portugal, a land of knowledge a place to experience … · quality learning •portugal’s oldest...
TRANSCRIPT
Maria Fernanda Rollo
Secretary of State for Science,
Technology and Higher Education
1/06/2018
Month of Portugal in US. Day 1
PORTUGAL, A LAND OF KNOWLEDGE A PLACE TO
EXPERIENCE
Month of Portugal in US
Day 1
Why Portugal?
Portugal,
A land of knowledge, a place to
experience
The right place to learn and do science, a unique place to live and
share good memories.
With Europe's oldest political borders, Portugal is the perfect place to
overcome new frontiers of knowledge. From fifteenth-century
challenges and voyages that brought the world together, we now look
at the future to face artificial intelligence ventures.
A country with a human scale, and caring people, that will introduce you
to tradition and modernity.
Portugal hosts world heritage, contemporary culture and democracy, a
place for freedom and citizenship, aiming to help you to acquire more
knowledge, by living well and experiencing the territory.
A living lab for science, culture, creativity and knowledge.
10 reasons
Quality learning
• Portugal’s oldest university dates from 1290 and is the ninth oldest university in the world.
• In recent years, Portuguese Higher Education Institutions feature in world top rankings, offering quality education and innovative learning experiences.
• Driven by accuracy, curiosity, and a learn-by-doing approach for knowledge, partnering with a wide range of international Higher Education Institutions and Research Centers, such as the MIT, CMU, Austin Texas, our institutions and researchers are recognized and respected worldwide.
Research for the Future
• Portugal is running cutting edge international research centers and
infrastructures, exploring forefront knowledge fields, from social sciences, to engineering or life sciences.
• Together with Higher Education Institutions, these promote research and knowledge exchange for a better understanding of the world.
Connecting the World
• In the last five years, the number of foreign students in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions increased by 115%. Thousands of foreign students and researchers of over 200 nationalities contribute to a diverse ecosystem. Many academic courses and programs are conducted in English.
• When living in Portugal you can have a real European adventure or hop on a direct flight to many locations in the world, and still feel at home.
Travelling for knowledge
• Portugal is an old European country with a rich history of travelers, which has shaped the world as we know it today.
• Understanding the future is a challenge. Portuguese Higher Education Institutions and Research Centers understand crossing knowledge as a way of breaking down barriers for opening up to new paths to progress and modernity.
Learn Portuguese
• Portuguese language is the 4th most spoken language in the world. And the most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere. Portuguese is also the 5th language with the highest number of users in the Internet and official or working language in 32 international organizations.
• Living in Portugal is a fun, effective way to learn and explore the language, culture, economy, and history of 261 million people spread across the globe.
Portuguese Language | Science in Portuguese | Common Heritage
Portuguese Language | Science in Portuguese | Common Heritage
All for Knowledge and Knowledge for All
• Scientific knowledge is a public asset, a common good, which should be inclusive, accessible and available to the benefit of all. We believe that studying and researching in Portugal is a way of being involved with society, by doing science.
• Open Science practices bring together science and society. Together with digital resources, there are now opportunities for co-creation of knowledge and real sharing.
• Open Science is more than the availability in open access to data andpublications, it is the openess of the scientific process as a whole, reinforcing the scientific social responsibility concept.
Open science is the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels
of an inquiring society.
1999 Scielo Scientific Electronic Library Online
2002 BDTD – Digital Brazilian Library of Theses and Dissertations
2003 RepositoriUM – Scientific Repository of the University of Minho
2004 SEER - System for the creation and management brazilian scientific magazines
2004 oasisbr – Research Portal for Brazilian scientific publications
2007 Open Access Agreement to Scientific Knowledge in Portuguese Speaking Countries
OPEN SCIENCE IN PORTUGUESE
Digital Repositories in CPLP
Creativity and innovation
• Portugal´s Higher Education Institutions are greatly connected and the country encourages innovation in general. Not only its infrastructures but also its partnerships with entrepreneurial organizations promote creativity and future thinking.
• Several products and start-ups, which are recognized across the world, were incubated in a stimulating Higher Education Institution environment, in Portugal. Here is the place to create and experiment.
Sports and Culture
• Portuguese Higher Education Institutions host hundreds of clubs and associations that foster sports, arts and cultural activities which allow you to meet people who are excited about sharing their interests.
• The country is ideal for outdoor activities. Its beaches are ideal for surfing, sailing, and swimming, while the interior holds stunning landscapes for hiking or cycling.
