About
Porto Digital is a private, non-profit association
About
It was established in 2004 and currently has as its members the Municipality of Porto, the University of Porto (UP), and the company Metro do Porto. The main objective of Porto Digital is to promote projects in the field of digital technologies within the context of the city of Porto and its metropolitan area, as well as to develop projects related to innovation and experimentation.
Mission
We aim to contribute to more effective and efficient public services that have a real impact on citizens’ quality of life, grounded in sustainable development and driven by Innovation and Digital Transition as key enablers of the city’s transformation.
Toolbox para a Inovação e Transição Digital do Porto
Goals
Goals
Improve the quality of education and training, particularly by increasing the use of ICT at all levels of schooling, and contribute to reducing the digital divide
Promote the adoption of technologies that reduce bureaucracy and enhance the integration and efficiency of municipal services
Develop innovative public procurement procedures
Strengthen the city’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, as well as technological and social innovation
Promote open innovation and the cross-fertilization of ideas among the city’s various stakeholders and actors
Position the city as a living laboratory
Improve the quality of education and training, particularly by increasing the use of ICT at all levels of schooling, and contribute to reducing the digital divide
Promote the adoption of technologies that reduce bureaucracy and enhance the integration and efficiency of municipal services
Develop innovative public procurement procedures
Strengthen the city’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, as well as technological and social innovation
Promote open innovation and the cross-fertilization of ideas among the city’s various stakeholders and actors
Position the city as a living laboratory
Board of Directors
President
Filipe Manuel Ventura Camões de Almeida Araújo
(Porto City Council, Councilor for Innovation and Environment)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO):
Paulo Filipe Gonçalves Calçada
Members
Fernando Manuel Augusto da Silva (University of Porto)
Miguel de Miranda Cabral Dias Gomes (Porto City Council)
Pedro Manuel de Azeredo Ferreira Lopes (Porto Metro)
General Meeting
President
Professor Ph.D. António Sousa Pereira (University of Porto, Dean)
1st Secretary
Adolfo Manuel dos Santos Marques de Sousa
2nd Secretary
Jorge Miguel Osório de Castro Ribeiro Pinheiro de Magalhães
Audit Board
President Rui Manuel Pinto Couto Viana (University of Porto, Professor)
Members
Ricardo António Beato de Carvalho
Susana Catarina Iglésias Couto Rodrigues de Jesus
External Auditor
Effective
Susana Catarina Iglésias Couto Rodrigues de Jesus (ROC nº 1338)
Alternate
António Magalhães & Carlos Santos Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, represented by António Monteiro de Magalhães (ROC nº 179)
Goals:
— Develop the digital and communications infrastructure, as well as tools that support the development of open innovation and co-creation processes and actions, in order to ensure the implementation of effective public policies and services with a positive impact on quality of life.
— Promote citizens’ digital rights and the use of data made available by municipal services, by citizens, companies, and all those who live in the city, fostering knowledge creation and the development of open and transparent management.
— Support entrepreneurs in transforming challenges into opportunities for innovative businesses and in their processes of growth and internationalization, seeking to ensure sustainable development.
Associates
Whistle blowing Channel
The Whistleblowing Channel allows for the submission of internal or external reports.
Internal reports include verbal or written communications containing information about violations committed within Porto Digital.
External reports refer to verbal or written communications containing information about violations reported to the Municipality of Porto, as the competent authority, under and for the purposes of Article 12 of Law No. 93/2021, of December 20.
The Whistleblowing Channel is a secure means of communication that allows for anonymous reporting. It is primarily preventive in nature and is based on a whistleblowing management system designed to ensure confidentiality throughout the entire process.
Accordingly, whistleblowers who comply with the conditions set out in the General Regime for the Protection of Whistleblowers of Offenses, approved by Law No. 93/2021, of December 20, benefit from the legal protection granted, including the prohibition of retaliatory acts.
The identity of the whistleblower will only be disclosed in compliance with a legal obligation or a court decision.
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