The Lisbon City Council is the executive body of the municipality and its mission is to define and implement policies that promote development.

Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal, incorporated in a metropolitan region with 2.98 million people.

From its 571,000 residents, the number of people using the city’s transport system rises by around 70% every day, due to commuting between home and work and home and school.

The region concentrates a large number of companies, close to 482,000, with a high level of technology and research.

This is where over 40% of the country’s total expenditure on R&D is focused.

This city with an ancestral history receives over 7 million visitors every year, with over half coming from markets abroad, in particular United States, Brazil, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.