The Ibero-American Manual of Indicators of Linkage of the University with the Socioeconomic Environment offers a methodological tool for the management and planning of these activities in the universities, while allowing governments to design and implement policies and provides society with data that the approach the university as a service provider.
The document is the result of a collaborative reflection process coordinated by RICYT and the Ibero-American Observatory of Science, Technology and Society (OCTS-OEI) and in which experts from various countries, universities and international organizations participated. The Manual seeks to respond to a demand for accurate and comparable information in a region characterized by the central role of universities in the development of science and technology and by important social and productive demands.