FCT Director wins CIO of the Year award

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The Head of the Information Society Department, Ana Neves, has been honored by CIONET – the largest community of Information Technology executives in Europe – as European Digital Leader of the Year. For the award, which recognizes the work carried out by CIOs to achieve the objectives of their institutions, 23 names from 8 countries were nominated.

The Information Society Department of the Foundation for Science and Technology was created in 2012, during the merger between FCT and UMIC – Agency for the Knowledge Society. It supports the implementation of INCoDe 2030 – an integrated public policy action dedicated to strengthening digital skills, coordinates the Safe Internet Center , responsible for the Alerta line and the Safe Internet line, manages the Access Unit , which aims to enhance digital accessibility for all, and supports the policies for implementing Open Access in Science, with the aim that knowledge financed by all is for the benefit of all.

Ana Neves is the second Portuguese to be distinguished in 8 editions of the CIO of The Year award. Nuno Miller, former CIO of Farfetch, was the first to bring the award to Portugal, in 2014. In 2018, Stefan Würtemberger, Digital Director of RENZ GmbH, in Germany, was also recognized in the European Digital Innovator of the Year category; Jaime Sanz García, IT Director at Correos, Spain, in the European CIO of the Year, Public Sector category; Emiliano Sorrenti, Chief Information Officer of Aeroporti di Roma, Italy, in the European CIO of the Year, Regional Responsibility category; and Bouke Hoving, Executive VP Networks and IT, KPN, Netherlands, in the European CIO of the Year, Global Responsibility category.