• If it is arts and culture you are interested in, music, literature or drama, you’re sure to find a cosmopolitan atmosphere.
People who care for you
• Portugal has an open culture which connects people.
• The country’s human scale is reflected in its welcoming, friendly and respectful population, who are famous for an unusual openness and tolerance to diversity and multiculturalism (and
keen on speaking in English, too). We are the world’s secondcountry with better integration capacity of immigrants.
• Also, it’s safe to go around. We are the third most peaceful country in the world.
Authentic life
• Approximately 3000 hours of sun per year, 850km of sanded beaches, an incredible diversity of natural resources and living landscapes, the heritage of a rich past; All these combined with a worldwide recognised food and wine culture, define Portugal’s excellent work-life balance.
• Portugal is also one of the European countries with most affordable quality accommodation and living costs.
Higher Education Institutions
36
Public Institutions
Universities
Polytechnics
Foreign students in Portugal
Foreign students Increase of foreign students
Increase by 118% the number of
foreign students in the last 8 years
1 9 %1 2 %Foreign Graduates
Foreign graduares in 2015-2016
0 6 %1
Portuguese students abroad (estimate)
0 031 0
Enrollment by the International Student Statute, 2014/15 to 2016/17
512
1 144
1 815
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Countries
Brazil
Cape Verde
Angola
São Tomé and Príncipe
Mozambique
Enrollment in degree and credit mobility, 2013/14 to 2016/17
4%
5%
6%6%
3% 3%4%
4%
2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Countries
Brazil
Angola
Cape Verde
Spain
Mozambique
Degree Credit
Brazil
Spain
Italy
Poland
Germany
Top sending and destination countries of Erasmus+ mobility
1. Spain
2. Italy
3. Poland
4. Germany
5. France
6. Turquia
7. Czech Republic
8. United Kingdom
Incoming Countries Outgoing Countries
1. Spain
2. Italy
3. Poland
4. Czech Republic
5. Germany
6. France
7. United Kingdom
8. Netherlands
Evolution of R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP
0%
0% 1%
1%
2%1%
1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
1984 1990 1995 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of new PhDs
150400
1 100
1 500
2 500
1985 1995 2005 2010 2014
Evolution of PhD Scholarships
554
797
1 195
1 680
894
1 3801 441
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017
Research and Innovation indicators
Research Units
307 41 349
Researchers (FTE)
309 550
Startups (2007-15)
Startups founded between 2007 and 2015
31 000 new startups / year
130% increase of the technology based firms
between 2007 and 2010
Since 2005, the number of researchers increased by
96%
84
ERC projects
Number of Portuguese ERC funded
projects
Research and Innovation indicators
Scientific
Production
45x
Patents
2nd EU
Annual rate of
publications
35x
In the last 25 years,
Portuguese scientific
production increased by
35x
In the last 25 years, the
number of Portuguese
patents registered in
Europe increased by 45x
Country with the highest
average annual growth
rate of publications
(2001-2014)
Research and Innovation indicators
Portuguese Higher Education Institutions feature in world top
rankings
1 2 3Public
Policies
Study & Research in
Portugal
Study & Research Abroad
Internationalization of Science and HigherEducation
Public Policies
• Articulation between MCTES and MNE
• Attraction of students, researchers, enterprises and investors
• Dissemination of opportunities
• Portfolio with the national research and higher education system
• Participation in international fairs
• Simplification of procedures for the integration of foreign citizens
• Strengthening academic/scientific communities abroad
R e s o l u t i o n n o 7 8 / 2 0 1 6
Collaboration: DGES, FCT, Camões, AICEP and CCCM
Study & Research in Portugal
• Quality learning
• Research for the future
• Connecting the World
• Travelling for Knowledge
• Knowledge for all
Collaboration: FCT, DGES, DGEEC, ANI, Ciência Viva, CRUP, CCISP, APESP and Turismo de Portugal
• Creativity and Innovation
• Sports and Culture
• Learn Portuguese
• People who care for you
• Authentic life
s t u d y - r e s e a r c h . p t
Study & Research Abroad
• Guide to academic and scientific mobility
• For those who wish to carry out an international mobility experience
(academic or scientific)
• Support to the international mobility of students, researchers,
teachers and staff through the provision of information and
recommendations
• Portuguese students abroad: ≈ 13.000
Collaboration: MNE, DGACCP, DGES, FCT and Erasmus+
abroad.study-research.pt
1 2 3Open
ScienceOpen Science for
Sustainability
K n o w l e d g e f o r A l l
Science in Portuguese
Open Science• Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 21/2016
• Open access to publications resulting from research financed by public funds
• Open access to scientific data resulting from research financed by public funds
• The guarantee of preservation as a way of allowing the reuse and continued access.
