FCT organizes workshop on S&T funding for sustainable research careers
On September 28, 2023, FCT organized the first of three hybrid workshops on the general theme of “South-South Dialogues”, as part of the Action “Funding policies and practices for glocal, ethical, innovative and relevant science and technology: dialogues between Angola, Mozambique and Portugal”. This initiative is funded by the EU-Angola Dialogue Facility program under the European Development Fund and aims to create a partnership between the R&D funding agencies that make it up: FUNDECIT (Angola), FNI (Mozambique) and FCT (Portugal).
The session, which was opened by Madalena Alves, President of the FCT Board of Directors, Rosa Maurício, Deputy Director General of FUNDECIT, and Florêncio Maulano, Deputy Director General of the FNI, focused on “S&T funding for sustainable research careers“, a current topic under debate in many European countries, and present in several of FCT’s activities.
The strategic potential of sustainability, when geared towards inclusive and diverse careers, and of the sustainability of R&D systems themselves, was widely debated by the speakers and participants, with various examples and experiences shared, both from an institutional point of view and on the academic and scientific fronts. The channels of dialog opened up at this workshop will allow these debates to continue on other stages and bring the Portuguese, Angolan and Mozambican scientific communities even closer together.
This will be followed by workshops in Maputo, on November 14, and Luanda, on January 16, 2024, which aim to promote a more comprehensive dialog with regard to both the inclusion of issues guiding the management of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and the inclusion of stakeholders other than the partner agencies. This cycle of workshops is an integral part of a benchmarking exercise being carried out between the three funding agencies, with the aim of promoting the exchange of knowledge and experiences in STI management, which will culminate in the presentation of a Final Report.
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