Porto rises to the top of the list published by fDi Intelligence, after a record in attracting foreign investment in 2022, ahead of Birmingham, Glasgow, Antwerp, Gothenburg or Bilbao.

European Cities and Regions of the Future, prepared and published this Thursday by fDi Intelligence, a division of the Financial Times group specializing in international investment.

This is the first time that the northern capital occupies the first place, obtained in the “FDI strategy – Large cities” category, for the results achieved with the municipal strategy for promoting foreign direct investment (FDI), according to the results announced by the autarchy at an event carried out in the Pasteleira Reservoir.

In the 2023 edition, the expert panel compared the investment promotion strategies of 90 European cities and regions, grouped by population. Among the indicators evaluated are the profile and number of FDI projects attracted in the last 12 months, the fastest growing sectors and the results of local policies in areas such as attracting talent, energy resilience and sustainability.

Porto wins the challenge of seeking to build a city where people want to live, which is characterized by the verb to converge – of people, commerce, economy, entrepreneurship, knowledge, but also of tolerance, sharing and culture.

Ricardo Valente, Porto City Councilor