International Cooperation
  International Organizations
  FCT supports and follows the participation of the scientific and
  technological community in the international organizations of which Portugal
  is a member. The resulting benefits for the scientific and technological
  community include the access of national teams to international scientific
  infrastructures, increased industry competitiveness, access to training
  programs and calls for scientific or management positions in international
  organizations.
  FCT also ensures national representation in the management bodies of
  international organizations and promotes and follows the process of joining
  these organizations.
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    ALBA, Synchrotron Light
    Laboratory
  
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    CYTED, Programa Ibero Americano de
    Ciência e Tecnologia para o Desenvolvimento
  
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    CERN, European Organization for
    Nuclear Research
  
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    Fulbright
    Comission, USA.
  
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    EMB,
    European Marine Board
  
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    EMBC,
    European Molecular Biology Conference and EMBO,
    European Molecular Biology Organization
  
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    EMBL,
    European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  
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    ESA, European Space
    Agency 
  
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    ESO, European Southern Observatory
  
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    ESRF, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
  
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    EurOcean, European
    Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology
  
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    GBIF
 Portugal is a member of Global
    Biodiversity Information Facility whose mission is to standardize,
    digitize and globally distribute, in a suitable property rights framework,
    data relative to world biodiversity, for the benefit of science and
    society.
 More information available on the portal of the Portuguese Node for GBIF –
    www.gbif.pt
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    IAEA, International
    Atomic Energy Agency
  
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    IODP/ECORD,
    IODP International Ocean Discovery Programmme / ECORD European Consortium
    for Ocean Research Drilling
  
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    IPBES,
    Intergovernamental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
    Services - Portuguese Platform
  
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    IUPAC
 FCT is a partner in a transnational cooperation programme between funding
    institutions and the International Union of Pure and Applied
    Chemistry Polymers Division which includes a pilot call.
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    NATO,
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (SPS
    Programme)
  
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    OECD,
    Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
  
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    SCIENCE EUROPE
  
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    UNESCO, United
    Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization