The project, given its characteristics and foreseen actions, will make it possible to attend to major needs and problems of the national economic fabric, such as:

• Difficulty of national companies in determining the current stage in the process of digital transformation and maturity, from technological, organizational and emerging perspectives;
• Need to obtain know-how, technologies and skills that leverage the traditional and ICT sectors in Portugal, in order to increase its competitiveness;
• Lack of large national players, with critical mass and the capacity to be present in international competitions and to leverage the structure of SMEs;
• Difficulty of national companies in adopting Industry 4.0;
• Need to promote the valorization and transfer of technology, the qualification of human resources and the development of new areas of competence, such as the digitalization of the industry.