Key Benefits:
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Proposal for Law No 253 /XII
Exhibition of Motives
The present law aims to approve the Grand Options of the Plan for 2015, framed in the
fiscal consolidation strategies, of the strictness of public finances and of
development of the Portuguese society and economy, as presented in the
Program of the XIX Constitutional Government and in the Major Options of the Plan for 2014,
passed by Law No. 83-B/2013 of December 31, which in turn updates the
provisions of the Major Options of the Plan for 2013, approved by the Law No. 66-A/2012, of
December 31, and in the Major Options of the Plan for 2012-2015, passed by the Law
n 64-A/2011, of December 30.
These options are aimed at realizing the commitments that the Government has made from the very beginning
to with the Portuguese, creating still the appropriate framework for compliance
effective of the duties of the Country as a Member State of the European Union and of the area of
euro. Having the guidelines established for the period 2012-2014 contributed to the
timely completion of the Economic and Financial Adjustment Program, the guidelines
proposals for 2015 define the priorities for the post-Programme period, giving
continuity to the process of transformation started in 2011 and ensuring the transition
for sustained economic growth and creator of employment.
Anchored in five priority vectors, the Major Plan Options for 2015
present the initiatives leading to the structural transformation of the Portuguese economy,
as well as the priority sectoral measures, respecting the path that ensures the
sustainability of public finances and the ongoing promotion of solidarity policies,
citizenship, justice, security, foreign policy and national defense.
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It was heard from the Economic and Social Council.
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following proposal for a law:
Article 1.
Object
The Grand Options of the Plan for 2015, which integrate policy measures, are approved
and of investments that contribute to realizing them.
Article 2.
Strategic framework
The Major Plan Options for 2015 are to be found in the consolidation strategies
budgetary, thoroughness of public finances and development of society and of the
Portuguese economy, as presented in the Programme of the XIX Constitutional Government and
in the Major Options of the Plan for 2014, passed by Law No. 83-B/2013, 31 of
December, which in turn updates the provisions of the Major Options of the Plan for 2013,
passed by Law No. 66-A/2012 of December 31 and in the Major Options of the Plan
for 2012-2015, approved by Law No. 64-A/2011 of December 30.
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Article 3.
Big Plan Options
1-The Major Plan Options set out by the Government for 2015 are as follows:
a) The challenge of change: the structural transformation of the Portuguese economy;
b) Public finance: developments and budget strategy;
c) Citizenship, justice and security;
d) Foreign and national defence policies;
e) The challenge of the future: priority setorial measures.
2-The investment priorities set out in the Major Plan Options for 2015 are
contemplated and compatibilized in the State Budget for 2015.
Article 4.
Budget framework
The Government maintains, as a priority principle for the conduct of policies, that
no measure with financial implications is decided without a quantified analysis
of its consequences in the short, medium and long time and without the express check and
unequivocal of its compatibility with the international commitments made by the
Portuguese Republic, in particular the obligations arising from the framework
legal of the European Union, as disposed of, inter alia, in the framework law
budget, approved by Law No 91/2001 of August 20.
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Article 5.
Final disposition
It is published in annex to this Law, of which it is an integral part, the document of the
Big Plan Options for 2015.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of October 11, 2014
The Prime Minister
The Minister of State and Finance
The Minister of the Presidency and Parliamentary Affairs
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ANNEX
GREAT PLAN OPTIONS FOR 2015
Index
1. th Option-The challenge of change: the structural transformation of the Portuguese economy ..... 9
1.1. Framework ...................................................................................................................... 9
1.1.1. The post-Program .............................................................................................................. 9
1.1.2. The strategy of growth, employment and industrial fomenting .................................. 19
1.2. Macro-economic scenario for 2015 ................................................................................ 23
2. Option-Public finance: developments and budgetary strategy ........................... 26
2.1. Fiscal consolidation strategy ............................................................................ 26
2.1.1. The European budgetary framework .................................................................... 26
2.1.2. Budget developments in 2014 ................................................................. 26
2.1.3. Budgetary perspetives for 2015 ............................................................................ 29
2.2. Reform of the budget process ..................................................................................... 30
2.2.1. Increase in budgetary transparency ..................................................................... 30
2.3. Reform of the Public Administration .................................................................................. 35
2.3.1. Major initiatives undertaken ................................................................................... 35
2.3.2. Major initiatives in progress .................................................................................... 39
2.4. Fiscal policy ......................................................................................................................... 45
2.4.1. Initiatives concretized in 2014 .............................................................................. 45
2.4.2. Initiatives planned for 2015 .................................................................................... 52
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2.5. Business sector of the State .............................................................................................. 56
2.5.1. Restructuring of the business sector of the State ...................................................... 56
2.5.2. The new legal regime applied to the business sector of the State ........................ 64
2.6. Other initiatives with budgetary impact .................................................................... 66
2.6.1. Privatization program .......................................................................................... 66
2.6.2. Public-private partnerships .......................................................................................... 68
2.6.3. Public procurement and shared services .................................................................. 72
3 Th Option-Citizenship, justice and security ................................................................................. 78
3.1. Citizenship .............................................................................................................................. 78
3.1.1. Local administration ...................................................................................................... 78
3.1.2. Administrative modernization ...................................................................................... 84
3.1.3. Social communication ..................................................................................................... 90
3.1.4. Gender equality ..................................................................................................... 92
3.1.5. Migration policy: integration and caption ................................................................. 96
3.1.6. Sport and youth .................................................................................................. 97
3.2 Justice ................................................................................................................................... 103
3.3. Internal administration ....................................................................................................... 111
4. Option-Foreign policy and national defence ......................................................................... 120
4.1 Foreign policy .................................................................................................................... 120
4.1.1. Bilateral and multilateral relations ............................................................................. 120
4.1.2. Economic diplomacy .............................................................................................. 132
4.1.3. Lusophony and Portuguese communities ................................................................... 134
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4.2. National defence .................................................................................................................. 138
4.2.1. Contribution to global security and development .................................. 138
4.2.2. Realization of the restructuring process of the Ministry of National Defence
and of the Armed Forces .......................................................................................................... 140
5. Option-The challenge of the future: priority setorial measures ............................................ 146
5.1. Economy ........................................................................................................................... 146
5.1.1. Internationalization of the economy ............................................................................. 146
5.1.2. Investment and competitiveness ............................................................................... 146
5.1.3. Infrastructure, transport and communications .......................................................... 155
5.1.4. Tourism ....................................................................................................................... 160
5.1.5. Consumer protection .............................................................................................. 162
5.1.6. Internal consumption ....................................................................................................... 165
5.2. Solidarity, social security and employment .................................................................... 168
5.2.1. Solidarity and social security ............................................................................... 168
5.2.2. Employment and vocational training ........................................................................... 183
5.3. Education and science ............................................................................................................ 194
5.3.2. Higher education .......................................................................................................... 200
5.3.3. Science .......................................................................................................................... 202
5.4. Agriculture and the sea ............................................................................................................... 206
5.4.1. Agriculture, forests and rural development ...................................................... 207
5.4.2. Mar ............................................................................................................................... 210
5.4.3. Food and agrofood research .............................................................. 212
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5.5. Environment, spatial planning and energy ........................................................... 214
5.5.1. Environment ..................................................................................................................... 219
5.5.2. Land use planning, nature conservation and cities ......................... 226
5.5.3. Energy ......................................................................................................................... 233
5.6. Health ................................................................................................................................... 238
5.7. Culture ................................................................................................................................. 245
5.7.1. Heritage ................................................................................................................... 246
5.7.2. Book, reading and a policy for the language ............................................................... 248
5.7.3. Culture and education ..................................................................................................... 249
5.7.4. Role of the State in the arts and creative industries .............................................. 250
5.7.5 Culture and communication ............................................................................................... 255
5.7.6. Legal framework of European structural and investment culture and funds
................................................................................................................................................. 256
5.7.7. Organisation of the services of the area of culture .......................................................... 257
5.8. European structural and investment funds-the new programming period
2014-2020 ................................................................................................................................... 258
5.8.1. Regional development ........................................................................................ 258
5.8.2. QREN 2007-2013 ...................................................................................................... 260
5.8.3. The new programming period 2014-2020 ......................................................... 261
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1 10th Option-The challenge of change: the structural transformation of the economy
portuguese
1.1. Framework
1.1.1. The post-Program
The inability to adapt to the single currency paradigm has resulted in a crisis of large
proportions, leading to the third financial assistance program in democracy.
The analysis of the last two decades is inseparable from the participation of Portugal in the area of
euro-and not just by the coincidence of dates. In the mid-1990, participation
in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) anticipated great opportunities for countries
smaller ones, which could accelerate the process of convergence, by benefiting from
better financing conditions and access to a more integrated internal market in the
Europe. However, this new phase also introduced major challenges-such as the loss of the
monetary and currency policy instruments-and suppurs compliance with rules
demanding, in particular with respect to budgetary discipline.
In Portugal, the impreparedness for the challenges and the failure to comply with the rules resulted in the
accumulation of large macro-economic imbalances, preventing the
full realization of the benefits of the single currency. The imbalances have extended to the
various fields of the economy, highlighting a phenomenon of widespread borrowing
-State, families and companies-which in turn reflected on the increase in indebtedness
of the Country in face of the rest of the world. This behaviour was also visible in the evolution of the
domestic demand, which has remained persistently above national production, measured by the
Gross domestic product (GDP). In parallel, the need to build an economy more
open and competitive was disregarded. The result was an economic growth
brief and unsustainable, which gave way to a long period of stagnation in the 2000 and
culminated in a situation of vulnerability that would prove critical in the framework of the crisis
global finance and the crisis of euro area sovereign debts. In April 2011,
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in the face of a sudden collapse of international finance, the request for foreign aid
revealed itself to be inevitable and the adjustment of the unavoidable economy.
The 2011-2014 Economic and Financial Adjustment Programme (PAEF) launched the
gradual and articulated correction of macroeconomic imbalances and paved the way for
change of regime needed to ensure full participation of Portugal in the area of
euro and in the European Union (EU).
The official funding by the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has secured the
payment of salaries and pensions, as well as the maintenance of the essential functions of the
State, thus avoiding an already impending bancarroute situation. Granted also the
time needed to accumulate credibility and trust with the markets and the
international creditors, avoiding an even more abrupt adjustment. The drawing of the
PAEF, in turn, has secured an integrated adjustment, to the extent that its three
pillars sought to respond to the central challenges of the Portuguese economy:
Fiscal consolidation to put public finances on a trajectory
sustainable;
Reduction of debt levels and recovery of financial stability;
Structural transformation directed at increased competitiveness, promotion of the
sustained economic growth and job creation.
In 2014, the effort of all Portuguese and the reformist determination of the Government
allowed to overcome the emergency situation and regain the credibility of the Country. The
PAEF not only had a timely completion, as a successful execution, as per
signalled the president of the European Commission, on May 5, 2014-" The majority of
serious economic imbalances that have led to the crisis has been or is being fixed. The bases
for sustainable growth have been established. And the confidence of investors has returned. "
Although important challenges for the future are persisting, from the analysis of the progress achieved
in the various dimensions of the adjustment it follows that the balance sheet of the last three years is
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positive.
The fiscal consolidation effort has allowed to reduce the deficit to less than half,
passing from 11.2% of GDP in 2010, to 4.9% of GDP in 2013-a reduction of
approximately 11800 million euros. The primary expense-that is, the expense
excluding interest-reduced by about 11 thousand million euros between 2010 and 2013. All
the quantitative limits of the Programme set for the deficit and for the debt have been met,
as well as all the requirements for the structural adjustment established under the
Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the EMU (Budget Treaty).
In parallel, the budgetary discipline has been tightened and transparency has been increased. The law of
budget framework, adopted by Law No. 91/2001 of August 20, has been amended
for two times, transposing to internal planning the provisions of the Treaty
Budget. The Synthesis of Budget Execution, produced by the Directorate-General of the
Budget (DGO), has a lot more information today, being presented less than one
month after the reference period. The budget implementation itself is the object of greater
scrutiny, by the analysis of the Technical Support Unit of the Assembly of the
Republic and of the Council of Public Finance. Finally, new entities such as
Project Follow-up Technical Unit (UTAP) and the Technical Unit of
Monitoring and Monitoring of the Corporate Public Sector (UTAM) allow for a
monitoring closer to specific aspets of public expenditure, respectively
public-private partnerships (PPP) and the business public sector.
External adjustment has been equally important, after decades of deficits
persistent face to the outside. In 2013, the balance of the balance of goods and services reached 1.0%
of GDP-which compars with a deficit of 7.6% of GDP in 2010. The balance of the balance
current was -0.3% of GDP-substantiating an adjustment of 10.1 p.p. since
2010. 2013 was also the year in which Portugal registered an external surplus of 1.3% of the
GDP, thus achieving a position of net financing capacity in the face of
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exterior.
After an impending bankruptcy situation in 2011, the Treasury has realized a return
gradual to market financing. Never having interrupted the issuance of Tickets from the
Treasury, the recovery of funding capacity of the Republic began by the
conduct of debt exchange transactions and subsequently by the issuance of debt to
five and 10 years. At the beginning of 2014, and after a consistent improvement of the conditions of
financing in the secondary market, the auctions of Treasury bonds resumed.
More recently, in the past July, the first issue was still held in
dollars since 2010, thus cementing the most relevant steps of the return strategy
to the markets. Progress has been being recognised by the major agencies of
financial notation, which have already improved the perspetive associated with Portuguese sovereign debt
( outlook ), having the agency Moody's proceeded even to the improvement of the rating of the Republic
Portuguese. The recovery of the Treasury's financing capacity is decisive for the
reconstruction of the financing conditions of the economy as a whole and reflects the
reconquered credibility.
Still with respect to the second pillar, it is important to highlight the capitalization operations of the
banking institutions carried out in 2012 and 2013. These operations allowed,
notably, creating the framework that makes it possible for the continuing credit to be granted, the
assurance of the availability of payment services and the safeguarding of depositors and
of the investors. The strengthening of capital and the improvement of the liquidity of the four banks
recapitalized over the period of the PAEF revealed determinants at the beginning of
august 2014, when, in the face of the situation of increasing difficulties evidenced by the Bank
Spirit Santo (BES), the Bank of Portugal, in the exercise of its competences while
resolution authority, determined the application of a measure of resolution to the BES. The
problems lofted in the BES resulted in the essentials of the Spirit Group exposure
Saint and were perceived by the market as being idiosyncratic and not reflecting
generalized problems in national banking.
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Still, the risk taken by the Portuguese financial system at the cost of the resolution
of BES imposes increased pressure on the processes of restructuring and reinforcement of capital
and will have predictably consequences on the capacity for granting credit to
economy and, consequently, on private investment and product growth.
The last three years have been further marked by the implementation of a reform programme
comprehensive and integrated structural, which has enabled to build a more dynamic economy and
flexible, create lasting competitive advantages at the global level and improve the
sustainability of the public sector. The areas of intervention were the most diverse,
highlighting the progress in the management and transparency of public finances, in the
relaxation of the labour market, in the speed of legal proceedings, in liberalization
in the product markets and, generally, in the construction of a business environment
more favorable to investment. Even though the full effect of the reforms will only make itself felt
in the medium and in the long term, the results obtained in the PAEF period are already
significant, as described in greater detail in the following sections.
Progress in the three dimensions of the PAEF and the gradual correction of imbalances have created
the conditions for the gradual recovery of economic activity.
In the second quarter of 2013, the registration of two consecutive quarters of growth of the
GDP in jail marked the end of the recession that lasted from the start of the PAEF,
confirming the retrieval signals observable a few months ago in the indicators of
moment. The positive product developments remained in the third and fourth quarters of
2013, but recorded an interruption in the first quarter of the current year due to the
occurrence of a set of point factors associated with the temporary closure of factories
of large size (Autoeuropa and Refinery of the Galp in Sines), to the seasonal effect of the
Easter and the registration of particularly adverse weather conditions. The character
punctual of these factors has been confirmed by the resumption of the GDP chain growth in the
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second quarter of 2014.
The gradual recovery of the economy has been accompanied by a gradual decrease in the
unemployment rate. In effect, although the unemployment levels are still very much
high-symbolizing the social costs of the adjustment that still make themselves feel-, has-
if observed a trend of persistent improvement in various indicators of the market of
work. The global unemployment rate has been decreasing every quarter, going from a
maximum of 17.5% observed in the first quarter of 2013 to a value of 13.9% in the
second quarter of 2014. The evolution of other reference indicators in the second
Quarter of the year was equally favourable-the employed population registered a
growth for the third consecutive quarter and the unemployed population registered a
decrease for the fourth consecutive quarter, both in homologous terms.
Fint the PAEF, it matters to continue the adjustment-according to the commitments
assumed before the international partners and the remaining EU Member States, and of
form to realize the transition to sustained economic growth.
The period that succeeding the triennium of the PAEF-the "post-Programme"-will not be marked by the
even climate of emergency and by the same degree of conditionality. However, it is necessary
have present that Portugal will remain under enhanced surveillance by the institutions
European and the IMF, under the mechanisms of Post-Programme Surveillance and Post-Program
Monitoring , respectively. These mechanisms will be in place until a part
significant of the loans received under the PAEF will be paid and will serve to
monitor the fulfilment of the conditions associated with them, as disposed of
Memorandum of Understanding and in the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies.
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In addition to the commitments made in the framework of the PAEF, Portugal finds itself
similarly bound to the EU's economic governance model, notably to the
rules for the prevention and correction of macroeconomic and budgetary imbalances.
