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LISBON, Portugal The Portuguese government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) signed a five year partnership agreement on Wednesday to expand research and education in management and engineering, officials said.

The wide-ranging, €65 million (US$81.9 million), partnership will be the broadest of its kind undertaken by the Portuguese government. It will involve professors, researchers and students from several schools of engineering, science and technology, economics and management at seven different Portuguese universities, together with a large number of research centers, associated laboratories and state laboratories, MIT said.

"The Portugal-MIT Program will bring new blood and will provide new challenges to the very fast and impressive growth of Portuguese science and technology," Science, Technology and Higher Education minister Jose Mariano Gago said at the signing ceremony in Lisbon.

The ceremony was attended by Portuguese Prime Minister José Socrates and senior MIT administrators and leaders from Portuguese institutions.

"The duty of a responsible government with a look towards the future is undoubtedly to foster scientific and technological skills and to recognize the essential role of research and development activities," Socrates said.

Tom Magnanti, Dean of MIT's School of Engineering, said the partnership would have a significant impact on Europe.

"This relationship is an exciting step in allowing both parties to collaborate on scientific and technological discoveries that are critical to the future of Portugal, of importance to MIT, and will impact Europe to the north and the Mediterranean to the south," he said.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/...rtugal_MIT.php

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