Explanation:
The PECyT established a strategy called "Mexico Vision 2025", which is divided into four stages; The initial covers from the year 2001 to 2006, which is stated, in textual form, as follows:
The first, from 2001 to 2006, of institutional structuring of its science and technology system, in which the country went from investing 0.4% of its GDP in IDE to 1%, completing its initial platform of the National System of Centers Research to cover the strategic areas of knowledge with the greatest dynamism in the world, in order to have the number and quality of researchers and postgraduate personnel with the capacity to generate and assimilate advances in knowledge and technologies from abroad, reflecting in a increase in the impact of scientific production. In addition, it incorporated a significant number of companies in technological management tasks to improve its competitive position. With these actions Mexico managed to leave the group of countries with low competitiveness in science and technology (positions 35 to 49 of the classification of the International Institute for Management Develpment (IMD) and joined the next group of competitiveness, reaching position 34 (Executive Power Federal, 2001: 61).
A significant element to recover in this type of policy is the existence of a long-term vision, when contemplating a planning horizon until 2025, a perspective that is essential in an economic policy approach. However, these types of horizons are uncertain as a result of changes in the federal public administration, which happens when the institutional strength to work with a State policy is not available and the proposed actions are not evaluated and are interrupted. in subsequent federal administrations.
For 2006, that is, at the end of the first stage, it is established as a vision, "Mexico has a greater participation in the generation, acquisition and dissemination of knowledge at an international level and society considerably increases the scientific and technological culture, enjoying the benefits derived from it. Scientific and technological progress is incorporated into the productive processes of the country, thus accelerating its economic growth "(Federal Executive Power, 2001: 64).
In order to arrive at such a vision in the first stage, three objectives, as stated above, were promoted, which were addressed from the tasks of three entities involved with science and technology activities in Mexico: to have a policy, it is necessary to have a determined participation and clear of the Mexican State in these activities; To increase scientific capacity, the strengthening of universities and research centers is required, and the increase in competitiveness is achieved first of all through the existence of competitive companies; All the actors must participate together promoting a policy that promotes innovation.
