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The COST 2021 Ministerial Declaration is to be released this Tuesday, 4 May, during the Ministerial Conference marking the 50th anniversary of the intergovernmental organisation, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). Taking part in the conference will be the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, and the Portuguese President of COST, Paulo Ferrão.
Through their adoption of the declaration, the COST member countries have reinforced their support for the promotion of bottom-up networks that are open, inclusive and global, aimed at a renewed and strengthened European Research Area, in accordance with the plan outlined by the European Commission in September of last year and signed by Portugal. The plan defines the reinforcement of European funding for research and innovation activities, earmarking 1.25% of its gross
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outcomes research infrastructure.
These infrastructure components are increasingly being deemed critical to prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring disease treatment and patient support and assistance.
National participation in the European network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres is led in Portugal by the “Porto Comprehensive Cancer Centre”, based in the Porto IPO, in partnership with its associated laboratory, i3S, which recently received funding of around EUR 15 million for new equipment under the North Regional Operational Programme.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research strengthens the commitment of the Trio Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Germany, Portugal and Slovenia) to significantly reduce cancer mortality by 2030, with a goal of 75% of cancer patients in Europe surviving for at least 10 years. Ensuring this goal across Europe means reinforcing the development of a continuum of research activities, from basic to clinical
The European Cancer Research Summit 2021 is being held under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union this Monday, 3 May, at 09h00 (Lisbon time), in the main auditorium of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto. It will be (1) IPO-Porto - YouTube.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research will be presented publicly by the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, from 17h00 (Lisbon time) during the summit.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research is aimed at reinforcing cancer research in Europe in terms of prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and monitoring of patients, as well as the impact of the treatments on the illness, and is in line with the commitment of the Trio Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Germany, Portugal and Slovenia) to significantly reduce cancer mortality rates by 2030.
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