{"id":1445,"date":"2024-11-18T10:41:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:46:23","slug":"expocecop-includes-1st-noa-awards-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/2024\/11\/18\/expocecop-includes-1st-noa-awards-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"ExpoCECOP includes 1st NOA Awards in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CECOP Portugal has announced its annual ExpoCECOP event, which will be held on 5 and 6 April 2025 in the city of Viseu. The motto of next year&#8217;s event will be \u2018Turning Obstacles into Opportunities\u2019, emphasising the importance of opticians adapting to challenges so that their businesses can thrive in today&#8217;s competitive and constantly evolving market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next edition of ExpoCECOP will also host the first edition of the NOA Awards (National Optics Awards), which aim to recognise the excellence of various suppliers to the optics sector in the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ophthalmic lenses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Better adaptation of progressives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better storytelling and sales tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More sustainable company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frames:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Better image at the point of sale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best sports glasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most sustainable product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The prizes for the NOA winners will be awarded at the ExpoCECOP 2025 gala dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners will be chosen by optical professionals in Portugal, and voting has been open since November to all independent opticians, whether they are CECOP members or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All interested opticians can vote via the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalopticsawards.pt\/\">https:\/\/nationalopticsawards.pt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year the 3rd edition of the NOA Awards was held in Spain, with around 25 participants and more than 3,000 votes, and this year it was extended to Portugal and Italy, consolidating its position as an international benchmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next edition of ExpoCECOP promises to surprise and bring together hundreds of professional colleagues, leading suppliers in the sector, as well as representatives of the optical business and the organisation&#8217;s partner associations. The aim is for all participants to find out what&#8217;s new in the sector, make contact with new suppliers and get to know them better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CECOP Portugal has announced its annual ExpoCECOP event, which will be held on 5 and 6 April 2025 in the city of Viseu. The motto of next year&#8217;s event will be \u2018Turning Obstacles into Opportunities\u2019, emphasising the importance of opticians adapting to challenges so that their businesses can thrive in today&#8217;s competitive and constantly evolving market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[7,166],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/1447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}