NECE is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science andTechnology (FCT) and its permanent external commission for scientific advice (Comissão Externa Permanente de Aconselhamento Científico [CEPAC]) is composed by Ajay Manrai, Alain Fayolle, Christina Theodoraki, John Dumay, Marta Peris Ortíz, Julio Pindado Garcia and Walter Leal Filho.