RICyT: Network of Science and Technology Indicators

The Network of Science and Technology Indicators -Ibero-American and Inter-American- (RICYT), in which all the countries of the Americas participate, together with Spain and Portugal, was born from a proposal that arose from the First Ibero-American Workshop on Science and Technology Indicators, held in Argentina in 1994. The RICYT was adopted by the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) as an Ibero-American network and by the Organization of American States (OAS) as an inter-American network. It was put into operation at the end of April 1995. From its beginnings, the RICYT was hosted by the REDES Center as the headquarters of its coordination. Currently, the RICYT has as its main support the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), through the Ibero-American Observatory of Science, Technology and Society.