Instituto de Cultura Ibero-Atlântica

National Network
Portugal
Address

Largo Dr. Bastos, 13 – 8500-654 Portimão
Portimão
Portugal

Telephone
00351 282470822
Telephone (other)
00351 282470822
E-Mail
mgraca.ventura@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
icia.geral@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
00351 962514062
Mobile Phone (other)
00351 966793019
Website
http://www.institutoculturaibero-atlantica.pt
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1995
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information
Instituto de Cultura Ibero-atlântica is a cultural association, collective person of public utility, founded in 1995, in Portimão (Portugal). Is ruled by a Headquarter composed by 5 members. The budget available in a year is 83.000 €. The sources of funding are public institutions. Our main action is seminars, editions, cultural visits, cultural meetings, post-graduations and courses. Our partners in scholarships are the University of Lisbon and the University of Algarve. The main partners are the Municipality of Portimão, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Culture.
Mission and Objectives

Development and divulgation of Latin-American and Mediterranean History and Culture, promotion of patrimony’s studies and the dialogue between the Mediterranean and Atlantic cultures

Main Projects / Activities

Since 1995 we organize, every year, internationals meetings about the identity of the Iberian and Latin-American history and culture.
Since 1998 we have an agreement with two public universities that allowed us to offer post-graduations in Local and Regional Studies.
Since 2002 we are partners, with the Ministers of Education and Science, in a Latin-American project to promotion the historical and cultural identity.
Our headquarters are in Manuel Teixeira Gomes’s house the algarvian President who lived and died in Bejai (1925-1941). So, we are presenting a project to the municipality of Portimão to increase the Mediterranean studies and the relations between cities from bolt edges, mainly morocco and Algerian cities.

Contact (1) Full Name
Maria da Graça Ventura
Head of the organisation
Maria da Graça Ventura