Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,125,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.25 Fte (25)
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 200 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 in Portugal. It is committed to converting into social assets the talent and innovation from its 14 faculties, one business school and 50 research centres. U.Porto has the richest academic community in Portugal and brings together the country’s highest ranked students, a highly qualified scientific and teaching staff and a growing number of international students, teachers and researchers. U.Porto’s fully equipped campus embedded within the city guarantees an optimal academic, scientific, and also social and cultural experience. Being open to the community and business is the main trademark of U.Porto. The University is itself an important driving force for economic, social, cultural and scientific development in Northern Portugal and in the country as a whole. U.Porto creates leaders, promotes innovators and encourages entrepreneurs. In short, it trains people who can make a difference in their communities.
The knowledge and skills conveyed to U.Porto students is vast, diversified, and future-oriented. The University's cycles of studies – 1st cycle (bachelor) and integrated master, 2nd cycle (master), 3rd cycle (doctorate) and lifelong learning – cover the main scientific domains and the most relevant fields of study.
U. Porto has been registering twice as many candidates as the number of available vacancies on the national competition for access to higher education. Every year, the number of foreign students has increased. This is proof of U.Porto’s international reputation. The University has been chosen as a first option by foreign students from all five continents. U.Porto's current position in international higher education and academic research rankings is one of the reasons why it has been so sought after.
To ensure better teaching, U.Porto has a highly qualified and specialized teaching and research staff, mostly doctorates. The University's human resources also include highly-qualified administrative and technical officers, who are responsible for maintaining the institution fully operational and, to a fair extent, successful.
The quality of U.Porto's teaching is strengthened by a close connection to scientific research, local businesses, cultural and arts institutions, as well as museums, and the two central city hospitals. Therefore, the learning process extends far beyond the classroom. In fact, its technical, scientific, and multidisciplinary nature makes it more appropriate for social and professional challenges. That is also why U.Porto diplomas are highly acknowledged and trusted by employers, thus promoting an effective integration of our students in the national and international labour market.Main EU files targeted
U.Porto currently follows a myriad of EU initiatives in diverse domains such as agriculture, environment, energy, culture, education, health, transport, science and technology. The combination of structural funds with national subsidies enables U.Porto to pursue and develop high-end and impactful activities and projects at a local, national and international level.
At an European level, U.Porto shows an important track-record and participation in R&D projects funded by the European Commission (FP5, FP6, FP7 and H2020), as well as mobility and lifelong programmes (Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, and other).
U.Porto’s participation in the latest framework programmes for R&D has been rather relevant: 80 projects in FP7 (25 M € of raised funds) and currently over 45 projects under Horizon 2020 (10 M € of raised funds).Address
Head Office
Praça Gomes Teixeira, S/N
Porto 4099-002 Porto
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People
Total lobbyists declared
25
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 25 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Estimated number of persons involved in the abovementioned activities.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo (Rector)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Sousa Pereira António (Rector)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
U.Porto has been participating in different European and international initiatives, not only related to funded projects, but also through the participation in educational and research networks and partnerships. Some of the collaborative platforms of which U.Porto is part of/associated with are listed below:
ASEA-UNINET - ASEAN European Academic University Network
Associação Columbus - Cooperação entre a Europa e América Latina
AULA - Associação das Universidades Latino Americanas
AULP - Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa
CDE - Centro de Documentação Europeia da U.Porto
CEER - Centro de Estudos Euro Regionais | Galiza - Norte de Portugal
EAEVE - The European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education
EC2E2N - European Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Education Network
ECLAS - The European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools
EDEN - European Distance Learning and E-Learning Network
EEN - European Ethics Network
ENAS - European Network of Academic Sport Services
EUA - European University Association
EUA-CDE -Council for Doctoral Education of the European University Association
EUCEN - European University Continuing Education Network
EUPRIO - European Universities Public Relations and Information Officers Association
EURAS - Eurasian Universities Union
FRAH - Fundação Hispano-Portuguesa Rei Afonso Henriques
GCU - Grupo Compostela de Universidades
GE4 - Global Education for European Engineers and Entrepreneurs
GTordesillas - Grupo Tordesillas
HUMANE - Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe
IAU - International Association of Universities
ICA - International Council on Archives
INRH - Institut National de Recherche Halieutique
LEO-NET - Leveraging Education into Organisations
RECLA - Red de Educación Continua de América Latina y Europa
Rede Brasil-Portugal de Estudos Urbanos
SEFI - European Society for Engineering Education
SGroup - Grupo Santander | Rede de Universidades Europeias
TII - The European Association for the Transfer of Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information
At an European level, U.Porto is also part of different technology and collaborative networks, namely: EIP-AHA, SPIRE, Shift2Rail, EER, Nanomedicine, ECTP and EPOS.
EIT Health and EIT FoodMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,125,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
146,796,534 € (Source: Horizonte 2020, Erasmus+, Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, FCH JU)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
In 2013, UPTEC – U.Porto Science and Technology Park – was awarded the RegioStars Prize by the European Commission. This prize was the result of a joint application with the Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of the North (CCDR-N), which underlined the importance of the knowledge produced by U.Porto, through the promotion of technological entrepreneurship and the creation of innovation centres of national and international enterprises.
In 2016, the Metropolitan Area of Porto was recognised as a Reference Site in the field of Active and Healthy Ageing by the European Commission (European Innovation Partnership – Active and Healthy Ageing). The Porto4Ageing consortium, a two-starred Reference Site and Partner Plus of the European Innovation Partnership and Healthy Ageing of the European Commission, brings together over 80 organisations, the large majority of them established within the Porto Metropolitan Area, in the Northern Region of Portugal. The partnership is built upon the quadruple helix approach – it involves different stakeholders (regional governments and health and care providers, academia and research, industry and civil society), which are in good position to drive structural changes far beyond the scope any one organization could achieve on its own, aiming to innovate and experiment in real world settings. Despite the different backgrounds, goals and actions, Porto4Ageing revolves around a shared vision and common targets, where each organisation actively contributes in a specific way to the overall goal of responding to the citizens' needs, specifically in matters related to active and health ageing in the Porto Region. This consortium was created to respond to the different issues related to an active and health ageing, backed by the objectives of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing of the European Commission.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 - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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