ISLA – Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia

ISLA-IPGT, within the framework of its teaching, research and community service activities, is an institution of higher education aimed at training qualified staff and specialists whose cultural, scientific and technical ability to intervene in the labour market and the community in general.

We are a polytechnic school organised in a research centre and two schools: Higher School of Management and Higher School of Technology. The institution celebrates 30 years of existence in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto district. We Offer Higher Technical Courses, Undergraduate and master’s in the areas of Management, Tourism and Computer Engineering. In addition to the teaching activity, ISLA has a Research Center dedicated to applied research and services to the entities with which it is related. We are members of the technology-based incubation centre of Gaia and have been responsible for the guidance, support and validation of projects of several entrepreneurs.

EPAD – Escola Profissional de Artes, Tecnologias e Desporto de Gaia

EPAD – Escola Profissional de Artes, Tecnologias e Desporto de Gaia, offers level 4 certifications of the National Qualifications Framework, considering that they represent a great contribution to the promotion of new professional profiles, as well as to diversify and complement the training offer in the region. EPAD, currently, has six Professional Technical Courses in operation, namely, Educational Action, Sports Management Support, Psychosocial, Communication and Digital Service, Sports and Young Technician.

EPAD was born in 2005 with the “Autorização Prévia de Funcionamento” dated June 7th. In September 2006, classes began and the school started having only five courses. We currently teach around fifteen courses in the most diverse training areas, having already taught Education and Training Courses (CEF), Vocational Courses (9th and 12th years) and a wide variety of Professional Courses Level IV. We are currently 3 schools: EPAD Picoas, EPAD Areeiro and EPAD Gaia.

S.C. R4-Consultanta si Formare Profesionala S.R.L.

R4-Consultanță și Formare Profesională L.L.C. was founded in March 2020 by Regibio and 4EMES, combined their experience and expertise acquired over the years and started this new project in the field of consultancy services for projects with nonrepayable grants and professional education.

The mission of R4-Consultanță is to offer excellent services in the area of young and adult professional education, exceeding its clients’ expectations, cherishing its associates and contributing to our society’s progress through spreading information about its professional education projects, and taking appropriate measures at every stage of its education process (development, implementation and evaluation) to improve its quality consistently.



Adriana MarquesEPAD Gaia

adrianamarques@epadgaia.edu.pt

Ângela BaptistaEPAD Gaia

angelabaptista@epadgaia.edu.pt

Carlos Miguel OliveiraISLA Gaia

miguel.oliveira@islagaia.pt

Clara LopesEPAD Gaia

claralopes@epadgaia.edu.pt

Marco LamasISLA Gaia

marco.lamas@islagaia.pt

Natália CostaISLA Gaia

natalia.costa@islagaia.pt

Paula FigueiredoEtacademy

paula.figueiredo@etacademy.pt

Ana DiogoEtacademy

ana.diogo@etacademy.pt.pt

Loredana MacoveiR4 Consultanta

loredana.macovei@r4consultanta.ro

Ionut MinciunaR4 Consultanta

ionut.minciuna@gmail.com