Alcobaca wants to promote the local pottery industry

With the intent to promote, make known and rejuvenate the local pottery sector, the town council of Alcobaca presented a candidature to the Project CeRamiCa, in the scope of the Inter-Regional Cooperation Program, known as INTERREG IV C.

Alcobaca puts-itself beside others towns and non lucrative entities of countries as Spain, France, Romania, Slovenia and Greece, in a project led by the town of Hodmezovasarhely, in Hungary.

Overall, the project contemplates 2.140.600 €, of which 360,760 euros are destined to the national components. To the Portuguese entities fits a contribution of 85 %.

Experience exchanges of good practices, bench marketing actions, promotion of the pottery related industrial tourism and the accomplishment of a correct diagnosis of the sector, for which should participate all of the local industrialists are other proposals of the town council in the scope of this candidacy, that should receive an answer in the next month of June.

In conclusion, one should know that the pottery industry continues to have an important weight in the economy of the whole Silver Coast, as attested by the number of work positions related to all of the ceramics factories and tourism inflows that fine pottery generates. Ceramics is clearly an important asset to the Silver Coast, especially in areas as Alcobaca and Caldas da Rainha, where it attracts many tourists and art/ decor lovers.