AD&C-NCE has announced the 30 finalists for the 2nd edition of the European Funds Awards, acknowledging the work and ambition of projects aimed at the development and strengthening of the territory and the European Union. These projects demonstrate the capacity to transform ideas into concrete results with impact on people, institutions, and territories.
The awards ceremony will take place on November 5th, at the Mostra dos Fundos Europeus, where projects supported by European Funds that make a difference in people's lives and the territory will be celebrated.
The finalists were selected across various categories: + Intelligent (including HORUS 360ºiOMS, Strategy for Sustainability and Certification of the Azores Tourist Destination, StartUP Voucher, Science and Innovation Park, and Electronic Vaccination Bulletin), + Green (Alentejo Wines Sustainability Program, Metropolitan Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Continental Portugal Coastal Strip Monitoring Program, store®, and Final Phase Recovery of the former Urgeiriça mining area), + Connected (Cycle-pedestrian bridge on Avenida Almirante Gago Coutinho, Viseu Dão Lafões Soft Mobility, Mobility for all on Calçadinha de Coruche, New Electric Ferry for Transport between S. Jacinto and Forte da Barra, and Campanhã Intermodal Terminal).
In the + Social and + Closer to Citizens categories, projects such as CaliSense, Installation of the Azores Maritime School, Portuguese for All, Program in Schools – Médio Tejo Region, PICIE II – Innovative Plan to Combat School Failure in the Leiria Region, Program for the Valorization of the Central Region's Cheese Sector, Rehabilitation of the Mirandela Railway Station, Mountain Villages- Creative and Community Ecosystem, Anchor Projects for the PROVERE Collective Efficiency Strategy Aldeias do Xisto Network, and the Construction of Warehouses and Requalification of the Fishing Port Area of Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde stand out.
The + European Territorial Cooperation category includes the Galicia-North of Portugal Euroregion (AECT), FOOD CORRIDORS, AGEO – Atlantic Platform for Geological Risk Management, Program for a Long-Lived Society, and MARGULLAR – SUBACQUATIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM IN MACARONESIA.
All finalist projects can be viewed at premiosdosfundoseuropeus.pt.
