FCT signs Memorandum of Understanding with Institute for Financial Management and Justice Equipment

On December 19, FCT signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute for Financial Management and Justice Equipment (IGFEJ), which aims to create conditions for increasing research in the areas of justice.

This Memorandum of Understanding aims to promote highly skilled employment, human resources training, and the development of R&D (Research and Development) projects, with a view to fostering scientific and technological development and cooperation through greater coordination between higher education institutions, research centers, and the justice sector. This Memorandum of Understanding is part of a broader strategy to coordinate the FCT with other areas of government, creating synergies to promote research and technological development activities.

The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding took place during the event"Technology at the Service of Justice,"held at the Campus da Justiça, and attended by the Secretary of State for Justice, Pedro Tavares, the Minister of Justice, Catarina Sarmento e Castro, and the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato.

The FCT was represented by President Madalena Alves, who signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the FCT and the IGFEJ, by Francisco Santos, Vice-President, who participated as a speaker on the panel "Potential and Impact of New Technologies on Justice," and by António Bob Santos, Member of the Board of Directors.