Objectively, this regulatory framework imposes that the adjustment of the economy proceed
in the post-Program. However, the reasons for which the adjustment has to continue in the
future arise also from the main lessons learned from the crisis:
Maintaining credibility requires maintaining a sense of responsibility. In the last three
years, Portugal has benefited from a virtuous cycle resulting from the fulfillment of its
obligations. The commitment to the implementation of the PAEF has been recognized by the partners
international and the remaining creditors, resulting in a gradual recovery of the
credibility. Enhanced credibility, in turn, paved the way for negotiations
decisive: the revision of the limits for the budget deficit has allowed to reduce costs
economic and social adjustment in the face of the steeper deterioration than
provided for economic activity and employment; the change in conditions of
financing of the EU's loans represented a significant relief from the
pressure on public finances. Thus, the fulfillment generated credibility,
contributing to the progress in the adjustment. Subsequently, the progress
effective in the adjustment strengthened credibility, as it was able to substantiate by the
behavior of financial markets in the final reta of PAEF. In the last three
years, demonstrated that fulfillment and responsibility can generate a cycle
virtuous of solidarity and prosperity. In the future, it must have been present that
credibility recovered does not mean guaranteed credibility. The solidarity of the
European partners depends on compliance with the rules assumed between the
Member States and the stable and regular access to market financing
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is based on the maintenance of the sense of responsibility shown so far.
The adjustment will only be completed upon the effective transition to a
sustained economic growth and creator of employment. The measures implemented
in the framework of the PAEF allowed to initiate the correction of imbalances
macroeconomic and opened the way to the recovery of economic activity. No
Nevertheless, the work is not completed and uncertainties persist in the future. In
particular, the evolution of major European economies in the second quarter of the
year recalls that there are still risks to the recovery of the Portuguese economy,
given the country's close interconnection with the European partners. Releva, thus,
continue the adjustment to ensure the sustainability of public finances,
strengthen financial stability and deepen the structural transformation, in a way
to consolidate the progress achieved and to strengthen the foundations of the Portuguese economy.
The sustainability of public finances is based on the continuity of fiscal discipline.
The fiscal adjustment realized in the last three years was significant. However,
even though the budget deficit has reduced to less than half, public debt
it remains at very high levels; and although total public expenditure has declined in
more than 7 thousand billion euros, in 2013 it accounted for about 50% percent of GDP. Thus,
even if the conditions agreed with the international partners and the obligations
assumed in the EU framework did not exist, Portugal would have to have a budget trajectory
equally demanding-to achieve and maintain fiscal balance, to reduce levels
of public debt, to decrease the burden of the state on the economy.
The realization of this demanding budget trajectory depends on the continuity of the discipline
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budget. Fiscal discipline, in turn, requires simultaneously consolidation
budget and budgetary control.
Fiscal consolidation will be necessary as long as there is fiscal deficit. On the one hand,
achieving a balanced budgetary situation is one of the central goals of the
Budget treaty, so your compliance will constitute further objective evidence of the
determination to build sound public finances, contributing in this way to the
continuity of the virtuous cycle of fulfillment and responsibility. On the other hand,
as long as there is fiscal deficit, it will not be possible to start the reduction of public debt in
absolute terms. Debt reduction, in turn, will allow to decrease the expense with
interest, both by quantity effect, and by effect price, once the realization of the
risk-country tends to improve. This effect will tend to extend to the conditions of
financing of the economy as a whole, as well as freeing up resources that can be
directed towards the real economy or the essential functions of the state.
Fiscal consolidation will thus have to continue in the future, and will attend necessarily
in the effective reduction of public expenditure, as this is the solution that minimizes costs
for the economy, by opening the way to the reduction of the tax burden. The reduction of public spending
emerges as the real challenge that follows in the balance of public accounts, not only
by the priority character, but also because it becomes more and more difficult as if
advances in the process. In effect, it matters to be present that approximately 65% of the
public expenditure in 2013 corresponded to expenses with staff and social benefits, by the
that a balanced and comprehensive expense reduction program will not be able to fail to have
under consideration these items.
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In parallel, it will be imperative to maintain tight budgetary control, as it
achieving fiscal balance is not sufficient, it is necessary to maintain it. The control
budget translates into a close monitoring of the budget exercise, which is based on the
transparency and predictability. The reform of the budget process and the tax reform-
in progress-they assume as well as transforms-key that must be deepened,
not only as a basis of a more controlled and actionable budget implementation of
scrutiny by citizens, but also for the contribution they will be able to have in the effective reduction
of public spending, in the promotion of tax competitiveness and subsequently in the
recovery of economic activity.
Financial stability ensures the normal functioning of the real economy.
At the immediate origin of the request for foreign aid was the sudden collapse of funding
international-both the Treasury and private actors have seen the conditions of access
to markets deteriorate rapidly, with direct consequences on the position of
liquidity. The official loans of the PAEF allowed to temporarily close this
vulnerability, granting the time required for the gradual reconstruction of the conditions
of financing the Portuguese economy. This process would depend on the reinforcement of the
stability of the financial system in general, but would essentially bake in the recovery
of the funding capacity of the Treasury. In 2014, this goal was achieved-the
reconstruction of the yield curve is complete and the return to the regular realization of
auctions of Treasury bonds is under way. Notwithstanding, the normalization of the situation
does not guarantee on its own that the funding crisis will not repeat itself. In order to do so, it is necessary
maintain a prudent management strategy of treasury availabilities and profile of
medium-and long-term amortizations.
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The structural transformation of the economy should be a continuous process, because the
reality is in continuous change.
Taking into account the numerous and comprehensive structural reforms carried out in the Country in the
last three years, the finale of the PAEF provides the ideal time to take a swing.
More than identifying the measures realized, it is time to evaluate the reforms
undertaken, analyze the effects that already make themselves felt in the economy and design these effects
in the future. This work represents an important point of departure to consolidate the
results achieved and identify the next priorities in the structural transformation of the
economics. The main findings of this reflection were already included in the paper
"Path to Growth: a Medium-Term Reform Strategy for Portugal",
where the general lines of the reform programme are presented for the next few years.
The post-Program will be marked by greater autonomy, thus requiring a sense of
increased responsibility.
The reforms undertaken in the last three years have allowed to correct imbalances
most pressing macroeconomic, record very significant progress in all
dimensions of the adjustment and, more importantly, lay the foundations for a growth
sustained economic and creator of employment. This context, in turn, ensured the
timely completion of PAEF.
Portugal now starts a new phase-the post-Programme-with greater autonomy, but with
equally important challenges ahead, thus requiring increased responsibility and
enhanced determination.
1.1.2. The Strategy for growth, employment and industrial fostering
The nineteenth Constitutional Government has been able to successfully realize the vast majority
of the measures set out in the framework of the Industrial Fomento Strategy for Growth and
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o Employment 2014-2020 (EFICE), which have contributed to putting Portugal on a trajectory
of sustained economic growth and creator of employment.
Portugal has been continuing with the consolidation and revitalization of the business fabric,
presenting a growth trajectory on the basis of a solid process of
internationalization. The adoption of measures for simplification of administrative requirements
relative to restructuring operations and the development of dynamical actions
business, creating, with the support of the business associations, scholarships of
business that incentivised association and merger operations, were some of the measures
concretized in this field. It is further added to the strengthening of managerial skills
business and the dynamisation of the capitalization funds of banking directed at small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have had great membership and will continue to be a bet on the
economics.
The growing capacity for internationalization will bear fruit, with the creation of the program
of multi-annual empowerment for new exporters in partnership with the associations
business, as well as the development of the cooperation support programme
business for internationalization. The companies of goods and services can thus take
internationalization decisions in a more informed manner, with the implementation of the
observatory of investment projects between Portugal and third countries and the
provision of detailed information on the markets-target of exports
national, through a platform of economic intelligence.
In parallel, the Government has adopted sectoral stimulus measures for investment and
tax competitiveness. These have essentially contributed to the creation of a new climate
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of confidence and for the stabilization of the exponents of economic agents and reduction of the
degree of uncertainty. For this process also contributed the structural reform of the system of
corporate taxation, tax on the income of collective persons (IRC), which includes
a plan to reduce the fees and the approval of the new Tax Code of the
Investment.
In the direction of promoting investment and financing to businesses, they were
implemented measures that aim to improve payment deadlines, regularization
timely state debts to SMEs and, in the context of the recapitalisation process of the
banca, the creation of support funds for SMEs. For export efforts, they were
signed international protocols for the launch of funding lines
intermediates and guarantees to finance for the support for the internationalization of SMEs.
The installative commission of the Financial Institution of Development (IFD), named in
november 2013, concluded in June 2014, with success, the dossier of application for leave
bank to the Bank of Portugal. The IFD, at the similarity of the institutions of
development of other European countries, will channel in a transparent manner and
centralised a part of the European structural and investment funds, namely
under the new Partnership Agreement, of around EUR 1.5 thousand million, and will be
focussed on three key axes: promoting economic growth and employment;
support competitiveness and international presence and contribute to development
sustainable.
In the area of innovation have been implemented measures that aim to stimulate innovation
business, strengthening cooperation between companies and system entities
Scientific and National Technological (SCTN), as well as promoting the insertion of
doctorates and masters in companies, through the creation of financial incentives for SMEs
that absorb these resources. A significant step has still been taken in the creation of a
entrepreneurial friendly environment, with the new special visa regime of
residence for start-ups based in Portugal, assents in intensive knowledge. Were
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also enhanced the existing incentives of fostering the Bussiness Angels or Venture
Capital with financial support mechanisms, and the tax incentives dedicated to the phase of
start-up of companies (IRC Zero).
In spite of the good results achieved in the external adjustment, the economic context-
global finance remains challenging, and may continue to affect the Portuguese economy
and, in particular, the performance of their companies.
The Government remains committed to developing policies that stimulate investment and
value the producer sectors of transactionable goods and services. In this context,
matter to reinforce the configuration of measures that aim to maintain the recovery of the activity
economic with a view to the creation of employment, inter alia, through active policies of
promotion of competitiveness, training, entrepreneurship and internationalization, which
privilege the following set of vectors:
Operationalization of IFD. There will be a new coordinated action in the caption of the
structural and investment funds for the enhancement of own capitals
and financing of companies;
Creation of dynamics measures of the capital market, capital market
of risk and the monitoring of the implementation process of the Banking Union;
Development of a greater capacity and ease of access to credit, well
as to other sources of funding;
Dynamization of a workforce with an average level of skills (both
absolute as relative), in convergence with its European partners and
aligned with the real needs of the labor market, the identification of which must
count on the active collaboration of the different social partners;
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Strengthening and consolidation of an exporting dynamics of Portuguese companies in the
a sense of increasing their visibility and global recognition, while
producers of differentiated and high quality goods and services, allowing them to
achieve a relevant and sedimentary international presence;
Promotion of Investment in Research, Development and Innovation
(I&D&I) as an engine of economic growth with an incentive system to
development of academic research projects in cooperation with
companies. Portugal should be an international benchmark polo for
entrepreneurs;
Increase in the overall investment level in Portugal and its concentration in the
Sectors producers of transactionable goods and services, in particular in SMEs.
In that sense, barriers to entry and application of capital should be reduced
foreigners, as well as there should always be a judicious channelling of the supports
public (national and European).
EFICE and the Agenda for the Competitiveness of Trade, Services and Restoration 2014-
2020 were designed to jointly cover and orient the almost totality of the
sectors of the economy, giving conditions to companies to be the active agents in the
creating more and better employment in Portugal and realizing opportunities for growth
in national and international territory.
1.2. Macroeconomic scenario for 2015
For 2014, a GDP growth of 1% is projected on average annually, 2.4 p.p. higher than the
observed in 2013. In quarterly terms, the recovery of the activity is expected to
economic accelerates slightly in the second half of the year, both by the maintenance of
positive input from domestic demand, as for the improvement of the behaviour of the
exports, after factors of temporary nature have limited their evolution at the beginning
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of the year. This estimate is underpinned not only by the data released by the National Institute
of Statistic, I.P. (INE, I.P.), in the framework of the National Quarterly Accounts, but also
by the advanced and coincidental indicators of economic activity released by a
varied set of institutions, in conjunction with the profiling in the qualitative indicators
associated with the expectations of economic actors.
The current estimate for GDP, by volume, for 2014 is found in line with the
presented in September in the framework of the second amendment to the State Budget for
2014 (already approved by the Law No. 75-A/2014 of September 30), despite the amendments
registered with the adoption of the European System of Accounts (SEC2010). The new estimates
are particularly relevant in the items of the investment, whose annual variation now
estimated to be 1.5% (+ 1.1 p.p., in the previous version), of public consumption, with a variation
expected annual of -0.6% (+ 0.5 p.p., in the previous version) and the contribution of external demand
net, which is expected to be located at -0.3 p.p. of GDP (-0.1 p.p. in the second amendment to the
State budget for 2014). This results from a downward revision of the expectations of
growth in exports (-0.4 p.p.), as well as an increase in imports above
of the previously considered (+ 0.2 p.p.).
For 2015, GDP growth is forecast in 1.5%, a reflection of a positive contribution
of net external demand, as well as the maintenance of the positive demand contribution
internal. On the external demand, an acceleration of exports is anticipating,
especially in its component of services as well as a moderation of the
imports, given the high contribution of the change in stocks recorded in the year
precedent. The adjustment of external accounts should continue: the joint balance of the
current and capital balance is set to set at 1.5% of GDP, increasing capacity
net of financing of the Portuguese economy, at the same time as the current account
is expected to reach a surplus equivalent to 0.4% of GDP, thus strengthening the result of
2014. The unemployment rate is expected to be located at 13.4% (-0.8 p.p. face to the expected
2014 and -2.8 p.p. face to the value of 2013). The reduction of unemployment should be accompanied
by an increase in apparent labour productivity and a job growth,
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even though slightly lower than the one registered in 2014.
Main indicators
(rate of change,%)
GDP and Components of Expense (Real year-on-year growth rate,%)
GDP -3.3 -1.4 1.0 1.5
Private Consumption -5.2 -1.4 1.8 2.0
Public consumption -4.3 -1.9 -0.6 -0.5
Investment (FBCF) -15.0 -6.3 1.5 2.0
Exports of Bens and Services 3.1 6.4 3.7 4.7
Imports of Bens and Services -6.6 3.6 4.7 4.4
Contributions to GDP growth (percentage points)
Internal Search -6.9 -2.4 1.4 1.3
Net External Demand 3.6 1.0 -0.3 0.2
Evolution of Prices
Deflator of GDP -0.4 2.3 1.4 1.5
IPC 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.7
Evolution of the Labour Market
Employment -4.1 -2.6 1.4 1.0
Rate of Unemployment (%) 15.5 16.2 14.2 13.4
Apparent productivity of work 0.8 1.2 -0.4 0.6
Balance of Current and Capital Balances (in% of GDP)
Capacity / Needed net of f inanciation face to exterior -0.6 1.3 1.5 1.5
-Balance of Current Balance -2.6 -0.3 0.3 0.3
of which Balance of Balance of Bens and Services -0.7 1.0 1.3 1.5
-Balance of Capital Balance 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.2
2014 (p) 2015 (p) 2012 to 2013
Caption: (p) forecast.
Sources: INE and Ministry of Finance.
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2. Option-Public finance: developments and fiscal strategy
2.1. Fiscal consolidation strategy
2.1.1. The European budget framework
With respect to budget management for Portugal, the year 2014 marks the transition between the
PAEF and the new budget framework to which they are subject to Member States of the
EU, in particular those in the euro area.
The provisions that substantiate this new framework have been contemplated in the
national legislative framework through the seventh amendment to the budget framework law
(through Law No. 37/2013 of June 14), maintained and completed in the 8th amendment to the
same (by Law No. 41/2014 of July 10). Portugal is still thanks to the correction of the
excessive deficit situation until 2015 and, generally, to continuously promote it
budgetary discipline, with a view to ensuring the sustainability of public finances.
2.1.2. Budget developments in 2014
The most recent budget developments allow to maintain a positive appreciation in what if
refers to the progress of the main fiscal consolidation indicators in the face of the year of
2010 (Table 1).
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Table 1
Budget balances
(as a percentage of GDP)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (p)
Global balance -11.2 -7.4 -5.5 -4.9 -4.8
Primary balance -8.2 -3.0 -0.6 0.1 0.3
Structural balance -8.1 -5.6 -2.3 -1.9 -1.3
Notes: (p)-forecast.
Sources: INE, I.P., and Ministry of Finance.
From the fiscal consolidation strategy pursued by the Government, it resulted in a reduction
of the budget deficit for less than half in just three years, from 11.2% of GDP in
2010 percent to 4.9% percent of GDP in 20131. In identical period of time, the primary balance
improved by more than 8 p.p., going from -8.2% in 2010 to a surplus of 0.1% in
2013. The structural balance, in turn, has been corrected by approximately 6 p.p.
1 The fiscal deficit ascertained in accordance with the PAEF criteria, according to the SEC1995 methodology, stood at 4.5% of GDP (excludes the costs with the recapitalisation of the BANIF), confirming compliance with the 5.5% limit of the established GDP for the year of 2013.
