The 51 mobilizing agendas of the Recovery and Resilience Plan involved nearly 1,100 entities, including 874 companies and 224 research centers, with total investment exceeding seven billion euros and more than 3.2 billion euros in PRR subsidies. The consortia developed 1,270 products, processes and services, expecting an increase in business volume of eight billion euros when they enter the international market, in addition to creating 11,000 new highly qualified jobs. The agendas represent 15% of the PRR and required companies and academia to work together, a collaborative model that participants ensure will leave a lasting legacy for Portuguese economy competitiveness.
The Minister of Economy, Manuel Castro Almeida, considered that the Mobilizing Agendas represent one of the most ambitious public policies for business innovation ever launched in Portugal, highlighting them as a strategic choice to bet on competitiveness, knowledge and industry. Several participating companies shared positive experiences, such as Navigator, which through the From Fossil to Forest agenda managed to industrialize forest efficiency technologies and develop molded cellulose packaging solutions, opening opportunities in segments dominated by single-use plastic.
Bondalti, which participated in the GIATEX project for water management in the textile industry, achieved a 40% reduction in the sector's water consumption through 20 industrial pilot projects. The Illiance consortium, led by Bosch Termotecnologia in Aveiro, materialized 77 new innovative products with sales potential exceeding 300 million euros, while HFA reinforced capabilities in microelectronics and circular economy. CEiiA coordinated three agendas that included the BEN project, the first Portuguese electric vehicle, and the Atlantic Constellation, considered the largest space sector project in the country's history.
Despite the positive balance, challenges were identified, including the complexity in coordinating projects of this dimension and the transition from laboratory developments to industrial scale within the available timeframe. Carlos Alves, founder of HFA, questioned the lack of presentation of a plan for the "day after", meaning how to transition from project to product and how to help companies with functional prototypes optimize and commercialize them. Helena Silva, CTO of CEiiA, considered that
