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Photo by Luís Pinto, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2011.

Respect. (from the lat. respectu) n. 1. respect; 2. consideration; high regard; 3. deference; compliance; veneration; 4. honour; worship; 5. relation; refererence...

We believe that everyone should be respected for their work, for their attitudes, opinions and options.

Photo by Mila Teshaieva, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2011.

Rigor. (from the lat. rigore) n. 1. harshness; strength; 2.fig., severity; punctuality; accuracy.

There is no "more or less levelled", "more or less upright”, "more or less clean" or "more or less safe", but rather “levelled”, "upright”, "clean” and “safe". The rigour is reflected in our procedures, in time and in the rules to follow. In the light of moral and principles, being severe means being rigorous.

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Passion. (from the lat. passione) n. 1. intense and usually violent feeling (affection, joy, hate, etc.) which hinders the exercise of impartial logic; 2. derived from a feeling; 3. great predilection; 4. partiality; 5. great grief; immense suffering...

Under the sign of passion – a text of the Portuguese poet Regina Guimarães – is our icon. Passion is to reveal great enthusiasm for something, favourable encouragement or opposite to something.
It is the sensibility transmitted by an architect or engineer through work.
Passion is the dedication to a project. Passion is a state of warm soul.

Photo by Jakub Karwowski, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2012.

Loyalty. (from the lat. legalitate) n. the quality of being loyal; fidelity; sincerity.

Respect for the principles and rules that guide the honour and probity. Faithfulness to commitments and agreements undertaken, staunch character.
To remain loyal to the business partners because we depend on them and they depend on us.
Being trustworthy for being loyal.

Photo by Ian Lieske, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2011.

Solidarity. (from the lat. solidare) n. 1. the quality of being solidary; 2. reciprocal responsibility among the members of a group, namely social, professional, etc.; 3. sense of sharing another’s suffering.

Being solidary is being a friend, offering our hand with genuine generosity and bringing joy and human warmth to those who, somehow, are marginalized. Being solidary is being more human. A solidary company is recognized as a fair and non-selfish company. A solidary company is a preferred choice in business. It is a more competitive company. Volunteering is a vehicle to solidarity. It is modern, fair, cultured, friend, it is a noble gesture of moral elevation.

Photo by Clarence Gorton, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2012.

Courage. (from the lat. coraticum) n. 1. bravery facing danger; intrepidity; to have audacity; 2. moral force before a suffering or setback; 3. [fig.] to input energy when performing a difficult task; perseverance...

Courage is essential in our life. Courage to face less pleasant situations when complex issues come up, not expecting random resolutions.
It is a value that we must highlight as opposed to the fearful, cowardly and laziness.
The courage to react to criticism not with an attitude of demotivation or sadness, but rather to search for the means and the action to overcome its own reason. This kind of courage, which is also an intellectual courage, is highly recommended.

Photo by Filipa Alves, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2011.

Ambition. (from the lat. ambitione) n. 1. vehement desire of wealth, honours or glories; 2. expectation about the future; aspiration; 3. lust; greed…

Vehement desire to achieve a particular goal. Ambition not to resign ourselves. Ambition to take the best potential from ourselves. Ambition to deserve ourselves. Ambition to be athletes in our top-level competitive jobs. Ambition to beat our brands. Ambition to get the best deals with the maximum value, due to the high levels of proficiency and efficiency.

Photo by Scarlett Coten, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2011.

Esthetics. ESTHETICS (from the Greek aisthetiké, "sensitive") n.f. 1. Philosophy branch of philosophy that studies the beauty and nature of artistic phenomena; 2. author's own style, time, etc.; 3. harmony of shapes and colors, beauty; 4. set of techniques and treatments that aim to beautify the body.

We decided to build the company's economic foundations under a cultured, cosmopolitan and cool image. Because it is a charming state of being. Good taste because we are sustainable and we respect the planet. Good taste because we are sensitive. Good taste just because.

Photo by Karl Erik Brondbo, finalist of the Emergentes dst Award 2011.

Responsibility. (from the lat respondere) n. the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; a form of trustworthiness.

We must be certain that, before a choice, we chose what is best for both of us and not just the best for each one. Each employee is responsible for his negotiated activity and co-responsible if the co-worker does not fulfil his own task, thus preventing the common goal. A team is a set of individuals - is a whole. In the business game, as in social or family contexts, everyone must comply with their own relative position and we shall not permit that one of ours fails to be in our team.

12. 30 horas
30/05/2025
“30 hours 30 years of the dst Grand Prize for Literature” Festival brings Braga to life

Público

“30 hours 30 years dst Grand Prize for Literature” Festival brings Braga to life.
For two days, the city will host a non-stop programme of exhibitions, poetry sessions, dance, workshops and concerts, alongside the prizegiving, this year recognising the work of Luísa Costa Gomes.

