Business opportunities

You can find information about:

National business opportunities

If you want to keep up with national and sectorial business opportunities (for example, in the Defense Sector), check the website for Agência da Competitividade e Inovação and, within the scope of social economy, check the website for Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia social (CASES).

On the Portal Base, the public procurement portal, you will find centralised information on public procurement in Portugal. This is a virtual space where the elements related to the training and execution of public contracts are advertised, thus allowing their monitoring. The aim of this portal is to ensure greater rigour, transparency and competitiveness in public procurement and to contribute effectively to the rationalisation of spending and the reduction of bureaucracy in public procurement processes.

 

Business opportunities in the European Union

The Jacques Delors European Information Centre (CIEJD), through the "Business Opportunities in the EU" project, provides privileged information on the opening of tenders and other business opportunities launched by European Union (EU) institutions and bodies.

The Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, displays information on the public notices issued in the Member States of the European Union. See also the official websites of the EU institutions and bodies.

 

Enterprise Europe Network is the world's largest network supporting SMEs and startups with international ambitions.

Created by the European Commission, the Network currently has more than 600 partner entities in more than 60 countries, bringing together approximately 3,000 local experts.

In Portugal, the Enterprise Europe Network is formed by a group of public and private entities that are part of a consortium, EEN-PORTUGAL, led by IAPMEI.

The main goal of EEN-PORTUGAL is to help Portuguese companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises and startups, to become more innovative and competitive in international markets by providing them with strategic information and support services.

In a logic of integration of skills and under the principles of think small first (SME) and one stop shop, the 11 entities that constitute the EEN-PORTUGAL consortium are close partners with SMEs. Among the services made available to SMEs and their stakeholders, the following should be highlighted:

  • organisation of brokerage events and business missions abroad;
  • submission of cooperation opportunities for Portuguese companies in the European Commission's database (POD-Partnering Opportunities Database);
  • facilitation of matching associated to expressions of interest from Portuguese companies on cooperation opportunities presented by foreign companies and expressions of interest received from foreign companies on cooperation opportunities presented by Portuguese companies;
  • facilitation of cooperation agreements between Portuguese companies and foreign companies, both at the commercial, technological and research levels, including cooperation under the Horizon 2020 Programme.

To learn more access https://www.een-portugal.pt

 

International business opportunities

The Gabinete de Estudos e Relações Internacionais do Ministério das Finanças (GPEARI) provides Portuguese companies that export goods and services or are interested in investing in developing or transition countries with international business opportunities generated from multilateral or bilateral financing.

If you are a foreign entrepreneur interested in investing in Portugal, browse aicep Portugal Global at Invest in Portugal.

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