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SARASWATI 2.0 project, is jointly funded by the #HorizonEurope and by the Department of Science and Technology (DST)/Department of Biotechnology(DBT), Government of India.

Between 29th November and 2nd December SPI took part in the INNOVAZUL event held in Cadiz, Spain.

Can built spaces be sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful all at the same time? The answer is yes. The EU-funded project Eyes Hearts Hands Urban Revolution (EHHUR) will make this possible.

On the 6th of December, SPI organized a hybrid workshop at iParque – Parque Tecnológico de Coimbra, in partnership with the ambassadors of the H2020 project ENRICH in the USA, the company Systemic.

On 30th November, ECONUTRI had its kick-off meeting in the beautiful city of Athens. The KOM was organized by the project coordinator the Agricultural University of Athens. The meeting marked the official start of this project.

On the 24th and 25th November 2022, Andréia Santos and Caique Neves, as representatives of SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, participated in the event Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030: an Atlantic-Arctic Lighthouse.

On the 23rd and 24th of November, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação participated in the kick-off meeting of the new Horizon Europe project, BlueMissionAA project

From the 15th to the 18th of November, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação participated in the 6th Meeting of the i2LATAM Management Team in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

EEHUUR (https://www.living-future.eu/ehhur/) project supports cities and vulnerable residents in transforming their built environment and will develop and test a co-designed methodological structure to support cities in their built environment transformation by using already existing good practices and complementing

On November 23, 2022 ENRICH in the USA will host a webinar on “Funding opportunities for the internationalisation of European businesses in the USA”. The webinar will provide companies, clusters and researchers

Within the context of the Private Sector Development in Ethiopia (PSDE) project, funded by the German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH – GIZ), SPI has developed a couple of workshops in Addis Ababa.

SPADE, the multi-purpose physical-cyber agri-forest drones ecosystem for governance and environmental observation project, is funded by Horizon Europe (EU).

NGI Enrichers, the new Next Generation Internet Transatlantic Fellowship program funded by Horizon Europe (EU), supports the development of NGI technologies, services and standards that are needed for democratised and human-centred internet.

ENRICH in the USA (European Network of Research and Innovation Centers and Hubs) supports European research and innovation actors looking to expand and strengthen their collaboration and commercialization with the USA

On the 4th, 5th and 6th of October, SPI participated in the 11th Consortium Meeting of the Horizon 2020 URBAN GreenUP project, in Liverpool, UK.

Andréia Santos, Senior Consultant, represented SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação at the 4th Consortium Meeting of the SYNERGY project, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal.

Between the 29th and 30th of September, within the scope of the project “Izmir NIC – Network and Innovation Center”, SPI participated in several virtual and also physical meetings in Lisbon.

SPI attended the Kick-off (KO) Meeting of the MAIA (Maximising Impact and Accessibility of European Climate Research) project on 26th – 27th September.

The speakers of this 3rd session were Monique Kwachou (Better Breed Cameroon / University of the Free State), Simone Andersson (WEEE Centre) and Tania Tena Pérez (Fundación Mujeres por Africa).

The meeting focused on the presentation and discussion of project final results and overall impact, including a WP status update.

On the 14th of September, the Honorable Consul General of Luxembourg in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan Eichbaum, visited SPI’s office in Porto. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the prospects that some Brazilian institutions and companies have to expand their work to Europe.

The seminar, which occurred between September 14th and September 23rd , was attended by leaders of government and consular institutions from China, Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries and Timor-Leste (PALOP-TL).

On September 19, 2022, the SPI office in the city of Porto was pleased to receive the representatives of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ-Brazil), Felipe Silva and Fernando Serva,

On the 7th, 8th and 9th of September, at Tilburg University, Netherlands, it was held the Kick-off (KO) Meeting of the project BOLSTER (Bridging Organizations and marginalized communities for Local Sustainablity Transitions in EuRope, an Horizon Europe project whose objective

ENRICH in Africa launches its first Learning Expedition. Join us in an immersive 5-day learning journey in Lisbon.

