Antonio Guterres, Portuguese candidate for Secretary General of the United Nations, received the President of IPDAL on March 16th. After the meeting, Paulo Neves stated that he conveyed his encouragement to the former United Nations Commissioner for Refugees in his candidacy for the most important position at the UN. According to Paulo Neves, “the engineer António Guterres has the ideal profile to occupy the position of Secretary General of the United Nations. Has a CV and profile. We must all commit to his candidacy.” António Guterres accepted IPDAL’s invitation to meet with Latin American ambassadors accredited in Portugal and to…
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Meeting at ECLAC was part of the agenda of the Secretary General of the Institute, on an official visit to Chile and Argentina. Filipe Domingues was received by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC), António Prado, and by the Chief of Staff of the Executive Secretary, Alicia Barcena. On March 15, the Secretary General of the Institute invited ECLAC to participate in the main activities to promote Latin America in Lisbon. From the 14th to the 18th of March, Filipe Domingues also met with the ambassadors of Portugal, in Buenos Aires and Santiago de…
IPDAL organized a working meeting with Ambassador Brígida Scaffo and Portuguese companies interested in the Uruguayan market. On March 4th, IPDAL and the Embassy of Uruguay announced business opportunities in this country to a selected group of companies in the pharmaceutical, construction, hotel, banking, telecommunications, engineering, airlines, maritime transport sectors, among others. Ambassador Brígida Scaffo and Minister Jaime Pache presented Uruguay’s macroeconomy and the sectors considered priorities by the Montevideo government. IPDAL explained the next Business Mission it will carry out in this country.
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A delegation from IPDAL was received in audience by the President of the Republic, at the Palace of Belém. According to the President of the Institute “the meeting served to thank the President of the Republic for all the support he has given to IPDAL in recent years”. On February 18th, Paulo Neves added that “we received High Patronage from the President of the Republic for some of our activities, especially for the Strategic Triangle Meeting: Latin America-Europe-Africa, an annual IPDAL initiative that serves to identify the best forms of Atlantic triangulation between countries on the three continents”. The President…
The Mayor of Braga, Ricardo Rio, was the host of the ceremony that took place on the 12th of February. Present at the Bom Jesus Colonnade Events were the Secretary General of the Ibero-American Youth Organization, Max Trejo, the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, João Meneses, Ambassadors and Diplomats from Latin America, among other distinguished guests. It is worth remembering that this is the first time that a European city holds the title of Ibero-American Capital of Youth and that the President of IPDAL is part of the initiative’s Honor Committee. During 2016, Braga will be the center…
The Secretary General of IPDAL was a speaker in a lecture on Portugal’s Economic Perspectives and relations with Latin America. On January 21st, Filipe Domingues explained, to almost two hundred Sciences-Po students, the current state of commercial relations with the various Latin American countries, highlighting the most important markets for Portugal and explaining how recent years influenced the country’s strategy for the region. In conclusion, a series of proposals were presented to develop political and economic ties with Latin America. At ISCSP, the President of the Port of Sines, João Franco, the Executive Administrator of AICEP, Helena Malcata, and the…
The Institute organized a visit by 180 Sciences-Po students to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. On January 19th, the Secretary General of IPDAL accompanied the students’ visit to the most emblematic places of the Parliament, such as the Sessions room, where the Assembly Plenary takes place, the Lost Steps room, the Library and the recently created Citizen Space. The visit ended with a debate session, where students were able to ask their questions and clarify their doubts about the political functioning of the country, in general, and the Assembly of the Republic, in particular. In the Senate Room,…
The President of IPDAL was the moderator of a conference with the Ambassador of Cuba, the Ambassador of Paraguay and the Chargé d’Affaires of Argentina. On January 18th, around 180 students from the French Faculty of Sciences-Po gathered to attend the conference on the theme “Latin America: the end of a cycle?”. At the Academy of Sciences, the inaugural conference of École d’Hiver took place, a program in which first and second year Sciences-Po students visit Portugal for a week. The agenda includes conferences and colloquiums with some of the main experts on Latin American topics, in Portugal. This is…
The Secretary General of the Institute held a meeting with former President Leonel Fernández. On the sidelines of the III Annual Conference of the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) – London School of Economics, Filipe Domingues also maintained contacts with the General Secretary of SEGIB, Rebeca Grynspan, with the President of CAF, Enrique García, with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Celso Amorim, with the former General Secretary of SEGIB Enrique Iglesias and several other international personalities and experts. On January 15th, in London, the conference brought together former ministers, senior officials from the United Nations, CELAC, large…
The candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal Maria de Belém Roseira held a meeting with the Latin American, African and European Ambassadors. On January 14, 2016, in an IPDAL initiative, the former Minister of Health and former Minister of Equality spoke to diplomatic representatives about her vision of Portugal in the World and explained how she will approach the topic of international relations , if elected President of the Republic of Portugal. Maria de Belém, former President and former General Secretary of the Socialist Party, also explained the importance she attributes to Latin America and the Community…
The candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal António Sampaio da Nóvoa had a meeting, promoted by IPDAL, with the Latin American and European Ambassadors. On January 6, 2016, the former rector of the University of Lisbon spoke to diplomatic representatives about his vision of Portugal in the World and explained his strategy for international relations. António Sampaio da Nóvoa also shared his ideas on relations with Latin America and Europe, addressed the refugee crisis, spoke about major trade agreements between regions and referred to the importance of Portuguese communities in the world, having responded to questions and…