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For 2014, the record of a fiscal deficit of 4.8% of GDP and a balance is expected to be
surplus primary. The value of 4.8%, however, includes the effects of two operations of
extraordinary and temporary nature: ( i ) the reclassification of the debt of the Society
Collective Transport of Porto, S.A. (STCP, S.A.), and Company Iron Carrels of Iron
Lisbon, S.A. (Carris, S.A.), in the context of the financial restructuring process of these
companies, with an impact of 0.7 p.p. of GDP; ( ii ) the write-off from non-performing loans of the BPN
Credit held by Parvalorem, following divestance by the State of the participation
social held in the social capital of BPN Credit, with an impact of 0.1 p.p. of GDP.
Excluding these two effects-without impact for 2015-the fiscal deficit of 2014 situates-
if at 4% of GDP, giving fulfillment to the goals agreed with the institutions
international for the current year.
The fulfillment of this goal was ensured with the approval of the second amendment to the
State budget for 2014, by Law No. 75-A/2014 of September 30. This
amendment aims to correct the effects of the declaration of unconstitutionality of some standards
of the State Budget for 2014-notably those arising from the Judgment of the
Constitutional Court No 413/2014 of June 26-and reflects the latest information
on economic activity and budget implementation. The budgetary pressures
identified are entirely accommodated by the upscale revision of the revenue estimate
tax, by the expected improvement in the balance of social security and the control of items of
expenditure, so compliance with the budget deficit limit is thus secured without
recourse to additional budgetary consolidation measures. The report that accompanied the
Proposal for Law that originated the Law No. 75-A/2014 of September 30 described the
reviews referred to in greater detail.
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2.1.3. Budgetary perspetives for 2015
The drafting of the State Budget Proposal for 2015 proceeded in the transition between
the finale of the PAEF and the full application to Portugal of the new model of economic governance
of the euro area. Its preparation was marked by two main stages: the elaboration of the
Budget Strategy Paper for 2014-2018 and the submission of the Proposal for
State budget for 2015. Taking into account that the Strategy Document
Budget 2014-2018 already included the definition of the fiscal consolidation measures and the
spending ceilings for 2015, the drafting of the State Budget Proposal for 2015
would be significantly upfront. However, after the presentation of the Document of
Fiscal strategy, two factors occurred with direct implications in the exercises
budget of 2014 and 2015: the decisions of the Constitutional Court regarding three
state budget standards for 2014 and the diplomas that came to fruition
of measures of transitional character as of 2015; and the finalization of the details of the new
SEC2010, as well as its entry into force in the month of September. The size of the
impacts of the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the entry into force of the SEC2010
has forced a very significant re-evaluation of the 2015 budget exercise in the face of
provided for in the Budget Strategy Document 2014-2018 and, in particular, the
consideration of additional measures. The total of consolidation measures presented for
2015 allows to reduce the deficit to 2.7% of GDP, but it is not enough to achieve the target
of 2.5% of GDP with which Portugal had previously committed. The respect of the limit of
2.5% would force a new tax increase. Thus, after careful weighting among the
costs of new measures on the tax revenue side and the potential costs of the non
compliance with the said limit for the budget deficit in 2015, the Government opted for
no increase in taxes, so the State Budget Proposal for 2015 has
underlying a fiscal deficit of 2.7% of GDP. This goal lies slightly
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above the specific commitment to the deficit, but succeeding three years of effort
intensive and compliance with the requirements of the adjustment on its various fronts. More
still, the goal reaffirms the country's determination to go out of procedure by deficit
excessive in the year 2015 and demonstrates the commitment to continue the adjustment in the Post-
Program. The details of this decision, as well as of the set of consolidation measures to
apply in 2014 are described in detail in the Report of the Proposal of
State budget for 2015.
2.2. Reform of the budget process
2.2.1. Increase in budgetary transparency
2.2.1.1 Convergence between the universes of public accounting and accounting
national
In accordance with the budget framework law, since 2011 the perimeter of the Budget
of the State is established on the basis of the set of entities that the INE, I.P., determines
for the purposes of delimitation of the sector of Public Administrations in the drafting of the accounts
nationals referring to the year before that of the Budget presentation. The beginning of this
process gave itself with the State Budget for 2012, in which 53 new entities were
included in the budget perimeter, undergoing being required to report on a monthly basis
budget implementation, which allowed for an improvement of the control of budget implementation and
also an approximation between the two universes of accounting. These entities
include, among others, the EP-Roads of Portugal, S.A. (EP, S.A.), the Railway Network
National-REFER, E.P.E., (REFER, E.P.E.), the Metropolitan of Lisbon, E.P.E. (ML,
E.P.E.), the Metro do Porto, S.A., the School Park, E.P.E., Radio and Television of Portugal,
S.A. (RTP, S.A.) and the universities with a status of foundations.
The preparation of the State Budget for 2015 is also marked by the enlargement of the
perimeter, in this case as a result of the entry into force of the new European System of
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Accounts-SEC2010. In 2015, the enlargement will involve about 90 entities, which
they present an institutional diversity, either in terms of their degree to the
State, either in terms of the public funding.
This approximation of the universes, essentially relevant to define the goals of
budgetary consolidation and the scope of monitoring and control, allows for the improvement of the
effectiveness of budgetary control and transparency.
2.2.1.2 Forward budgetary control for the control of commitments
The Act on Appointments and Payments in Arrears (LCPA), adopted by Law No. 8/2012,
of February 21, introduced rules that have redirected budgetary control to the
control of commitments, staying the assumption of compromises necessarily
limited to the available funds of the entities. This procedure aims to ensure that the
budget execution does not translate into the verification of late payments and seeks to create
effective mechanisms of control ex ante of multiannual commitments, existing
penalties in case of default.
The Decree-Law No. 127/2012 of June 21 proceeded to the regulation of the LCPA, having-
if, in this way, contributed decisively to the control of public expenditure and to the
budgetary consolidation. Also by way of the decrees-budget implementation law-2013
and 2014-other legal mechanisms have been defined to strengthen and increase control of the
public expenditure, specifically, the establishment of which, in the case of the implementation
budget so to apply for, the member of the Government responsible for the area of finance
may reduce the available funds financed by general revenue so as to guarantee the
effective fulfillment of the budgetary objectives.
From among the recent developments in this framework, the creation, in 2014, of a
working group, in the direct reliance of the Deputy Secretary of State and the
Budget, with the aim of proceeding to a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of the
implementation of the LCPA, including a global appreciation at the level of the different
subsectors of the Public Administrations, the identification of the main constraints
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related to law enforcement, the evaluation of computer support systems and the
identification of the opportunities for improvement, including possible needs for review
of the LCPA or the Decree-Law No. 127/2012 of June 21.
In this context, advances are also pursued in the operationalization of a new model
of treasury management, under the terms set out in Article 4 of the State Budget Act
for 2014, seeking to strengthen the effectiveness of LCPA. The tool of support for this new
treasury management model has, in its time horizon, the year 2015 for the
definition of the functional requirements of information systems at the local and central level,
aiming at the integration of treasury management with the processes of revenue and expenditure of the
entities.
2.2.1.3 Strengthen multi-annual programming and budgeting by programmes
The elaboration of the multiannual programming framework has intrinsic a reinforcement of the
responsibility of the ministries and the coordinating entities of the programmes
budgetary, which are an integral part of the process, contributing to the perspetive of
medium term, effecting expenditure projections for each program and for the most
important global expenditure categories, which allows for a better realization of the
features affections to the different public policies. It is a complex exercise that is
intends to deepen in the coming years. The multiannual framework of budget programming
for the period from 2013 a to 2016 was passed by Law No. 28/2012 of July 31 in which if
defined expenditure ceilings funded by general revenues for the following four years.
This framework has been revised in the Budget Strategy Document for the period 2014-
2018.
Since 2012, a new model of approach per budget programme has been applied,
in the direction of strengthening the perspetive of multiannual programming and that of a budget
associated with results, which is based on three pillars: definition of political goals,
identification of measures for their implementation and translation into indicators. Took effect
still an improvement in intra-annual programming, giving itself greater flexibility of management of the
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budget within each program. Within the framework of the General Account of the State of 2012, the
Government sent to the Assembly of the Republic, for the first time, a report of the execution
of the budget programmes, presenting the results obtained and the resources used.
2.2.1.4 Strengthening regulation and financial accounting
The reform of the ongoing budget process is aimed at decentralization
of skills in the coordinating entities of budget programmes-i.e. the
responsibility for the fulfilment of the budgetary objectives is shared among the
sectoral ministries and the Ministry of Finance (MF)-, allowing to focus the role of the MF
in the strategic and supervisory framework and regulation. This new paradigm leads to the
reduction of interactions between the MF and the sectoral ministries, allowing MF to focus on
in the budgetary objectives, the analysis of deviations and the anticipation of budgetary risks.
In this process, the implementation of financial accounting across the perimeter
budget is essential to improve the quality of information, as it will reveal
with greater precision the financial situation of the entities, as well as the costs of goods and
services produced or provided. The spread in 2013 of financial accounting to
practically all entities of the Public Administrations allowed the establishment of the bases
for a better accounting system. Projects are under way that aim to adapt the
International Public Sector Accounting Standards , with an economic classifier
multidimensional, being in charge of the Accounting Normalization Commission a
presentation, by the end of 2014, of proposals for legal diplomas for the System of
Accounting Normalization applicable to Public Administrations. In that context, Portugal
will stay with an accounting referential aligned with international best practices
at the headquarters of public accounting.
The challenge of the next few years focuses on creating conditions that allow for the elaboration
of the financial statements of the State entity, separate and consolidated.
2.2.1.5 Reduce fiscal fragmentation and decentralization
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The high organic fragmentation of the budget model has been considered a
fragility of Portuguese public finances, resulting essentially from the number
excessive of entities that integrate the budget in each ministry, which makes the management
of the more complex budget and the least effective control.
In the last two years there has been a reduction in budgetary fragmentation with the
implementation of new organizational models in the Ministries of Finance, of the
Foreign Affairs and the Economy, intending to be in the next few years,
specifically in 2015, concretize enlargement to other ministries. These models
aim: i ) the shared management of human, financial and patrimonial resources; ii ) a
centralisation of common assignments in a single entity (general secretariats or in the service
which takes the function of coordinating entity of the respective budgetary programme), how much
to the areas of human resource management, financial and heritage; iii ) a
simplification of budget and budget management, through: from the merger of budgets; greater
flexibility in management and greater efficiency, as well as reduction of the number of entities
subject to the provision of accounts; and iv ) gains in efficiency in administrative areas, processes
and procedures.
In the framework of the reform of the budget process are in progress the drafting of proposals
of review of the current budget classifiers, and level of detail of the presentation of the
proposal of the State Budget, the future implementation of which will also allow
contribute to the reduction of budgetary fragmentation, allowing to simplify the process
budget and improve control. With the same framework, one is being prepared a
legal diploma that regules the competencies of the coordinating entities of the programs
budgetary, in line with the MF skills decentralization pathway
in the sectoral ministries. It is intended that these entities will take over as the
unique interlocutors with the MF, sharing with this the responsibilities of
monitoring and monitoring of budget implementation, taking into account the need for
compliance with budgetary objectives.
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2.3. Reform of the Public Administration
2.3.1. Main initiatives carried out
The increase in efficiency, flexibility and transparency of the Public Administration is warranty
of the improvement of the functioning and quality of the public sector and the services provided. The
initiatives of the last three years-developed in successive and complementary phases-
have allowed the gradual adaptation of Public Administrations and their employees, without
injury to the level of public service provided to citizens.
In the future, it is necessary to maintain the step of rationalization of Public Administrations,
so as to complete the process of structural transformation. The initiatives proposed by the
Government aims to create conditions for reshaping of Public Administration, well
how to promote the functional recomposition of services and the relocation of workers
Face to the demands of a more efficient and effective public service, raising the respect
quality.
2.3.1.1. Rationalization and reorganization of Public Administrations
The Central Administration's Reduction and Improvement Programme (PREMAC) has translated into
in a significant reduction in the number of leaders and the number of services and bodies
of the ministries, reflected, in full, in the respects of organic laws.
The revamping of the State Organization Information System from 2011, by
your turn, enabled the provision of up-to-date information with regard to the organisation
of the human resources of Public Administrations. In this framework, it stands out the production
of the Statistical Synthesis of Public Employment, which presents a set of data and
indicators on the number of workers ( stock ), the flows of inputs and outputs, well
as indicators on remunerations and average gains, which allow for a better
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follow-up of the expense and the definition of targeted action plans. Between the end of
2011 and the second quarter of 2014 was found to be a 9.7% reduction in the number of
workers, out of 25.0% of the number of senior management positions and 20.3% of the
number of intermediate leading positions. It has been fulfilled, thus, the goal of
annual rescaling of at least 2%.
Table 2
Variation of workers in Public Administrations
Unid.: Posts of work
No.% No.% No.% No.%
Public administrations 612,566 585,600 563,595 552,959 -26,966 -4.4% -3.8% -48,971 -8.0% -59,607 -9.7% -9.7%
Administration centra l 458,951 437,081 419,336 411,407 -21,870 -4.8% -4.1% -39,615 -8.6% -47,544 -10.4% -10.4%
Regional and local administration 153,615 148,519 144,259 141,552 -5,096 -4,260 -2.9% -9,356 -6.1% -12,063 -7.9% -7.9%
Regional Administration of the Azores 15,177 14,837 14,501 14,495 -340 -336 -2.3% -676 -682 -682 -4.5% -4.5%
Regional Administration of Madeira 17,679 17,261 16,834 16,659 -418 -2.4% -2.5% -845 -4.8% -1,020 -5.8% -5.8%
Local administration 120,759 116,421 112,924 110,398 -4,338 -3.6% -3.0% -7,835 -6.5% -10,361 -8.6% -8.6%
Source: DGAEP-SIEP 2. Quarter 2014; DGAEP/DEEP
Jun 30-14 dez-13/dez-11 jun-2014/dez-11
Dec 31-13 dez-13/dez-12
Dec 31-11 Dec 31-12 dez-12/dez-11
2.3.1.2. Amendments to the legal regimes applicable to employees in office
public
The General Law of Labour in Public Functions (LTFP), passed by Law No. 35/2014, of
June 20, is an instrument of structural reform that represents a huge
simplification and compilation of the various diplomas governing the working relationships in the
scope of the Public Administration. The LTFP proceeds to the rationalization of the changes
legislative concreted in the last 10 years in the labour regime of public function,
returning and reinforcing unity and coherence. In that measure, by gathering the space
essential of the labour regime of workers in public functions, viabilises better
apprehension and guarantees fairness and equity in the application. The LTFP will have great reach for the
future of the Public Administration, constituting a milestone for the improvement of the processes of
management of human resources, for the simplification and administrative modernization, for the
enhancing transparency and increasing productivity and efficiency of services
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public. By illustrative title, LTFP revokes legal diplomas that on the whole
contained close to 1300 articles and goes on to have about 400 articles, which are now found
concentrates and articulated in a single law.
LTFP takes over as a model of public employment bond the figure of the contract of
work in public functions, acauteling the specificities arising from the two maj.
modalities of public employment linkage (contract and appointment).
Until the entry into force of the LTFP-to August 1, 2014-changes have been made
relevant to the various legal regimes applicable to employees in public functions,
of which the following are highlighted:
Introduction of rules that facilitate and incentivise voluntary moves of
workers between services and between different localities, responding to the
needs of the services and bodies;
Regulation of termination by mutual agreement between the employing entity
public and the worker, by binding the Government to a legal minimum of
compensation;
Uniformization of public sector rules with those of the private sector as far as
to the remuneration of the extraordinary work (reduction in 50% of the addition
remunerative) and elimination of compensatory rest by work
extraordinary;
Introduction of flexibilization instruments in the organization of the times of
work (grupal adaptability and individual and grupal hours banks);
Reduction and clarification of the allocation of the expiry of the contracts
the right term and the uncertain term, in line with the intended for the private sector;
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Increase in the normal period of work of employees in public functions,
which has gone from 7 h/day and 35 h/week to 8 h/day and 40 h/week;
Institution of an requalification system, through Law No. 80/2013, of 28 of
november, which aims to provide training and vocational guidance to the
workers, with a view to their effective relocation in office in a body of the
Public Administration, fit to the Directorate General of Qualification of the
Workers in Public Functions (INA) the concentration of the assignments and
skills in that matter.
Steps were also taken in the direction of the convergence of the social protection regime
converged with the general social security regime. In the year 2014, releva the entry into
vigour of Law No. 11/2014 of March 6, which creates conditions of ordinary retirement with
equal term of guarantee and the normal age of access to old-age pension that successively
are established in the previdential system of the general social security regime.
2.3.1.3. Other streamlining initiatives of the Public Administration
The effort developed within the framework of the reform of the Public Administration has translated into
also in other relevant actions, from among which they highlight:
The introduction of transparent recruitment and selection mechanisms, as well as
of integrated policies on remunerative and evaluation of the performance of
senior leaders from direct administration, indirect administration and managers
of public companies, through the establishment of the Commission on Recruitment and Selection
for the Public Administration (CReSAP), independent entity responsible for the
conduction of the concursal processes for the said higher direction positions,
issuing also public opinions on nominations for companies
public;
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The realization of a census to foundations, pursuant to Law No. 1/2012, of 3 of
January, its assessment and successive extinction or cessation / reduction of public supports;
The separation between the private institution of foundations and their institution by the State,
with the assumed aim of creating a more demanding regime for all situations
in which the use of public money, either directly or
by the benefits arising from the public utility (Law-Foundations Act-Law
n. 24/2012 of July 9);
Uniform framework of the activities of administrative entities
independent with functions of regulation of the economic activity of the sectors
private, public, cooperative and social (Law-Framework of Regulatory Entities with
functions of regulation of the economic activity of the private, public and
co-operative-Law No 67/2013 of August 28);
Reinforcement of the requirement to advertise the benefits granted by the
Public Administration (Law No 64/2013 of August 27);
Development of a comparative analysis of the remuneration practiced in the sector
public and in the private sector to support reflection on remunerative policy.
