ADRAL (Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo) is a Portuguese regional development agency established in 1998 to promote the economic and social growth of the Alentejo region. It acts as a bridge between public and private sectors, fostering collaboration and attracting investment. The agency's current priorities include repositioning itself as a key player in regional development, focusing on strategic areas like business creation, innovation, and attracting national and international investment. The ADRAL also emphasizes establishing partnerships and networks, knowledge building, and ensuring financial sustainability. The agency represents a wide range of stakeholders, including public entities, associations, private businesses, and the scientific and technological community, making it a crucial driving force for progress in the Alentejo region.
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S3 Strategy
Alentejo's Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) for 2030, or EREI2030, is built on the foundation of the region's unique assets and the lessons learned from the previous strategy. It aims to foster innovation-led growth and address the region's specific challenges. The strategy focuses on three key objectives: enhancing territorial sustainability and cohesion, strengthening regional value chains, and improving the skills of the regional workforce. It prioritizes domains such as sustainable bioeconomy, sustainable energy, mobility and logistics, tourism and hospitality services, cultural and creative ecosystems, and social innovation and citizenship. The strategy emphasizes a collaborative governance model and a robust monitoring and evaluation system to ensure its effective implementation and measurable impact on the region's development.
Strategic R&I Projects
Mosaic
MOSAIC project analyzes the factors influencing land use decisions across various levels and the awareness of environmental issues among decision-makers. It will model future land use scenarios, including displacement effects, to inform policymaking.
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Allon I3: Alliance on Interregional Innovation Investments
The project aims to increase the capacity of regional innovation ecosystems in less developed regions to collaborate in EU value chains, by fostering collaboration between different regions, facilitating interregional cooperation.
H2tALENT
H2tALENT is a green hydrogen pilot project in Alentejo, Portugal. It targets 2.1 GW electrolysis capacity, producing 180 thousand tons/year of green hydrogen, creating 5000 jobs and utilizing the Port of Sines for distribution.
Latest Updates
- By Astrid Hannes
What lies ahead for cultural heritage? CHARTER’s new report unveils future scenarios and their associated challenges, opportunities and skills needs
What lies ahead for cultural heritage? CHARTER’s new report unveils future scenarios and outlines challenges, opportunities, implications for skills and future jobs, and education and training needs, aiming to address and anticipate the impacts of geostrategic dynamics, climate change, circular economy, and digital technologies on cultural heritage.
- By Lucy Hammond
40 Regions begin their Pathways2Resilience Journey
40 Regions and Communities, including 14 from ERRIN Member regions, have begun their 18-month journey with the Pathways2Resilience Project, in which ERRIN is a partner. The regions will undertake a programme to produce a climate resilience strategy, action plan and an accompanying investment plan to move towards transformative climate adaptation.
- By Aija Konisevska Azadi
Coastour Open Call For Applications: Grants Scheme for Tourism Businesses
Coastour Project’s call for rural coastal tourism SMEs application is now open! COASTOUR project’s focus is on sustainable and resilient transformation of the rural coastal tourism industry. Consortium partners are to represent coastal rural areas in 5 countries: Denmark, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia. Deadline for project proposals is on 28 August 2024, 17:00 CET.
- By Astrid Hannes
CHARTER Alliance presents the 8 education and training pathways and curricula for the future of cultural heritage
CHARTER, the European Skills Alliance for Cultural Heritage, presents eight innovative and emerging training pathways for the future of the cultural heritage sector. The full report contains information for Education and Training providers, ranging from EQF level 3 to 8, to innovate their Education and Training offer. It highlights examples of emerging occupations and professional profiles, learning outcomes, and recommended curricula outlines.
- By Astrid Hannes
How is cultural heritage integrated into regional development? CHARTER Alliance publishes new report on six regional case studies conducted by ERRIN
CHARTER, the European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance funded by Erasmus+, has released a new report showcasing findings and conclusions from six regional case studies conducted by ERRIN members in the Basque Country (Spain), Sibiu (Romania), Bremen (Germany), Alentejo (Portugal), Tuscany (Italy), and Västra Götaland (Sweden) in 2021-2023. The report synthesises how skills for cultural heritage are integrated into regional development policies and strategies, examining sector-integrated dynamics within these regional ecosystems. The report provides recommendations for developing long-term regional skills policies, enhancing skills governance and strengthening skills intelligence at the regional level through data-driven policies.
- By Astrid Hannes
New CHARTER Report: Forecast to fill gap in Heritage Education and Training
In its new report, "Forecast to fill gaps in Heritage Education and Training", the CHARTER EU Alliance delves into the gaps and needs of Cultural Heritage professionals in Europe. This report maps the main challenges for professional development in heritage, encompassing technology, sustainable development, professional collaboration, public administration, diversity, funding, social uses, knowledge transfer, occupation coding, and skills description.