{"id":4181,"date":"2010-01-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-22T19:53:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T19:53:35","slug":"lecciones-de-la-estrella-del-norte","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/en\/noticia\/lecciones-de-la-estrella-del-norte\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:es-->Lecciones de la Estrella del Norte<!--:--><!--:en-->Lessons from the North Star State<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es--><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nRelativamente peque\u00f1o y rico en recursos naturales como Chile, los avances del estado de Minnesota, en el norte de Estados Unidos, en \u00e1reas como energ\u00edas renovables y educaci\u00f3n han demostrado que la innovaci\u00f3n y la capacitaci\u00f3n pueden mejorar en gran medida la competitividad econ\u00f3mica, sostuvo el gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, en un reciente desayuno de la AmCham.<\/p>\n<p>El gobernador Pawlenty encabez\u00f3 la misi\u00f3n de Minnesota a Am\u00e9rica Latina en diciembre, la primera de su historia, pero los v\u00ednculos entre Chile y el estado de la Estrella del Norte se remontan a unos 50 a\u00f1os atr\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago y la mayor ciudad del estado, Minneapolis, han compartido el estatus de ciudades hermanas desde 1961, una relaci\u00f3n que Pawlenty renov\u00f3 en una reuni\u00f3n con Pablo Zalaquett, el alcalde de la Municipalidad de Santiago en la Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, existen otros paralelos.<\/p>\n<p>Como Chile, Minnesota ha cimentado su desarrollo econ\u00f3mico en la riqueza de sus recursos naturales, que incluyen las significativas reservas de mineral de hierro que abastecen a la industria sider\u00fargica de Estados Unidos y algunas de las mejores tierras agr\u00edcolas del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, en lugar de depender de los cultivos b\u00e1sicos -como el ma\u00edz, los porotos de soja, la remolacha y el trigo-, Minnesota est\u00e1 convirtiendo estos cultivos en productos de valor agregado, en particular biocombustibles.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota es uno de los estados l\u00edderes en la producci\u00f3n de biocombustibles elaborados a partir de ma\u00edz y otros cultivos. Adem\u00e1s fue el primer estado en exigir que la gasolina y el di\u00e9sel contuvieran un porcentaje de biocombustibles. <\/p>\n<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, los conductores en Minnesota llenan sus estanques con gasolina mezclada con al menos un 10% de etanol fabricado a partir de ma\u00edz y, si las autoridades federales aprueban el plan, el estado duplicar\u00e1 esa cantidad a un 20% para el 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Tanto Minnesota como Chile carecen de reservas significativas de combustibles f\u00f3siles, pero han sido agresivos en el desarrollo de fuentes de energ\u00eda alternativas durante la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada. Minnesota ahora est\u00e1 empleando \u201cm\u00e1s energ\u00edas renovables per capita que cualquier otro estado de la naci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>Dado que el estado alberga a gran parte de la zona del medio oeste que favorece la formaci\u00f3n de vientos, la que se extiende desde Texas hasta la frontera con Canad\u00e1, Minnesota se ubica en el cuarto lugar en Estados Unidos en t\u00e9rminos de capacidad instalada de energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica, despu\u00e9s de California, Iowa y Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota adem\u00e1s ha impuesto a las empresas locales de electricidad el desaf\u00edo de generar u obtener el 25% de sus suministros el\u00e9ctricos a partir de energ\u00edas renovables para el 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Calificadas alguna vez de inalcanzables, muchas empresas presentan m\u00e1s de un 50% de avance en ese sentido y se\u00f1alan que cumplir\u00e1n c\u00f3modamente la meta del 2025, indic\u00f3 Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>Pero la mayor apuesta de Minnesota ha estado en su gente joven.<\/p>\n<p>Gracias a un s\u00f3lido sistema educacional, el estado ahora alcanza de manera regular los m\u00e1s altos puntajes en la prueba nacional de admisi\u00f3n a la educaci\u00f3n superior, conocida como ACT.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota adem\u00e1s ostenta una de las mayores proporciones de estudiantes que est\u00e1n terminando la secundaria en el pa\u00eds, la mayor proporci\u00f3n de graduados universitarios, los mayores salarios promedio y una tasa de desempleo que es significativamente inferior al promedio nacional. <\/p>\n<p>Los altos est\u00e1ndares educacionales y la calidad de vida del estado tambi\u00e9n han atra\u00eddo a grandes empresas. Hoy en d\u00eda, el estado alberga a 19 empresas Fortune 500, la mayor cantidad per capita de cualquier estado. Estas incluyen a gigantes del sector alimenticio como General Mills y Cargill que han aprovechado la fuerte tradici\u00f3n agr\u00edcola del estado para desarrollar agronegocios globales.