public policy dialogue

15. Links importantes
www.ie.ufrj.br
www.ideiad.com.br/pped
http://inctppedreport.ie.ufrj.br/
www.cnpq.br
www.minds.org.br
http://mdp.ei.columbia.edu/
http://www.cnpq.br/programas/inct/_aprese
ntacao/inct_inovacao_doencasnegligencia
das.html
http://www.cnpq.br/programas/inct/_aprese
ntacao/inct_politicas_publicas.html