Respect. Collaboration. Excellence. Integrity. Innovation. The five values that summarise the document ‘Técnico’s guiding values’, promoted by the Técnico Ombudsman Office at the end of 2023, have now more than six dozen ambassadors. The group brings together staff, researchers, professors and students representatives.

The Ambassadors Programme to promote Técnico’s guiding values was launched on 6 March at a breakfast meeting held in the Ombudsman’s office, at Técnico – Alameda campus. The initiative is promoted by the committee responsible for producing ‘Técnico’s guiding values’, coordinated by the Técnico Ombudsman’s Office, which aims to promote informal meetings among the ambassadors appointed by the various departments and services at Técnico, the Guiding Values leaflet and the initiatives planned for the upcoming year: training courses focused on the guiding values, their meaning and the role each ambassador can and should fulfill; an illustration competition on the Guiding Values; the organisation of an annual event – the first will take place on 10 November at the Técnico Innovation Centre powered by Fidelidade, with a roundtable discussion, opportunities for exchanging experiences and socialising.

‘The Ambassadors programme aims to extend the impact of the Guiding Values brochure to professors, researchers, staff and students’, explains Técnico’s ombudsman, Raquel Aires de Barros. ‘We want to contribute to the continuous improvement of the way we work, treat each other, and how we teach, learn and research in the community, so that these Values become a central part of the way we relate and interact. With the help of the Guide and the fundamental contributions of the ambassadors, we hope to recognise and support productive behaviour, and to be able to actively minimise conduct that is considered inappropriate,’ she adds.

The document was launched in December 2023 as a result of the work of an independent committee that collected contributions from dozens of people in the school community. Five fundamental values were identified that should guide the behaviours expected by the Técnico community (respect, collaboration, excellence, integrity and innovation), and acceptable and unacceptable behaviours were mapped within each of these. The document aims to be a practical guide to help improve the way we work, treat others, teach and carry out research at the School.

Any non-compliance with the values and behaviours can be reported to the Ombudsman Office via the contacts provided.

“Guiding Values – fostering an open and welcoming environment”

Coordinating Working Group
Raquel Aires de Barros (Education and Staff Ombudsperson)
Ana Lucas
Beatriz Silva
Gonçalo Moura
Joana Lobo Antunes
Maria Amélia Lemos
Marta Pile

List of ambassadors:

Photo gallery.