Information Society
The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) coordinates public policies
for the Information and Knowledge Society since March 1.st 2012,
in Portugal, succeeding the public institute UMIC – Knowledge Society Agency.
In this regard, it is FCT’s mission to:
- Raise awareness of and engage stakeholders in Information Society public
policies, through dissemination, research and training activities;
- Encourage the development of e-Science, by promoting the creation of
knowledge and the scientific and technological development of businesses and
R&D national institutions;
- Promote cooperation with foreign organisations, namely within the
European Union and Portuguese-speaking countries.
This mission is achieved by promoting activities at national, regional and
local level, in the following areas:
- Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) in ICT (Information
and Communication Technologies):
- Emerging Technologies
- Cybersecurity and Risk Management
- Open Access and eScience
- Inclusion, Accessibility and Digital Literacy
- Inclusion and Digital Literacy
- Safer Internet Centre
- ICT and Society Network
- National Strategy for Inclusion and Digital Literacy
- eSkills
- Portuguese Coalition for Digital Jobs
- Campaign eSkills for jobs
- International Policy - Provide support for the internationalisation of
science and technology activities in e-Science, as well as for the
development of international Information Society policies, at the level of
European Union and international organisations
- Internet Governance
- Maintain the Portuguese Initiative for Internet Governance (previously
referred as Forum for Information Society), to promote multi-stakeholder
consultation on the development of public policies
- Monitor and promote the Digital Agenda for Portugal, the Digital Agenda
for Europe and the Digital Single Market