Value Portuguese products through innovation, increasing productivity, creating value and incorporating technology into the production processes of Portuguese companies.
Create qualified employment and scientific employment through the implementation of research and innovation agendas aimed at the creation of economic and social value.
Knowledge production, diffusion, and transmission, oriented for companies and for economic value, contributing to the pursuit of public policy objectives.
Facilitate the supply and demand of technology and business opportunities among the National Innovation System players.
ANI intends to distinguish and reward R&D and innovation in Portugal. In addition to BfK, the ANI distinguishes the best academic papers on innovation in the Portuguese economy, as well as the best journalistic pieces on R&D and innovation
Promote the dynamics and networking of the entities involved in these processes.
Valuing research and development activity in polytechnic institutions, as a way of enhancing their relationship with the business, social and artistic fabric.
Enhance the transfer of scientific and technological knowledge to the business community through networks and actions that place value on the results of research and its economic use in markets and by companies.
Train TICs and companies, especially SMEs, in R&D and innovation activities, enhancing the link with innovation system entities and facilitating their access to highly qualified human resources.
O Born from Knowledge (BfK) é um Programa promovido pela ANI que pretende valorizar o conhecimento científico e tecnológico.
The Free Zones for Technology - Framework for Regulatory Sandboxes (ZLT) are physical environments, geographically located in a real or quasi-real environment, intended for the execution of tests on innovative technology-based technologies.
TECH4INNOV aims to bring together and promote dynamics for the transfer and valorisation of knowledge to the economic fabric, creating and consolidating relationships between stakeholders, from upstream (academia) to downstream (companies).
Promote collaboration between entities of the scientific and technological system and the business environment, and strengthen participation in international programmes.
Develop the whole national innovation system in a sustainable way, identifying the great strategic smart bets, which are topics with scientific, technological and economic specialisation.
Public procurement can be an important instrument for the induction of innovation and R&D activities, both in companies and in public entities purchasing products and services.
The ECOPOL project (Public Partnership for Better Innovation Policies and Instruments in Support of Eco-Innovation) is a European project, funded by the European Commission, which has functioned as a tool for the Action Plan for Eco-innovation.
Sector standardisation for innovation refers to the process of developing and implementing specific standards governing the use and application of research, development, and new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) is a key strategic instrument regarding the implementation of the European Union.
