Preparations for the high-level government consultation meeting, which will take place in Berlin (German capital), next December. This was the main item on the agenda of the meeting that brought together the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, this Thursday (16), with the German ambassador to Brazil, Bettina Cadenbach.
“Relations between Brazil and Germany are intense. Our Ministries of Science and Research have been working closely for years, and I hope this is reflected in the signing of agreements”, highlighted Bettina.
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The minister's expectation is that President Lula's official visit to the German country will culminate in the signing of six bilateral cooperation instruments, which must include areas such as renewable energy, climate and bioeconomy. “President Lula seeks to reinsert Brazil on the world stage and positions science and technology as a driver of an agenda for the country’s national reconstruction,” she commented.
Still commenting on the relevance of bilateral relations that unite nations, Luciana Santos highlighted the partnership in the health area, such as investment carried out by MCTI, for the construction of the maximum biological containment laboratory, NB4, at the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials, in Campinas (SP).
Pathogen research – In the context of cooperation in research infrastructure with Germany, the laboratory will be fundamental to enable research into pathogens capable of causing serious illnesses and with a high degree of transmissibility.
In addition to the initiatives mentioned, the minister pointed out that German-Brazilian cooperation also includes areas such as quantum technology, paleontology, science and technology for social development, and climate, which includes the partnership in the Torre Alta da Amazônia project (ATTO, in acronym in English).
A 325-meter-high structure, located in the state of Amazonas, the ATTO Tower is the result of a partnership between the countries, which allows an in-depth analysis of the Amazon ecosystem and generation of data for climate models that involve the forest.
Sustainability and energy security – On April 3 of this year, the increase in academic-scientific cooperation between the two nations, in areas such as sustainability and food energy security, was the theme of the meeting between CAPES and the German Research Support Society (DFG), in Brasília. On the occasion, actions were discussed to intensify the sending of Brazilian researchers to Germany via Institutional Internationalization Program (PrInt), as well as an increase in the arrival of German scientists to the Brazil.