The Sines Tecnopolo is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 science park

Science park

A research park, science park, or science and technology park is an area with a collection of buildings dedicated to scientific research on a business footing. There are many approximate synonyms for "science park", including research park, technology park, technopolis and biomedical park...

 headquartered in Sines

Sines, Portugal

Sines is a coastal municipality in the district of Setúbal, in the Alentejo Litoral region of the Portuguese Alentejo. Its population in 2011 was over 14260 residents, with a total area of 203.3 km², concentrated on the municipal seat of Sines.-History:...

. It is linked with two public universities (Universidade do Algarve and Universidade de Évora), two public polytechnics

Polytechnic (Portugal)

A polytechnic is a higher education educational institution in Portugal created in the 1980s. After 1998 they were upgraded to institutions which are allowed to confer licenciatura degrees. Before then, they only awarded short-cycle degrees which were known as bacharelatos and didn't provide...

 (Instituto Politécnico de Beja and Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal) and the Sines Municipality.

The park is devoted to technological transfer, entrepreneurship promotion and advanced training oriented to industry needs. Acting as a science park, its location (southwest coast of Portugal) privileges its strategic position: ocean economy and energy technology.