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PACT (Alentejo Science and Technology Park) and CCDR Alentejo (Alentejo Regional Coordination and Development Commission) held on January 19 the second edition of the event “Mobilizing Agendas in Alentejo”, a working session on Mobilizing Agendas with investments in Alentejo, within the scope of the RRP (Recovery and Resilience Plan).

This initiative is in line with the responsibility of PACT, as the leader of the Regional Technology Transfer System (SRTT), and PACT is even part of 4 of the 32 mobilizing agendas implemented in the region, The

session, which took place at the PACT facilities, between 09:00 am and 13:00 pm, aimed to take a new status and analyze the progress of the Mobilizing Agendas, showing some prototypes of the projects and presenting the results achieved so far.

Divided by thematic area, the 16 mobilizing agendas presented, respective lead company and speaker are as follows:

Industries and Production Technologies

Sines Green Hydrogen Valley – FUSION FUEL, S.A. – Bruno Pimenta
From Fossil to Forest – NAVIGATOR PAPER SETÚBAL, S.A. – António Sequeira
InsectERA – INGREDIENT ODYSSEY, S.A. – António CamposMoving2Neutrallity – PETROGAL, S.A. – Sílvia OliveiraNGS – New Generation Storage – DST SOLAR, S.A. – João GomesR2UTechnologies – modular systems – DOMINGOS DA SILVA TEIXEIRA S.A. – Nuno NevesMobility, Space and Logistics

Next Portugal – EEA – EMPRESA DE ENGENHARIA AERONÁUTICA E AUTOMÓVEL S.A. – Frederico Aguiar-BrancoNEURASPACE – AI Fights Space Debris – NEURASPACE, S.A. – Carlos CerqueiraNEXUS: Innovation Pact – APS – ADMINISTRATION OF THE PORTS OF SINES AND ALGARVE, S.A. – Ana MartinsTransversal Technologies and their Applications

BLOCKCHAIN.PT – “Decentralizing Portugal with Blockchain” Agenda – VOID Software – João Mota
CircularTech – ITGest – Pedro MeiraH2DRIVEN Green Agenda – EFACEC ENGENHARIA E SISTEMAS, S.A. – Hugo Maganinho (from the co-promoter company CAPWatt Metanol)H2 Green Valley – REN, GÁS, S.A. – Pedro Carola
Sustainable Stone by Portugal – SOLANCIS – SOCIEDADE EXPLORADORA DE PEDREIRAS S.A. – Célia Marques (from the co-promoter company ASSIMAGRA)Natural Resources and Environment

Blue Bioeconomy Pact – INOVAMAR, LDA – Miguel Marques
Vine and Wine Portugal – GRANVINHOS, LDA – João LacãoAccording to the data available on the IAPMEI website, overall, these 32 mobilizing agendas represent a total investment of approximately €5,727M, of which €679M are allocated to the Alentejo. More than 100 co-promoting entities are associated with these 32 mobilizing agendas.

The opening session included speeches by Soumodip Sarkar, Executive President of PACT, Aníbal Costa, Vice-President of CCDR Alentejo, and Sara Carrasqueiro. Vice-President of IAPMEI.

After the presentations of the status of the Mobilizing Agendas, the event was closed by Pedro Dominguinhos, President of the National Monitoring Committee of the RRP, who had the opportunity to ascertain the main difficulties experienced by the consortia and was available for closer contact, within the scope of joint work.

In his speech, Pedro Dominguinhos highlighted the importance of the funds from the RRP: “If it were not for the RRP, either the investment would not be made or it would be made much more slowly”. The President of the National Monitoring Committee of the RRP recalled that “the RRP is allowing the payment of higher salaries”, thus meeting the expectations of highly qualified human resources, national and foreign, who are invited to settle away from large urban centres, such as the Alentejo, where the work is being carried out and the funds allocated to the region’s Mobilising Agendas are being applied. In terms of the impact of RRP investments on the design of the strategy of the Portuguese economy, Pedro Dominguinhos says that “we are in the presence, in many cases, of new economic sectors that did not exist in Portugal or that will have an international projection”, which deserves greater confidence in companies and illustrates that they “are capable of responding” to the challenge of creating “innovative projects, in articulation between the entities of the scientific system and companies”.

For Soumodip Sarkar, this event “promotes a more effective execution of projects, through the sharing of experiences, opportunities and challenges by the various partners, in addition to strengthening relations between the leading entities and entities co-promoting the Mobilizing Agendas with the national bodies with responsibility for the management of the RRP”. The Executive President of PACT states that the entity is “aware of its role in the development of the region” and in this sense, together with CCDR Alentejo, intends to “continue to follow this theme and hold a 3rd edition of the event in the future”.

In addition to presenting to the community the impact that PRR investments are having in Alentejo, the 2nd edition of the “Mobilizing Agendas in Alentejo” was also an occasion to explore synergies between the more than 120 participants (including agenda leaders, agenda co-promoting entities, representatives of municipalities and representatives of regional agents) due to the moment of networking and coffee break, During which it was also possible to analyze the 32 posters on display that gave an account of the main characteristics of each agenda.