The AGIR Award reflects the commitment of REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais (National Energy Networks) - in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. The aim of the award is to encourage and support initiatives that respond to social problems.
In 2014, the theme of the first edition of this initiative was job creation. In the eleven editions that followed, the AGIR Award was dedicated, respectively, to active ageing, combating poverty and social exclusion, the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market, the preservation of natural heritage, combating school dropout and promoting school success, promoting employment for vulnerable people, social innovation in response to COVID, promoting the environment, biodiversity and combating climate change, promoting sustainable development, supporting and including homeless people, and supporting informal carers.
Now in its 13th edition, the AGIR Award will be dedicated to ‘Mental Health and Community Well-being’, a theme that reflects our commitment to the 2030 Agenda, based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty and hunger and ensure dignity and equality for all. We will therefore award three projects focused on promoting mental health and community well-being.
The AGIR Award is aimed at associations, companies and non-profit organisations. The first-ranked project will receive a monetary prize of thirty thousand euros, the second fifteen thousand euros and the third five thousand euros.
The selection is the responsibility of REN in partnership with Stone Soup Consulting, which will monitor the use of the funds donated to each supported project, as well as assess the real social impact of REN's support for each project.
Project applications must be submitted between 1 March 2026 and 30 April 2026.
Until 30th April
2027
Project: SMAC – Serviço Móvel de Apoio ao Cuidador
Entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Marco de Canaveses
Impact area: Marco de Canaveses
Project: EntreLaços – Cuidar com Saber
Entity: Instituto das Irmãs Hospitaleiras do Sagrado Coração de Jesus
Impact area: Braga
Projeto: Colmeia
Entity: LongeVidade – Cooperativa de Solidariedade Social, CRL
Impact area: Porto
Project: "CAIS Recicla"
Entity: CAIS
Impact area: Porto
Project: "É UM CATERING"
Entity: Associação CRESCER
Impact area: Lisboa
Projeto: "closet4all"
Entity: Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa
Impact area: Braga
Project: "Leaders Gang"
Entity: Mentes Empreendedoras
Impact area: National
Project: "Academia de Líderes Rurais"
Entity: Rural Move - Associação para a Promoção do Investimento em Territórios de Baixa Densidade
Impact area: Miranda do Douro
Projeto: "Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Montado - capitalização dos SIGM (Sistema Integrado de Gestão do Montado)"
Entity: Associação de Defesa do Património de Mértola
Impact area: Alentejo
Project: "SPEAK"
Entity: Share Your World
Impact area: Portugal
Project: Apps for Good
Entity: CDI
Impact area: Portugal
Project: Escola de Superpoderes
Entity: Associação Juvenil Transformers
Impact area: Porto
Project: Pescadores de Sonhos
Entity: Associação APEXA
Impact area: Albufeira
Project: Gado Sapador
Entity: Agência de Desenvolvimento Gardunha 21
Impact area: Fundão
Project: A Encosta do Sol
Entity: Bonus Itineris
Impact area: Braga
Project: Guardiãs do Mar
Entity: Ocean Alive
Impact area: Estuário do Sado / Troia / Setúbal
Project: EU - Consigo!
Entity: Associação Salvador
Impact area: Porto
Project: Duoday
Entity: Associação de Desenvolvimento Local
Impact area: Alentejo
Project: ASUL
Entity: Associação de Famílias Solidárias com a Deficiência
Impact area: Coimbra
Project: Localizar-TE
Entity: OIKOS - Cooperação e Desenvolvimento
Impact area: Braga
Project: TLT - Talentos em livre Trânsito
Entity: Sampana
Impact area: Guimarães e Évora
Project: Super Babysitters
Entity: F2 - Associação de apoio Família - a -Família
Impact area: Lisboa, Setúbal e Porto
Project: Trupe Senior
Entity: Coletividade Cultural e Recreativa de Santa Catarina ( Chapitô)
Impact area: Lisboa
Project: Idade XXL
Entity: CEDIARA - Centros de Dia para Idosos
Impact area: Albergaria a Velha - Ribeira de Fráguas
Project: Envelhecimento + Ativo
Entity: ENGENHO - Associação de Desenvolvimento Local do Vale do Este
Impact area: Vila Nova de Famalicão
Project: Gericuidar
Entity: Serviço Jesuíta aos Refugiados
Impact area: Lisboa
Project: As Maiatas
Entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Maia
Impact area: Maia
Project: Ferreira Empreende
Entity: ESDIME e Câmara Municipal de Ferreira do Alentejo
Impact area: Ferreira do Alentejo