UMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wocwaningo Lwesayensi Nezobuchwepheshe ube yilungu kusukela ngo-1955.
UMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wocwaningo Lwesayensi Nezobuchwepheshe (i-Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, iTecnología e Innovación - FONACIT), eyakhiwe ngo-1967, iyisikhungo esizimele esihlose ukukhuthaza izinqubo zokuqamba izinto ezintsha ngokuthuthukiswa kocwaningo lwesayensi nobuchwepheshe kanye nokwakhiwa kwesikhungo esizimele. I-National System of Innovation (NSI). Izinhlelo zayo zihlanganisa ucwaningo oluyisisekelo nolusetshenziswayo, ukuqeqeshwa kwezinsiza zabantu, ukudalwa nokuqiniswa kwezinhlelo zolwazi, ukwethulwa kwezinguquko esakhiweni sobudlelwano bama-ejenti e-NSI, kanye nokukhuthazwa kwezixhumanisi nomhlaba wonke ukuze ukuvuna ukubamba iqhaza kwama-ejenti e-NSI ezinhlelweni zamazwe ngamazwe.
UMkhandlu futhi ubumba inqubomgomo yezepolitiki yoHlelo Lukazwelonke Lokusungula, umgwamanda owelulekayo esiGungwini Sikazwelonke, futhi uqondise izenzo nezinhlangano zikahulumeni nezizimele ezingeni likazwelonke emikhakheni ehlukene yesayensi, ezobuchwepheshe kanye nokusungula.
Image by UMárcio Cabral de Moura
