WIDE - Women in Digital Empowerment
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Promova
Portugal · Lisbon · National · See the Portugal profile
The Promova Project aims to promote gender equality in access to senior management positions in private organisations. Promova helps to increase the presence of women in Portuguese business activity, in management positions of greater responsibility. In doing so, the companies, a
129
Participants
72
Companies involved
4
Editions completed
49%
Women promoted
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Confederação Empresarial de Portugal (CIP) — website
- Power domain
- Economic Power
- Methods / tools
- Gender Training, Competence development, Awareness-raising
- Region (NUTS)
PT17- Keywords
- Gender Equality, decision making, Training
Context
Promova is a one-year Portuguese programme, sponsored by seven major companies (Randstad, ANA Aeroportos, EDP, Gilead, Sogrape and Sonae), aiming to increase women's presence in senior management positions in Portuguese business.
Objectives
Identify and develop female talent with leadership potential for promotion to senior management; strengthen participants' knowledge, tools and skills; build cross-organisational networks; support individual career-advancement plans; raise awareness among companies and society of gender balance in top management.
Activities
A one-year sequence of learning moments and methodologies combining upskilling with relationship-building across organisations and cultures.
Results
Across 4 editions, the programme involved 129 participants from 72 companies, with 49% of participants promoted.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k) — Sponsored by seven major companies across 4 editions; treated as medium cost given national, multi-company, multi-edition scale.
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years) — Each edition runs one year; the programme has completed 4 editions to date.
- Staffing & skills
- Corporate sponsors (Randstad, ANA Aeroportos, EDP, Gilead, Sogrape, Sonae), Programme coordination by Confederação Empresarial de Portugal (CIP)
Conditions for success
- Buy-in and sponsorship from major companies
- Structured one-year learning journey with individual development plans
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes ESF+ — European Social Fund Plus
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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