GRAÇA FONSECADeputy Mayor for Economy, Lisbon City Council

from Lisbon with talent:innovation & entrepreneurship @ the heart of the city

Lisbon Experience

25th Best City of the World to Live (Monocle)

220 sunshine days per year

3 Natural Parks

2 large beach fronts

A rich and diverse gastronomy

A unique location to live and work.

Lisbon. Quality of life

LISBONCreative and Global City

LISBON FILM COMMISSION

LISBONInnovation and

Entrepreneurship at the heart of the City

innovation requires:

Technology

Ecosystem

Knowledge & Talent

LISBON

Knowledge & Talent

Lisbon: an University City with a strong R&D System17 Universities; 30+ R&D Centers;120.000 Students;

4.000 Erasmus students 4th country in OECD with most researchers in the fields of

science and engineering per 1000 inhabitants

Lisbon An Highly Qualified Workforce makes it a

Transatlantic Bridge in Education  and R&D

THE LISBON EXPERIENCE Study in Lisbon

4.000 estudantes

lisboa cidadeeRASMUS

ecosystem of incubation andCreative spaces

urban incubator for startups developing strong IT products

side by side

Lisbon municipality and other partnersprovide office space, support servicesand financial backup 

talent &technology

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co‐workingCo‐working is redefining the way we do work

We work better together than alone 

Co‐working values: 

collaboration, community, sustainability, openness, and accessibility

Link between design & industry –between ideia & Industrial 

production

Here creative and talented people have a place to materialize ideas grown at co‐working (or other place) into a prototype

fab lab

Network conecting universities, industry, PMEs, IT companies...

CreativeCluster 

Santa Clara

_Space for  young creative startups

_Co‐working spaces

_Web design projets

_AA  ‐ Visiting School 

_Creative lounge 

Creative Cluster Santa Clara

(Architectural Association of London)

we are connectingpeople & ideas …

•Promoting the internationalization and the competitive capability of Lisbon at a regional and global scale

• Creating, attracting and retaining … talents, companies, investment and strategic clusters

•Stimulating innovation, creativity and the entrepreneurship spirit in the city.

•Making Lisbon a space open to the exploitation of new motivations, experiences, concepts and innovations

• Positioning Lisbon in the global networks of production and value creation

… in a new ambition

INNOVATIONAT THEHEARTCITY

graca.fonseca@cm‐lisboa.pt

Thank you!