Viseu Dão Lafões
Brief characterization
Viseu Dão Lafões- VDL
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Territory
People
Education
Economic activity
Swot analysis
Conclusions
Territory
Viseu Dão-Lafões
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14 municipalities
3489 km²
290.000 habitants
24 municipalities
CIM Viseu Dão Lafões
District of Viseu
Territory
Viseu Dão Lafões
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Aguiar da Beira( doesn´t belong to Viseu District)
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
Mangualde (City)
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Santa Comba Dão (City)
São Pedro do Sul (City)
Sátão
Tondela (City)
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu (City- District capital )
Vouzela
A25
A24
3 ports
1 airport
Viseu Aerodrome
Railway
Territory
• Different levels of development
• Viseu- biggest city of Portuguese interior
– 70.000 habitants
– Increasing importance
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Health services
Specialized schools
Governmental administrative services
Cultural activity
Services for companies
Shopping structures
• Surrounded by 5 industrialized municipalities
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Tondela
Mangualde
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
S. Pedro do Sul
People
• 290.000 habitants
– 30% in Viseu
Population growth
(1991-2011)
Viseu
18,70%
Portugal( main land)
7,10%
Centre of Portugal
3%
Viseu Dão Lafões
-1,90%
People
Number of habitants with university
degree/1.000 habitants
Portugal
77,39
Portugal Main Land
80,63
Centre of Portugal
84,63
Dão-Lafões
58,63
Viseu
151,69
Lisboa
107,87
People
Average age
PortugalViseuCentre of PortugalVDL-
42,01
41,32
43,79
44,03
People
Number of students in high school/habitants
aged 15-17
%
Portugal
124,9
Continente
126,1
Centro
125
Dão-Lafões
119,2
Viseu
143,7
Lisboa
133,1
People
Number of students studying in the university
school aged 18-22 /habitants aged 18-22
%
Portugal
32,2
Continente
33,8
Centro
36,2
Dão-Lafões
20,1
Viseu
55,5
Lisboa
45,2
People
Number of students studying in professional
schools / students in high school
%
Portugal
25,1
Continente
25,3
Centro
29,2
Dão-Lafões
32,5
Viseu
27,1
Lisboa
20,8
People
People over 65 / People under 14
%
Portugal
Continente
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Viseu
Lisboa
136
138,9
170,3
176
127,6
125,4
Education
Viseu-6.500 people studying in local Universities:
• IPV
• UCP
• Piaget
• IPV- Public- 5.700 students
• More 29,3% new students than 2013
• More 9% total students
Education
• 33 professional schools
• 48 entities accredited by DGERT in VDL
• AIRV
– January- September 2014- 22.000h of training
Education
New projects for professional education:
• Estaleiro Escola
( “Construction site” School”)
– AIRV
– CMV
To prepare
– UCP
technicians for
urban regeneration
– GECORPA
– IPV
Education
New projects for professional education:
• Academia Visabeira
– Visabeira group
– AIRV
– CMV
To prepare technicians for
electronic/electric/digital
communications jobs
Companies
• Very diversified economic sectors
– Industry
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Car
Textile
Pharmaceutical
Extraction
Wood
Ceramic
Metallic
– Services
– Tourism and health( natural Spa´s)
– Agricultural
• Food
• Forest
– Retailers
Regional GDP
3.3 billion €
2% Portugal
Companies
% Portugal % Viseu Dão Lafões
Portugal
1062782
Continente
1017697
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Number of
companies
230274
24360
Aguiar da Beira
528
Carregal do Sal
762
Castro Daire
1139
Mangualde
1591
Mortágua
1011
Nelas
1033
Oliveira de Frades
986
Penalva do Castelo
473
Santa Com ba Dão
937
São Pedro do Sul
1467
Sátão
1005
Tondela
2442
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela
422
9658
906
21,7%
2,3%
100%
2%
3%
5%
7%
4%
4%
4%
2%
4%
6%
4%
10%
2%
40%
4%
Companies
% PT % VDL
Portugal
Continente
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Aguiar da Beira
Revenues of the
companies
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
Mangualde
Mortágua
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Santa Com ba Dão
São Pedro do Sul
Sátão
Tondela
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela
15,9%
1,9%
1,4%
2,7%
2,5%
16,0%
4,6%
5,3%
16,1%
0,9%
1,8%
2,9%
1,6%
12,2%
0,9%
29,1%
1,9%
Companies
