1. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society The Government Programme sets as a national priority the fast scientific and technological development of the country and defines the Key figures and goals of that development for the legislative period

2. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Quantitative goals Reaching 5.5 researchers/1000 active workers Increasing from 1.000 to 1.500 new PhD holders per year Increasing from 400 to 600 scientific publications per million inhabitants per year Trebling the number of patents registered in the European Patent Office and the US Patent Office

3. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society International indicators Increasing by 50% the number of new graduates in sciences and engineering per year Doubling public investment in scientific research, from 0.5% to 1.0% of the GDP Trebling private investment in R&D, which was only 0.24% of the GDP in 2003

4. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Scientific progress is a development engine and a source of progress Public resources Broad social participation Growing appropriation of scientific and technological culture

5. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Main guidelines Investing in knowledge and in scientific and technical competence, measured at the highest international level Investing in human resources and in scientific and technological culture Investing in public and private R&D institutions, in their reinforcement, responsibility, organization and networking Investing in internationalization, quality and evaluation Investing in the economical valorisation of research

6. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Structural measures (Human Resources) Welcome of high-profile scientific and technical immigrants Launching competitions for programme contracts with scientific institutions aiming the financing individual research contracts for PhD holders Increasing the number of new PhD and post-PhD grants Creating grants for integration in research Welcoming researchers with permanent activity abroad Implementing an advanced training programme and PhDs in clinical research Creating or strengthening merit grants for students, especially in Science and Engineering areas

7. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Structural measures (Institutions) Following the State Laboratories reform programme Implementing new Associated Laboratories Revising the Multi-annual Financing Programme of every R&D Centres recognised by international assessment Implementing a scientific re-equipment programme Promoting the Research Projects Programme

8. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Structural measures (Higher Education) Creating invited chairs in Universities and research Institutions Supporting technological specialization programs created in polytechnic institutes

9. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Structural measures (Companies) Strengthening and promoting Research Consortia between Companies and R&D Centres Clarifying R&D budgets and programmes carried out in companies Re-launching the specific programme of insertion of PhD holders in companies

10. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Structural measures (Networks) Implementing common scientific equipment networks in State Laboratories Creating a network of large S&T international partnerships in association with international scientific organizations, foreign Universities and other top scientific and technological institutions Implementing the Thematic Research Network Programme

11. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society New initiatives Creating the National Grid Computing Infrastructure, INGRID Creating the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, INL

12. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society The establishment of this programme will involve an increase in budget appropriations for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education

13. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Organization of research centres and units re-evaluation and international evaluation suppression of units of insufficient quality strengthening of critical masses by aggregation of institutions compulsory creation of networks of resource

14. Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) FCT was strengthened to function as a reference institution that guarantees the system of assessment and funding capable of assessing competences and international-level managers of science and technology FCT’s Scientific Councils organized according to international standards