The PORDATA Contemporary Portugal Database reflects the main priority for the first years of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation. The Foundation intends to devote an important part of its resources and efforts to the collection, organisation and dissemination of information about Portugal and the Portuguese.
According to the Foundation’s statutes, its “Statement of Principles” and the wishes of its founder, it believes that the progress of societies depends very much on the participation of their citizens and the public debate of all the issues which affect and interest them.
The Foundation recognizes that participation and debate are conditioned by knowledge of the facts and possession of relevant information and that creative public debate can only really take place when there are no obstacles among free people with informed opinions.
