Jorge Álvares Foundation

{{short description|Portuguese Foundation}}

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| native_name = Fundação Jorge Álvares

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| named_after = Jorge Álvares

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| formation = {{start date and age|1999|12|14|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://jorgealvares.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ACTO-DE-INSTITUICAO-1.pdf |title=Acto de Instituição |last=Marques Martins de Oliveira |first=Vitorino José |date=14 December 1999 |publisher= |access-date=13 December 2023}}

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| founding_location = Avenida Miguel Bombarda, n.º 133, 4.º andar, letra I, Lisbon

| type = Foundation

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| status = nonprofit organization with of public utility status

| purpose = cultural, educational, scientific, social

| headquarters = Rua Castilho, 39 (Edifício Castil) – 11º Andar – Letra I, Lisbon{{cite web |url=https://jorgealvares.com/contatos/ |title=Contatos - Jorge Álvares |author= |date= |website=Fundação Jorge Álvares |access-date=13 December 2023 |quote=}}

| location_city = Lisbon

| location_country = Portugal

| coordinates = {{coord|38.72293|-9.1519617|display=inline,title}}

| language = Portuguese

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| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Maria Celeste Hagatong{{cite web |url=https://jorgealvares.com/orgaos/ |title=Órgãos - Jorge Álvares |author= |date= |website=Fundação Jorge Álvares|access-date=13 December 2023 |quote=}}{{cite news |author= |date=6 April 2022 |title=Fundação Jorge Álvares escolhe Maria Celeste Hagatong como nova presidente |url=https://hojemacau.com.mo/2022/04/06/fundacao-jorge-alvares-escolhe-maria-celeste-hagatong-como-nova-presidente/ |work=Hoje Macau |access-date=13 December 2023|trans-title=Jorge Álvares Foundation selects Maria Celeste Hagatong as president|language=pt}}

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| board_of_directors = Maria Celeste Hagatong, Maria Alexandra Gomes, Fernanda Ilhéu, Rui Soares Santos (2022-2028)

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| website = {{URL|https://jorgealvares.com}}

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Jorge Álvares Foundation is a non-profit organization with public utility status established in Lisbon on 14 December 1999. It was recognized by the Portuguese government in 2002,{{Cite act | type = Ordinance| index = 587/2002 (2.ª série)| date = 9 April 2002| url = https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/portaria/587-2002-2607457| language = pt}} and received its public utility status in 2004.{{Cite act | type = Declaration| index = 89/2004 (2.ª série)| date = 14 April 2004| url = https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/declaracao/89-2004-3363148| language = pt}}{{cite web |url=https://jorgealvares.com/missao-e-objetivos/ |title=Missão e Objetivos - Jorge Álvares |author= |date= |website=Fundação Jorge Álvares|access-date=13 December 2023 |quote=}} It received its initial funding from the Fundação para a Cooperação e o Desenvolvimento de Macau (MOP 50 million) and Stanley Ho (MOP 100 million).

The foundation is named after Jorge Álvares, credited as the first European to have reached China by sea during the Age of Discovery.{{cite news |author= |date=8 February 2022 |title=Fundação Jorge Álvares quer mais portugueses a estudar na China |trans-title=The Jorge Álvares Foundation wants more Portuguese people studying in China |url=https://www.tsf.pt/mundo/fundacao-jorge-alvares-quer-mais-portugueses-a-estudar-na-china-14568732.html |language=pt |work=TSF |agency=Lusa News Agency|location= |access-date=13 December 2023}} According to its by-laws, it takes as its purpose the development of cultural, educational, scientific, artistic, and social activities that promote an intercultural dialogue resulting from the specificity of Macau and multicentury Portuguese presence in this territory. In addition, it intends to support Portuguese institutions that promote the study and promotion of Macau, as well as activities related to the Macanese diaspora.{{cite web |url=https://jorgealvares.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Estatutos-2018-pp-timbrado.pdf |title=Estatutos da Fundação Jorge Álvares|author= |date=October 2018 |website=Jorge Álvares Foundation |access-date=13 December 2023}}