Participation in FILDA 2018 and in XVIII AULP Meeting

The Executive Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair Life on Land and of the CIBIO-InBIO’s Network of Twinlabs in Africa was in Angola, from July 10 to 20, to represent CIBIO-InBIO at the Luanda International Fair (FILDA) and at the XXVIII Association of Portuguese Language Universities (AULP) Meeting.

At FILDA 2018, which took place between July 10 and 14 in Bengo (Luanda), CIBIO-InBIO presented itself through a promotional stand with the main information about the research center and, particularly, about its collaborations with Africa. The stand was visited by the Portuguese political delegation, led by the Secretary of State for Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, and by the Angolan political delegation headed by the Minister of Economy, Pedro Luís da Fonseca, accompanied, among others, by the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Innovation and the Secretary of State for the Environment.

The XXVIII AULP Meeting, which took place in Lubango, from July 18 to 20, counted on political and academic representation from Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Brazil, Macau, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor and Portugal. During the event Carlos Almeida Pereira presented the UNESCO Chair Life on Land and CIBIO-InBIO's Network of Twinlabs.