FUNDECIT Angola visits FCT to discuss future collaborations

Created in 2021, Angola's Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development (FUNDECIT) visited FCT for the first time on November 18. A delegation from FUNDECIT, led by its Director General, Mário Fresta, was welcomed by the Chair of the FCT Board of Directors, Madalena Alves, and FCT Board Member Amélia Polónia. In addition to presenting this new Angolan science and technology funding agency and discussing possible forms of collaboration, considering the historical ties between the two countries and the existing cooperation between Angolan and Portuguese scientists, FUNDECIT invited FCT to participate in the Workshop on Integrity and Ethics in Scientific Research, to be held in Luanda on December 15 and 16.

The FCT also committed to assisting FUNDECIT in its structural growth from an operational standpoint, offering to provide technical training to the managers and employees of this Angolan institution.

FCT and FUNDECIT also committed to studying the formalization of the parties' interest in collaborating in the future, enabling the implementation of specific actions that promote cooperation between their respective scientific communities.