<\/p>\n<p>El estado tambi\u00e9n se ha convertido en un importante centro para la innovaci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, con empresas que incluyen al fabricante de dispositivos m\u00e9dicos Medtronic y Boston Scientific, que emplea a m\u00e1s personas en Minnesota que en su propia localidad de origen.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, hay desaf\u00edos que enfrenta el sistema escolar p\u00fablico del pa\u00eds, admite Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn promedio, estamos en una posici\u00f3n de liderazgo, pero si se revisa capa a capa, los resultados en los grandes distritos escolares urbanos, son terribles\u201d, destac\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Mejorar el desempe\u00f1o acad\u00e9mico implica cambiar la forma en que se capacita y se incentiva a los profesores. \u201cNecesitamos alinear de manera significativa las remuneraciones de los profesores con los resultados que deseamos\u201d, dijo Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>La tecnolog\u00eda tambi\u00e9n es crucial con estudiantes que navegan en la red y a los que se ense\u00f1a con pizarrones y tiza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuestro sistema de educaci\u00f3n parece una l\u00ednea de ensamblaje industrial, pero ahora vivimos en el mundo del I-pod\u201d, dijo Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota ha solicitado a sus universidades que coloquen el 25% de sus cr\u00e9ditos online para el 2015 con el fin de instar a este salto tecnol\u00f3gico.<\/p>\n<p>No obstante, tener una fuerza laboral educada es s\u00f3lo parte del desaf\u00edo al tiempo que Minnesota intenta acceder a los mercados de m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido crecimiento, gran parte de los cuales se emplazan al otro lado del Globo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl comercio libre y justo es de importancia clave para el futuro \u00e9xito de nuestros pa\u00edses\u201d, dijo el gobernador, destacando que el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Chile y Estados Unidos ha beneficiado a ambos pa\u00edses.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, la creciente globalizaci\u00f3n significa m\u00e1s competencia. Con una poblaci\u00f3n de apenas cinco millones, Minnesota no puede competir con China en tama\u00f1o o costos de manera que tiene que capitalizar otras fortalezas para prosperar en la econom\u00eda global. Esto implica ser m\u00e1s innovador, productivo y colaborador.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo vamos a ser los m\u00e1s grandes ni vamos a ser los m\u00e1s baratos, as\u00ed que tenemos que ser los m\u00e1s listos\u201d, sostuvo el gobernador. Y esa es una lecci\u00f3n de la que Chile podr\u00eda aprender.<!--:--><!--:en--><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nSmall and rich in natural resources like Chile, the northern U.S. state of Minnesota\u2019s advances in areas like renewable energy and education have shown that innovation and training can greatly improve economic competitiveness, Minnesota\u2019s Governor Tim Pawlenty said at a recent AmCham breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Pawlenty led Minnesota\u2019s first-ever trade mission to Latin America in December, but the links between Chile and the North Star state go back almost 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago and the state\u2019s largest city, Minneapolis, have held sister status since 1961, a relationship Pawlenty refreshed in a meeting with Pablo Zalaquett, the mayor of the Metropolitan Region\u2019s Santiago municipality.<br \/>\nOther parallels exist.<\/p>\n<p>Like Chile, Minnesota has based its economic development on its wealth of natural resources, including significant reserves of iron ore that fuel the U.S. steel industry and some of the best farmland in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than relying on commodity crops like corn, soybeans, sugarbeets, and wheat, however, Minnesota is turning these crops into value-added products, in particular biofuels.