The BOLSTER project (Bridging Organizations and marginalized communities for Local Sustainability Transitions in EuRope) is ready to have its Kick-off (KO) Meeting that will be held between the 7th and the 9th of September in Tilburg, Netherlands, at the facilities of the project coordinator, the Tilburg University.

Aiming to expand its business activity to projects related to health, SPI has sought to strengthen its cooperation network and collaborate with different research institutions on the international and national context, such as the i3S.

On 4 August 2022, SPI received a visit from a delegation of Brazilian entrepreneurs who are members of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a global leadership community of chief executives with over 30,000 members in 130 countries.

Between the 20th and 22nd of August, the Second General Assembly of the EU-LAC RESINFRA project was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. This meeting was an important milestone for the project, as it allowed to discuss the objectives for the coming months, specifically the publication

FIN (https://finbrasil.com.br/) is a series of global networking events motivated by the desire to establish international interaction and cooperation. The objective of the latest event in Brasil, which took place between

Powered by the EU|BIC community, the 2022 EBN Congress (https://www.ebncongress.eu/) gathered 300 corporate leaders, senior-level government officials, business incubation executives, and innovative experts – in person

Started as a European Commission funded project under the H2020 framework programme (CEBRABIC) back in 2017, the initiative started addressing Brazil, entitled ENRICH in Brazil (European Network of Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs), and set up as a Non-Profit Association in December 2019.

On 2 June, SPI presented the report Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Angola 2020/21. The event, held in Luanda, was attended by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of BFA, Dr. Luís Roberto Gonçalves, Professor Manuel Alves da Rocha

On June 28, SPI held the 2nd session of the EiA series of conferences on entrepreneurship and innovation to accelerate the achievement

BusinessRail Experience (https://pt.linkedin.com/company/businessrailexperience), is an all-inclusive professional lifetime experience event mixing business with personal growth initiatives.

The purpose of the European Masters Degree was to provide scientific and business training in an international context, and to create awareness of the cultural, social and economic realities of the modern European Food Industry.

With the aim to enhance the cooperation and exchange in innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, commerce and trade between the EU and China, EU-China Joint Innovation Center (EUCJIC) – http://en.eucjic.org/

ENRICH in the USA (www.enrichintheusa.com) is an H2020 funded initiative whose mission is to establish a Network of European Research and Innovation Centers and Hubs throughout the United States of America and Canada

The World Youth Scientist Summit (WYSS) is an annual academic event for the world’s high-level young talents sponsored by Association of Chinese-European Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ACEIE)

EARMA (https://earma.org/) represents the community of Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) in Europe. Over three days, May 4 – 6, 2022, EARMA brought the community

The EU-funded AtlantECO (www.atlanteco.eu/) project aims to develop and apply a novel, unifying framework that provides knowledge-based resources for a better understanding and management

The fourth Eureka (https://eurekaportugal2021-22.pt/eureka-meets-the-atlantic-04/) meets the Atlantic event took place on April 21st 2022. Organized by the Portuguese Chairmanship

The Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre https://www.cccm.gov.pt/en/) is a public institute within the internal administration of the Portuguese state. The centre’s mission is to produce, promote

EURAXESS WORLDWIDE (https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide) is an all-in-one networking platform and information tool for talented researchers on the move to explore and develop careers

Under the EU-funded project ENRICH in Africa, SPI is organising a series of conferences on entrepreneurship and innovation to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

On the 3rd of march, SPI participated in an information session, as part of the technical advisory service for the implementation of the Municipality of Montalegre’s ‘Local Housing Strategy’ (LHS)…

Funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, the EMPORIA4KT project aims to improve transnational cooperation and synergies between the triple helix players of academia, business and government, to foster innovation…

On the 21st of January, SPI presented a workshop on Horizon Europe at the Higher School of Health of the University of the Azores, in Ponta Delgada…

Erasmus For Young Entrepreneurs Global is an exchange program that gives entrepreneurs based on various locations outside…

SPI was presented at the webinar “AI for urban mobility” held on 21 September 2021 in Malaysia. Researchers…

In this episode of the #MentorMotivation series you will get to know Sara Medina, member of the board at SPI…