Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

On 5 September, the Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, and the Director of International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, carried out a visit to the president of the Santa Catarina State Foundation for the Support of Research and Innovation (Fapesc), Fábio Zabot Thausen. On the occasion, they discussed partnership opportunities between UFSC and Fapesc, in the internationalization area. Fapesc has promoted several Calls for Proposals aimed at the internationalization of Santa Catarina’s ecosystem, such as the Programa Catarinense de Internacionalização da CTI: Missão Japão e Singapura 2022 [Santa Catarina Internationalization Program in Science, Technology and Innovation: 2022 Japan and Singapore Mission], in which UFSC was accepted. In all possible joint internationalization initiatives to be undertaken, the aim is to involve several institutions of Santa Catarina.

On 6 September, the Director of International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, and the Head of International Support at the Office of International Relations (SINTER), Marcelo Koerich, visited the Coordinator of the Immigration Police Office in Santa Catarina, Alessandre Mauro Tomaz. Through the existing partnership between SINTER and the Police Office, SINTER carries out the first instructions and assistance to the international community at UFSC concerning the National Migrant Registration (RNM). At the meeting, the importance of the partnership was reinforced and the possibility of expanding the assistance to Araranguá, Blumenau, Curitibanos and Joinville campuses – a topic that will be presented to the campuses during SINTER visits between September and October – was discussed. In addition, the possibility of conducting joint social projects on issues related to immigrants in Santa Catarina was considered.