"Science in Portuguese" on World Portuguese Language Day

May 5th is World Portuguese Language Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in 2019. It is estimated that Portuguese, present on five continents and the most widely spoken language in the southern hemisphere, will reach 500 million speakers by 2100, according to United Nations projections. UNESCO is marking this date with the aim of valuing and promoting the Portuguese language as a global instrument of communication, science, culture and unity. 

On May 5, 2021, the FCT and the LP Science Center, an organization resulting from an agreement signed between the Portuguese State and UNESCO and housed at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) of the New University of Lisbon, will hold the "Science in Portuguese" session, which aims to discuss science in language and language in science, in a context of cooperation. This session will be broadcast online from 11am and will feature the participation of the president of the FCT's board of directors, Helena Pereira, with the paper "On the strategy and funding of science in Portuguese: people, ideas and infrastructures". The event will also be attended by the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, and the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor.

The main objective of the LP Science Center is to foster collaboration in Portuguese-speaking countries and the implementation of its Strategic Plan for Multilateral Cooperation in Science, Technology and Higher Education.

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