NoPa Matchmaking Event in Belém: Sustainable Management and Protection of Tropical Forest

The NoPa Matchmaking Event in Belem on "Protection and sustainable use of tropical forests" facilitated new cooperation between the almost 90 Brazilian and German participants from the academic, public, private and civil society sector.

The participants successfully used the three days event to establish research partnerships between German and Brazilian universities, research institutes and companies in order to develop joint applications for the NoPa call for research proposals as well as for other funding programs beyond the NoPa call. Through the organization of group or individual meetings and round table discussions the NoPa Matchmaking event encouraged a productive dialogue between researchers, research funders, representatives of companies, political decision-makers and representatives from civil society in order to intensify the links between the demand and the supply of research results.

NoPa - "New Partnerships - Linking Academic and Technical Cooperation between Brazil and Germany" is a contribution of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to the 2010-2011 Brazil – Germany Year of Science, Technology and Innovation and is being implemented from 2010 to 2013 by CAPES, GIZ and DAAD together with DCTEC/MRE.

More details about NoPa are available here:

 NoPa - New Partnerships: Context, Objectives and Lines of Action

The Matchmaking Event in Belém

Program

June 2nd - 1st Day

Moderators: Carolina Nagy and Leandro Lamas Valarelli

All day: Poster Session and Information Fair

08h00 – 09h00    Registration

09h00 – 09h40    Welcome and presentation of the agenda

09h40 – 10h00    Coffee break

10h00 – 11h45    Working groups:

1. Forest Management

2. Valorization of Socio-biodiversity

3. Sustainable local economy and supply chains

11h45 – 14h00    Lunch / Individual Matchmaking

14h00 – 15h30    Individual Matchmaking / Poster Session

15h30 – 16h00    Coffee break

16h00 – 16h30    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Nadine Schneider (CIM) / Marcelo Cunha: "The Returning Experts Program"

16h30 – 17h00    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Maria de Fátima Battaglin (CAPES): "CAPES Funding Programs"

17h00 – 17h30    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Stefan Bienefeld (DAAD) / Ursula Dannemann (DAAD): "DAAD Funding Programs"

17h30 – 18h00    Closing Session

June 3rd - 2nd Day

Moderators: Carolina Nagy and Leandro Lamas Valarelli

All Day: Poster Session and Information Fair

09h00 – 09h15    Presentation of the agenda

09h15 – 10h45    Roundtable: Research for Sustainable Development - How to apply applied research?

Key statements of representatives from: University of Freiburg; GIZ; MMA; ICMBIO; SFB; Federal University Goias; FVPP / Fundacao Viver Produzir e Preservar

10h45 – 11h00    Coffee break

11h00 – 11h30    Individual Matchmaking

11h30 – 12h00    Panel presentation:

Christoph Kleinn (DFG): "DFG Funding for International Research Collaborations - Instruments and Experiences"

12h00 – 12h30    Panel presentation:

Stefan Bienefeld (DAAD): "Further funding programs - BMBF & European Union"

12h30 – 14h00    Lunch

14h00 – 17h00    Individual Matchmaking (including Coffee Break: 15h30 - 16h00)

17h00 – 18h00    Closing Session and Evaluation

June 4th - 3rd Day

06h00 – 18h00    Field trip: Community of Abaetetuba

With the thematic focus on: Production chains in the Amazon region, smallholder production and partnerships with companies.

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