COLLABORATIVE LABORATORIES
ProChild: Collaborative Laboratory
The CCG integrates the ProChild CoLAB - "ProChild CoLAB Against Poverty and Social Exclusion" - a collaborative laboratory aimed at effective social change in the country by placing children at the center of research and innovation through the use of social technology and collaboration between several private and public entities
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS
Produtech
Cluster Têxtil: Tecnologia e Moda
The Textile Cluster: Technology and Fashion is a sectoral support structure which aims to stimulate processes of interaction, articulation, collaboration and information sharing within the economic aggregate itself, acting as an instrument to obtain increments of competitiveness for innovation and internationalization.
TICE
The National Portuguese ICT Cluster - TICE.PT engages and mobilizes relevant actors throughout Portugal, and in particular in the regions of Braga, Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon, covering the entire value chain in the area of ICT. The concertation platform ensures and promotes the interfaces between the academic world and the business world.
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS
GraphicsVision.AI
The members of GraphicsVision.AI are international research institutions and innovation driven companies that share a common vision and interest in technologies like Computer Graphics, Multimodal-Multimedia, Visual Interactive Digital Media, Visualization and Simulation.
The CCG is a founding member of this network.
NEM
The NEM Initiative – New European Media Initiative – is a European Technology Platform, fostering the convergence among Media, Content, Creative industries, Social Media, Broadcasting and Telecom sectors, as well as Consumer electronics to develop a common innovation environment for the new European media landscape.
NESSI
NESSI, the Networked Software and Services Initiative, is the European Technology Platform, for this new Digital Information Society and Economy powered by software and services and data. NESSI promotes that software, services, and data are key enablers to help resolve European societal and economic challenges across all sectors.
COMPANIES/ASSOCIATIONS
CVR
CVR - Centre for Waste Valorisation, with 18 years of existence, is a Technological Interface Centre located in Guimarães, at the University of Minho Campus. It has 2000m² of laboratory space in its headquarters building and is dedicated to research, scientific analysis and application of real solutions in the prevention and waste valorization area.
VARD 2015

Régie Cooperativa whose objective is to define, implement and follow the strategy of Information Systems of the Ave's Region.