RESEARCH

R&D Projects

CLUSTER-Start CLUSTER Turismo

Principal Investigator:
João Pedro Couto;
Funding entity:
PO Açores 2020 / FEDER & DRCT - Direção Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia;
Total financing:
150,529.66 €
Start-end:
01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019

This project aimed to map the Tourism Cluster, according to the RIS3 strategy for the Azores. It allowed to delimitate the cluster agents, identify the networks, and evaluate the necessities for the development of the cluster. Its purpose was to contribute for the development of the methodology of clusters in the delimitation and identification of the several agents’ roles that intervene in the dynamics and add value to the cluster, with the evaluation of the applicability of the existent methodologies, mapping the cluster of tourism in the Azores and identifying collaborative strategies for the cluster enhancing.