Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Universidade do Porto (U.Porto)
EU Transparency Register
870039427179-40 First registered on 17 May 2017
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1911, the University of Porto (U.Porto) is a benchmark institution for Higher Education and Scientific Research in Portugal and one of the top European Universities according to the most relevant international ranking systems. U.Porto combines high quality education focused on individual vocations and talents as well as market needs with the claim to being the greatest birthplace of science and research in Portugal. Indeed, it is the umbilical relationship between learning and creating knowledge that justifies the classification of the U.Porto as a Research University. Being open to the community and business is the main trademark of the U.Porto. The U.Porto creates leaders, promotes innovators and encourages entrepreneurs. In short, it trains people who can make a difference in their communities. Currently, the U.Porto is the most international of Portugal’s universities thanks to its active cooperation with hundreds of higher education institutions worldwide.
Main EU files targeted
U.Porto currently follows a myriad of EU policies and initiatives in diverse domains such as agriculture, environment, energy, culture and media, education, justice, health & public health, social affairs, transport, science and technology, and mobility. The combination of structural funds (including territorial cooperation programmes - INTERREG) with national subsidies enables U.Porto to pursue and develop high-end and impactful activities and projects at a local, national and international level. Specifically at a European level, U.Porto shows a significant track record and participation in R&D+i projects funded directly by the European Commission as well as mobility and lifelong programmes (Erasmus+, Erasmus Mundus, and others). Since 2008, U.Porto’s participation in EU projects and initiatives has increased and widened, covering different 1) R&D+i programmes like FPs FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe, 2) education, mobility and lifelong training programmes, like Erasmus+, and 3) other programmes like Justice, Rights, Equality and Citizenship, Third Health, former Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), Internal Security Fund – Police, Union Civil Protection Mechanism, and the European Institute of Innovation & Technology KICs, in a total over 240 ongoing projects (data march 2024).
Address
Head Office
Praça Gomes Teixeira, S/N
Porto 4099-002 Porto
PORTUGALEU Office
Praça Gomes Teixeira, S/N
Porto 4099-002 Porto
PORTUGALWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 14 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Estimated number of persons involved directly and/or providing support to those involved in the abovementioned projects and activities. This includes a representative for each faculty that can be a project leader/ participant or local support team staff.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
U.Porto has been participating in European and international initiatives, not only related to funded projects, but also through participation in educational and research networks and partnerships. Some of the most relevant collaborative platforms of which U.Porto is part of/associated with are listed below:
European Institute of Innovation & Technology - EIT Health, EIT Manufacturing, EIT RawMaterials, EIT Culture & Creativity
EUGLOH, The European University Alliance for Global Health
22 Colaborative Laboratories recognized by FCT (COLAB’s): CoLABVines&Wines, CoLab4Food, FeedInov, ForestWISE, MORE, DataColab, +Atlantic, B2E, WATER-CoRe, VORTEX, HyLAB, BIOREF, NET4CO2, SeLAB, VG CoLAB, CECOLAB, BUILT CoLAB, RAIL CoLAB, 4LifeLab, ARCP, ProChild, AquaValor.
AAAUP
ACA
ADENE
AdEPorto
ADMAS
AIFF
AIMJB
AIPernambuco
AJH
AMTC
APB - Assoc. Portuguesa de Bioética
APBAD
APCTP - Assoc. do Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia do Porto
APD - Associação Porto Digital
APEES
APEL - Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros
APGEI
APOM
APQuímica
ATPorto - Porto Convention Bureau
ATRACTOR
AUAP - Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific
AUF - Agência Universitária de Francofonia
AUIP - Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Postgra
AULA CAVILA - Assoc. das Universidades Latino Americanas
AULP
AUPEC
BERD, S.A.
CCPM - Câmara de Comércio Portugal-Moçambique
CCVVC - Centro de Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde
CEAUP
CENTI
CERUP - Centro de Riscos da UP
CESAE
CIA - Conseil Internacional des Archives
CIM
CIPES
CL Uporto - Coral de Letras UP
CNUP
COAR - Confederation of Open Acess Repositories
CRUP - Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas
CRUSOE - Conferência de Reitores das Universidades do Sudoeste da Europa
EAIE - European Association for Internacional Education
EBM - Estação Biológica de Mértola
ECSITE - The European Network os Science Centres and Museums
ECSO - European Cyber Security Organisation
ENAI - European Network for Academic Integrity
ENAS - European Network of Academic Sport Services
EUA - European University Association
EUA-CDE - Council for Doctoral Education of the European University Association
EUCU.NET - European Children´s Universities Network
EUF - European University Foundation
EUNIS - European University Systems
EuroCRIS - The International Organisation for Research Information
FCEER
FISU - International University Sports Federation
FORGES
Fórum Oceano
FPA - Fundação Portugal-África
Fundação da AEP
HCP
IAREN
IAU - International Association of Universities
ICAV-UP
ICOM - Conselho Internacional de Museus
ICS - Instituto para a Construção Sustentável - Associação
IDARN - Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Agrário da Região Norte
IDCEM - Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Conhecimento e Economia do Mar
IDMEC - Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica - Pólo FEUP
IET - Instituto Empresarial do Tâmega
IGAP - Instituto de Gestão e Administração Pública
IGeLU - The International Group of Ex Libris Users
IICM - Instituto Internacional da Casa de Mateus
ISR - Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica
IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações
LEO-NET - Leveraging Education into Organisations
NEFUP
OBEGEF - Observatório de Economia e Gestão de Fraude
OUP - Orfeão Universitário Porto
PF - PRESS-FORUM
PILA.Inc - Publishers International Linking Association Inc.
