The National Monitoring Committee (CNA) of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) visited Alto Alentejo on July 4 to take stock of the implementation of the projects financed by the PRR in the region and to hear from the various final beneficiaries about their concerns, difficulties and suggestions.
The meeting at InnovPlantProtect (InPP), followed by a guided tour of the facilities, was aimed at monitoring the Interface Mission project, financed by the PRR, to guarantee basic public funding for the collaborative laboratory (CoLAB), as well as the projects “+Valorcer - Valorizamos a organização da produção de cereais” and “SNM_XylellaVt - Sistema Nacional de Monitorização de Insetos Vetores da Xylella fastidiosa“, led by InPP, and the Blue Bioeconomy Pact and InsectERA projects, in which CoLAB is a partner.
As well as this, it was also possible to present to the President of the CNA, Pedro Dominguinhos, the scientific research and innovation developed by the five departments over the four years of CoLAB's existence, to align strategies for future applications to the PRR, as well as to highlight the added value that the InPP is bringing in terms of establishing jobs in the region.
The delegation also had the chance to talk to some of our researchers about their careers, their academic and scientific career at various national and foreign universities, and to find out what led them to move to the city of Elvas.
In addition to this project, other applications that have already been submitted to the PRR, which are relevant to the region and are still awaiting approval, were also discussed, as well as the intention to submit others that are currently being drawn up.
InPP's executive director, Pedro Fevereiro, as well as the department directors, Cristina Azevedo, Sandra Correia, Ricardo Ramiro, iLaria Marengo and David Learmonth, welcomed the delegation.
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