PRODUCTIVITY AND THE PROGRAMS FOR STIMULA TING RESEARCH - THE CASE OFUNIVERSIDAD-CENTRAL-DE-VENEZUELA

As a response to the profound crisis that oppress our countries, due t o an enormous international debt and due to economical, social and mor al deterioration, the Venezuelan universities and other centers of hig her education have promoted a general revision on their teaching funct ions, research (quality and quantity) and formation of human resources . The Councils for Development of Sciences and Humanities (CDCH-T) of the universities, have started a revision on their policies, with the objetive to propose new alternatives for the promotion and development of research that will incentive the incorporation of an acceptable qu antity of new academic scientific production, policies on human resour ces, financing resources and organization of our universities, particu larly the Central University of Venezuela. These discussions will allo w us to give rational responses to attack the crisis and to prepare ou r institutions for the challenge of the next century.