“30 hours 30 years dst Grand Prize for Literature” Festival brings Braga to life.               To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the dst Grand Prize for Literature, awarded to author Luísa Costa Gomes this year, the Portuguese business group has organised the “30 hours 30 years dst Grand Prize for Literature” festival, a non-stop programme of events taking place in Braga on the 27th and 28th of June.                    

“30 hours 30 years dst Grand Prize for Literature” Festival brings Braga to life.            
“The festival, which is free and will run for 30 hours straight, is a vibrant expression of the spirit of the prize: an encounter between literature and other arts, a homage to the written word and its creators. For 30 years, we have been recognising authors and promoting cultural dialogue, but this year we go further”, explains the company in the press release sent to PÚBLICO.

The ceremony in which the dst Grand Prize for Literature will be awarded to Luísa Costa Gomes for her book Visitar Amigos e Outros Contos (Dom Quixote), a gala event at which Mayra Andrade also presents her album reEncanto (28 June, 20:00, Theatro Circo in Braga), is the culmination of the festival, which closes with  an afterparty featuring Vivax b2b Amadeu Clasen (23:30 to 3am at Oboé, exclusively for gala ticketholders).

But the festival begins with the opening of the exhibition Dias de Verão, by artist Ana Vidigal, on 27 June at Zet Gallery. The same day, the Sindicato da Poesia “invades Chave d'Ouro café to bring poetry to anyone letting loose after a week at work”, reads to the press release (the reading is scheduled for 23:00). Anyone with energy left can head to Club Sono at Ludoteca da Estufa, with lighting design by Diogo Mendes and sets from DJ Alcrud3, Dudas and Dawn Dani (from 23:30 to 9:00). Attendees are invited to “bring your sleeping bag and drift into a deep sleep, soundtracked and illuminated by four Braga-based artists.

The following day sees “Draw your stories”, a writing and illustration workshop aimed at families with young childrenwith author and illustrator Afonso Cruz (Zet Gallery, 8:00 to 10:00), which will be followed by a meditation session guided by Mário Rodrigues and inspired by the Ana Vidigal exhibition (at 10:00).

At Museu dos Biscainhos, textile artist Mónica Faria will lead a weaving workshop entitled “Weaving History and Words”.  Sindicato da Poesia will be reading poems at Café A Brasileira (from 11:00 to 11:30), while Museu Nogueira da Silva provides the backdrop for the performance Semiótica do Bacalhau, by artists João Pedro Vale e Nuno Alexandre Ferreira (from 12:00 to 14:00). “It mimics the format of a TV cookery show, with participants invited to discover and share one of the most traditional of Portuguese dishes - Bacalhau à Brás (shredded salt cod with onion, potatoes and eggs). The artists use the act of collectively preparing and cooking a dish to discuss cod, analysing and deconstructing the place this fish occupies in the Portuguese collective imagination”, explains the press release.

On 28 June, there will be two sessions of the ceramic workshop "Mãos de Cerâmica" (“Ceramic Hands”) led by Ana Reis (from 14:00 to 17:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00 at Atelier Cobalto). On the same day, Braga’s first Festa Odisseia will take place at Museu Dom Diogo de Sousa (from 15:00 to midnight). The festival, a partnership with the National Reading Plan, will include a “Reading Party” at Café Vianna (from 15:00 to 17:00), while at the bookshop Livraria Centésima Página, three actors, a dancer and a musician – Maria Luísa da Conceição, Nuno Pacheco, Ricardo Pinho, Sabrina Rebelo and Vitor Castro – will be handing out  “poetic prescriptions” to “patients/readers” who drop in (between 14:00 and 17:00). Next, António Ferreira, creator of the programme Livros com RUM, on Minho University Radio, will speak to Luísa Costa Gomes about her book Visitar Amigos e Outros Contos (from 17:00 and 18:00).

The dst school auditorium will host the show Vamos Todos Morrer ao Vivo(We’re all Going to Die Live), featuring cartoonist and comedian Hugo van der Ding and Tiago Ribeiro (from 15:00 to 17:00). The festival will also include a performance by Afghan orchestra Azada Ensemble, a Danced Reading Club, in which the National Dance Company  will celebrate a Portuguese language poet (in Largo do Paço, from 17:00 to 18:00), and the performance Void Void Void by Maria R. Soares and António Marotta (from 19:00 to 20:00, at Teatro Afonso Fonseca).

The festival closes at Theatro Circo de Braga with the dst Grand Prize for Literature Gala. Tickets to the festival are free but must be booked in advance on the prize’s official website.