2.3.2. Main initiatives in progress
The implementation of the Government's initiatives relating to the rationalization of the Public Administration,
in a context of budgetary discipline imposed by permanent and constant obligations to
that Portugal has linked itself, requires that the wage mass of the Public Administrations, as
central element of the State's expenditure, remain contained, proceeding, however, the
respects process of structural transformation in the face of the demands of a public service
more modern and which is intended for quality.
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2.3.2.1. Recomposition of human resources
(i) Programs of rescissions by mutual agreement
With the regulation of rescisions by mutual agreement, in addition to the general mechanism that
can be used by each service, the possibility of defining programmes of
termination in function of the objectives of adjustment or recomposition of the personnel tables.
The first programme of rescissions by mutual agreement established by the Portaria
n 221-A/2013 of July 8 was aimed at workers of the categories less
qualified (operational assistants and technical assistant). The program proceeded between 1 million
september 2013 and November 30, 2013.
In order to confer an additional impulse to the modality of voluntary sectoral termination, it was
launched a specific programme for the lecturers (Portaria n. 332-A/2013, from 11 of
november), in areas where there have been disproportions among the availability of the offer
lecturer and the real needs of the education system, encompassing both the lecturers with
non-letiva component, wants lecturers with leaching component. This process proceeded
between November 15, 2013 and July 31, 2014.
In the beginning of 2014, the program of rescisions by mutual agreement was launched for technicians
superior entered in the general career of superior or career or category
remaining or non-revised constant of the annex to the porterie, of fully voluntary membership
(Portaria n. 8-A/2014, January 15). The program proceeded between January 20, 2014
and April 30, 2014.
For the employees who have integrated these programmes was given even the possibility of
maintenance of the Directorate General of Social Protection to Workers in Public Roles,
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in the condition of the holder's contributions being fully secured by the holder himself.
(ii) Bets on rejuvenation and the valorisation of qualifications in the Administration
Public
The 3 th edition of the Professional Internship Program in the Central Public Administration
will elapsed during 2015, providing a new opportunity for three types of
situations: young people looking for first job, young graduates in situation of
unemployment and young people who, although they find themselves employed, exercise an occupation
professional not corresponding to your area of training and level of qualification. This
measure strengthens the continuity of the bet on the promotion of employability, valuing the
qualifications and competencies of young graduates, upon contact with the rules,
good practices and sense of public service. The internship program enquadres, still, in the
scope of youth policies, promoting the emancipation of young people, supporting their
exit from the family house, the development of formative and professional experiences,
as well as entrepreneurial and young employment.
There is still a new bet on the measures of the Jovem Guarantee Implementation Plan
(PNI-GJ) that include the realization of professional internships in embassies and consulates
Portuguese, renewing the characteristics of this program.
The Course for Advanced Studies in Public Management has also constituted one of the
Routes of renewal of the human resources of higher qualification of the Administration
Public, envisioning the 15 th edition with 100 vacancies (2014/2015), to be carried out by the INA.
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2.3.2.2. Review of remunerative policy
The remunerative policy of the Public Administration lacks clarity in its components
and of instruments that enable decision-makers to be more informed and more
directed at the appropriate distinction of workers, notably by the complexity or
requirement of the duties exerted, thereby contributing to a greater rigour, for promotion
of the budgetary discipline and for the necessary approximation to the private sector, having present
the pattern differences identified in the comparative analysis of the remuneration practiced
in the public sector and in the private sector.
The remunerative policy of employees in public functions results from the combination of the
base pay with a set of remunerative supplements and other perks or
supplemental benefits that have been targeted for surveying and analysis to effect the review
with effect from January 1, 2015.
Despite the reforms effected in recent years, up to the lifting determined by the Law
n. 59/2013, of August 23, it was not possible to realize the exact scope and composition of the
existing remunerative supplements in the Public Administration. The time limit determined in
Law No. 12-A/2008 of February 27, laying down the linking, careers of careers
and of the remuneration of workers performing public duties (LVCR) for review
of the subject of remunerative supplements in the Public Administration has been exhausted still in
2008, without the same having been in the meantime completed. This fact results in a
discriminatory treatment among workers whose remunerative components already
have been reviewed and conformed to in the terms of LVCR, and those who retain the benefits
non-reviewed remunerations.
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In this context, the lifting of the additional components to the remuneration of all the
public sector entities, with the exception of the organs of elective character and
respects support services, allowed to develop two legislative initiatives, with effect
planned from January 1, 2015, which aim at increasing transparency and
fairness of the remunerative policy of the Public Administration:
In the frame of the review of remunerative supplements and by the possibility of
some come to integrate the base remuneration, Law No. 75/2014 of September 12 reinforces
the movement of integration of the base remuneration of all the posts, careers and categories
in the single remunerative table (TRU) approved by the Portaria n. 1553-C/2008, 31 of
December, which came into effect on January 1, 2009. Such integration, which does not harm
careers review processes, contemplates the maintenance of the exact amount
pecuniary corresponding to the position in the category of origin, which in the context of release
gradual of the promotions and progressions, and with respect to the budgetary objectives, will allow
meet the deadline for the goals of full transparency and equity in remunerative policy
of the Public Administration. In the wake of the Judgment of the Constitutional Court
n ° 413/2014 of June 26 and meeting the need for the containment of public expenditure
on the remunerative policy of the Public Administration, the legislative initiative in
issue further repose for the year 2014 the percentages and limits of the reduction
remunerative introduced in 2011, at the same time as it determines its reversal of
20% in 2015.
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In parallel, following the process of collection, processing and deepening of
information on remunerative supplements, releases the legislative initiative that
explains the fundamentals of attribution of the remunerative supplements, identifying the
respect for specific obligations and conditions, and provides for the creation of a single table of
supplements that concretizes the review and simplification of remunerative supplements,
having on the basis of a clear policy aiming at harmonizing policies and values between structures.
It means this that, concomitantly with the integration of the base remuneration of all the
posts, careers and categories at TRU, also the remunerative supplements that have
been created by special law or whose allowance decorates on account of another type of act
legislative or legal instrument, are object of review, concretizing an alignment
at the level of management practices among the remunerative components as of 2015. This
increased transparency and fairness in the Administration's remunerative policy
Public competes to make it more rational and competitive, contributing to motivation
and enhancement of the merit and competence of its employees.
2.3.2.3. Recovery of instruments of career progression and merit
To promote the motivation and professional achievement of the employees of the Administration
Public, will be adopted, in the measure of budget availability, management policies of
careers, specifically:
Professional qualification that reinforces merit, productivity and which competes for
the valorisation of workers and public services;
Improvement of performance and reward assessment models and of
progression in career.
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2.4. Fiscal policy
2.4.1. Initiatives realized in 2014
In the course of 2014, a significant set of measures were adopted in various areas
nevralics of the tax system, namely at the level ( i ) of the consolidation of the conditions of
competitiveness of the Portuguese economy; (ii ) of the strengthening of combating fraud and evasion
tax; ( iii ) of fiscal consolidation and equity; and ( iv ) of the continuation of the reform
structural of the tax and defence administration of the taxpayer.
2.4.1.1. Consolidation of the conditions of competitiveness of the Portuguese economy
2014 is the year of the consolidation of the conditions of competitiveness of the Portuguese economy,
by strengthening a favorable tax context that will propitie investment and creation
of employment.
In this sense, the Government has approved, with entry into force in 2014, a deep reform
and comprehensive of the IRC. With this reform creates a more modern, simpler tax and
more stable, with a view to positioning Portugal as a fiscally competitive country in the
international plan. Volved 25 years on its creation, this is the first IRC reform
expressly oriented towards the enhancement of the competitiveness of the economy and the
internationalisation of Portuguese companies, thus taking a central role in the
framework of the revival of the Portuguese economy and job creation.
The Government has also set up the value added tax (VAT) scheme of cash,
being 2014 the first full year of its application. This reform is a measure that
is a very important improvement for the real economy and allows to relieve the pressure
of treasury of economic agents. The Government has chosen, in this matter, by a regime
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comprehensive, which includes generically all sectors of activity. Portugal integrates the
group of the first EU countries to approve a cash VAT regime.
In the current year, with a view to the simplification of the system, it is also in full
operating the new VAT regularization scheme associated with collection credits
doubtful, which allows the regularization of the credits in mora more than 24 months, since the
date of the due respect, with no need for a prior judicial decision. This is about
a measure that aims at reducing the costs of context for economic actors,
enabling simultaneously to ensure a simpler, fair and equitable system of
regularisation of VAT, but also a more effective regime in combating fraud and evasion
tax, in a particularly sensitive field for economic operators.
Finally, following the IRC's reform and with the aim of stepping up support for the
investment, favoring sustained growth, job creation, and contributing
for the strengthening of the capital structure of companies, the Government is now proposing to promote
the overall review of investment benefit schemes and capitalization, still in the
course of 2014.
In this context, the Government has approved a new Tax Code of Investment, adapting-
o, on the one hand, to the new European legislative framework applicable to state aid for the
period 2014-2020 and, on the other hand, strengthening the various tax benefit schemes
to investment, in particular with regard to investments that provide the
creation or maintenance of jobs and are located in less advantaged regions.
So, and as far as contractual tax benefits are concerned, the Government intends to increase
the maximum limit of the IRC-based tax credit, as well as the majorities
forecasted for investments carried out in regions with a purchasing power per capita
significantly lower than the national average, which provide for the creation or maintenance
of jobs, contribute to technological innovation or the protection of the
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environment.
On the other hand, regarding the tax regime for investment support, the Government
intends to increase the limit of the IRC-based tax credit, extend the term of the
municipal real estate tax exemption (IMI), as well as the scope of the
stamp duty exemption, encouraging entrepreneurship, innovation and favoring
the creation of companies with healthy capital structures.
2.4.1.2. Strengthening the fight against fraud and tax evasion
As a way to ensure a fair allocation of the tax effort, the Government continued to
significantly strengthen the fight against fraud and tax evasion practices and economy
parallel. In October 2011, the Government presented the first Strategic Plan of
Combating fraud and Tax Evasion and Customs and Customs (PECFEFA). This strategic plan
multiannual, for the triennium from 2012 a to 2014, has as a priority goal the reinforcement of the
effectiveness of combating fraud of high complexity and informal economy,
promoting, by that way, greater tax fairness in the apportionment of collective effort of
budgetary consolidation. A significant part of the operational measures provided for in the
PECFEFA has been already realized through the National Plan of Inspection Activities
Tax and Customs (PNAITA) for 2012 and 2013, predicting its completion with the
implementation of the measures provided for in the PNAITA for 2014.
In the development of this strategy, the Government adopted, in July 2012, a reform
fundamental of the billing regime in Portugal, which came into force on January 1 of
2013, and has been changing the paradigm in the bill of invoice and the
transmission of the respects elements, thus creating the necessary mechanisms for a
greater tax fairness and for more effective combat for informality and the shadow economy.
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In 2014, this reform was deepened, specifically through development and
improvement of information-crossing mechanisms, making the most of the party
of the effectiveness of the system e-invoice and extending it to income taxes,
in particular to the IRC.
2014 is also the year in which the reform of transport documents will have its first
year of full application. This reform, essential to combat the phenomena of
subinvoicing and clandestine transport of goods, determines the obligation of the agents
economic communicates in advance to the Tax and Customs Authority (AT)-by way of
electronica-the transport documents of the goods in circulation, ensuring the
dematerialization of these and allowing for more effective control of fraud situations and
tax evasion.
By the end of 2014 they will also be in functions 1000 new tax inspectors, which
will reinforce the inspection activities of the AT. With the finalizing of this process, about 30%
of the actuals of the AT will be affected to the inspection, which puts the tax administration
portuguese on par with international best practices.
Within the scope of the tax criminal law, the Government has carried out the revision of the scheme of
penalty dispensation, so as to ensure an effective defence of the interests of the state, through
of the effective condemnation of taxpayers who commit tax crimes, slug the
interests of taxpayers in general.
2.4.1.3. Fiscal consolidation and equity
In fulfillment of the obligations assumed in the PAEF, the Government has submitted a
limited set of measures of fiscal character aimed at promoting consolidation of the
public finances, while ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of the
contribution that is requested to all Portuguese.
These measures aim to promote greater equality in the distribution of consolidation effort
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budget between the various sectors of Portuguese society, in a way to ensure that the
taxpayers who reveal a greater contributory capacity will bear, to the extent of that
capacity, an increased effort.
At the IRC, and in the context of the reform of this tax, the measures are intended to require the
companies with greater resources the continuation of an increased effort in consolidation
budget, thereby protecting SMEs that form the basis of the business fabric
Portuguese. In this framework, companies with higher profits continue to be subject
at an additional rate, the title of state spill, which has been aggravated for companies that
present profits above € 35000000, now subject to the state spill at the rate of 7%.
Simultaneously, and as a measure to ensure that the viatures assigned to the tables
average and higher of the companies are considered income in kind at the head of
IRS, leaving to be taxed at company level, was revised autonomous taxation
incident on car cars held by the companies.
In the case of the single circulation tax (IUC), the Government has introduced an additional
IUC, incident on the light vibrations of gasoil-powered passengers, traditionally
subject to a more favourable tax regime, particularly in the seat of tax on
petroleum and energy products (ISP), so as to rebalance their tax situation
with petrol-equivalent cars, simultaneously listening to the fact that these
viatures are, as a rule, more polluting and more harmful to the environment.
Finally, it also refers to the reduction in 50% of the exemption granted to the funds of
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real estate investment and pension funds, at the headquarters of IMI and IMT.
2.4.1.4. Continuation of the structural reform of the tax and defence administration
the taxpayer
On January 1, 2012, a thorough reform of the administration proceeded
tax, through the merger of the three directorates that integrated it, giving way to the AT.
Strategically, it has renewed itself the mission and goals of the tax and customs administration,
ensuring greater coordination in the implementation of tax policies and ensuring a further
efficient affectation and utilization of existing resources. This merger allowed to reduce costs
by the simplification of the operative management structure, the reinforcement of the investment in
information systems and the rationalization of the local structure, adapting it to a new
paradigm of relationship between the tax administration and the taxpayer, in which the
remote channels (specifically the electronical pathway) gained a preponderant weight.
In the second phase of this structural reform, which occurred in 2012, it was held to
Organic restructuring of AT and an integration of central support services (management
of human resources and financial and heritage management), of information systems and the
a operationalization of the Major Contributors Unit (UGC). The operationalization
complete UGC begins already to deliver results, contributing decisively to a
more favorable evolution of IRC revenue.
In 2014, after consolidated the integration of services, a
third stage, that of the improvement of the organisational structures and processes of
operation of AT, initiating a process of transforming a structure
organized by tax for a structure organized by functions
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(information/instructions, settlement, service to the taxpayer), efforts are continuing
of rationalization of existing services.
In this way, the effective implementation of the principle of equality and stability and stability and
coherence of the tax system, conferring greater security and transparency in relations
with the taxpayers and ensuring respect for their rights and guarantees.
In parallel, an important reform of the representation of the
Public farm in the tax courts-a reform started in the year 2012 and which already
has allowed the significant increase in the effectiveness of the defence of the interests of the state in the
processes of a fiscal nature. In effect, in 2013, the state had maturity on about
52% of the tax proceedings in excess of one million euros that were decided by the
administrative and tax courts. In 2014, this reform is being consolidated, betting
in the coordinated management of the representation of the Public Farm and in a greater interconnection between
your representatives and the tax inspection services.
In order to improve the collaboration between AT and taxpayers and increase the current
levels of tax compliance are intended, still, to create the Department of Service of the
Taxpayer, concentrating on one department the services currently provided by
multiple units of the AT.
In 2014, it was also extended the possibility of the taxpayers to consignment to the
institutions of social solidarity a part of their IRS. In effect, in the context of
billing reform, families who request the insertion of their identification number
tax on the invoices of the activity sectors covered by the regime, will be able to opt for
reverse their benefit in favour of the same social solidarity institution that they indicate
for consignment effects of part of your IRS collection. This possibility produced
effects as early as 2014, allowing families to already be able to make this option at the
submission of the model income statement 3 in the course of this year (by
reference to 2013).
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On the other hand, as a reinforcement of the rights of taxpayers and in a manner fully
innovative, stipulates in the General Tax Act that the tax administration should review and
update its generic administrative guidelines, taking into account case law
settled from the courts, namely the jurisprudence of the higher courts.
Finally, and in an effort of de-bureaucratization and support for taxpayers more
disadvantaged, they change the rules of proof of degree of disability for IUC purposes and
of vehicle tax, so as to simplify the procedures for access to exemptions
of persons with a disability, particularly with regard to the need for
renew the said proof.
2.4.2. Initiatives planned for 2015
In the year 2015 a tax policy will have, in particular, four key vectors: ( i ) a
bringing about the reform of the taxation of natural persons; ( ii ) the delivery of the
reform of green taxation; ( iii ) the enlargement of the convention network to avoid the duo
taxation; and ( iv ) the implementation of a new PECFEFA for the triennium from 2015 to -2017.
2.4.2.1. Realization of the reform of the taxation of natural persons
Fiscal policy is one of the tools chosen by the Government to promote a new
cycle of economic and investment growth.
In this matter, in 2014, a sign of the greatest relevance and political significance was given and
economic: the beginning of the tax reform with the reform of the IRC. In 2015, in fulfillment
of the Government Programme, the tax reform will continue.
The Government is today in a position to lay the foundations for the reform of the tax on the
income of natural persons (IRS), because it is committed to the continuation of the
path of structural reduction of public expenditure and, second, but not least
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important, because it is successfully fighting an unprecedented fight against tax fraud
and the shadow economy.
In that scope, the reform of the IRS is a decisive reform for the country, which it must
follow up on recent international trends and experiences, particularly in space
European.
With this purpose, it was appointed by the Government to the IRS Reform Commission, having
on the basis of a mandate based on three pillars: i ) Protection of the family, having notably
in consideration of the importance of birth, so as to contribute to the inversion of the current
demographic deficit in Portuguese society; ii ) Promotion of social mobility, with the
goal of valuing the work, the merit and the effort; and iii ) Simplification of the tax,
reducing the declarative obligations of taxpayers and facilitating their compliance, in
line with international best practices.
The Commission presented its reform forearm on July 18, 2014. Followed up
a phase of public consultation and, finally, the delivery of the final project of the reform to the Government
on the September 30, 2014.
2.4.2.2. Reform of green taxation
The launch of the reform of green taxation falls in the works of implementation, by the
Government, of the necessary fiscal reforms to the growth of the Portuguese economy, to the
stimulation of productive investment and job creation, according to priorities
which has established in the Government Programme and, more recently, in the Guion for the Reformation
of the State.
The reform of green taxation should contribute to eco-innovation and efficiency in the
use of resources, for the reduction of the energy dependence of the outside and the induction
of more sustainable production and consumption patterns, as well as fostering the
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entrepreneurship and the creation of employment, in a context of system neutrality
tax, simplification of procedures and economic competitiveness.
In fact, the reform should be drawn in the direction of constituting a friendly reform of the
environment, but also friends with companies and families, contributing to the
sustainable economic development.
To this end, the Commission for the Reform of Green Taxation, whose mandate was appointed
builds on the promotion of simplification of the environmental and energy taxation system and
review of the respective legal bases, so as to promote economic competitiveness, the
environmental sustainability and the efficient use of resources, in the framework of a model
of sustained growth more effectively.
The Commission presented its reform forearm in the course of the month of June.
2014, thus marking the beginning of a period of public consultation that proceeded to mid-
of August. The Commission delivered the final draft of the reform to the Government on September 15
of 2014.
2.4.2.3. Extension of the network of conventions to avoid double taxation concluded with
other states
With the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the Portuguese tax system, the Government
intends to further reshaping its international tax policy by proceeding to enlargement
significant of the network of conventions to avoid double taxation. At this time,
Portugal finds itself in talks with some 70 countries, with a view to the celebration
of new conventions or the revision of already existing conventions, notably with others
European countries.
In this context, they constitute prime objectives the celebration and renegotiation of
conventions to avoid double taxation with countries that represent " markets
priority " for Portuguese companies, in a way to eliminate or reduce
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significantly the obstacles to its internationalization and promote investment
foreign in Portugal.
2.4.2.4. Strengthening the fight against fraud and tax evasion-implementation of a
new Strategic Plan to Combat Fraud and Evasion and Customs and Customs Avoidance for the
triennium from 2015 to -2017
Strengthening combat fraud and tax evasion will continue to be a priority of the
fiscal policy in the year 2015. In this sense, the Government intends to create, by the end of
2014, a new PECFEFA, applicable to the triennium 2015 -2017, whose priority objective is based
in enhancing the effectiveness of combat fraud of high complexity and the economy
informal, promoting, by that way, a greater tax equity in the allocation of the effort
fiscal consolidation collective.
This strategic plan, such as the plan that preceded it, which has had an undeniable success,
should integrate an articulated set of measures from a legislative, criminal,
operational, institutional and relation to the taxpayer. Will bring together the contributions
most significant of the various services of the AT inspection area, constituting a plan
integrated and participated, either in its realization or in its follow-up.
The plan identifies the priority intervention areas of which depends on the success of the acting
of the tax and customs inspection. It thus promotes significant progress on the levels: from
efficiency and effectiveness of its acting; of reducing complexity and operational streamlining; de
simplification and improvement of the quality of service provided and development and
exploration of new opportunities. The plan establishes, too, the results and effectiveness
as permanent concerns in the actuation of tax and customs inspection and defines a
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course of permanent improvement in the areas of your intervention, seeking to allocate
its resources-humans and materials-at the service of an ambitious strategy and
enforceable that aims to contribute effectively to the improvement of the overall efficiency of the
tax and customs administration, on a midterm horizon.
The elaboration of this plan allows simultaneously to program the control efforts of the
fraud in a multi-year period and to define measures at various organisational levels and
identifies the respective impacts. It thus strengthens the actuation of the AT as well as of the
taxpayers, in a joint effort with the strategic goal of reducing fraud and
tax and customs evasion.
The plan further optimizes the controlling performances of the tax and customs inspection,
intended to produce a direct economic effect (the correction and penalization of the
defaults), a deferred effect (improvement of the tax behavior of the
defaulter) and still a strong induced effect on the society that the defaulters
will be penalized. It helps in this way for the maintenance of high indices of
compliance with fiscal obligations.
2.5. State business sector
2.5.1. Restructuring of the corporate sector of the State
The restructuring of the state business sector (SEE), under way since November
2011, implicated acting in three strands:
Economic economic-financial restructuring of public enterprises;
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Reduction of the size of the SEE2, through extinction, merger and execution of the
privatization program, as well as the maintenance of a policy of constraint
as to the creation of new public companies;
Revision of the legal framework.
The economic-financial-financial restructuring of public enterprises has entailed the issuance of
guidelines addressed to the rationalization of the spending of SEE companies, which it was
accompanied by actions aimed at the maximization of commercial revenues, having as
goal to achieve and maintain operational balance. The adopted measures led to the
registration of an operating result of 733 million euros3 in the SEE4 at the end of 2013, the
which compares with the 562 million euros earned in 2012, exhibiting an improvement of
performance higher than 30%.
Taking into account the weight that public companies in the transport sector represent in the
the whole of the SEE, is presented in the table following the developments recorded between 2010 and 2013
at the level of the EBITDA of these companies.
Table 3
EBITDA: transport sector
2 Without considering the health sector, between the end of 2011 and June 30, 2014, the state's core portfolio of stakes presents a reduction of 12 companies.
3 Individual accounts, reported to the 4 th quarter of 2013, published in the SEE Newsletter.
4 Considered the subgroup of the non-Financial Public Enterprises, which includes, among others, the health sector and the most relevant companies of the Parpublic Group.
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2010 2011 2012 2013 Var
10-13
Metro from Porto -191.3 -176.4 -244.2 -6.9 96%
CP 42.7 -26.8 36.2 52.1 22%
Carrels 2.8 34.6 16.6 19.9 603%
STCP -2.7 0.3 -3.9 -0.6 77%
Metropolitan Lisbon -194.2 -39.2 25.6 50.4 126%
TRANSTEJO -4.3 -9.1 -8.3 -7.7 -77%
Source: SIRIEF Unid :M€
Concomitantly, economic-financial restructuring has enabled, in most of the
companies of the SEE, reduce the financial compensation awarded by the State in
counterpart to the provision of public service, substantiated in the payment of
compensatory damages. It is evidenced in the table below the developments recorded
that level in the companies in the transport sector.
Table 4
Subsidies for exploitation: transport sector
2010 2011 2012 2013 Var
10-13
Metro from Porto 13.2 16.0 13.7 14.6 10%
CP 38.5 42.4 39.1 37.7 -2%
Carrels 58.7 61.4 23.8 21.7 -63%
STCP 20.7 22.5 12.2 15.7 -24%
Metropolitan Lisbon 31.1 47.7 48.7 47.9 54%
TRANSTEJO 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.4 -10%
Source: SIRIEF Unid :M€
In 2015, the Government will continue with the implementation of the necessary measures having in
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view the maintenance of the operational balance of public companies and with the strategy of
disposal of assets unrelated to the core activity of the companies. Of equal
mode, the Government will continue to evaluate the launch of concession and process processes.
privatization, where it is found that the provision of the public service can be guaranteed
more efficiently by private entities.
2.5.1.1. Financial restructuring in the transport sector and in the sector of
infraestruturas5
The size of the SEE in terms of the volume of effective and contingent liabilities,
particularly the level of indebtedness, continues to pose a challenge to the
long-term sustainability of SEE companies. For this reason, in the follow-up to the
operational restructuring in progress, was started yet in 2013 a financial restructuring
of the public companies included in the perimeter of consolidation of Public Administrations
in National Accounts (SEC95). This process was performed through the grant of
loans by the State and the strengthening of the equity capital of some of these companies,
by substantiating itself in the allocation of capital appropriations and or conversion of credits from the
State in equity capital.
Regarding public companies in the transport sector-Carris, S.A., STCP, S.A., and
CP-Trains from Portugal, E.P.E. (CP, E.P.E.),-has been extended the process of
financial restructuring, as early as 2014, with a view to the allocation of concessions to the initiative
private. This process entails an assessment of the recapitalization needs of those
5 Connected infrastructure for road and rail transport.
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companies, with a view to endodoning them with the financial robustness needed to continue their
activity with the proper quality of service and efficiency.
In the case of CP, E.P.E., it releases the fact that it is predicted that this company will pass on the
perimeter of consolidation of Public Administrations as of September 2014.
2.5.1.2. Other relevant initiatives
In the remaining sectors of activity there are still the restructurings that occurred:
(i) In the media sector
RTP, S. A . The funding model of this public service was changed by the Law of the
State budget for 2014, through which the dealership ceased to benefit from
compensation claims and went on to have, as public funding, only from the
Contribution to the Audiovisual, thus ensuring greater transparency and stability in the
financing of society. In 2014, the new Statute was also passed
RTP, S. A, which have as their main change the revision of the governance model, oriented
by the principle of the greatest guarantee of independence. A new social body is created-the
"Independent General Council"-, which is established as a supervisory and supervisory body
of compliance with the public service obligations of radio and television and takes over
function of defining the strategic orientations of society for the fulfillment of those
obligations. It was also given follow-up to the implementation of the development plan and
restructuring of RTP, S. A, which has resulted, since 2013, in a decrease in the budget of the
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entity at about 15%, as well as in a reduction in the operational spending of about
4%, having simultaneously occurred an increase in investment in grid in 2014 of
about 23%.
(ii) In the defence sector
EMPORDEF Group. The vast majority of companies that integrate the Group
EMPORDEF has ongoing restructuring processes or has already completed them. These processes
aim at the promotion of sustainability and economic-financial rebalancing, and may,
in some cases, lead to privatization or liquidation. In this new context becomes
disappropriate the maintenance of the society holding of the Group, so it was determinado6 the
commencement of the process leading to the dissolution and settlement of EMPORDEF-Company
Portuguese of Defence (SGPS), S.A. (EMPORDEF), 7. In 2015, the completion of the
processes of privatization of EMPORDEF-Information Technologies, S.A., and divestance
of the participation in the EID-Research and Development Company of Electronica, S.A.,
as well as the completion of the study for the internalization of the activity developed by the
DEFAERLOC-Location of Military Aircraft, S.A., and by DEFLOC-Location of
Defence equipment, S.A. Will continue to be promoted to search for new partners and
6 Through the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 42/2014, of 27 of June.
7 In concrete, the c onselho of a dministration being entrusted with submitting to the tubs a settlement plan, within 90 days.
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international partnerships that bring added value to the national economy, to the
business fabric and for the areas of scientific and technological innovation, dynamised as well
within the framework of the Platform of National Defense Industries.
(iii) In the sector of urban and environmental requalification
Coastal Polis Program . The term of validity of the companies has been extended until 2015,
aiming at full fulfillment of the social object, specifically, orla protection actions
coastal.
(iv) In the infrastructure sector
In the infrastructure sector, the restructuring process goes through essentially the
development of high value-added projects, to be carried out by the companies of the
SEE in the time horizon between 2014 a to 2020, directed to the increase of the
competitiveness of companies and the national economy and leveraging the use of monies
European.
For port infrastructure, it is intended that these will work as a lever of the
economic growth in the long term, which is why gradual extinction has been carried out
Port Use Rate (TUP), as an incentive to international trade. In a
perspetive of rationalization and increase in efficiency in the management of fishing ports, marinas
of recreation and commercial ports, the administration skills of such infrastructure
have been transferred to Docapesca-Ports and Lotas, S.A., and APS-Administration of the
Port of Sines, S.A., respectively.
For road and rail infrastructure, the merger between the
REFER, E.P.E., and the EP, S.A., taking aim to create a single management company of
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transport infrastructure in Portugal, based on an integrated vision and enabling a
reduction of operating charges, via synergies obtained at the operational level. In the
scope of the merger process was already constituted a planning commission, composed
by members of REFER, E.P.E., and of the EP, S.A., which has as main functions, among
other, the definition of the following aspets: the legal modality of the merger, the model of
government of the future company, the drafting of the statutes and the strategic plan for the
horizon 2015 to -2017. The planning commission shall cease at its functions on the date of
designation of the board of directors of the future company, to which it is to occur until the
end of 2014. The legal merger between REFER, E.P.E., and EP, S.A., is expected to be
completed during the year 2015.
(v) In the public financial sector, in the support arm of the economy
criação8 of IFD, whose process is found to be finalised, aims to fill the shortfalls
market in financing of SMEs, particularly at the level of capitalization and the
long-term funding of productive activity. This entity will aim to give
response to the need to support the delivery of public policies for promotion of the
growth and employment, by contributing to the promotion of competitiveness and
internationalization of Portuguese companies, for the improvement of the conditions of
financing of the economy and for the enhancement of the institutional architecture of the
financial instruments.
It is intended that this entity takes on a new institutional model that allows the state to
manage the public financial instruments of stimulus, incentive and guidance from the
business investment in transactionable goods and services, with recourse to finance
of supranational entities, the European structural and investment funds, as well as the
8 Determined by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 73/2013 of November 19.
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all the reimbursements associated with the different programming periods in the scope
of the funds of the European cohesion policy.
2.5.2. The new legal regime applied to the business sector of the state
By Decree-Law No. 133/2013 of October 3, the new Legal Regime has been passed
Business Public Sector (RJSPE), which comprises the SEE and the Business Sector
Location, being the latter subject to a differentiated regime in line with the
constitutional autonomy recognized to the local sector.
The RJSPE has established a new governance model, whose essential lines are based on
two vectors:
Concentration of the exercise of the shareholder function in the MF;
Increased monitoring and monitoring to be exerting on business performance
public.
Arising from the application of the RJSPE, the State's shareholder function is exercised by the member
of the Government responsible for the area of finance, notwithstanding the indispensable coordination
with the respective sectoral ministries, which they possess, among others, the skills of
strategic orientation, as well as the responsibility to define the sectoral political respect,
the operational objectives of the companies and the level of public service to be provided.
The new legal regime clearly strengthens the monitoring of the level of indebtedness
of the companies.
Only non-financial public companies that do not integrate the perimeter of
consolidation of Public Administrations and that on an annual basis present capital
positive itself can negotiate and contract funding for the pursuit of its
activities in a direct and autonomous manner, owing, in the case of financing operations
of a term of more than one year and of all the operations of financial derivatives of rate of
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interest or exchange rates, obtain favourable prior opinion from the Treasury Management Agency and the
Public debt-IGCP, E.P.E. Case the equity capital of these companies presents, in a
annual basis, negative value, these can only access bank financing by
prior authorization of the Directorate General of Treasury and Finance (DGTF), preceded by opinion
of the IGCP, E.P.E., as to the applicable financial conditions. On the other hand, companies
that have been or come to be integrated into the consolidation perimeter of the
Public administrations (in the terms of the European System of National Accounts and
Regional) are prevented from accessing new funding from commercial banking,
exceeding cases in which the funding secured by DGTF is vetted by
reasons for competition.
All financing transactions contracted by non-financial public companies
of the SEE, regardless of the respective term, are communicated by those companies to the
IGCP, E.P.E., within a maximum of 30 days after the celebration of the respected contracts. The
IGCP, E.P.E., based on the communicated information, produces a quarterly report
on the debt developments of the non-financial public companies of the SEE. In a way
standardizing procedures between the IGCP, E.P.E., and the DGTF, with respect to control
of the indebtedness of the non-financial public companies of the SEE, with a view to ensuring the
consistency and consistency of the whole process, the Despacho No 4663-A/2014 was issued, of
31 of março9.
For the purpose of monitoring and global monitoring of the business public sector, it was still
instituted UTAM, whose competencies and assignments were defined by the Decree
Regulation No. 1/2014, of 10 fevereiro10.
9 Changed by the rectification Declaration n. 421-A/2014, of April 17.
10 Changed by Regulatory Decree No. 3/2014 of July 9.
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Finally, taking into account the context of increased demand, whether for the shareholder, or
for companies, the Activities and Budget Plan went on to take on an importance
enhanced, lacking casualty approval by the stockholder all acts and
legal business not framed in that instrument.
2.6. Other initiatives with budgetary impact
2.6.1. Program of privatization
The second and final phase of privatization of CTT-Correios de Portugal, S.A. (CTT, S.A.),
completed in September 2014 through an institutional direct sale with placement
accelerated from the company's 31.5% share of capital market, enabling a
engages 343 million euros. In the 4 th quarter of 2013 had been completed the first
phase of the privatization process of CTT, S.A., having represented a financial fit
of EUR 566 million, corresponding to 68.5% of the capital of CTT, S.A.
