The Portuguese Diaspora Council joined Portugal Network in its first event in Portugal, with the theme \u201cEuropean Policies and National Economy\u201d, that took place on April 22, at Museu das Artes de Sintra.<\/p>\n
The \u201cFirst Meeting of Portugal Network in Portugal\u201d debated the transformation that innovation, digitalization and reindustrialization is generating on the economy, the answer that the European Union is giving to these challenges, and how do the Portuguese companies should prepare for the change in European policies, regulamentation and European funding.<\/p>\n
PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n 09:30 \u2013 10:00 \u2013 Opening<\/b>, with\u00a0Bas\u00edlio Horta<\/strong>\u00a0(Municipality oif Sintra),\u00a0Sofia Colares Alves<\/strong>\u00a0(European Commission),\u00a0Fernanda Ferreira Dias<\/strong>\u00a0(Directorate General of the Economic Activities),\u00a0Filipe Botton<\/strong>\u00a0(Portuguese Diaspora Council),\u00a0Henrique Burnay<\/strong>\u00a0(Portugal Network)<\/p>\n 10:00 \u2013 11:45 \u2013\u00a0Discussion panel<\/strong>, with\u00a0L\u00facio Vinhas de Souza<\/strong>\u00a0(European Commission),\u00a0M\u00e1rio Campolargo<\/strong>\u00a0(European Commission),\u00a0Joaquim Nunes de Almeida<\/strong>\u00a0(European Commission)<\/p>\n 11:45- 12:15 \u2013\u00a0 \u00a0Networking \/ Coffee<\/p>\n 12:15 \u2013 13:00 \u2013\u00a0Closing<\/strong>, com\u00a0Ana Paula Zacarias<\/strong>\u00a0(Secretary of State of the European Affairs),\u00a0Carlos Moedas<\/strong>\u00a0(European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation at European Commission),\u00a0Bas\u00edlio Horta<\/strong>\u00a0(Mayor of Sintra)<\/p>\n Portugal Network has started its activity ten years ago, in Brussels, gathering Portuguese people that work on the European institutions and in the universe that surround them to listen Portuguese people talking about the interests and concerns of the country. This time, the Portugal Network Meeting was in Portugal.<\/p>\n Besides the institutional support of the Portuguese Diaspora Council, the event was also supported by the Secretary of State of the European Affairs, of the Directorate General of the Economic Activities, of AICEP and the Representation of the European Commission in Portugal, as well as the sponsorship of the Eupportunity \u2013 European Affairs Consultancy.<\/p>\n By Portuguese Diaspora Council, March 2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Portuguese Diaspora Council joined Portugal Network in its first event in Portugal, with the theme \u201cEuropean Policies and National Economy\u201d, that took place on April 22, at Museu das Artes de Sintra.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[264,219,64,144,196],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n