The BERC-Luso Coordination Team has an audience with the Mozambique Ambassador, Dr. Joaquim Simeão Bule, on January 9, 2019. The BERC-Luso is represented by Prof. Maria do Céu Patrão Neves and Dr. Jorge Batista, who present the project and express the organization’s interest in Mozambique collaborating with BERC-Luso. The ambassador promptly agrees.

The BERC-Luso Coordination Team has an audience with the Cape Verde Ambassador, Dr. Eurico Correia Monteiro, on January 9, 2019. The BERC-Luso is represented by Prof. Maria do Céu Patrão Neves and Dr. Jorge Batista, who present the project and express the organization’s interest in Cape Verde collaborating with BERC-Luso. The ambassador promptly agrees.

The 1st Meeting of the Executive Board of the Portuguese Council is held on November 15. The following members of the beneficiary entities are present (left to right in the photo): Prof. Carla Torre (OF), Prof. Maria Alexandra Ribeiro (CEIC), Dr. Eduardo Pereira (OF), Prof. Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (Coordinator of the BERC-Luso Project), Prof. Maria do Céu Machado (INFARMED), Dr. Joana Martins (Assistant of the BERC-Luso Project), Dr. Sandra Pereira (IB-UCP) and Prof. Joana Araújo (IB-UCP).

The BERC-Luso participates in the 13th World Congress of Portuguese-speaking Pharmacists on October 3-5 in the city of Praia, Cape Verde. The central theme of the congress is “The Pharmacist in Healthcare Systems,” and Dr. Jorge Batista, the project’s executive manager, presents the poster “Biomedical Ethics and Regulatory Capacity Building for Portuguese-speaking Countries (BERC-Luso).”

The BERC-Luso participates in the Ninth EDCTP on September 17-21 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. Prof. Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, the project’s coordinator, presents the poster “Biomedical Ethics and Regulatory Capacity Building for Portuguese-speaking Countries (BERC-Luso).”