Exchanging experiences and good habits are the theme to the foreigner’s non-teaching staff that visited Lisboa Polytechnic Institute from April 29 to May 3rd
The April 29 marked the beginning of the second International Mobility Week organized by the Lisboa Polytechnic Institute.
There were 43 non-teaching staff, coming from several European countries that applied for the initiative performed under the Lifelong Learning Programme/Erasmus.
The participants were received by the Presidential Services of IPL with a welcoming session, with the presence of the vice-president of the institution, Ana Cristina Perdigão. Was made a briefly presentation of IPL and his organic units conducted by Ana Bravo and Carla Ruivo of the Organization Team of International Mobility Week.
The spotlight of the morning goes to the Workshop of the Flash Language Course, in which the participants could learn some basic words in Portuguese with the help of a ball that passed by the audience.
In the end of the morning was given the opportunity for the participants to talk about their institution and their main professionals functions.
During the afternoon, and with support of the City Hall of Lisbon, was organized a Lisbon Sightseeing Tour by bus, in which the non-teaching staff could see the main touristic places of the Portuguese Capital.
On day 30 the Lisbon School of Music received the participants of the International Mobility Week, with the performance of a Clarinet Quartet, following the presentations of communications conducted by some of the non-teaching staff.
In the holiday of 1st May, by invitation of IPL, the participants of the International Mobility Week visited one of the main touristic places in Lisbon, Belém, for a trip in the charismatic tram 15E.
Already in Belém, the group had the opportunity of visiting the famous factory of pastels.
Also made part of the itinerary the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Planetário Gulbenkian, Centro Cultural de Belém, Museu de Marinha, e o Padrão dos Descobrimentos. The tour finished in Torre de Belém, with a brief history of the monument, considered world heritage by UNESCO.