Revenues:
Agriculture
Animal production
Fisheries
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
% PT
% VDL
1,62%
0,59%
0,05%
2,87%
Revenues:
Industry
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Aguiar da Beira
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
Mangualde
Mortágua
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Santa Comba Dão
São Pedro do Sul
Sátão
Tondela
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela
% PT
% VDL
24,57%
5,56%
0,72% 37,59%
0,01%
0,28%
0,02%
1,11%
0,01%
0,28%
0,22% 11,50%
0,02%
1,20%
0,06%
3,06%
0,13%
6,58%
0,00%
0,18%
0,01%
0,55%
0,02%
1,05%
0,01%
0,31%
0,13%
6,96%
0,00%
0,05%
0,07%
3,79%
0,01%
0,56%
Revenues:
Services
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Aguiar da Beira
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
Mangualde
Mortágua
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Santa Comba Dão
São Pedro do Sul
Sátão
Tondela
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela
% PT
% VDL
26,52%
2,37%
0,14%
7,44%
0,00%
0,03%
0,01%
0,61%
0,01%
0,42%
0,04%
2,18%
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0,22%
0,01%
0,29%
0,01%
0,39%
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0,18%
0,00%
0,22%
0,00%
0,22%
0,01%
0,30%
0,02%
0,97%
0,00%
0,07%
0,13%
6,58%
0,00%
0,11%
Construction
% PT
Revenues:
Construction
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Aguiar da Beira
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
Mangualde
Mortágua
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Santa Comba Dão
São Pedro do Sul
Sátão
Tondela
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela
% VDL
6,86%
1,15%
0,17%
0,00%
0,00%
0,01%
0,01%
0,01%
0,01%
0,01%
0,00%
0,00%
0,00%
0,00%
0,01%
0,00%
0,10%
0,00%
8,87%
0,11%
0,11%
0,42%
0,62%
0,29%
0,31%
0,32%
0,26%
0,20%
0,20%
0,21%
0,31%
0,07%
5,19%
0,24%
Revenues:
Real Estate
Revenues:
Tourism
% PT
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
% VDL
1,14%
0,10%
0,01%
% PT
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
0,56%
% VDL
2,59%
0,36%
0,04%
2,19%
% PT
Revenues:
Retailers
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
Aguiar da Beira
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
Mangualde
Mortágua
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Santa Comba Dão
São Pedro do Sul
Sátão
Tondela
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela
% VDL
36,70%
5,80%
0,65% 33,95%
0,01%
0,78%
0,01%
0,70%
0,02%
1,10%
0,03%
1,32%
0,05%
2,42%
0,03%
1,33%
0,16%
8,12%
0,01%
0,28%
0,01%
0,70%
0,02%
1,06%
0,01%
0,68%
0,06%
3,17%
0,01%
0,54%
0,22% 11,28%
0,01%
0,47%
Companies
Gross Added Value
Portugal
Centro
Dão-Lafões
23,3%
23,0%
21,0%
Gross added value of the 4 biggest
companies/ Regional Gross Added Value
Portugal
4,60%
Centro
4,47%
Dão-Lafões
12,40%
Companies
Exports/imports
%
Portugal
83,06
Continente
84,84
Centro
135,21
Dão-Lafões
121,70
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
53,64
Viseu Dão Lafões- VDL
Swot analysis
• Strengths
– Easy access to Spanish and European market
• Highways
• Easy access to 3 Ports and 1 airport
– Diversified economic basis
• Several German companies
– Good local teaching institutions
– Safety and quality of life
• Historic patrimony
• Cultural activity
• Gastronomy
– Good regional products
– Low installation cost
– Regional entrepreneur network
Viseu Dão Lafões- VDL
Swot analysis
• Weaknesses
– Lack of common regional strategy
– Insufficient relation schools/companies
• Need of more applied research
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Low qualification of companies owners
Low professional qualification
Low productivity
Lack of qualified people.
Dependence of big companies
Lack of regional promotion
Viseu Dão Lafões- VDL
Swot analysis
• Opportunities
– Portuguese speaking countries
– Increasing reputation of Portugal
• Good to invest and do business
• Gateway for Europe and Africa
• threats
– Lack of long term policies
Conclusions
• We must:
– have industrial investment
• Reduce dependence of main companies
– increase our regional productivity
– Increase the relations between
University/professional schools and companies
– believe on qualification benefits
• qualify our young people.
• invest on qualification during all life
– Open to the world
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