Event on Norwegian Business Participation in Portugal's Implementation of the EU Green Deal

By 2026, Portugal will invest 16,6 billion euro as part of its Recovery and Resilience Plan to implement the European Green Deal. Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan aims to boost the Portuguese economy as a response to the coronavirus pandemic and to implement the European Green Deal.

Norwegian businesses can cooperate with Portuguese entities in calls, tenders and projects in Portugal. The event outlined these opportunities and provided a matchmaking between Norwegian and Portuguese businesses.

The thematic areas for cooperation were business innovation, decarbonisation of industry, hydrogen and renewable energy, green mobility and industry 4.0.

See the upcoming tenders on the website for Portugal 2030.

Recording of the Presentations

The event started with presentations of the funding under Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan. It was followed by a matchmaking and a networking reception hosted by the Norwegian Embassy in Lisbon.

You can hear the recording of the event with presentations via this link or the video below:

The event was hybrid, and 46 participants followed the event and took part in the matchmaking online in the platform B2Match. Of these, 17 were from Norway and 29 from Portugal.

Presentations

Here are the presentations of Portugal's Recovery and Reslience Plan under Next Generation EU - Portugal 2030:

Portugal's competitiveness and European Funds: from results to challenges

Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan: Business Innovation and Twin Transition

Why Portugal

Programme for the Event

15:00 Opening Session

Susana Ramos, Head of National Focal Point EEA Grants

HE Tove Bruvik Westberg, Ambassador of Norway to Portugal

Eduardo Pinheiro, Secretary of State for Planning

15:30 Agency for Development and Cohesion

Duarte Rodrigues, Vice-President, Agency for Development and Cohesion

15.45 Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan

Fernando Alfaiate, President of the Mission “Recuperar Portugal”

16:00 Business Opportunities in Portugal

Rita Araujo, Executive Board Member, AICEP Portugal

16:15 Business Opportunities in Norway

Magnar Ødelien, Director, EEA and Norway Grants, Innovation Norway

16:30 Q&A

Cooperation between Norway and Portugal in the EEA and Norway Grants

The event was organised in cooperation with partners in the Portuguese ministries, the Norwegian Embassy in Portugal, the EEA team at Innovation Norway and Innovation Norway's office in Madrid.

Innovation Norway is partner in two programmes financed by the EEA and Norway Grants.

Portugal - Blue Growth Innovation and SMEs

Portugal - Environment, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy