Centro Ciência LP, operating from Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, is the outcome of an agreement sealed between the Portuguese State and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, following a proposal submitted to UNESCO by the Portuguese Government, that establishes the “International Centre for Advanced Training of Scientists from Portuguese Speaking Countries in Basic Sciences, as a category 2 centre, under the auspices of UNESCO”, in Lisbon Portugal.
