On June 19, 2015, IPDAL and the Administration of the Ports of Sines and Algarve formalized the relationship that began to be built in 2012. The agreement provides for the participation of the Port of Sines in IPDAL’s main initiatives and closer cooperation in all activities that are relevant to the Porto’s objectives and strategy. On the same day, Sines Port Day was celebrated, which the President and Secretary General of IPDAL were part of. As part of these celebrations, the Institute’s directors visited ZALSINES’ new logistics facility and Sitank’s new temperature-controlled warehouse. The day culminated with the signing of…
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The President of IPDAL was invited to speak in a reflection group on Relations between Portugal and Spain. The meeting was promoted by the Real Instituto Elcano, on June 15th, in Madrid. The Real Instituto Elcano is the largest think tank in the country and has the King of Spain as its Honorary President. The reflections produced by those present were transmitted to the Ministers of Defense and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of both countries. In addition to Paulo Neves, other Portuguese and Spanish people participated, including former ministers Luis Amado and Nuno Severiano Teixeira.
Between the 22nd and 24th of June, the Estoril Political Forum (EPF) once again brought to Portugal numerous experts from all over the world, including economists, political scientists and various authors. At the Hotel Palácio do Estoril, the President of IPDAL participated in the panel reserved for the sponsors of the initiative, with personalities such as Alexandre Soares dos Santos, Carlos Carreiras, the Ambassador of Poland, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom and was the Chair of the round table on the theme “Brazil: challenges of an emerging power”, in which Brazilian academics, lawyers, writers and researchers participated. Paulo Neves…
IPDAL will actively participate in the International Year of Iberoamerican Youth, which will take place in 2016 in the city of Braga. The President and General Secretary of IPDAL have already addressed the issue in a hearing with the Mayor of Braga. Both entities will organize joint initiatives and with Ambassadors and Latin American Countries.
Paulo Neves attended the presentation of the International Year of Iberoamerican Youth, which will be held in 2016 in the city of Braga. The ceremony, presided over by Cavaco Silva, was attended by the Secretary General of SEGIB, Rebeca Gryspan, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Portugal, the Secretary General of the Ibero-American Youth Organization, Alejo Ramírez, the Mayor of Braga and the ambassadors from Latin America accredited in Portugal. Remember that IPDAL will actively participate in this Year of Youth.
Paulo Neves’ intervention focused on the “Golden Triangle”: Europe – Latin America – Africa. The conference took place within the scope of the Seminar “The Global Potential of Portuguese-Speaking Countries”, held over three days at New School of Business and Economics. The President of IPDAL was part of a group of invited speakers, as was the case with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Full Professor and political commentator, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, former president of the UN General Assembly and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal and Pedro Reis, former president of AICEP.
IPDAL joined the CYTED (Science and Technology for Development) Mini-Forum initiative on “Sustained Use of Resources”. The initiative, which will reflect on “a knowledge and growth agenda for peripheral and maritime regions”, takes place on the 15th and 16th of June in Ponta Delgada, on the Island of São Miguel in the Azores, at the University of the Azores. Sessions start at 9:30 am and end at 4:30 pm. On the first day, the main topics discussed will be: Portugal, Azores and the potential of Ibero-America; science for resilience and the role of seismology; energy as a research-based activity and…
The President of IPDAL and the Secretary General of SEGIB signed a memorandum of understanding, which inaugurates a new cycle in the relationship between the two institutions. On April 16, Paulo Neves and Rebeca Grynspan signed an agreement that provides for joint activities in Portugal, giving more prominence to the Iberoamerican General Secretariat in events held by the Institute. The signing of the document took place at the Cascais Citadel Palace, provided by the President of the Republic of Portugal for the official dinner of the IV Meeting “Strategic Triangle: Latin America – Europe – Africa”. This moment also resulted…
The President of IPDAL was in Buenos Aires on April 27th with an agenda of institutional contacts. The day began with breakfast with a group of journalists and businesspeople, organized by the Fundação Diálogos Estratégicos. At breakfast, we talked about relations between Portugal and Argentina, in the current economic situation of Portugal and Europe. There was also talk of Latin America and Africa. After this moment, Paulo Neves was received by the Portuguese Ambassador to Argentina, Henrique Silveira Borges. In the afternoon, the President of IPDAL held meetings with the presidents of Fundação Pensar, followed by Fundação Contemporânea and finally…
IPDAL took the Latin American Ambassadors to a lunch with the Executive Committee of the largest Portuguese bank. On March 20, the President of Caixa Geral de Depósitos received a group of Latin American diplomatic representatives at the bank’s headquarters building. José de Matos was accompanied by Vice-President Nuno Fernandes Thomaz, the Administrator responsible for International Business João Nuno and several directors. The President of IPDAL, Paulo Neves, referred to the partnership relationship established between the Institute and CGD, which confirms the new paradigm assumed by Caixa. The President of CGD thanked IPDAL for all the support provided in recent…
President of IPDAL participated in a dinner, at the Argentine Embassy in Lisbon, in honor of Enrique Barón Crespo, former President of the European Parliament. In addition to the President of IPDAL, the former President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla and the President of the Saramago Foundation participated, among other distinguished guests
IPDAL organized, between the 20th and 24th of April, a new Business Mission to Uruguay. During those days, the various companies that were part of the Mission maintained contacts and meetings with potential business partners. The companies’ business areas ranged from Construction and Public Works, to consultancy companies, food importers and investors. The organization of the various work meetings was the responsibility of IPDAL, which had the support of several official Uruguayan and Portuguese bodies. The Portuguese delegation had meetings with members of the Government of Uruguay and large companies and local institutions, such as the Council of Presidents of…