• Science policy committed to open and accessible knowledge
• Open Access
• Open Data
• Closing the gap between science and society
• Citizen Science
• Engaging its diverse stakeholders in the formulation of research agendas
Science in Portuguese
• Portuguese is, without a doubt, a language of science
• Fight against the geographical, linguistic and cultural asymmetries in the
production of knowledge
• Digital repositories are key tools with great potential to broaden and
democratize access to knowledge
• Opportunity: 500th Year Anniversary of Magellan´s Circumnavigation
Open Science for Sustainability
• Science and Knowledge, can successfully contribute to respond to
the main problems that affect contemporary societies
• 17 challenges of the 2030 Agenda
• Open Access, sharing knowledge for Peace and Development
• Open Science principles and practices adopted by UNESCO -
Geneva Milestone
Contribution and participation in science - world asymmetry
1 2 3R&D
AgendasInCoDe
2030
R & D S t r a t e g y
Collaborative Laboratories
R&D Agendas
• Agri-food, Forestry and Biodiversity
• Portuguese Architecture
• Urban Science and Cities for the Future
• Culture and Cultural Heritage
• Circular Economy
• Space and Earth Observation
• Social Inclusion and Citizenship
F o u n d a t i o n f o r S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y
• Industry and Manufacturing
• Ocean
• Health, Clinical and Translational Research
• Cyber-physical Systems
• Sustainable Energy Systems
• Labor, Automation and Job Qualification
• Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Management
Collaborative Laboratories
• Collaborative Laboratories should stimulate the creation of qualified
employment generating economic and social value in Portugal
• Collaborative Laboratories should be established as non-profit private
associations or as companies
• Promote knowledge-based activities by fostering collaboration between
scientific, technological or higher education institutions and the social
and economic fabric, namely businesses, the hospital and health care
system, cultural institutions, and social organizations
InCoDe.2030
• National initiative to foster digital skills
• To position Portugal at the top of European digital competences
ranking
• 5 strategic pillars: inclusion, education, qualification,
specialization, and research
• Generalize digital literacy
• Stimulate employability and professional training
• Ensure strong participation in international R&D networks
I n c o d e P o r t a l
1 2 3Atlantic
InteractionsGoPortugal
I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o o p e r a t i o n
PRIMA
Atlantic Interactions
• Intergovernmental initiative
• Atlantic International Research Center (AIR Center)
• International network or research
• “Knowledge for space - space for knowledge” (Portugal Space 2030)
• Florioanopolis Declaration - installation committee
• May 2018: International Summit in Cape Verde
• Support and foster new climate, earth, space and marine research
activities
A t l a n t i c I n t e r a c t i o n
PRIMA
• PRIMA - Partnerships on Research and Innovations in the
Mediterranean Area
• Sustainable management of water and energy provision and food
systems in the Mediterranean
• Diplomacy and scientific cooperation between Europe and the
Mediterranean countries
• Transform the region into an area of sustainable economic
development and cultural exchanges
• 10 year-funding program (H2020)
GoPortugal
• Global S&T Partnerships Portugal - GoPortugal
• Foster the creation and growth of science-based startups and industry-science
partnerships
• MIT Portugal 2030
• Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
• UT Austin Portugal Program
• Participation in international organisations (e.g. CERN, ESA, EMBC, ESO, ESRF)
• Areas: “Atlantic Interactions”, “Medical Physics for Emerging Cancer Therapies”;
“Higher Performance Computing, Data Analytics and Visualization”; “Nano materials”
So...
Why Portugal?
What makes us different and unique?
Portugal provides an unique inspirational
environment for creativity and science
Knowledge as a life style
Portugal is an ancient and immensely beautiful country, with genuine and passionate people.
A country with a long history and cultural heritage spread over five continents.
Portugal introduced the “world to the world”, widening its limits, paving the way, sowing wisdom and bravery, valuing knowledge and creativity.
Now is the time to discover Portugal !
A country 900 years young
Maria Fernanda Rollo
Secretary of State for Science,
Technology and Higher Education
1/06/2018
Month of Portugal in US. Day 1