FCT signs protocols with CES and ACM for research in social areas
On July 4, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) signed a protocol with the Economic and Social Council (CES) and another that joined them with the High Commission for Migrations (ACM), with the aim of promoting social studies to support policy decisions. The ceremony was attended by FCT President, Madalena Alves, and the Ministers of State and Parliamentary Affairs, Ana Catarina Mendes, and of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, and the President of the ESC, Francisco Assis.
The protocol established between FCT and CES is global and multiannual, and aims to promote research in the economic and social fields, and the protocol established in partnership with a third entity, the ACM, aims to develop a scientific study on Roma communities in Portugal, in particular on their socioeconomic situation, and that were represented in the protocol signing session by several associations of these communities. This will be the first national study on Roma communities, a goal of the National Strategy for the Integration of Roma Communities (ENICC).
With the establishment of these protocols we intend to guarantee funding for relevant studies in the economic and social areas, so that research can be carried out that can be made available to the country and used as a basis for public policies, enabling political decisions supported by scientific studies.
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