📋 Tender Overview
The National Library Foundation (FBN), linked to the Ministry of Culture (MinC)-received, on the morning of last Friday (5), the visit of the Deputy Minister of State for Ibero-America and Spanish Language, Susana Sumelzo Jordan, the Ambassador of Spain in Brazil, Maria del Mar Fernandez-Palacios Carmona, and entourage that included the Director of the Center of Brazilian Studies of the University of Studies SALAMANCA, Jose Manuel Santos. The group met with FBN president Marco Lucchesi, with the chief of staff, Oscar Goncalves, and the coordinator of the Barao do Rio Branco Rescue Project, Luciano Figueiredo.
During the meeting, the terms of a memorandum between the Spanish government and the FBN to the contribution of Spain to the Rescue Project - dedicated to digitization and availability to the public, on the Internet, of documents related to Brazil Colonia, were discussed.
Coordinator Luciano Figueiredo made a brief presentation of the project, emphasizing its importance for academic research, to study Brazils history in schools, and even its contribution to several indigenous and quilombola communities towards recognizing the possessions of their land: In some cases, Rescue Project documents were used as evidence of the presence of ancestors of these communities in certain locations.
This is a project that does not find similar in the world. Today, we have 1 million pages that are consulted by researchers from all over the globe. It enables students who are unable to go to Europe can research these documents on their computers screens. It is a way of diffusion of knowledge, not just for the gym: he talks to the population, as a whole, about our past, Luciano Figueiredo said. FBN President Marco Lucchesi celebrated the meeting:
Another fundamental step to deepen the Rescue Project, which represents the sum of generations of Brazilian researchers, today under the curatorship of Professor Luciano Figueiredo - whose knowledge of the historical sources of Brazil is the guarantee of an organic, deep and articulated work. All this honors the National Library, Brazil, the democratic values, from the spread of knowledge, which guides the mission of the National Library, he said.
Brazil and Spain: past and future
At the meeting, the director of the Center for Brazilian Studies of the University of Salamanca, Jose Manuel Santos, said that Spain is the second country in the world with the largest amount of documents for Brazil Colony - behind only Portugal. During the meeting, the elaboration of the memorandum that will be the initial framework of the negotiations for Spanish cooperation with the Rescue Barao do Rio Branco Project was settled.
It is the beginning of a possibility of collaboration on the study of the common history of Brazil and Spain, very important to make available to citizens of both countries this common past. Today the world has new challenges, which countries need to face together. This shared future is reflected in common values - such as democracy and multilateralism - and todays meeting will help us deepen and recognize these values, Spain Ambassador, Maria Del said, Mar Fernandez-Palacios Carmona.
The Deputy Minister of State for Ibero-America and the Caribbean and Spanish language, Susana Sumelzo Jordon, stressed the ties that unite the countries:
Brazil and Spain are two sister countries, strategic. For us, Brazil is very important culturally, socially. And we have something that unites us: they are two global languages. More than 850 million people speak Portuguese and Spanish in the world. So, language and culture unite us. It is a great satisfaction to establish working methods between the Spain government and the national library.
