NEWS

Agreements

Fundecit, signs agreement with the “Eu-Angola” dialogue facility

FUNDECIT, signed this Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Hotel Skyna, the implementation agreement of the action “Policies and financing practices for a glocal, ethical, innovative and relevant science and technology: Dialogues between Angola, Mozambique and Portugal", after having competed in the 3rd Call for Proposals of the "EU-Angola Dialogue Facility", in a joint application with its counterparts, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the National Fund Research Institute (FNI), from Mozambique, this application was one of the 8 (eight) selected, among the 44 proposals.

Luanda, June 1, 2023.



Visits

Former president of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development

Former President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ), Professor Doctor Evaldo Vilela, visits FUNDECIT.

Luanda, March 29, 2023.



Visits

Visit of the Executive Director of the National Research Fund of Mozambique

Executive Director of the National Research Fund of Mozambique, professor Vitória Langa de Jesus, visits FUNDECIT.

Luanda, March 29, 2023.



Commemorative Day

Fundecit celebrates International Women's Day

International Women's Day


Em 1945, a Carta das Nações Unidas tornou-se o primeiro acordo internacional a afirmar o princípio da igualdade entre mulheres e homens. A ONU celebrou oficialmente seu primeiro Dia Internacional da Mulher em 8 de março durante o Ano Internacional da Mulher, em 1975.

Em 2023, a UNESCO une sua voz à de toda a família ONU para celebrar este Dia Internacional da Mulher. Com o título “DigitALL: inovação e tecnologia para a igualdade de gênero” (DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality), a comemoração deste ano se alinha ao tema principal da 67ª Sessão da Comissão sobre a Condição Feminina (Commission on the Status of Women - CSW-67), “Inovação e mudança tecnológica e educação na era digital para alcançar a igualdade de gênero e o empoderamento de todas as mulheres e meninas”. (https://www.unesco.org/pt/days/women)

Na FUNDECIT, metade dos quadros são mulheres e os editais preconizam a equidade do género, mas apenas 25% das candidaturas a financiamento são lideradas por mulheres.

FUNDECIT, uma organização sensível ao género.

Luanda, 8 de Março de 2023

Partnerships

Fundecit establishing partnership with Agostinho Neto University

The Deputy General Director of the Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development (FUNDECIT), Dr. Rosa Maurício and Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at the Agostinho Neto University (UAN), Prof. Fernanda Benedito signed this Wednesday morning ( 10/26/2022), at the FUNDECIT facilities, a partnership agreement to hold the Workshop on Integrity and Ethics in Scientific Research next December.



The agreement is intended to promote the conformity of scientific policies and practices with academic communities and society, the search for regional and global experiences that will enable the creation in Angola of references, standards and ethical standards in science, technology and innovation .

On October 18th, the parties were already approved as a first partnership, formalized on the Campus of University A, formalized from the first partnership, Neto, to train researchers in the writing and publication of scientific articles, as well as for the preparation and submission of scientific projects for financing through, respectively, the Scientific Articles Preparation Course (CEAC) and the Scientific Research and Development Project Preparation Course (CEPID).

This initiative is part of strengthening the scientific capacity of Higher Education Institutions and Scientific Research and Development Institutions, as well as strengthening the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation (SNCTI) as a whole, with a view to increasing the amount and quality of scientific production, as well as the success of applications for funding for national scientific projects.

Luanda, October 26, 2022.