Monthly Archives: March 2020

Cáritas Coimbra will participate in the third meeting of the IGCAL project – Improving Guidance and Counselling in Adult Learning, which takes place on March 31st through videoconference. After the second transnational IGCAL meeting, which took place in Coimbra from 19th to 21st February, the consortium meets again to discuss the project’s developments. Given the […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated in the virtual meeting of the Lifebots project, which took place on March 27th. Coimbra was expected to host this meeting, but given the situation in Portugal (and in the world) the consortium gave priority to public health and opted to meet via videoconference. Natália Machado, from Cáritas Coimbra’s Innovation Department, participated […]

Cáritas Coimbra joined dozens of health research organizations to bring a Position Paper to the European Commission, showing their concern about the impacts of Covid-19 on health research and innovation activities in Europe. The Covid-19 pandemic is having enormous repercussions on the healthcare systems of many countries in the European Union, which raises concerns about […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated in the plenary meeting of the ValueCare project, which took place on the 23th and 24th March, through videoconference. The meeting was going to take place in Athens – Greece, but in view of the contingency measures adopted following the fight against the pandemic COVID-19, the consortium met virtually. Over the course […]

Cáritas Coimbra will participate in the virtual meeting of the Lifebots project, scheduled for March 27th. Coimbra was expected to host this meeting, but given the situation in Portugal (and in the world) the consortium gave priority to public health and opted to meet via videoconference. This meeting will essentially focus on the development of […]

Cáritas Coimbra was present at the 4th meeting of the AVIK cultural exchange and social inclusion project, which took place on March 20th. Initially, the meeting was scheduled for the 22nd and 23rd, in Rome – Italy, but in view of the contingency experienced at this time derived from Covid-19, and ensuring the health and […]

Cáritas Coimbra will participate in the plenary meeting of the ValueCare project. It was planned to take place in Athens – Greece, on the 23rd and 24th of March, but given the situation in which the country and the world find themselves, the consortium chose security and, alternatively, will meet by videoconference on the same days. Despite […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated as a speaker in the event “Destination: Horizon Europe – From Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe”, dedicated to the future of the Framework Programme for the period 2021-2027.  National Agency for Innovation (ANI) promoted the session, which took place at its premises, in Lisbon, on February 27th. The main objective of the […]

Cáritas Coimbra hosted, on March 11st and 12nd, the Hands-on SHAFE consortium meeting, a project that aims to promote social inclusion and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in communities. After the meeting that marked the official kick-off of Hands-on SHAFE, on November 5th and 6th in the Netherlands, the consortium met in Coimbra to discuss its […]

Cáritas Coimbra hosted the second meeting of the IGCAL project – Improving Guidance and Counselling in Adult Learning. Between 19th and 21st February, the consortium met in Coimbra to discuss the project’s developments. With the aim of increasing the quality of adult education, IGCAL is developing a pedagogical tool to map the basic learning parameters […]