Destaques07/04/2010 - Ciência, Tecnologica e Ensino Superior / Seminário sobre Portugal.
O Ministro Mariano Gago participa em Paris, a 13 de Abril, num evento co-organizado com a OCDE para discutir a evolução das políticas implementadas em Portugal e reflectir sobre os desafios futuros.
OECD (STI-EDU) SEMINAR ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
POLICY DEVELOPMENTS IN PORTUGAL
DRAFT AGENDA
Paris, 13 April 2010, starting at 14:00 p.m.
OECD Chateau – Room C
14:00- Welcome and introduction to the seminar
14:10
Art De Geus, OECD Deputy Secretary General
14:10- Session 1: Setting strategies for science, technology and skills
15.30
Session 1: Setting strategies for science, technology and skills
Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
Roundtable Discussion
Main issues for discussion (see background note):
· How far can Portugal rely on targets for human resources in S&T, well beyond those of European averages and in line with those of the most developed regions and medium-sized countries in Europe?
· Which instruments and policies can help Portugal further strengthen the research landscape and the role of tertiary education? What are the implications for the relationship between STI policies and higher education policies?
14:10-
14.45 Debate to be initiated by:
Andrew Wyckoff, Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
Dirk Van Damme, Head of Division, Centre for Education Research and Innovation, EDU / Andreas Schleicher, Special Advisor on Education Policy
14:45- to the Secretary General
15:30
Debate by OECD experts, the Portuguese delegation and other participants
15.30- Coffee break
15.45
15.45- Session 2: Instruments and policies fostering S&T
16.45
Boosting the innovative capacity of Portugal depends largely on the role that knowledge intensive communities (research and higher education institutions, firms, and other actors) play in stimulating innovation among larger communities of users. At the same time, progress in STI capabilities is a cumulative process that depends on the long-run and the widespread diffusion of knowledge.
Roundtable Discussion
Main issues for discussion (see background note):
· What are the challenges and opportunities to help mobilise stakeholders and a wide range of public and private agents to strengthen the R&D landscape?
· Drawing on Portugal’s experience in developing a unique set of transatlantic collaborations with leading American institutions --based on thematic R&D networks, integrating advanced training initiatives and programs of industrial affiliation -- what is the scope for Portugal to further foster open and dynamic transatlantic research and knowledge networks?
Debate by OECD experts, the Portuguese delegation and other participants
16.45- Session 3: Strengthening the role of higher education
17.45
Portugal is among the countries that fully integrated the Bologna process in association with an overall reform of its higher education system. Recently, a national contract for the development of Higher Education has been collectively signed between the government and all public universities and polytechnics. This contract entails an increase of public investment in higher education underlining the commitment of the Portuguese government and higher education institutions to increase the qualification of the Portuguese population by setting the goal of graduating 100.000 adults in addition to the current graduation levels by 2013.
Roundtable discussion
Main issues for discussion (see background note):
· What are the challenges and opportunities to further enlarge the recruitment base of higher education, together with strengthening academic research?
· How to foster advanced knowledge networks with international relevance and increased social and economic impact in Portugal?
Debate by OECD experts, the Portuguese delegation and other participants
17.45- Close of the Seminar
18.00 José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
Art De Geus, OECD Deputy Secretary General