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Congress Venue
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The 2012 European Congress on Global Education will be held on the campus of the Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon).
With an outstanding scientific and cultural tradition, the Universidade de Lisboa, whose origin dates back to the establishment of the Portuguese University by King D. Dinis in 1288 and re-founded in 1911, is a state institution, a centre intended to produce, transmit and diffuse knowledge, culture and science at the highest level.
The Universidade de Lisboa has, currently, an estimated number of 23 000 students and a teaching staff of 1 600 highly qualified professors (70 % PhDs), many of whom are eminent cultural and scientific Portuguese personalities.
Research is carried out in laboratories, institutes and research centres sponsored by the public and private sectors as well as through exchange programmes with others universities and other national and international institutes. In what concerns research projects, quality services promoting schema, construction of infrastructures, overall modernisation and improvement projects in general, the Universidade de Lisboa is represented and participates in European Union, bilateral and international programmes and in inter-institutional European projects and programs.
At the international level, the Universidade de Lisboa favours the relations with the community through co-operation initiatives, namely in the fields of consulting, applied research, specialized services, technological transfer, assessment of projects and training, as well as in cultural activities. It also participates in and is a member of innumerable prestigious world organizations and networks which cover the interests, concerns and goals it pursues.
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By Bus to Universidade de Lisboa, Cidade Universitária
The name of the bus company in Lisbon is Carris - http://www.carris.pt/en/home/
You can take the Bus Carris nº 31 and also 35, 738 and 768. Ticket can be purchased on board. Fare: € 1,70 (one way – onboard fare); € 4,00 (one day bus ticket charged on the electronic card “Viva Viagem / 7 Colinas” - € 0,50).
The Lisbon Underground
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Metro de Lisboa
www.metrolisboa.pt
Lisbon is well served by underground (metro). It is the most comfortable and fast way to move in the city, but some historic places cannot be reached by metro.
The Universidade de Lisboa is at Cidade Universitária station, Yellow line.
One way ticket costs € 1.05.
One day ticket for the underground costs € 4.60
The underground tickets are charged on the electronic card “Viva Viagem” which costs € 0,50.
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The University of Lisbon
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The conference will take a place at the Rectorate of the University of Lisbon. The University is located in the city centre next to an underground station.
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