International Forum: Brazilian Support to international Cooperation in Research & Innovation

Objective of the event is to showcase ongoing partnerships and programmes of International Cooperation in Research & Innovation, with the support of Brazilian State and Federal Funding Agencies.

The event is organized by the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) in partnership with the European Union, through Enrich in Brazil.

Date: 14th Dec 2020

Time: 09.00 – 12.30 BRT / 13.00 – 16.30 CET 

Livestream the event on YouTube via CONFAP (PT) and ENRICH (ENG)!

Watch the recording in ENG or PT here:

ENGLISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8BXyOiiOyM

PORTUGUES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NATKueBQfbk

Tentative Agenda (download the tentative agenda:

	OPENING SESSION (09.00 – 09.30 BRT)
	Odir Dellagostin, President, Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies – CONFAP Ignacio Ybáñez, Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil Evaldo Vilela, President, Brazilian National Research Council – CNPq (TBC) Achilles Zaluar, Ambassador, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Themes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil André Godoy, Director, Brazilian Innovation Agency FINEP Bernardo Milano, Director of International Affairs and Cooperation, Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, MCTI (TBC)
	COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MULTILATERAL INITIATIVES (09.30 – 10:45 BRT)
	Enrich in Brazil – Felipe Cassapo, President of the Enrich in Brazil Association Presentation of the “EU-Brazil Post-Covid19 Toolkit: Innovation for Sustainability Foresight”, Leonardo Piccinetti, Enrich in Brazil/CONFAP European Expert Cooperation with the European Research Council, Davide Innocenti, Scientific Officer, ERC European Green Deal: Elisa Natola, Advisor for International Cooperation, CONFAP Euraxess LAC: Charlotte Grawitz, Regional Representative BiodivERsA – presentation of the BiodivRestore call “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems”, Claire Blery, BiodivERsA Chief Executive Officer, French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB) Water JPI – Water Joint Programming Initiative – Water challenges for a changing World, Véronique Briquet-Laugier, Water JPI Coordinator ERA PerMed: cooperation on Personalized Medicine, Maria Critina Nieto Garcia, ERA PerMed Coordinator, Spanish National Health Institute Carlos III and Maria Josefina Ruiz Alvarez, Call 2021 Secretariat, Italian Ministry of Health Belmont Forum, Maria Luisa Tamborra, Deputy Head of the Strategy Unite, Climate Action and Resource Efficiency, Directorate General for Research & Innovation, European Commission, (TBC) GlopidR: Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness, Evelyn Depoortere, Directorate General for Research & Innovation, European Commission All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance, Sofia Cordeiro, AANCHoR Coordinator, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) RESINFRA EU-LAC – Towards a new EU-LAC partnership in Research Infrastructures, Lélio Fellows, Coordinator for International Cooperation, CNPq
	INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL COOPERATION AND INITIATIVES & SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (10.45 – 12.00 BRT)
	Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), Mathew Johnston, Education Counselor of Australia Embassy Signing of MoUAssociation of Tropical Water Research Alliance, Prof. José Francisco Gonçalves Júnior, President Signing of MoUBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States, Alexandre Menezes, Senior Vice President of the Global Health Strategies Swiss National Science Foundation, Ryan Timothy, Scientific Officer German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD, Ian Miguel Vernon Flores Tran, Graduation Programs of DAAD Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fabio Naro, Scientific Counsellor, Italian Embassy to Brazil Belgium – Wallonie-Bruxelles International – WBI, Julie Dumont, WBI Scientific Liaison Officer Newton Fund and UK Academies, Diego Arruda, Newton Fund Manager of the British Consulate in São Paulo British Council, Vera Oliveira, Senior Manager Higher Education & Science International cooperation actions and initiatives fostered by FINEP, Alexandre Zuccolo Barragat de Andrade, Head of International Cooperation, FINEP
	CLOSING WORDS: 12:15 – 12:30
	Odir Dellagostin, President, CONFAPElisa Natola and Flavia Cerqueira, International Cooperation, CONFAP