In the beginning of 2014, the privatization of the Cash Group's insurer business was realized
General of Deposits, Providing a global seating of about 1.6 thousand million
euros. Additionally, in the course of the 2 th quarter was finished the last phase of
reprivatisation of REN-National Energy Networks, S.G.P.S., S.A. (REN) through the
sale of 11% of the capital of the company held by PARPUBLIC-Public Participants,
SGPS, S.A. (PARPUBLIC), and General Box of Deposits, S.A., with a seating of 157
million euros. With this operation, the joint financial seating of the processes of
privatization of EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A., and REN for the State represented
about 3.4 thousand million euros.
The overall revenue from privatizations conducted from the beginning of the present legislature to the
moment corresponds to approximately 9.2 thousand million euros. It is signalled that the
revenue value obtained at the date of completion of the PAEF, in May 2014, surpassed the
goal set in the Memorandum of Understanding, there is still a set of
privatizations to be realized.
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During the current legislature, the process of reprivatization of the BPN was also completed.
Portuguese Bank of Business, S. A. (BPN), in which the maintenance of maximum posts
of work represented a constant concern. Subsequently, they have been going
divested several of the group's holdings that had passed into the sphere of the state
upon nationalization, highlighting the sale of BPN Brasil and BPN Credit (com
the contracts promise of purchase and signed sale).
In the year 2014, the process of divesting the whole of the capital is under way
social enterprise of the General Company of Fomento, S. A (EGF), holding of the Group Águas de Portugal that
concentrates the activity on the management of municipal solid waste, thus concretizing its
autonomization. The introduction of private capital and management, which is being accompanied
of the revision of the regulatory and contractual framework of the sector, is aimed at
introduction of more advanced technology practices and management methods that promote
gains in efficiency.
The process of reprivatisation of TAP , S.A., will be relaunched as soon as the Government understands
that the conditions appropriate to the success of the operation are met.
The privatization of CP Carga-Logistics and Transport Railway of Goods,
S.A. (CP Carga, S.A.), have started work with a view to the transfer of the terminals
rail of goods for REFER, E.P.E., predicting the completion of the process
of transfer by the end of the year 2014. Through the Strategic Transport Plan
and Infrastructures (PETI3 +), the Government has defined a set of priority investments
on the railway infrastructure to be carried out on horizon 2014-2020, which will take effect on the operation
of CP Carga, S.A.. In the face of these two developments, the Government will apply for a new
valuation of the company, in a manner to dispose of information that empowers you to decide the
next steps of this process.
Still in the railway sector and the follow-up to the process of transformation and improvement
operational implemented over the past few years, in the Maintenance Company of
Railway Equipment, S.A. (EMEF, S.A.), the Government will continue to support the adoption of the
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best international management practices and the development of new services in the
company, with a view to a potential progressive opening of the company's capital.
Within the framework of the process of restructuring the public transport sector, they find themselves
in an advanced state the granting works to private of the operation activities and
operation of public passenger transport services in the metropolitan areas of
Lisbon and the Port. On July 17, 2014, the Council of Ministers determined the beginning
of the process of opening up to the private initiative of public transport services of
passengers provided by the companies STCP, S.A., and Metro do Porto, S. A, through the
award of a subconcession of the services provided for a maximum term of 10 years,
by concursal procedure and on the basis of a model of remuneration technically
assigned from gross cost , which will be complemented with incentives to the performance of the
private operator in such a way as to align the objectives of both parties.
Releva still the launch of the procedures for granting the operations of the services
public transport of Lisbon (Carris, S.A., ML, E.P.E.), waiting for these
processes elapse during the second half of 2014.
In this follow-up, the Government will start the process of privatization of CARRISTUR-
Innovation in Urban and Regional Transportation, Lda. (CARRISTUR).
2.6.2. Public-private partnerships
In the course of the year 2014 and having by imperative the sustainability of public accounts,
the negotiation of PPP contracts in various sectors merited special attention, with the
goal of ( i ) achieve significant reductions in public burdens and, consequently,
of the effort that falls on Portuguese taxpayers; ( ii ) stabilize contracts and align
adequately the structures of incentives between public and private partners; and (iii )
minimize future contingent risks and resolve existing disputes.
Having on the basis of this framework, the process of negotiating the PPP contracts of the
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road sector deserves particular prominence, not only by the magnitude and complexity of the
process, but also by being the one that relies on the greatest potential for reduction of the
payments from the state in a sustained manner during the lifecycle of contracts. The
negotiation process, started in January 2013, is being developed by a commission
of negotiation designated for the purpose, and integrated by UTAP and EP members, S.A.
The contracts of the road sector under negotiation are as follows:
Concessions ex-SCUTS: North Coastal, Greater Port, North Interior, Coast
Silver, Edge Coastline / High Edge, Inner Edge and Algarve;
Concessions from the North and Greater Lisbon;
Subconcessions from the EP, S.A.: Transmontana, Low Tejo, Low Alentejo, Seaside
West, Pinhal Interior and Algarve Litoral.
During the first half of 2014, continuity was given to the various representations
on-going negotials. On the concessions of the State of the Great Port, the Interior
North, of the Silver Coast, of the Beiras Coastal / Beira Alta and the Beira Interior, of the North, of the
Great Lisbon-whose agreements between the negotiating commission and the dealerships were
still obtained in the course of 2013-the processes of appreciation by the
European Investment Bank (EIB), where applicable, and of the respected trade unions
banking. In the meantime, agreements have also been reached, among the commission of
negotiation and the dealerships of the Northern Litoral and the Algarve, as to the amount of
savings to be achieved, as well as with the sub-dealerships of Low Alentejo and the
Algarve Litoral, for which it was possible not only to set the new lines of
payments, how to also stabilize the terms of the review of contracts and respects
attachments.
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In the face of these developments, at the end of August 2014, they were pending
approval by the financiadoras11 entities the agreements in respect of seven concessions of the
State (of the nine existing ones) and two subconcessions. In parallel, there is ongoing
negotiation of the final clausulate of the concession contracts of the remaining two concessions
of the State, with which it was possible to reach agreement, already in the course of the month of July of
2014, as to the general terms of the review of respect for concession contracts and in
relation to the universe of the future savings from it advenients. The are still ongoing
negotiation processes of the remaining four subconcessions of the EP, S.A.
In global predictive terms, and for the totality of the contracts under negotiation above
elenced, the estimates of the negotiating commission, according to the state of the process
negotiating, point to a very significant reduction in the state's payments to the
end of the life cycle of contracts in the face of the initially contrupdated gross charges-
estimated to be around 7500 million euros.
In addition to the above-mentioned negotiations, work is also under way
of the trading commissions of the concessions awarded to the Brisa-Motorway of
Portugal, S.A., and the Lusoponte-Dealership for the Travessia do Tejo, S.A., named
to the effect in 2013.
In the railway sector , has started in 2014 a the negotiation of the concession contracts of the
passenger transport service of the North-South Railway (Fertagus concession) and
of the lightweight metropolitan of the South Margin of the Tejo (grant MST). In the case of Fertagus, the
main objective is the evaluation of the validity of an order for reposition of the balance
financial by the dealership. In the case of MST, it is intended to essentially establish
contractual mechanisms adjusted to the reality of the search verified in the concession,
strictly quantify the compensations to be allocated to the dealership, as well as
clarify and resolve differences between dealership and conceder in the interpretation of
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various contractual provisions.
Still in the framework of transport, the renegotiation of concession contracts is to be emphasized
ports, which aims at a reduction of the port invoice borne by the end users of the
ports. In particular, it is intended to transfer to exporting companies the gains
arising from the important restructurings enacted in this sector, specifically at the level
of the new labour regime and the elimination of the TUP Carga.
In the national security sector, it releases the beginning, in February 2014, of the process of
Negotiation of the Integrated System of Emergency Networks and Comprehensive System concession contract
Safety of Portugal (SIRESP), marked by the transmission to the dealership of the targets
targeted by the Portuguese State and the main guiding lines that, in the understanding
of the negotiating committee, will be able to lead to the reduction of public charges with the contract
in cause. The guiding lines go through the rationalization of operating costs and the
project shareholder profitability, being privileged a negotiated approximation
so that the rationalization does not compromise the current service and quality levels of the
SIRESP network.
In the health sector, efforts have been focused on the development of the study,
follow up and preparation of the launch of the concursal process for the new contract
of the management of the Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the South (CMFRS) and in the analysis of the
feasibility and structuring of the project of the East Lisbon Hospital (HLO). Both of these
situations are being conducted by designated project teams for the purpose,
composed by members of UTAP and various entities of the Ministry of Health (MS).
Regarding the CMFRS, the project team has been developing the various tasks
necessary to ensure the launch of a new contest by the end of 2014. In what
concerns the project of the HLO, the respective project team is carrying out the tasks
of strategic analysis, dimensioning, assistecial profile, cost-benefit analysis, calculation
of the comparable public cost, as well as preparation of the concursal documents. The team
of project aims to promote the diverse works with the utmost speed, of
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form to allow the launch of the pre-contractual procedure in the first quarter of
2015.
2.6.3. Public procurement and shared services
The Portuguese Government maintains and strengthens the bet on the shared services as
tool for rationalization of resources and increase in efficiency levels and
savings. For this, the Entity of Services Shared from Public Administration, I.P. (
ESPAP, I.P.), will streamline a strategic plan, which will count on engagement
collaborative of the network of actors of the Public Administration and which will be monitored in a way
permanent in the results and impacts with appropriate indicators.
2.6.3.1 National Public Purchasing System
In 2013, the savings achieved by the National Public Purchasing System (SNCP)
amounted to EUR 42.7 million, a growth of 65% in the face of the value of 25.8
million euros, ascertained in 2012. So, in five years, the effective value of savings
reaches about 204.7 million euros.
Currently, the SNCP integrates more than 1800 entities, in a model in articulation network
with the Purchasing Ministerial Units (UMC), to which to add 571 entities
voluntary from the Regional, Local and SEE Administration.
For 2015, it perspees:
Reinforce the role of ESPAP, I.P., as SNCP manager assuring the
development of a strategy that contributes to greater levels of efficiency
and effectiveness in the use of public resources and the rationalization of spending;
Increase the scope of intervention of ESPAP, I.P., in the two strands that
make up the centralized contracting, namely:
o In the framework agreements: maintaining their current intervention, renewing and
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establishing new framework agreements and broadening the scope of coverage of the
same;
o In centralized procurement procedures, seek to capture benefits
that arise from the aggregation of volume, specialization and segregation of functions;
Implement in SNCP mechanisms of simplification of the acquisitive processes,
increment the sharing of knowledge and integrate the various technological means
that allow for greater operational efficiency;
Promote that the 2015 National Public Procurement Plan reflects in a clear way
and unequivocal the correlation between the economic classifications that bear the goods
and constant services of the framework agreements in the face of the State Budget, with the
objective to monitor and improve the planning procedures of the
centralised acquisitions and control of expenditure;
Improve the procedures for the management and monitoring of contracts awarded,
confronting and correlates of diverse sources of information seeking
identify corrective and preventive measures.
2.6.3.2 Management of the State Vehicle Park
The centralised management of the State Vehicle Park (PVE) has as principles
advisors the control of the expenditure, the simplification and automation of the processes, the
achievement of scale to reduce costs with takeovers as well as preference for a
more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient fleet, meeting national policy and
European in this area.
The fleet of the PVE, managed by ESPAP, I.P., was 27194 vehicles on December 31 from
2013. This decrease of 9.1% (-2,575 vehicles-not considering the vehicles already
existing and non-inventoried) face to the end of 2010, results from the policy of reducing the
vehicles affection to the State and consequent charges, specifically from the slaughter rule of
two vehicles for each hire of new vehicle. The reduction in the number of vehicles in
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2013 corresponds to a decrease in public expenditure on the order of the 7.87 million
euros.
The Dispatcher No. 5410/2014 of April 17 came to define the new financial criteria and
environmental to apply to the acquisitions of new vehicles for the PVE, imposing a new
policy of downgrade in the typology of vehicles to be acquired for representation and general services,
which has already been maintained since 2012. In the case of vehicles hired in operating rental of
viatures (AOV), the reduction of the expense is in the order of the 35%.
The acting lines for 2015 in the framework of the PVE go through the following guidelines:
Strengthen acquisitions in AOV and maintain fleet reduction;
Review the legislation of PVE and impounded vehicles;
Study on the centralization of impounded vehicle parks;
Centralisation of fleet management for light vehicles, allowing for a larger
control over the life cycle of vehicles and the reduction of expenditure on their
use;
Analysis of the feasibility of implementation of a vehicle localization system
with recourse to georreferration;
Give greater visibility and use of the Management System of the Vehicle Park of the
State.
2.6.3.3 Shared services of finance
In 2014, as planned, the shared services of finance, supported in the solution of
Management of Shared Financial Resources in Public Administration (GeRFiP), have as
ambition:
An improvement and optimization of functionalities and GERFIP processes, with emphasis
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in the efficiency and simplification of financial processes for the optimization of the model
of shared services;
The revamping and definition of the analytical model of management information,
consubstantiated in the elaboration of a proof of concept and pilot project, to be
duly monitored;
The upgrade technological of various components of the GERFIP Portal, for versions
compatible with the need for the implementation of new functionalities,
expansion of the platform and continuity of support of the business partners;
The definition of the implementation strategy of the electrolytic billing and autobilling,
between economic agents and the State;
The collaboration with DGO with a view to the implementation of the Management Model
of treasury and the Single Financial Regime.
For 2015 perspetitivates:
Maintain the acting line, started in 2014, with the improvement in the provision of
management information and in the optimization / simplification of existing processes;
Dissemination of the electrochemical billing between economic operators and the State;
Construction of pilot project according to new accounting referential
Accounting Standards System applicable to Public Administrations,
aligned with the budget framework law and with the contribution of the model of
treasury management and single financial regime;
Evolve the processes, services and functionalities of central systems, in
harmony with the local restructuring projects, potentiating usability and the
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efficiency in the analysis of information;
Construction of supplier portal and interoperability services.
2.6.3.4 Shared services of human resources
The provision of shared human resources services has as objectives the integration
and standardization of processes and consequent application of the legislation, the provision of
more and better information and the potentiation of good practices, contributing to the increase
of effectiveness and efficiency and cost reduction in the services of Public Administration.
The shared services of human resources are supported in two solutions:
Human Resource Management Shared in Public Administration (GeRHuP), which
integrates the processes of human resource management;
Integrated Management of the Performance Evaluation of Public Administration
(GeADAP), which implements the Integrated Management and Evaluation System of the
Performance in Public Administration.
Currently, the shared services of human resources, with the two solutions, provide
service to approximately 286 client bodies with a comprehensive 36000 workers,
by predicting on 2014 a completion of the implementation of the GeRHuP pilot in the MF, with the
integration of the last entity, the AT, and the evolution of the GeADAP for the special careers
medical and nursing care, to enable the use of the solution by the organisms of the area of
health.
For 2015 perspetitivates:
Preparation and expansion of shared human resources services for
entities outside the MF, in accordance with the migration strategy to be defined by the
tutelage;
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Consolidation and provision of the portals of the worker and the leader,
currently in pilot use only at ESPAP, I.P., to the client bodies of the
GeRHuP, allowing so, in mode self-service , the information consultation, well
as the decentralization of processes for the various actors;
Consolidation of the supply of human resources services, in both solutions.
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3. 10th Option-Citizenship, justice and security
3.1. Citizenship
3.1.1. Local administration
3.1.1.1. Main initiatives carried out
The year 2014 consolidated the results of the implementation of the reform of the administration
place, specifically at the level of new diplomas relating to the legal regime of the activity
local business (RJAEL), to the Local Economy Support Programme (PAEL), to the new
status of the official staff of the local administration, the new financial regime of the
local authorities (LFL), the LCPA, the new legal regime of local authorities (RJAL) and the
financial and budgetary rules promoted by the Government.
According to the information available, in compliance with RJAEL (Law No. 50/2012, 31 of
August), the municipal bodies deliberated the dissolution of 112 (35%) local companies. The
application of the RJAEL criteria determines the dissolution of another 52 companies, so
services have been instructed in the sense of dignifying the officious promotion of the
dissolutions that did not meet in progress. 12 shareholdings were further divested
societarials.
At the level of indebtedness, it is governed that gross debt has been reduced, between 31 of
december 2010 and June 30, 2014, at about 22% (approximately 1800
million euros) and late payments to suppliers decreased between December
from 2011 and June 2014, at least at about 66% (approximately 962 million
euros). These results are the combined effect of the noticeable effort of the councillors and the
reformist impulse of the Government.
It was also in the year 2014 that two laws were passed that seek to complete the
cycle of institutional and financial reorganization of the local administration.
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First, it stands out the new legal regime of the district assemblies-Law n.
36/2014, of June 26, which proceeded to a practical "emptying" of the same, in the
frame of a renewed perspetive over its existence and functioning. This process
has been influenced by the imperatives that force a constitutional revision in the sense of
proceed to the extinction of the district assemblies, but mainly by the importance of proceeding
to an integrated strategy of administrative reorganisation of Portuguese territory. In this
context, the role of the district assemblies was the object of a reweighting in the light of the
assignments and the competences of local authorities and, well, of the principle of
rationalization of means and resources that fiscal consolidation complains about. In this way, the
district assemblies cease to be able to contract expense or debt, detain heritage or
workers and limit themselves to function as a merely deliberative body, which will bring together
eventually and at the expense of the integral municipalities. The Act has regulated the transfer to
other public entities of the workers, heritage and services currently in
functioning in the district assemblies.
