The Company

CICE

What is ENAP-CICE?

ENAP’s Center for Innovation and Knowledge (ENAP CICE) is an in-house unit, whose main objective is to promote and develop practices and projects of knowledge and innovation management, to preserve, increase and share the expertise required to transversely fulfill the objectives of the Strategic Plan. ENAP CICE reports to ENAP Human Resources Management.

Research Centers in Latin America

• IMP Mexican Petroleum Institute
  
• PDVSA INTEVEP Instituto de Tecnología Venezolana para el Petróleo
  
• ICP Colombian Petroleum Institute
  
• CENPES Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello Research and Development Center
  
• Repsol YPF Technology Unit
  
• ENAP

CICE Foundation

It is a tool operated by ENAP CICE, whose main objective is to channel and analyze opportunities in obtaining contestable funding to finance initiatives oriented to ENAP’s strategic objectives. It reports to a Board of Directors chaired by General Management, formed by the Division and Corporate Managers (Development and Human Resources) and the chairmen of the Unions; Fenatrapech and Fesenap. It is managed by an Executive Director.

Objectives

• To strengthen in ENAP’s community the company's commitment to innovation and knowledge transfer. CICE provides identity and tangible image for this commitment.
• To contribute to the achievement of ENAP’s strategic goals through innovation and knowledge capitalization.
• To capture the value of the ideas of ENAP workers’.
• To encourage in ENAP the creation of a culture oriented towards innovation and knowledge management.
• To contribute to ENAP’s positioning in science, knowledge and technologies systems, both local and international, promoting the creation of networks and collaborative initiatives with other related entities.
• To be a center of knowledge articulation and development for the business with ENAP’s identity, increasing the social and intellectual capital of the company.

WORK AREAS

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Its objective is to create value for ENAP Holding by integrating creative potential and knowledge of individuals through innovation management, continuous improvement, intellectual capital and systematic support of innovation culture.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

To develop, preserve and transfer the critical capabilities, knowledge, skills and practices required by the Strategic Plan, recovering and providing continuity to ENAP’s expertise as competitiveness factor.

TECHNICAL ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT

Its mission is to give transversal assistance in the design and preparation of the contents of internal and external training plans, whether they are programs, seminars, internships or other critical knowledge training activity, required by ENAP FOCUS area (ENAP internal requirements) and / or specific requirements of the Technical Assistance Area of CICE (in its relation to external entities and collaboration networks).

ENAP FOCUS

This area of CICE adds value to ENAP through training programs and specific activities for the capture, systematization and transfer of critical internal knowledge oriented to oil and energy industries, as well as ENAP’s business, considering the guidelines of its strategic plan

Relationship with external entities AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

ENAP CICE also aims at the promotion and creation of cooperation networks with research institutes related to oil business at local and international levels, capitalizing cooperation and funding opportunities and protecting the intellectual property rights generated by the initiatives it undertakes.