Lisbon – Angolan minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Maria do Rosário Bragança Sambo has stressed the role of the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
The minister said Friday in Lisbon, Portugal, that the commitment of the CPLP scientific community and its contribution were instrumental in obtaining quick, safe and effective scientific solutions to the pandemic.
The official, who was speaking during a lecture, to mark the 120th anniversary of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Institute of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, managed by the Angolan Filomeno Fortes, highlighted the CPLP as good example of multilateral cooperation.
To this purpose, she said it was pertinent to invoke the objective of sustainable development 17 regarding the partnership of objectives, recognising the need for inter-sector collaboration among the countries for achieving the UN agenda.
Objective 17, she said, advocates improving regional and international cooperation North South, South South and triangular among all aspects on access to science, technology and innovation and effective capacity building to support the execution of national plans, focusing on reaching the goals of the sustainable development plan.
Maria do Rosário Bragança Sambo stressed that the CPLP Strategic Plan for Multilateral Cooperation, in the fields of Science, Technology and Higher Education for the period 2022/26, defends the use and deepening of cooperation actions.
This is to guarantee access and the future academic, scientific and technological knowledge, as well as for the affirmation of the CPLP in national and international contexts.
The minister mentioned the cooperation among CPLP countries, in terms of all quality assurance in higher education, as one of the great challenges, adding that the quality assurance agencies have shown a growing dynamism in the application of cooperation.
A book entitled “” Serpentes Venenosas de Angola”, by Portuguese specialists was released during the event, attended by several guests, including the Angolan ambassador to Portugal, Carlos Alberto Fonseca.
During the ceremony, several personalities were also honored, including the doctor Luís Gomes Sambo and the musician Barceló de Carvalho (Bonga).
Source: Angola Press News Agency