Portugal: A Case History in S&T Cooperation
2001; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 291; Issue: 5513 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1126/science.291.5513.2549c
ISSN1095-9203
Autores Tópico(s)International Science and Diplomacy
ResumoIn 1989, formal United States-Portugal cooperation in science and technology (S&T) was almost nonexistent. Within Europe, only the former German Democratic Republic had less scientific contact with U.S. S&T agencies. A dozen years later, it would seem that not much has changed. A recent search of the U.S. Department of State's long list of bilateral science agreements finds just one agreement between Portugal and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ([1][1]). A handful of staffers at the U.S. Department of State and some of the U.S. science agencies saw this imbalance in 1989 and tried to change it by drafting proposals for an “umbrella” S&T agreement with potential funding from the Lisbon-based Luso-American Development Foundation ([1][1]). The idea made it as far as the briefing books for the 11 January 1990 meeting between then-President George Bush and Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva. But no farther. Perhaps it is time to try again. Portugal has applied European Union funds and internal reforms to build a well-equipped, Internet-connected S&T base. Richard Stone's News Focus article (“Portugal: Money and charisma help the science tide come in,” 9 Mar., p. [1889][2]) pointed out a number of potential areas for bilateral cooperation. Others areas include genetics, cancer, archaeology, geology, tropical medicine, and HIV-2 research in Lusophone Africa. There were good reasons for encouraging cooperation a dozen years ago. Those reasons are still valid today and opportunities for mutually beneficial research are even better. 1. [↵][3]Bilateral Science Agreements Between the United States and Foreign Governments available at . [1]: #ref-1 [2]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.291.5510.1889 [3]: #xref-ref-1-1 View reference 1 in text
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