Second, in realization of the provisions of the LFL (Law No. 73/2013, of 3 of
september, which establishes the financial regime of local authorities and entities
intermunicipal), the legal regime of municipal financial recovery has been approved and
regulated the Municipal Support Fund (FAM). This regime and the mechanism
underlying constitute a permanent solution to solve the problem of imbalance
budgetary and financial of the municipalities. The Government thus presents a solution
structural and definitive to respond to situations of severe fiscal imbalance and
financial that exist or may exist in the municipalities, involving an effort of all
the parties: in the first line, the municipality itself in imbalance and, consequently, the
councillors and municipes; afterwards, the creditors of that municipality in imbalance; and,
finally, in a logic of solidarity and collective benefit, the state and all the
Portuguese municipalities.
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To accrate the period necessary to the installation of FAM and subsequently to the negotiation and
Celebration of the municipal adjustment programme, a support mechanism has been set up
urgency and short-term to municipalities in greater difficulty.
Of note that the FAM regulatory legislation has been passed in the wake of a new
political agreement reached between the Government and the National Association of Municipalities
Portuguese (ANMP). This political agreement is the third celebrated in three years-after the
agreement relating to PAEL and IMI in 2012 and the agreement on the LFL and the RJAL in 2013-and
versa on various subjects, specifically the Financial Recovery Regime and the
FAM, the review of LCPA and the human resources subjects of the municipalities.
The strong bet on dialogue and concertation between the Government and local authorities had a
concretization very evident in the creation and commencement of works, in 2014, of the Council of
Territorial Consultation-body chaired by the Prime Minister and composed of several
ministers and representatives of the various levels of autonomous territorial administrative power
(regional governments, intermunicipal entities, municipalities and freguesies).
3.1.1.2. Main initiatives foreseen
The deep reform of the Local Administration held in these three years of Government has created the
basis for a new phase, already under way, which is based on three essential priorities: i ) reinforcement
of the transparency of municipal management, with differentiation depending on performance; ii )
construction of a Public Administration of proximity and sustainable; and iii ) promotion of the
betting of local authorities in local and regional economic development.
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In the direction of enhancing the transparency of public management, the Government has launched at the end of
July 2014 the Municipal Transparency Portal, which makes available to the general public
an extended set of indicators for various areas of municipal intervention:
financial management (including quality of public management and financial sustainability,
revenue and municipal expenditure), administrative management (including human resources, SEL,
public procurement and transparency), tax decisions of the municipality (IMI rate, rate of
participation in the IRS and IRC spill rate), economic dynamics of the municipality
(including business dynamics and individual dynamics), municipal services (waters and
waste, education and housing) and municipal voter turnout. In addition to the consultation of
indicators, the Municipal Transparency Portal bets also on the comparison with
other municipalities.
Differentiation in function of performance is promoted also at the level of the rules and
applicable control regimes. Thus, following the Government Agreement with the ANMP,
the changes in the LCPA and the rules on human resources (limits on the number of
workers and leaders and restrictions on recruitment) go on significantly
different depending on the municipality being or non-compliant and financially balanced.
In the framework of building up close and sustainable administration, the Government
will continue the realization of the public service network's reorganization strategy
predicted in the Approximate Program.
After a thorough and exhaustive work of surveying public equipment in the
national territory and the multiple territorial reorganizations operated by the various
entities of the Public Administration in recent years, the Government has conceived, debated and
approved the " Strategy for the Reorganization of the Service Services of the
Public Administration ". This strategy provides for the development of a network of services
of service of the nearest and most sustainable Public Administration, assenting in
3 + 2 pillars of acting:
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Transformation of the current listening networks of the various entities of the
Public Administration in a common integrated listening network (primary network
of fulfillment), through the expansion of the Citizen Store concept (condomini
of services) to all municipalities in the country;
Concentration of support functions ( back-office ) to service in condos
of larger shared services, allowing economies of scale,
particularly in the use of equipment and heritage, increase in
productivity and sharing of knowledge between entities;
Complement of primary care network with an extended network of Spaces
of the Citizen throughout the territory (complimentary network of care), where the
citizens can be assisted in the use of the multiple services at their disposal
in the portals online of the various public entities.
The two additional pillars are as follows:
Expansion of the transport program at the request "Portugal Porta-à-Porta", currently
in the second phase of the pilot in municipalities of the Middle Intercity Community
Tejo. In this solution, public transport is carried out by pre-marking by the
citizens of the respective respects, which allows to optimize routes and viatures. The
savings that from here arise, in the face of traditional services, allow to take the
public transport to low-density regions, where the traditional model is
unviable;
Exploration of additional mobility solutions in the case of regions of reduced
population density and difficult mobility, notably through " Carrinhas
of the Citizen ", who will be able to periodically move to these places by presting a
set of public services of various entities.
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Still in the frame of the construction of a Public Proximity Administration and
sustainable, the Government has in course an ambitious and in-depth Programme of
Decentralization of Competences. After identification and analysis of functions and
skills whose transfer to a level closer to citizens has benefits
in the quality of the service and the efficiency of the resources used, initiatives have been triggered
decentralization in a number of sectors, with particular emphasis on education and health, without
prejudice to the inclusion of other areas.
The ongoing process aims at a set of common principles and requirements, among which
impervies the non-increase in global public expenditure, and relies on the increment of efficiency and
effectiveness of resource management by municipalities or intermunicipal entities, the promotion
of territorial cohesion and the development of projects of excellence, with adoption of
innovative and differential management procedures, allowing for the optimization of services
provided at the local level.
The methodology of decentralization, in particular in the social areas, will be progressively
implemented through pilot projects, by contractualization with diverse municipalities
with diverse territorial and socio-demographic characteristics, by carefully regulating the
following aspetes: the goals and metrics of improvement of the quality of the service provided; the
clear apportionment of the competences of each entity; a financial model that ensures the
no increase in the expenditure of the State; the efficiency of the transfer to the municipality of the
necessary and sufficient resources to the implementation of their competences; and finally a
evaluation and monitoring mechanism that enables monitoring of the outcome of the
project and the comparison between municipalities.
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For the purpose of realizing the promotion of the bet of local authorities in the
local and regional economic development is indispensable the empowerment of the councillors and the
training of the employees of the local administration. In this sense, the Government will
develop a Capacitation Programme, which it aims to, through betting on the formation of the
decision-makers and performers of local public policies, the enhancement of respect capacities
institutional and the creation of a framework propitiate development and competitiveness
location. The Government will still launch a new edition of the Internship Programmes
Professionals in Local Public Administration, essentially vocationalized for young people
qualified looking for the first job. The goal passes by allowing young people
trainees the performance of roles in the local public administration. The general contingent
of trainees can include priority areas for internships, such as those of the
local economic development and social inclusion.
3.1.2. Administrative modernization
Modernization and administrative simplification are key pillars of the reform of the
State, not only for promoting effectiveness, efficiency and, in general, good government, but
also for being pivotal to the quality of life of citizens and for competitiveness
of the companies. Modernization and administrative simplification are, still, important in the
promotion of entrepreneurship, by removing barriers to the entry of new agents
economic in the market, and in combating inequalities between citizens by reducing the
administrative charges that onset in a distinct and disproportional way the less
resources have.
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In this matter, the options for 2015 have been recognized and supported by the Resolution of the
Assembly of the Republic paragraph 31/2014 of April 11 (passed in Parliament without votes
against and which recommended to the Government to proceed to the implementation of a programme
national, global and integrated modernization, simplification and de-bureaucratization
administrative). They determine the action of the Government from two main axes: the
administrative modernization and the electrochemical administration, on the one hand, and the
debureaucratization and administrative simplification, on the other.
(i) Administrative modernization and the electro-administration
As far as the first axis is concerned, it takes particular importance on the process of
digitisation of public services. Departing from an already quite consistent framework, in
that the State evidences rather satisfactory quantitative and qualitative levels in terms of
of digital public services, it is now important to focus efforts on three different areas:
the expansion of digitisation to the services that it does not yet benefit from; the consecration of
a strategic framework that gives these measures coherence and integration; and finally the
approximation and guarantee of access of all citizens to digital public services.
In 2015, the expansion of digitisation of public services will be a reality, plus
the advantage of the same being done in an integrated, concerted and dialogant way among all the
bodies of the State, through tools such as revitalization of the Network
Interministerial for Administrative Modernization (RIMA) or the Digital Strategy for the
Public Services, enshrined by the Decrees-Laws No. 72/2014, and No 74/2014, both of
May 13. With the institutional framework that RIMA guarantees, it will ensure continuity.
and the coherence of this plan, which will be translated into a document-Digital Strategy for the
Public Services, to be adopted by resolution of the Council of Ministers-, built by the
ministries and for them.
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The broadening of the digitisation of public services, however, is not enough on its own.
Given that there remains an important percentage of the population who do not have access to the
digital public services, urge to continue the policy of approaching digital services to
populations. In this framework, the expansion policy of the digital listening network arises
assisted, based on the continuation of the implementation of the Citizen Spaces, through the
which, with recourse to digital listening mediators, is ensured access to services
digital audiences to the entire population.
The Government's action, in terms of assisted digital listening, is therefore focused on the
continuation of the plan to install a thousand Citizen Spaces, ensuring a high
degree of capillarity across the national territory to the end of this legislature and giving
special importance to its implementation in territories of low population density.
In this framework, it is to mention the importance of the model of partnership with entities of power
location, entities of the third sector, civic and business associations, or other entities
who preshas public interest services, which confers on the project a consistency
territorial and a proximity to the otherwise unattainable populations.
Worthy of emphasis are still four measures, instrumental to these policies, the implementation of which
will take a huge relevance during the year 2015:
• Enlargement and massification of the Digital Mobile Key, created by Law No. 37/2014, of
June 26, as an alternative and voluntary means of authentication of citizens in the
portals and sites of the Public Administration in the Internet ;
• Use and evolution of the Citizen Map, through application for telephones and
other mobile platforms, allowing to introduce a paradigmatic change in the
relationship of citizens with the State-the harnessing of the intersection of the
geolocalized information of public services with simplicity and convenience
of the mobile platforms, the use of which in Portugal is massified,
will provide citizens with a quick and up-to-date information on the best place and
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time to bring about the necessary representations with the State;
• Extension of the use of the Entrepreneur's Ballet as an instrument
essential for the development of economic activity, through an approach
integrated and inclusive, which transforms what before was a complex relationship with
multiple entities in a simpler process and with a "single point of contact"
( point of single contact );
• The implementation of the Citizen Line project, national number of fulfillment
telephone of the public services, where, in time, they will be affiliated with other telephone lines
setorials of the State.
(ii) Desbureaucratization and administrative simplification
The second axis of the Government's performance, concerning the debureaucratization and the
administrative simplification, it should be mentioned that the proposed initiatives for 2015 give
follow-up to the activity developed by the Government in the framework of the PAEF and the obligations
taken under the European Union's Cohesion Policy for 2020.
In 2014, in addition to the continuous effort of simplifying administrative procedures
existing, in particular those relating to the exercise of economic activities, and beyond
reactivation of RIMA, which also here guarantees the good governance of these public policies,
a set of key measures have been adopted for the promotion of debureaucratization and
administrative simplification, of which they excelled: the principle one only time ( only
once ), which dispensing the citizen or economic agent from having to deliver information or
documents already held by the Public Administration; the impact assessment of the acts
normative, in particular the adverse economic effects they may have for the
citizens and for economic actors (in particular SMEs); the rule of the "
regulatory " ( one in one out ), preventing it from surging new regulation that onere citizens or the
companies without an equivalent unburdening, through the alteration or elimination of another
regulation that manages burdens for citizens.
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To this set of measures, initiated in 2014 with the SIMPLIFY Programme,
are added public participation mechanisms that allow broad involvement
of citizens and economic actors in the identification and demand of solutions for the
bureaucratic barriers that burden citizens and onesise businesses. Such
mechanisms, of which are listed direct contacts with the sectors of economic activity and
public consultations online , they will assume their maximum expression in 2015.
For 2015, the Government's options on modernization and simplification
administrative are:
• Continuing the continued lifting and analysis of the largest barriers
bureaucratic senses by citizens and economic actors, with a view to their
simplification, resorting to the effect of public participation mechanisms and the
work of the Public Administration's own services and bodies, under the
coordination of RIMA;
• Operationalisation of the "one-time" principle, through the articulation between the various
services and bodies of the State, using preferentially to the platform of
interoperability of the Public Administration for the necessary sharing of information
and of documents;
• To develop the activities necessary to ensure good practices in respect of
assessment of regulatory impact of laws and regulations, through appropriate
raising awareness and training of human resources.
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Still with regard to modernization and administrative simplification, it will be given
continuity to the implementation of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 12/2012, of 7
of February, which approved the Global Strategic Plan of Rationalization and Reduction of
Costs with Information and Communication Technologies in Public Administration
(PGERRTIC) and which aims for two concrete goals: the improvement of the public service provided and
the reduction of the costs of the provision of that service.
In a first phase of the PGERRTIC, the majority of means and enrollments were raised and enrolled
resources of existing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the Administration
Public, thus enabling the construction of a base for support of ICT initiatives
setorials and global, as well as the functions, processes and responsibilities of the Administration
Public. As a result, you know today where and how much you invest, evaluate yourself projects and
ICT expenditure, aligs the central strategy with the sectoral strategies and apply standards
and reference guidelines at the sectoral level and at the cross-sectional level.
The elaboration of the sectoral action plans by the various ministries, within the framework of a
measure of the PGERRTIC, allows the materialization of the measures of that plan in shares
concrete at the ministerial level and, at the same time, the identification of the impacts of its
execution aligned with the global plan in the ministries.
At the transversal level, it releases the creation of an ICT architectures management tool
( enterprise architecture ), the use of which is mandatory and allows for a comprehensive and detailed overview of the
reality ICT of the Public Administration. A process is also established
prior evaluation of ICT projects, which has binding character for the acquisition of goods and
services in the scope of ICT relevant to the development and modernization of the
Public Administration.
For the year 2015, without discuring the execution of the plan as a whole, a special will be given
focus on the measures which, according to the respective sectoral plans, present a
higher savings potential (about 70% of savings):
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• Governance of ICT and rationalization of computer function;
• Strategy for communications, ensuring free voice calls between
public bodies;
• Rationalization of data centers and from cloud computing , consolidating existing systems
in a reduced number of data centers public and computing infrastructure in
cloud made available by the market;
• Open source software and negotiation of the licensing of software , through the completion of the
negotiation with the main suppliers of software of the Public Administration and,
where feasible, with the adoption of open source solutions in the Administration
Public.
In addition to these targets, in 2015 the foundations for the structural change of the
ICT in Public Administration in the coming years.
3.1.3. Social communication
3.1.3.1. Radio and Television of Portugal, S.A., and LUSA-News Agency of
Portugal, S. A
Completing what has already been referred to in section 2.5.1.2, it is now important to underline the project of
build an RTP, S.A., more modern, more efficient and more capacious to face the
new challenges and opportunities that arise in the field of audiovisual, having present
that the entity should also act as a regulator of the market through the creation of a
differentiating offer. This process, in turn, is based on two master traves:
The New Statutes and the updating of the Television Act and the Radio Act, in force
since July 1, 2014. The new Statutes establish the new model of
company government, reinforcing the mechanisms that guarantee the dismay of
independence, pluralism and accountability of the state's media,
through the Independent General Council.
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The new Grant Contract-in which two innovations stand out: i ) one of the
programme services of RTP, S.A., will henade be based in the Production Centre
of the North (CPN), in the Port, solution with which the Government guarantees not only the
profitability of the CPN, but also decentralization and consequent diversity
of the programmes services of RTP, S.A.,; ii ) the International RTP will pass a
more dynamic role in the promotion of Portugal abroad, from the point of view
economic, social and cultural, through the production of own content, from the
possibility to issue differentiately depending on the region and the possibility of
issue captioned contents.
With regard to the LUSA-News Agency of Portugal, S. A, of which the State is the
majority shareholder, is objective of the Government that the company maintain effort to target the
its financial rebalancing, reducing that way the dependence of the state, as well as the
reinforcement of the status and function of this media body in the panorama of
Portuguese social communication, notably by the affirmation and recognition of the
informative and newsworthy quality of services in Portugal and the countries of expression
Portuguese.
3.1.3.2. Local and regional media
In the area of local and regional media, the start of the implementation of new
instruments and channels of support for the media, which will promote: the interconnection
between incentive systems, the support for training and employability, the promotion of
digital development and strategic partnerships at national and international level, the
media and digital literacy and the qualification of journalism. These axes of intervention
materialize a new public policy of support for local and regional media.
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3.1.4. Gender equality
The Government's priority for 2015 will be the implementation of the new generation of National Plans,
approved at the end of 2013 and whose duration ends in 2017-V National Plan for the
Gender Equality, Citizenship and Non-Discrimination (V PNI), V National Plan of
Prevention and Combat to Domestic Violence and Gender (V PNPCVDG), which includes in
attachment the III Program of Action for the Prevention and Elimination of Genital Mutilation
Feminine, and III National Plan for Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (III
PNPCTSH)-and still the II National Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Resolution of the
United Nations Security Council No 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and
Security (2014-2018).