Portal Universia PT, S.A.
PORTUGAL FOODS -INTEGRALAR
PTPC
INESC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores
S.Group - Grupo Santander
TICE.PT
Grupo Tordesilhas
TUP - Teatro Universitário do Porto
U.Porto Group: UPTEC - https://www.up.pt/portal/pt/inovar/incubadora-de-empresas/uptec/ - Associação BIOPOLIS; CAUP; REQUIMTE; INEB; INEGI; INESC TEC; IPATIMUP; ISFEP; ISPUP; PBS; CIIMAR; FIMS; i3S; IBMC; ICETA; IC; IHRH; LEMC - https://www.up.pt/portal/pt/conhecer/sobre-a-uporto/participacoes-sociais/Member organisations
Legally, the U.Porto is a Public Higher Education Institution, assuming a Foundational nature, governed under Private Law. As a Public Foundation, the U.Porto is part of the National Public Administration, under the supervision of the Government of Portugal.
List of organisations, networks and associations that U.Porto is member and/or is affiliated with:
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
251,659,509€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Public financing, Grants, Other, EU funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Public funding (government funding) 140,738,783€ Contribution Student tuition and fees (all kinds of teaching courses and degree programs) 51,776,332€ Contribution Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 19,484,415€ Grant ERASMUS + 4,446,758€ Grant Erasmus Mundus 30,627€ Grant H2020 3,840,823€ Grant Horizon Europe 1,596,763€ Grant Action Grant to support training in conference interpreting - DG Interpretation 26,524€ Grant COST Action 47,035€ Grant EACEA 10,609€ Grant ECHO Programme 23,023€ Grant EFDS 25,000€ Grant EFSA 16,000€ Grant EIT Health 136,316€ Grant EIT Manufacturing 428,833€ Grant EU justice Programme 18,104€ Grant European GNSS Agency 14,896€ Grant LIFE 23,289€ Grant NAWA - Narodowa Agencja Wyniany Akademickiej 2,620€ Grant Reseach Fund for Coal and Steel 67,678€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Information not available yet 0€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
U.Porto's R&D+i ecosystem comprises a diverse set of research, development and innovation structures, in which a multifaceted scientific community works daily to achieve the highest standards of excellence.
The research ecosystem includes 14 Organic Units (Faculties) and 11 Associated Research Institutes – altogether they host the 48 R&D Units evaluated and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). In the last evaluation exercise, 90% of them have been classified as “Excellent” or “Very Good”. Many of these research units act as interfaces for institutions, bringing the University together, as a main partner, along with other organisations representing external interests.
U.Porto participates in 17 Associate Laboratories (LAs), 22 Collaborative Laboratories (CoLABs) and currently integrates 24 Research Infrastructures of the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures.
U.Porto ecosystem also mobilizes several functional and thematic competence centres as well as two Ciência Viva Centres that are part of the national scientific outreach network, Ciência Viva.
Continuously committed to supporting and encouraging scientific and technological development, and the production of results, this broad ecosystem of R&D+I encourages a multidisciplinary and multifaceted approach, where the various actors in the ecosystem collaborate and cooperate in a joint strategy with the aim of ensuring a research, development and innovation activity that responds to societal challenges, within different areas of activity and in national and international contexts.
U.Porto has a significative activity of scientific dissemination and other communication activities, resulting from the scientific activity carried out in the broad ecosystem of R&D+I of U.Porto, in the ongoing research projects, as well as in other cooperation initiatives and networks. According to the Web of Science, between 2017-2021, the U.Porto published a total of 22208 scientific publications (only citable documents), 58% in international collaboration.
Since 2020, U.Porto is a member of the European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH), which is a strategic partnership between the Université Paris-Saclay (UPSaclay), Lund University (LU), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Universidade do Porto (UPorto) and the University of Szeged (USZ) in the context of the European Commission’s European Universities Initiative. Within the EUGLOH network, a balanced interfaculty consortium of researchers and students will develop interdisciplinary activities, particularly in education and training related to Global Health. Combining expertise and scientific infrastructure in fields such as biomedicine, the life sciences and social sciences, our inter-campus project will tackle a variety of challenges related to well-being and public health. With the approval of the EUGLOH 2.0 project, the Alliance has recently been expanded to 4 new members: University of Alcalá (UAH), The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), University of Novi Sad (UNS) and Universität Hamburg (UHH).
U.Porto is very active in science communication and outreach. For example, U.Porto "Mostra" - science showcase week - register over 30 000 visitors every year, making the university closer to society and integrating it in the university's daily activities.
U.Porto uses different resources and tools for communication and outreach activities that include social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter e YouTube), mailing lists for researchers, professors and students of U.Porto, mailing lists for companies and associations of industries, newsletters released by U.Porto, websites, magazines, etc.Other activities
U.Porto participates in a diverse array of European networks (ERA-NETs), European Technology Platforms and European Innovation Partnerships.
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 27 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills roundtable with the construction sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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