"We gathered to celebrate a protocol that materializes very clearly what is the mission of a University in the 21st century". Words of the Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), Isabel Capeloa Gil, at the signing of the protocol with the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP), for the creation of the CEO Future Ready for Global Business Academy, which took place on July 26.
This partnership is implemented through the Católica International Business Platform (Platform), a collaborative active-learning initiative, created in 2021, at CATÓLICA-LISBON, with the purpose of accelerating the sustainable internationalization of Portuguese companies.
The CEO Future Ready for Global Business Academy will start in September with the program "From export to internationalization" - a C-Level program for leaders of Portuguese companies with high potential for international growth. The program will be taught by CATÓLICA-LISBON Executivos and aims to consolidate the geopolitical, economic and cultural literacy of the participants, systematize the fundamentals of sustainable internationalization, in the light of the current macroeconomic context and changing globalization patterns; and develop core skills for leadership with systemic thinking.
At the Ceremony, the Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University, Isabel Capeloa Gil, stressed that "the University is a space for transformation and contribution to the development of the country. Because it is at the forefront of knowledge, it has to anticipate trends and that is exactly what this Academy of leaders proposes to Portuguese entrepreneurs."
The President of CCIP, Rui Miguel Nabeiro, said that "the protocol signed today represents the union of efforts with an academic institution of reference at national and international level, and is a very important step for the mission of the Chamber of Commerce to continue to support Portuguese companies and entrepreneurs in their internationalization processes."
