O Instituto Rodrigo Guimarães na " the Business Year : Portugal 2023 Edition" com uma entrevista do seu presidente, Rodrigo Marques Guimarães!

What is the institute’s mission? Our family established this non-profit association with the aim of contributing to higher quality education by supporting young people with less financial capacity and helping them create their own luck. We help young people with less financial means change their lives through education. Our goal is to create an impact on this new generation and help develop talent in Portugal’s youth. What is the importance of partnerships in the institute’s mission? Creating the right partnerships is our best chance of getting the results we want and scaling them up. We support young people in institutions where they live or attend and created partnerships in all our programs. In the Pré Universitario program, we not only work with young people on the educational component, but also the social and family component. We also partner with private and cooperative teaching institutions to ensure that students with lower financial capacities have access to quality education. In the Universitário program, we have established protocols with universities and social suporting Institutions to create finance, economics, and management scholarships for undergraduate and master’s degrees. We are also creating Erasmus scholarships. In our Mais Horizontes program, we partner with organizations that also look ahead and work towards getting a better-quality education for our youth. Some of our partners include Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Fundação Santa Rafaela Maria, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. What makes scholarships a transformative tool that can impact the lives of young adults? Awarding scholarships have the ability to transform students’ lives and they are vital for those who otherwise would be unable to pursue and achieve their educational and professional goals. The burden of education costs is more than just tuition; for many, there are also accommodation, food, books, and various other costs that they need assistance with