On November, 16th, the Portuguese Sports Foundation introduced the new project HighsPortugal a network of 14 portuguese sports centers. HighPortugal is the new brand for international promotion of our sports centre for all high performance athlete´s and teams.
In the Rio Maior Sports Centre, with the presence of the Minister of Education and Sports, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, and many guests and journalists, the HighsPortugal network for training camps was shown by the firs time.
High performance sport practice is currently recognized as an important factor of sport development. In addition to enjoying a strong social impact, it fosters an interest and enthusiasm which ultimately contribute to the generalization of sport practice. The Portuguese Government, both in its Programme for Government, and in the Planning Options, has defined the construction and implementation of measures to support and encourage High Performance sport practice as a strategic line, by creating conditions for the construction of a network of sports infrastructures named High Performance Sports Centres (HPSC)/HIGHSPORTUGAL.