Professor Radu Godina from DEMI - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | FCT NOVA, presented the paper "Enhancing Efficiency in the Maritime Industry through Lean Practices: A Critical Literature Review of Benefits and Barriers" at FAIM2023 - Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing International Conference, targeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The paper was also co-authored by Professor Stein Ove Erikstad from the Department of Marine Technology of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU (Trondheim, Norway), and is a result of the collaboration and mobility activities between the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa - FCT NOVA and NTNU within the M4ML - Mobility for Maritime Logistics Programme, funded by EEA Grants Portugal*.

* About the EEA Grants
Through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are partners in the internal market with the Member States of the European Union. As a way to promote a continuous and balanced strengthening of economic and trade relations, the parties to the EEA Agreement have established a multi-annual Financial Mechanism, known as the EEA Grants. The EEA Grants aim to reduce social and economic disparities in Europe and to strengthen bilateral relations between these three countries and the beneficiary countries.