CITIDEP

International and Inter-Institutional Cooperation

 

CITIDEP is a Research Center with Headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, but with multi-national research teams. Therefore, we not only value international cooperation, but also are well positioned to develop and sustain strong ties with researchers and research institutions across the world. Similarly, CITIDEP pursues a multidisciplinary research agenda, and is committed to link research to civil society reform efforts; neither can be achieved without an emphasis on inter-institutional cooperation.

International cooperation within CITIDEP

 

By its own nature, CITIDEP is in itself an organized form of international research cooperation, with a network of national chapters (Portugal, USA, Mexico) and correspondents (France, UK, Holland, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Argentina) [doc. "CITIDEP Organization"]. Each chapter has organizational autonomy and conducts national / local research, but many research (and project) teams are multi-national [doc. "Research Clusters"] [research project docs], which facilitates as well international contacts and cooperation with local Universities and Research Centers. Here is a sample of CITIDEP associates that have cooperated in common projects and activities with researchers from the Portuguese Chapter:

 

International (external to CITIDEP) and Inter-Institutional Cooperation

 

CITIDEP is actively pursuing formal and informal cooperation with other Institutions. Here is a summary of the most relevant:

 

European Union Institutions:

Cooperation within the European Union is a crucial part of CITIDEP international cooperation strategy. Accordingly, and despite our incipient condition (less than an year since CITIDEP was created), we recently signed a contract with a EU community program (Leonardo da Vinci) to host a researcher from the University College of London, Dr. Simona Florio.

Dr. Florio, an economist who holds a Master degree in European Development, will be working with CITIDEP during at least three months in 1997, helping the research on local government and participatory democracy, within the project "RegioNet". In the future, we intend to expand CITIDEP EU-related research and training initiatives.

Portuguese Institutions:

 

Universities:

 

Research Centers:

 

Public Administration:

Non-Governmental Organizations:

 

Other Private Institutions:

 

USA Institutions:

Many CITIDEP researchers have strong ties with Boston-area Universities (e.g. MIT, Harvard, U.Mass., Tufts, etc.), either as graduate students, alumni, or faculty. We value highly this relationship, given the outstanding quality of these institutions. CITIDEP is therefore strategically committed to consolidate and expand this relationship with both formal and informal cooperation, as the following examples illustrate:

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