Seeking to contribute to the internationalization of CUIP, on April 4, 2024, was held the first meeting with CUIP’s external consultants, in which eight of the nine consultants were present: Agata Blachnio (Poland), Alvin Lai Oon Ng (Malaysia), Esther Greenglass (Canada), Falk Huettig (Netherlands), James Shepperd (USA), Miguel Farias (England), Nataša Jokić-Begić (Croatia) and Thomas Iachamann (Germany).

In this session, a presentation of CUIP was made, in particular the proposal to be submitted to the FCT competition, and the consultants then presented suggestions that were taken into account in the final proposal submitted to FCT.

Furthermore, the consultants subsequently sent individual written opinions on CUIP, which were very positive.