33rd Prospective Meeting of Arrábida 02/09/2024

From 2 to 5 September 2024 takes place the 33rd Prospective Meeting of Arrábida. 

This year, the meetings will focus on topics such as New science and innovation paradigms and funding models; New era of international scientific cooperation, security and sustainability; The ecological transition in urban systems; and Sustainable management of soils and coastal zones.

Since 1992, this never-interrupted annual Prospective Meeting aims at debating and clarifying issues considered fundamental for the future of Portuguese society and Europe, seeking the direct involvement of the most relevant actors together with specialists, national and foreign. The Prospective Meetings are working meetings and their very continuity constitutes today a heritage of dialogue and mutual knowledge, rare in Portuguese society.

Initiated after an invitation from the European Commission, through the Prospective Cell then created by Jacques Delors, to integrate the European Prospective Study on Europe after 1992 (that is, after the completion of the Single Market), the Prospective Meetings over the years, they involved public actors, namely from the academic sectors, as well as political leaders, business leaders, social partners, and national and foreign specialists.

The Prospective Meetings were launched and coordinated by José Mariano Gago (1948-2015) until 2014 and, since then, have been coordinated by João Ferreira do Amaral and Manuel Heitor. They aim to stimulate prospective analysis in Portugal and to guarantee an annual space for critical and open reflection around structuring issues for the country's development and its international positioning, as well as Europe and its positioning.

This meeting is organized with the support of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - UIDP/50009/2020 and UIDB/50009/2020.