The 16th CT-Luso Project coordination meeting, held online on 7 January, brought together representatives of several partner institutions from Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking countries to review ongoing work, with a particular focus on legislative recommendations, the communication strategy, the webinar schedule and activities planned for 2026.
The meeting was moderated by project coordinator Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, who outlined the main objectives of the meeting and stressed the importance of strengthening coordination among the project's partners, with a focus on cooperation and the practical implementation of its outcomes.
The CT-Luso project's Communications Adviser, Ana Sofia Calaça, presented the strategy for disseminating the legislative recommendations, highlighting an approach based on regular institutional communications, engagement with journalists and targeted social media publications adapted to the realities and audiences of each participating country. She stressed the importance of all partners' collaboration in ensuring effective communication.
Representing the Centre for Biomedical Law, André Dias Pereira and Carla Barbosa provided an update on the ongoing work, which is currently at the final stage of detailing the legislative recommendations for each country.
The meeting then moved on to discussions concerning the Work Package 5 training programme, dedicated to the Good Clinical Practice Guidelines – ICH-GCP (R3), which began in December 2025. Contributions to the development of the training programme were shared by Joel Passarinho, representing INFARMED, Raquel Silva, from the Commission for Clinical Research Ethics (CEIC), and Esperança Sevene, from the National Bioethics Committee for Health of Mozambique (CNBS). Esperança Sevene highlighted a practice-oriented approach involving the active participation of different stakeholders to ensure effective implementation.
Maria Alexandra Ribeiro, representing Nova Medical School, also contributed to the meeting, stressing the importance of the training component and knowledge sharing as a means of consolidating the project's results.
The session also included a presentation of the Workshop for the Presentation of the Legislative Recommendations, scheduled for late February or early March, as well as the webinar schedule, with particular emphasis on the session dedicated to “Clinical and Non-Clinical Research”, scheduled for 29 January 2026.
