The advantages of creating trustful alliances

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2 At the ends of Iberia, there's a people which neither governs itself nor let us govern it. Caius Iulius Caesar Lessons Learned: trust - choosing the most trusted ally Battle of Aljubarrota

3 In the first place we settle and covenant that there shall be from this day forward true, faithful, constant, mutual and perpetual friendships, unions, alliances and needs of sincere affection and that as true and faithful friends we shall henceforth, reciprocally, be friends to friends and enemies to enemies, and shall assist, maintain and uphold each other mutually, by sea and by land, against all men that may live or die. Anglo-Portuguese Alliance: Treaty of 1373 Lessons learned: vision - having clear priorities Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. in Alice in Wonderland 3

4 [ ] covenanted and agreed that a boundary or straight line be determined and drawn north and south, from pole to pole, on the said ocean sea [ ]. This boundary or line shall be drawn straight, as aforesaid, at a distance of three hundred and seventy leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands [ ] And all lands [ ] found and discovered already, or to be found and discovered hereafter [ ] on the eastern side of the said bound [ ] shall belong to, and remain in the possession of, and pertain forever to, the said King of Portugal and his successors. Tordesillas Treaty of 1494 Lessons learned: change - surviving the new world order 4

5 [ ] my domains have already been considered by the Plenipotentiaries of the powers who formed the Congress of Vienna [...] in the final treaty of the same Congress : I'm so served and therefore pleases me to order as follows: I. That from the publication of this Letter of the Law the State of Brazil has high dignity, pre-eminence and designation of - Kingdom of Brazil. II. That my Kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves form henceforth one and only kingdom under the title -United Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil and Algarves. Letter of Law, 1815 Lessons learned: soul - exploring the cultural landscape Who does not understand a word can not see a soul Fernando Pessoa 5

6 From the European rectangle we moved on to something completely different. Now, Portugal is the whole of the Portuguese language. Brazilians might call it Brazil and Mozambicans Mozambique. It is an homeland extended to all men, what Fernando Pessoa claimed to be his homeland: the Portuguese language. Now, this is the homeland of all of us. Agostinho da Silva, 1957 Diagnosis: in the periphery of Europe Union

7 Diagnosis: Porto - a trendy, innovative and attractive city TOP 10 MID-SIZED EUROPEAN CITIES TOP 10 SOUTHERN EUROPEAN CITIES SMART GROWTH 2013 "Second cities, where nobody is watching, are often much more interesting. The Gotenburgs, Antwerps, Glasgows, Chicagos where the official power isn t there, but the initiative, the entrepreneurship is. Take some messy place that has got to survive by its initiative, and its ideas. And it sometimes does very interesting things." in The ArchRecord Interview: Sir Peter Cook 7

8 Diagnosis: a multi-disciplinary local ecosystem Asprela Campus Within a square kilometer, more than people working in: Diagnosis: a competitive polycentric metropolitan area Universities Within a radius of 60Km: Population Education Industry Incubation and industrial parks of the of Higher of the Technology centers Industrial clusters 8

9 Diagnosis: how to become a gateway system? Long-term voluntarist development (METREX Hypothesis) Diagnosis: the relevance of the portuguese diaspora "To be born, Portugal. To die, the World." António Vieira 9

10 Diagnosis: the potential of portuguese speaking countries Prospective strategy: Portugal is Sea "What makes Portugal is the sea." Miguel de Unamuno 10

11 Portugal -and the Portuguese-speaking world -will only survive with global relevance in a context of globalization organized around the oceans. And that is why Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking world have as natural allies the Anglo-Saxon countries. in Portugal, the economy of a rebellious nation José Manuel Félix Ribeiro Prospective strategy: South Atlantic, lusophony river 11

12 The decolonization process had not yet provoked attention to new sovereignties that multiplied by the South African Atlantic shores [...] the movement of maritime resources, without which Northern economies would function poorly, did not revealed their risks: however, globalism completely altered the circumstances surrounding the Westerners who soon recognized their condition as target of threats [...] By the late Seventies seemed to us that it was no longer possible to ignore the results of the change, and the concept of Brown Ocean[...] began to demand attention and response. Adriano Moreira Prospective strategy: alternative energy supply interface 12

13 Prospective strategy: geopolitical relevance of lusophony Oil & Gas Deepwater Discovery Volumes by Country Prospective strategy: network corridor maritime interface 13

14 Prospective strategy: sea port transhipment hub Prospective strategy: Atlantic airport hub 14

15 Prospective strategy: regional smart specialization strategy population: 6.5 milllion area: Km2 Euro-Region Ocean Agro Food Industry Textile and Fashion Health and Active Aging Mobility Culture and Creative Industries INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory EuroClusTex(textile/fashion) Campus do Mar(sea campus) Iacobos (regional Erasmus) Call to action: Alumni Network 15

16 Call to action: Business and Innovation Network 16