António Bob dos Santos

António Bob Santos, 32, currently Advisor to the Cabinet of the National Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan, has always worked on the Innovation area. In UMIC - Agency for Knowledge Society (2002-2005), has developed initiatives like b-On (Online Knowledge Library), NEOTEC (Technology-based companies programme) or OTIC (Technology Transfer Offices). In 2001 he was Advisor at the Prime-Minister Cabinet (PROINOV programme - Integrated Programme for Innovation), having developed work in clusters and human resources policy. He was also Co-ordinator of the Network of Knowledge Resources Centres (Institute for Qualify in Training).

 António Bob Santos holds a degree in Economics (specialization in Economics of Innovation)   and a  Master Degree in Sciences of Work, from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa – ISCTE (2002).

PUBLICATIONS

• “Para uma Política de Inovação em Portugal” (Towards an Innovation Policy in Portugal) (Co-Author, Coord. M.J. Rodrigues), Publ. Dom Quixote, 2003. 
• “Mapear Conhecimento e Inovação em Portugal: uma proposta para um sistema de indicadores e um programa de observação” (Treading the Path to the Knowledge Society – Patterns of ICT Diffusion in Portugal) (co-author, Innovation area), UMIC, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, 2003. 
• “O sector do vidro em Portugal” (The Glass Industry in Portugal) (co-author), INOFOR, 2002. 
• “Necessidade de uma economia solidária: a visão de Karl Polanyi sobre os mercados”, Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), 2004. 
• Actividades emergentes – o caso do cluster do turismo/lazer na região de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), 2002. 
• “Prioridades para os recursos humanos em Portugal” (Human Resources Needs in Portugal), (support to co-ordination), Gabinete do PROINOV (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros), 2002. 
• “Clusters e políticas de inovação” (Clusters and Innovation Policy) (collaboration) Gabinete do PROINOV (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros) 2002. 
• “O cluster do software em Portugal” (The Software Cluster in Portugal), (collaboration), Gabinete do PROINOV (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros), 2002. 
• “O cluster do calçado em Portugal” (The Footware Cluster in Portugal), (collaboration), Gabinete do PROINOV (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros), 2002. 
• “The Ceramics Industry in Portugal”, (collaboration), INOFOR, 2000. 
• “O Futuro da Educação em Portugal - Tendências e Oportunidades” (Education in Portugal - Trends and Oportunities), (collaboration), Ministry of Education, 2001 (Coord. Roberto Carneiro).