Portugal is strongly committed to the development of an inclusive information society where knowledge is a fundamental ethical, cultural, social and economic value, fostering the creation of wealth and employment, the quality of life, and social development.
The Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) is the Portuguese public agency with the mission of coordinating the policies for the Information Society and mobilizing it through dissemination, qualification and research activities. It operates within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. More Information
Websites of Portuguese Research Institutes
and Research Centers in ICT
Research institutes and research centers in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) rated in the last assessment as “Excellent” or Very Good” by international standards.
Websites Of Portuguese Enterprises with R&D Activities In ICT
Enterprises in Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT), with websites in English, that declared to have performed R&D activities for the purpose of qualifying for the National System of Fiscal Incentives to Enterprise R&D, as well as other enterprises which declared R&D activities in the last Survey to the National Scientific and Technological Potential (2003).
All schools connected to the Internet
since 2001 and in broadband since January 2006
Providing all the schools with a broadband DSL connection to the Internet through the Science Technology and Society Network
Public Internet Spaces
More than 1,080 Internet Spaces provide free access to multimedia computers and the Internet to citizens all over the country
Basic ICT Skills Diploma
Recognizing acquired basic competencies in ICT and training people for them, as a means to enhance info-inclusion
Digital Cities and Digital Regions
A total of 33 projects for the development of Digital Cities and Digital Regions covering a territory of more than 95% of the total area of Portugal
Science Alive (“Ciencia Viva”)
A program for the promotion of science
and technology within society with many ICT/Internet based activities
b-on: Online Knowledge Library
Full texts of the main academic and scientific journals published internationally accessible in all research and higher education institutions
National GRID Initiative
Promoting the development of GRID Computing and the sharing of distributed computing resources for the resolution of complex problems that require intensive data processing
Neotec: New Technological Enteprises
Promoting new ICT based technological enterprises with high potential growth, in particular by students and researchers of higher education institutions
OTIC – Technology and Knowledge Transfer Workshops
The OTIC initiative promotes the creation of knowledge and technology transfer units in the areas of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Networks of Competence
Promoting the creation of innovation and knowledge networks with a scope strongly involving information and communication technologies
The Enterprise’s Portal
An integrated access point to public services provided to enterprises.
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