4th High Level Industry-Science-Government Dialogue on Atlantic Interactions

Delivering the AIR Centre

  • DATE
    25 › 27 November, 2018
  • Venue
    Auditorium Alfredo Kraus
    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

The 4th High Level Industry-Science-Government Dialogue: Delivering the Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre) took place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, on November 25-27, 2018.

The meeting presented the AIR Centre achievements in expanding the network, consolidating key partnerships and delivering scientific, technological and societal programmes and projects for the better understanding and preservation of marine and coastal ecosystems and for the benefit of all people living around the Atlantic Ocean and beyond.

Since the 3rd High-Level Dialogue held in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 7th-8th, the AIR Centre has taken important steps in the development of a scientific distributed network and an Atlantic joint framework that became visible with the signature during the event of different collaboration agreements between the AIR Centre and reference Science and Technology institutions at an international level.

Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs)

  • MoU UNOOSA
    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

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  • MoU INPE
    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil

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  • MoU UFRJ
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  • MoU PSU
    Pennsylvania State University, USA

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  • MoU Lifewatch ERIC
    European Research Infrastructure Consortium

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  • MoU GEO MBOM
    Marine Biodiversity Observation Network

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Letters of Intent (LoIs)

  • LoI for a Joint Framework to promote Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Capacity Building in the Atlantic Region.
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    Signatories:

    • IDESCO (Instituto Desenvolvimento, Estratégia e Conhecimento), BZ
    • EIT Climate – KIC Spain, ES
    • + Colab Atlântico, PT
    • Ciência Viva, PT
    • EIT InnoEnergy Iberia
  • LoI for a Collaborative Framework and Trans-regional access to Atlantic Research Infrastructures
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    Signatories:

    • EMSO-ERIC (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory)
    • EMBRC-ERIC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre)
    • SINTEF, Norway
    • LifeWatch ERIC
  • LoI towards a long-term Financing Framework to support Science, Innovation and Capacity Building in the Atlantic Region.
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    Signatories:

    • CYTED (Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarollo)
    • FUNCAP (Fundação Cearense de Apoio Desenvolvimento Científico), BZ
    • FRCT (Azores Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia), PT
    • CDTI (Centro Desarollo Tecnológico Industrial), ES
    • FCT (Fundaçao Ciência e Tecnologia), PT
    • AE (Agencia Estatal Investigación), ES

Canarias declaration

  • The “Canarias declaration” was signed by the governments of Angola, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Portugal, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Spain and the endorsement of South Africa, together with the regional government of the Azores.

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Agenda