The biologist Ana Crespo will be the first female president of the Royal Academy of Sciences since its foundation in 1847. A news item recalled by the deputy of the Nationalist Parliamentary Group (CC), Cristina Calero, in the Plenary Session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
According to Calero, "the Canary Islands has a potential that scientists from all over the world were able to see, such as Humboldt, Haeckel or the scientist Stephen Hawking." "Much has happened since then and today we can say that for the first time in history a woman, is going to preside over the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Canarian botanist Ana Crespo," Calero stated.
In addition, Calero has stated in the Plenary Session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands that "in the Canary Islands there is talent and science is done in capital letters, but we need a current regulatory framework, a new Canary Islands Science Law."
Along these lines, the deputy of Coalición Canaria has stated that in the Canary Islands there is talent and science is done in capital letters, "but we need a current regulatory framework, we need a Science Law." Calero has celebrated its implementation by the Minister of Science, Migdalia Machín, "who has already announced it."
According to Calero, this Law must "adapt to our archipelago reality so that science and innovation develop in our 8 islands; it must continue to encourage public-private collaboration; administrative simplification is necessary to allow the creation of innovative projects that anchor island talent; also that this knowledge is transferred to our productive fabric, allowing the creation of quality jobs."
Finally, the nationalist deputy has demanded that, in the development of this new law, "all the agents involved" participate, as President Clavijo said: "listening to everyone and counting on everyone to design what we aspire to be", hence today we raise from the nationalist group: "what actions are being carried out to develop a new law that will allow us to build the Canary Islands we want, a new Canary Islands Science Law".
For her part, the Minister of the area, Migdalia Machín, has stated that it is "crucial to update the Science Law" of 2001. The objective of this new Law and its improvement, Machín assured, "involves administrative simplification, more efficient governing bodies and properly anchoring the issue of subsidies and aid to achieve more private investment." In the opinion of the Minister, this is a Law highly requested by the sector that must be achieved with maximum consensus, "that is why we have entrusted it to the ITC so that it enters Parliament before the end of the year."
