The Strategic Plan of COTEC has defined four Strategic themes of development, around wich the activity of the Association is centred, namely:
«To promote a culture of innovation as a crucial source of company competitiveness»
«To foster the practice of innovation by all the agents of the National Innovation System»
«To influence the strategic orientation of both the National and the European Innovation Systems»
«To remove context barriers to innovation»
Annually the Board of Directors of COTEC Portugal proposes to the Constituent Bodies of the Association an Action Plan which includes the activities to execute. These initiatives are planed taking into account the four Strategic Themes and also the influence that the Association pretends to exercise on the factors of generation and application of knowledge.