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota is one of the leading states in the production of biofuels from corn and other crops. It was also the first state to require that gasoline and diesel contain a percentage of biofuels. <\/p>\n<p>Today, drivers in Minnesota fill their tanks with gasoline blended with at least 10% ethanol made from corn and, if federal authorities approve the plan, this will double to 20% by 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota and Chile both lack significant reserves of fossil fuels, but they have been aggressive in developing alternative energy sources over the last decade. Minnesota is now using \u201cmore renewable energy per capita than any other state in the nation,\u201d said Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>Home to a large chunk of the Midwest wind ridge, which stretches from Texas to the Canadian border, Minnesota ranks fourth in the U.S. in terms of wind power installed capacity, behind California, Iowa and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has also set local utilities the challenge of producing or procuring at least 25% of their electricity supplies from renewable energy sources by 2025. Once criticized as unreachable, many companies report they are more than half way there and will comfortably achieve this goal, said Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>But Minnesota\u2019s biggest wager has been on its young people.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a strong education system, the state now regularly achieves the highest scores in the nation on the American college admissions test, ACT.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota also boasts one of the highest proportions of students completing high school in the country, the largest proportion of university graduates, the highest average wage and an unemployment rate that is significantly below the national average. <\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s high education standards and quality of life have also attracted large businesses. Today, the state is home to 19 Fortune 500 companies, the most per capita of any state. These include food giants like General Mills and Cargill which have built on the state\u2019s strong farming tradition to develop global agribusinesses.<\/p>\n<p>The state has also become an important center for medical innovation with companies including medical devices producer Medtronic and Boston Scientific, which employs more people in Minnesota than in its hometown.<\/p>\n<p>But there are challenges facing the country\u2019s public schools system, admits Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn average, we are top of the heap, but if you peel back the onion layers, the results in the large urban school districts are terrible,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Improving academic performance means changing the way teachers are trained and rewarded. \u201cWe need to significantly align teachers\u2019 pay with the results we desire,\u201d said Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>Technology is also crucial with websurfing students still being taught with blackboards and chalk. \u201cOur education system looks like an industrial assembly line but we now live in the I-pod world,\u201d said Pawlenty.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has requested its universities put 25% of their credits online by 2015 to spur this technological leap.<\/p>\n<p>But having an educated workforce is only part of the challenge as Minnesota looks to access the fastest-growing markets, most of which lie on the other side of the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree and fair trade are critically important to the success of our countries,\u201d the governor said, noting the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement has benefitted both countries.<\/p>\n<p>But increasing globalization also means more competition. With a population of just five million, Minnesota cannot compete with countries like China on size or costs so it has to capitalize on other strengths to prosper in the global economy. This means being more innovative, productive and collaborative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to be the biggest, and we are not going to be the cheapest, so we have to be the smartest,\u201d the governor said. And that\u2019s a lesson Chile could learn from.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es-->Relativamente peque\u00f1o y rico en recursos naturales como Chile, los avances del estado de Minnesota, en el norte de Estados Unidos, en \u00e1reas como energ\u00edas renovables y educaci\u00f3n han demostrado que la innovaci\u00f3n y la capacitaci\u00f3n pueden mejorar en gran medida la competitividad econ\u00f3mica, sostuvo el gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, en un reciente desayuno de la AmCham<!--:--><!--:en-->Small and rich in natural resources like Chile, the northern U.S. state of Minnesota\u2019s advances in areas like renewable energy and education have shown that innovation and training can greatly improve economic competitiveness, Minnesota\u2019s Governor Tim Pawlenty said at a recent AmCham breakfast<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","news_tax":[],"user_type":[],"class_list":["post-4181","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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