Fundação Eça de Queiroz

National Network
Portugal
Address

Caminho de Jacinto, 3110
Quinta de Tormes
4640-424 Santa Cruz do Douro
Portugal

Telephone
254882120
Fax
2548855205
E-Mail
anabela.cardoso@feq.pt
Mobile Phone
967504326
Website
http://www.feq.pt
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1990
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. Others
  4. Youth and education
General Information
We are a  house museum dedicated to the portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz that is considered the greatest in realistic style. We are structured in three boardings: - administration (7 persons); - cultural (25 members); - fiscal (3 members). None of these persons are employers they gave their work pro bono. We have a group of 7 employers that realise the projects supervised by an executive director. We have a budget each year that rounds about 235,000€ and our sources of incomes are: tickets, merchandising, municipality of Baião, private companies, Camões Institute, Education Office of the Portuguese Governement. Each year we develop: - a summer course in the area of portugueses literature and we have participants from all over the world; - a summer concert of classic music with the North Orchestra; - conferences in Portugal and abroad about Eça de Queiroz; - courses for young people and unemployed.  
Mission and Objectives

Eça de Queiroz Foundation is a non-profit private foundation tha has is starting pier in the writer Eça de Queiroz, to promote his work a national and international level. Our main goals are cultural, artistic , educational and social development. 
To do so we promote the study of Eça de Queiroz in Portugal and abroad. We keep a specific library, an archive and a museum that has reunited all the things that belonged to the novelist and are installed in our headquarters.
We also promote conferences, a literary prize, study cycles, educational formation for young and unemployed people and other activities.

Main Projects / Activities

Our main projects for 2015 are:
- Literary prize;
- Summer course;
- Summer concert;
- Celebrations of 25 years of the institution;
- Translation colloquium;
- Residences for writers

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

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Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Because we want to contribute with our knowledge in the actions promoted by the ALF Network and at the same time gain other experiences. 

Contact (1) Full Name
Anabela Cardoso
Job Title
Directora Executiva
Head of the organisation
Maria da Graça Salema de Castro
Contact (2) Full Name
Sandra Melo
Job Title (2)
Técnica Adjunta