The 20th meeting of the Joint Committee for the Bilateral Relations Fund (JCBF) was held on March 5th at the Salão Nobre of the Almada Negreiros College of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
The Fund for Bilateral Relations (FBR) aims to strength bilateral relations between Portugal and the donor countries, and it is through the JCBF that the priority areas for bilateral cooperation and the concrete measures and initiatives to be financed are determined.
The meeting was Chaired by Maria Mineiro, Head of the National Focal Point, with the participation of the Norwegian Ambassador to Portugal, the representative of the Portuguese Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the representative of the Financial Mechanism Office (FMO).
Along with the presentation of the status and updated results of the initiatives under the FBR, the Programme Operators had the opportunity to present an overview of their bilateral results and the planned activities for 2024-2025.