The Ibero-Americano Programme on Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) was created in 1984 through an Inter-Institutional Agreement signed by 19 countries in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. CYTED is defined as an inter-governmental programme for multilateral cooperation in Science and Technology, which comprehends different perspectives and visions to foster cooperation in research and innovation for the development of the Ibero- American region.
CYTED’s key goal is to contribute to the harmonious development of the Ibero- American region by defining cooperation mechanisms between the research groups of Universities, R&D Centres, and innovative companies from Ibero-American countries aiming to obtain scientific and technological outputs that can be transferred to production systems and social policies. Since 1995, CYTED has been formally included in the set of Cooperation Programmes of the Ibero-American Summits of Heads of State and of Government.
