ARM - Associação Rotas de Mação is a private non-profit association, with the object of being a company:
To promote and carry out actions aimed at a sustainable and balanced socio-economic, cultural and environmental development of the municipality of Mação;
Manage also equipments and infrastructures in the area of nature, science, education, training, technology and/or tourism;
To conserve, promote and enhance its cultural, natural and geological heritage; to promote sustainable tourism;
To enhance the development of local economic activities, stimulate and support entrepreneurship and promote traditional activities;
Promote and develop educational and/or scientific programmes and workshops; promote and develop scientific research;
Promote and develop professional training;
To promote and carry out actions of environmental awareness and cultural and tourist animation; To collect, process and disseminate information about the region's resources;
carry out actions for the protection, conservation and dissemination of the natural heritage, in particular geodiversity and biodiversity with special emphasis on geological heritage;
Promote and carry out cooperation actions with other entities that may contribute to the achievement of the Association's objectives;
Provide services to members, local agents or others, as well as to market regional handicrafts, local products or others.
Mission
- To contribute to the protection, enhancement and dynamization of the natural and cultural heritage, with special emphasis on the geological heritage, with a view to deepening and disseminating scientific knowledge, promoting tourism and sustainable development of the territory of Mação Council.
Vision
- To be recognised as an entity of excellence and reference by the local, regional, national and international community, as a promoter of sustainable economic development in the region.
Values
- Environmental protection
- Sustainable development
- Quality of services
- Equity and equal treatment of users
- Technical competence and professionalism
- Innovation
- Teamwork and networking
- Environmental responsibility.