AquaValor – Centro de Valorização e Transferência de Tecnologia da Água is a private non-profit association whose founding members are UPB, the Alto Tâmega Intermunicipal Community (CIMAT), the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), the University of Vigo (UVIGO), the Hospital Center of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro EPE (CHTMAD), the Alto Tâmega Region Development Association (ADRAT), the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Eurocity Chaves-Verín, the Alto Tâmega Business Association (ACISAT) and key players from the private sector associated with the sector in question.
It is presented as a thematic but multifunctional interface infrastructure that aims to support companies by involving them in their activity, responding to existing needs that are not being met by companies operating in the market and also aims to create new channels for the transfer and dissemination of knowledge to the economic sector.
AquaValor works essentially around the theme of water, in its various aspects, as a distinctive/identity value, aggregator and driver of economic growth in the Alto Tâmega sub-region, mainly in four functional areas:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at the Service of Thermal Waters and Wellness Tourism;
Specialized services dedicated to generating added value;
Research and Innovation;
Training of Highly Qualified Human Resources, namely through master’s degrees and doctorates, as well as Higher Professional Technical Courses and training courses for tourism, hotel and restaurant workers.
