Offside
Lado B

Pedal to the metal with Tiago Soares Costa.

Corporate

INESC TEC, in the words of our partners – Statement by João Maia from APICCAPS

Limelight

"An institution with the current dimension of INESC TEC needs Design to be framed in a systemic vision.", Pedro Regadas (SCOM)

Free Nonsense

"While times change, what we see as true is also constantly changing and as such, the problem of 'fake news' has emerged.", Nuno Guimarães (CRACS)

Gallery of the Uncommon

If you think there is something wrong with this picture of the Super Bock Group’s visit to INESC TEC...

Where are you now?

Every month INESC TEC sends highly qualified individuals into the market...

Jobs 4 the Boys & Girls

In this section, the reader may find reference to public announcements made by INESC TEC offering grants, contracts and other opportunities.

Biptoon

More scenes of how life goes merrily on...

 

The homework that needs to be done

Angola is popular now. For the past few days, Angola has been popular in Portugal for the best reasons - and hope is the best reason.

The north of Portugal has a recent debt of gratitude to Angola: because in the wake of the crisis that hit our country, the exports from Leixões to Angola had a major influence in lightening the problems that affected companies and families and, perhaps, avoided an even bigger collapse.

Now that Angola is facing a crisis very similar to the one that Portugal has suffered, how can we return the favour? As far as we are concerned, as a Science and Technology institution, it seems like there is not much we can do. But is that completely true?

Actually, INESC TEC has been a bit distant from our fascinating country brother from the Southern part of Africa. There is no Angolan grant holders, there is no cooperation agreements with Angolan institutions. There is just a project activity, in the area of competence of the Power and Energy Cluster, which hasn't been materialised yet by direct contact. There wasn't visits from Angolan institutions nor from governing authorities and state agencies.

If INESC TEC's detachment from Angola looks big, Angola's lack of knowledge about INESC TEC must be huge.

And we say that, in a way, this contradicts the natural order of things. We speak the same language but we remain deaf and mute under Maxwell Smart's cone of silence?

INESC TEC has such a large scale not to have a policy concerning Portuguese-speaking countries. Fortunately, there always has been a desire for rapprochement and there are some recent signs that something might change, there has been contacts that can open up new perspectives. Should Angola want the same, some might say – but that doesn't mean we don't have to do our homework.

 

Credits photo: Euronews