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O IEFP é o serviço público de emprego nacional. Tem por missão promover a criação e a qualidade do emprego e combater o desemprego, através da execução de políticas ativas de emprego, nomeadamente de formação profissional.

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) is the Portuguese funding agency for science and technology, set up in 1997. Today, FCT also coordinates public policies for the Information Society in Portugal (since 2012), and manages the national research and education network (NREN), providing high-performance computing and communication services to the research and education communities (since 2013). We are a publicly funded government agency, under responsibility of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. FCT's vision is to: - Establish Portugal as a global reference in research and innovation; - Ensure that knowledge generated by scientific research is used fully, for economic growth and the wellbeing of all citizens. Portugal has a well-established research base: diverse, productive and internationally competitive. It drives new areas of frontier science, underpins knowledge-based innovation and is set to contribute to solving the challenges faced by modern societies. FCT support cuts across the entire spectrum of Portugal’s science base: talented people, groundbreaking research projects, internationally competitive centres, and state-of-the-art infrastructures. FCT provides funding and support across all areas of research: exact sciences and engineering, life and health sciences, natural and environmental sciences, social sciences and the humanities. For greater economic impact and growth, FCT connects research with industry through several dedicated programmes, in close collaboration with other agencies in Portugal. Science is global. FCT acts internationally, with both established and emerging science nations, ensuring researchers in Portugal have access to international research programmes, funding and networks. The FCT community is made up of tens of thousands of researchers. Together, we work towards making our vision a reality.

O IAPMEI actua sob a tutela do Ministro da Economia e tem como missão facilitar e assistir as PME nas suas estratégias de crescimento inovador e internacional, de aumento da produtividade e da competitividade, de reforço de competências e da capacidade de gestão e de acesso aos mercados financeiros, a par da promoção do empreendedorismo. ________________ IAPMEI is a specialised public agency within the Portuguese Ministry for the Economy, created to provide technical and financial support to enterprises, in particular to SMEs. Along its 40 years’ experience, IAPMEI has developed into a stable, efficient and well-known organisation with a staff of around 350, 12 regional offices and a wide range of controlling interests in associate organisations (both private and state-owned) involved in SME support schemes in Portugal. IAPMEI’s main mission is to actively participate in the design and implementation of integrated strategies for the support of Portuguese corporate activity, with a special focus on SMEs and with a view to modernisation, innovation and international competitivity in the industrial, trade and services sectors.