Madeira Regional Government Declares M-ITI a Public Service Institution
The Madeira Regional Government declared the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) a public service institution that “provides and develops activities of public interest through research and development in the field of human-computer interaction in Madeira” and “organizes and carries out its activities, without profit, for the benefit of the entire region” as of February 12 th 2015.
The resolution, published in the Official Journal of the Madeira Autonomous Region, further justifies the decision by arguing that the M-ITI creates and supports “advanced training initiatives for human resources and provides services in the same sphere, cooperating with higher education and research institutions in the human-computer interaction area”.
Read the full article at Funchal Notícias (February 19, 2015). Also covered by RTP Madeira (television news segment), Computer World, Diário de Notícias da Madeira and Jornal da Madeira.