Amave – Associaçao de Municipios do Vale do Ave, Guimaraes, PT
AMAVE - Associação de Municipios do Vale do Ave, is an association of municipalities, composed by twelve municipalities and it has for main object the technical support, the coordination, the management and implementation of intermunicipal initiatives and actions inserted, mainly, in the extent of the following activities: Automatic treatment of the information; Territorial Planning, regional politics and public transportations, environmental protection; Sociocultural development and economical development; Youth support; Collective representation of the Cities, and, any other initiatives of intermunicipal interest.
This associative model allowed and it continues to give the municipalities the possibility to present candidatures to Community Fund, in the areas of territorial intervention, contributing , by this way, to a sustainable development in Vale do Ave Sub-Region.
The Activities developed by AMAVE in past recent years, followed the next areas of intervention: Administration, Structure and Facilities; Environment; Community Projects, Communications and Transport; Economic and Social Development; Education, Culture, and Social Action; Information Systems and Territorial Planning, mainly empowering the Region to promote new generation policies, and to achieve the millennium goals.
The cultural issues are one of the mainstreams of the Region, because of the city of Guimarães, the first capital of Portugal, the Region had and still have one important role in the textile's, and know because Guimarães is going to be the European Capital of Europe in 2012.
Link: www.amave.pt/