In the framework of the new V PNI it strengthens the intervention at the municipal level by way of
intensify the territorialization of policies for equality, specifically through the
multiplication of municipal plans. The new National Plan deepens the measures in the
education sector, giving a special impetus to the promotion of equality in the system
educational. In this area, the enlargement of the application of the Education Guions,
Gender and Citizenship to new groupings of schools, through the multiplication of shares of
docent training and the drafting of a new Guion intended for secondary education.
In the area of women's participation in the labour market highlights the presentation,
at the headquarters of social concertation, of the I Report on Salary Differentiations by Ramos de
Activity, which was discussed in the terms provided for in the Resolution of the Council of Ministers
n ° 18/2014 of March 7 adopting measures with a view to promoting equality
wage between women and men. The said resolution imposes on the companies of the SEE a
making of diagnostics and the granting of solutions for the differences recorded in the
compensation of their workers and workers who have no justification in the face of the
law. The same is recommended for private companies with more than 25 employees. For the
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Effect, the Government has determined that the Commission for Equality in Work and Employment
make it available, to all companies (companies in the public and private sectors), a
tool (calculator) of diagnosis of salary disparity in function of sex. The
said resolution intends, still, to be positively valued, in the selection of
applications to cohesion policy funds, the highest gender pay equality and
women who perform the same or identical roles in the company or entity
candidate, a measure to be realized in the applicable regulations. The process will be continued
monitoring of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 19/2012 of March 8,
intended to promote balance in the representation of women on the boards of
administration of the SEE and the private sector companies.
In the area of domestic and gender violence will be continued the investment in the formation of
professionals, particularly through new actions directed at the magistrates, to the forces of
safety and health professionals, in partnership with the relevant ministries. À
similarity of the last years will continue to be held the National Journals against the
Violence, thereby deepening the reflection on this problematic, and in which they should be
involved the areas of internal administration, justice, cooperation, health, education,
social security, culture, local authorities, businesses and nongovernmental organizations, and
all forms of violence provided for in the Istanbul Convention should be covered,
having Portugal been the first country in the EU to carry out its ratification. In the framework of the
implementation of V PNPCVDG will be carried out new awareness actions and campaigns of
annual prevention against domestic and gender violence. In the framework of this new Plan
National will be strengthened the area of prevention, dimension that goes on to integrate expressly
the first strategic area and which relies on an enlargement and deepening of the
respects measures. Coming to fruition also in this matter the largest proposed investment
for the area of education, will be elaborated in this new teaching materials plan on the
prevention of domestic and gender violence directed to the educational community. The V
PNPCVDG provides, still, that during its duration annual studies are carried out in the
area of domestic and gender violence, emphasizing, from among those anticipated, a study
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on judicial decisions in marital homicide cases and a survey of vitiation.
Following the enhancement of supports for victims of domestic violence, the
Government will continue to promote for all forms the protection and integration of victims,
in particular: by strengthening the grant allocated to the Listening Nudges to the
Victims of Domestic Violence, so that they maintain and strengthen their valences of
social, legal, psychological support; through the funding of vacancies for hosting
emergency already set up in the shelter homes of the public network and, being possible, strengthening it;
through the extension of the teleassistance system for protection of victims of violence
domestic and the increase in the number of electronic surveillance apparatus available to
domestic violence offenders, systems that have registered a notorious growth. Will be
started a new program, "The School will go to the Shelter House", which aims to promote
skills of women welcomed, so as to facilitate their process of
autonomization and social integration, and the continuity of the transport system will be guaranteed
insurance for victims of domestic violence, from any point in the country to any point
of the country. With a view to access to housing on the part of victims of domestic violence,
the Government will continue, among other measures, to promote the broadening of the network of
sympathetic municipalities with victims of domestic violence. In prevention and combat
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is to stress operationalization, in the framework of
Data Platform for Health, from the registration of cases of FGM by the professionals of
health, which will contribute to a more in-depth knowledge of the phenomenon. In the III
Action Program for the Prevention and Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation predicts
a reinforcement of intervention in some areas that reveal themselves structural to the challenge of the
prevention and eradication of FGM, namely the formation and empowerment of
professionals who, in some way, can have contact with the problematic, having
formally introduced in this Programme new actors and target groups of training,
as they are, technicians of the Child and Youth Protection Commissions and staff do not
lecturer at the establishments of all levels of education. In the framework of this III Programme
of Action will also be enhanced the intervention among the communities at risk,
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by mobilizing more intensially the non-governmental organizations, in particular the
associations of immigrants.
In the framework of the III PNPCTSH will be enhanced the training of professionals, namely
of magistrates and security forces, as well as that of the inspectors of the work, having in
view the detetion of possible victims of trafficking. The III PNPCTSH accentuates the area of
prevention and creates a new strategic area by autonomizing the measures concerning the
cooperation, attending to its importance in the face of the complexity of the phenomenon of trafficking in
human beings. This III Plan is still in view of the strengthening of the mechanisms of
referencing and protection of victims, the deepening of articulation and cooperation
between public entities and civil society organisations and the adaptation of responses
national to the new challenges, in concrete to the new forms of trafficking and recruitment. The
Network for Support and Protection for Victims of Trafficking, which counties nine public entities and
14 Associations and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in this area,
is in full operation, taking aim to narrow the collaboration between
all entities operating in the prevention of trafficking and the protection of victims of trafficking.
Of noting that, in compliance with the international recommendations addressed to Portugal, the
hosting capacity and protection for victims of trafficking in human beings has tripled
in the space of one year and, if necessary, will be strengthened. It will also be guaranteed to
sustainability of the specialized Multidisciplinary Team for the assistance of victims of
trafficking in human beings, who carry out a regional character intervention and provide
also technical support in the signalling and identification of victims. According to the III
PNPCTSH will be launched annually awareness-raising and prevention campaigns, with
particular incidence in trafficking for labour exploitation.
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3.1.5. Migration policy: integration and caption
Portugal today faces four particularly decisive challenges with regard to the
migrations: i ) the cross-sectional combat to the demographic deficit and balance of the balance
migratory; ii ) the response to international mobility, picking up and accompanying the new
migratory profiles, both of inputs and outputs; iii ) the internationalization of the economy
Portuguese and the promotion of migrations as an incentive to economic growth; and iv ) the
deepening of the integration and empowerment of the descendants of immigrant communities
residents in Portugal, many of whom have accepted Portuguese nationality in the latter
years.
These challenges, centered on demographic, economic and social plans, assume today such
magnitude that becomes essential to draw a transversal and articulated strategy for them
give answer. Portugal will thus continue to deepen the work of integration, empowerment
and combating the discrimination of immigrants in Portuguese society, with special emphasis
in the descendants (have or have not acquired Portuguese nationality) and with particular
attention to the luscious countries, with a view to a better mobilization of their potential and
skills, the enhancement of social mobility, a better articulation with the policy of
employment and access to a common citizenship.
In this context, a strategy of capturing and setting migratory profiles will be initiated,
whether they are economic migrations, whether they are other migrations (v.g. of consumption),
contributing to a more appropriate and intelligent management of migration flows and to the
strengthening mobility and circulation of talent and strengthening the capacity for intervention
transversal in the implementation of migration policy.
Portuguese emigration, on the other hand, has aggravated the migratory balance, justifying the
need for promotion of actions-in close collaboration with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MNE)-which encourage, follow up and support the return of
national citizens emigrated abroad or the enhancement of their ties and links with
Portugal.
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In 2015, the implementation of the National Strategy to be implemented will also continue.
Integration of Cigan Communities.
3.1.6. Sport and youth
3.1.6.1. Policy priorities in the area of sport
In 2015, the Government will give continuity to the planning and strategic development of the
sports policies, in all dimensions, from grassroots sport to high yield.
Next year will also mark the effective start-up of the " National Programme of Sport
with All and for All ", national initiative that aims to mobilize citizens for the practice
sporting. It is a strategic bet of sporting development, of
promotion of education and training by sport and enhancement of promotion policies of the
health.
Particular attention will be paid to a concerted action for the development of the economy
of the sport, aiming to create the conditions for a sustainable heritage management
national sporting through its profitability and simultaneously promoting
internationally the value of the conditions provided by Portugal for the practice
sporting, in particular high yield, and the industry associated with the sector. In this framework,
it will be used the network of Portuguese leaders in international sports bodies
as an ambassadatory scholarship and will be developed a set of initiatives that will allow
draw up an action plan for the development of the national sport economy.
In operational terms, they are relevant to the provision in 2015 of the first version of the Account
Satellite of Sport, instrument envisioning since 2006 by the EU, which allows to measure flows and
impact of sport on the national economy, as well as the introduction of instruments of
management and monitoring of the Olympic and Paralympic Preparation Programs.
The effort in the modernization of the Public Administration will be strengthened, specifically to the
level of suitability of procedures in such a way to make it more agile and efficient.
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In matters of policies in the area of sport, the Government's stakes for the year 2015
settlement in the following:
Realization of measures to strengthen the internationalization of the economy of the
sport, potentiating the rationalization and profitability of equipment and
infrastructure, the improvement of sports development conditions, well
as the dynamisation of the national sport industry;
Implementation of the National Desportive Charter, substantiated by the creation of the
National Desportive Information System, identifying infrastructure
public and private, natural and artificial, existing in the Country;
Consolidation of ongoing initiatives, notably the National Ethics Plan
in the Sport, created in 2012, and the "National Programme of Sport for All",
released in 2014;
Integration of the National Library of Sport and the National Museum of Sport
in the sphere of the sports associative movement, cultural, educational and academic and
in a policy of defence of the history and cultural heritage of sport;
Consolidation of the reorganization and modernization of Sports Medicine, at the level
of equipment and valences and the geographical distribution of the state units;
Support for the installation of the Arbitral Court of Sport, for a sporting justice
more speedy, more specialized and perhaps less onerous;
Implementation of the General Plan for Requalification and Planning of the Centre
National Sports of Jamor;
Implementation of measures to support the development of dual careers;
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Consolidation of the national training and qualification plan of the agents
sports, finalizing the National Training Programme of Training of
Sport and launching the National Programme for Training and Qualification of
Sports Leaders;
Fostering the international projection of national sport, both at the level of the valences
physical either of the qualified human resources;
Pursuit of a communication strategy and regular information to the movement
sports;
Promotion of strategic partnerships with the sporting universe in the pursuit of the
better solutions for sports development;
Conception of programmes and measures to support sport in the framework of the new
programming period (2014-2020)-Portugal 2020;
Review of sports legal planning, in particular with regard to the
specific regime relating to the repair of the emerging damage from accidents of
work of professional sports practitioners; to the name protection regime,
image and activities developed by sports federations; to the anti-doping law
in sport, attentive to the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code; to the legal regime
of the contract of employment of the sports practitioner and the training contract
sports; and to the legal regime of the allocation of matriculation, processing, inspection
and circulation of motor vehicles participating in sports competition
automobile.
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3.1.6.2. Policy priorities in the youth area
With regard to the integrated youth policy, the strategic guidelines and the
key measures to be developed in 2015 are realized through the following measures:
Maintenance of bet on the transversality of youth policies and
establishment of partnerships with various entities, public or civil society,
with a view to the pursuit of better public policies aimed at young people.
It deserves to highlight the implementation of the White Paper of Youth, in articulation
with public and nongovernmental entities, and respect monitoring;
Promotion of the emancipation of young people through incentives for education and the
entrepreneurship, in combating young unemployment and maintenance of
mechanisms for access to housing;
Development of promotional actions of the Young Warranty Program, thus
as a strengthening of the Network of Management and Business Percetion and
"Entrepreneur already", as a form of combating youth unemployment;
Promotion, recognition and validation of the skills acquired by young people
in the context of non-formal education;
Encourage policies to combat risk behaviors and encourage them to
healthy lifestyles, notably in the continuity of the program
"Sexuality in Line";
Promotion of Juvenile and Student Associativism, Citizenship and Participation
Young person, in the framework of European priorities for the youth sector;
Strengthening the policy of information and communication to young people;
Promotion of Volunteer Programs, of Occupation of Free Times and of
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Fields of Fteries;
Dynamisation of the Young Card in its various modalities;
Implementation of programmes that promote gender equality among the
young people;
Promotion of the social inclusion of young people, in particular from disadvantaged groups and
minorities, promoting their integration and active participation in society;
Encouraging young people's mobility, whether in the context of international organizations,
in particular from the European and luscious space, be it in the promotion of youth tourism in
Portugal;
Implementation of a new model of management of Youth Pousadas, based
in its social function of promotion of national and international youth tourism,
having on the basis criteria of suitability, transparency, efficiency and balance
economic-financial;
Development of partnerships with research centres, in the sense of
promote studies on thematics linked to the youth sector;
Promotion of young participation and review of young auscultation mechanisms,
notably from the Youth Advisory Board.
3.1.6.3.Relações international, sport and youth
At the level of international relations, the cooperation at multilateral level and the
participation of Portugal in the various international sport and youth organisations,
taking place as a priority for cooperation within the Community of Countries of Language
Portuguese Officer (CPLP), of the EU, of the Council of Europe, of the World Agency for
Doping and, in the Ibero-American space, in the Ibero-American Youth Organization
(OIJ) and the Ibero-American Council of Sport.
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The common goals in multilateral cooperation with the CPLP and the OIJ in the field of
youth are the following: Information, advice and youth participation; Employment and
young entrepreneurial; and Mobility and exchanges. In the field of sport in the breast
of the CPLP the relevant topics are as follows: Ethics in sport; Sports Medicine;
Management of sports infrastructure; and Training and qualification of sports agents.
At the EU level, it stands out the implementation of the Erasmus + Programme, specifically in the
area of sport and youth. The second Plan of the Sport "EU 2014-2017" contemplates
the following topics: economic dimension of sport, integrity in sport and the
sport versus society. In youth, as a central goal in the EU has been the promotion
of the political participation of young people within the framework of the structured dialogue.
At the bilateral level, in the field of sport it is the operationalisation of the cooperation to the
shelter of Memorandums. They highlight themselves as major actions, in relations with Algeria,
Macau and the luscious countries:
Development of special conditions for mutual participation in stages
competitive to be held in the High Yield Centres of the respective states;
Support in the exchange of experiences and programmes in the area of school sport and the
school monitoring of high-throughput sports practitioners;
Promotion of exchanges at the level of young sporting talents from the centres of
training and sports schools;
Encouragement of the exchange of experts and exchange of knowledge in the field of
sports medicine, in the field of the organisation of sporting events and the
sponsoring;
Management of sports infrastructure.
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In the field of youth, the operationalisation of cooperation under the Memorandums
includes the following lines of the bilateral instruments:
Promotion and development of the exchange between the associations in relation to
mobility of young people, youth hoses, holiday camps for young people and
other topics of common interest;
Encouragement of youth participation in cultural manifestations, festivals
artistic that fosters young talents;
Support for exchange programmes of specialists and experiences in the area of
organization of communicative and information educational animation activities
to young people;
Exchange of experiences in the field of education and prevention programmes in the fight
against epidemics and risky behaviors in the middle of young people
(drug addiction, drugs, smoking, VIH/Sida);
Strengthening the capacities of associative frameworks through the training of young people
leaders;
Promotion of the exchange of technical and responsible institutional with assignments
in the area of the development of associative life and the promotion of partnerships with the
associations of young people.
3.2 Justice
Justice is the guarantor of freedom and an unquestionable pillar of a democratic society.
In 2015, the Government will necessarily pursue the fund option already assumed in the year
of 2014, to strengthen the system of Justice by giving sequence to the tractive lines traced
in the Major Options of the Plan for 2012-2015.
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Between 2012 and 2014 the Government promoted unequivocal forms of accountability and
provision of accounts in the justice sector, specifically with regard to the operation
of the courts. In effect, fulfilling the stipulation in the Major Options of Plan 2012-
2015, the judicial map has been reassessed, moving on to settle on territorial centralities
recognized by citizens, with unparalleled addition of specialization (from 22% to
81%, in the specialist judicial areas and the Public Prosecutor's Office).
In 2015, the Ministry of Justice (MJ), in articulation with the judicial partners,
seizes the implementation of the new Judiciary System Organization Act, incuing
greater responsibility and scrutiny in the system. Significant gains are expected at the level
of the services provided, in a system of justice that wants more flexible, more transparent,
more sensitive and more adjustable to the real needs of people and companies, fruit of the
creation of management structures close to local realities and with effective powers of
intervention in the management of processes.
The management of the judicial system, depending on objectives, preferentially quantified, whose
great lines should be agreed with the higher boards of the magistratures,
will entail a monitoring of the activity of each court made on the basis of indicators,
that allow to affer the concrete degree of fulfillment of the defined objectives. For such,
will be made available information tools of clearance and consultation of indicators
of management on the activity of the courts, already in development, essential to provide the
courts of effective management mechanisms on the basis of quantitative elements. By
other side, in close articulation between the Superior Council of the Courts
Administrative and Fiscal and the MJ and continuing the work started in 2014, will
Proceeding, in 2015, to a profound change of the Information System of the Courts
Administrative and Fiscal, donating the data there residents of the required quality to the
production of management indicators, the similarity of what happens in the other systems of
information from the courts. These indicators are the basis of further rationalization and
modernization of the system, allowing for an effective monitoring of the activity of these
courts.
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In 2015, the challenges for the area of justice will not be lower than those of the year 2014,
pore care to ensure attentive and close monitoring of this new model of
organization, also in close dialogue with the judicial partners, in order to affer the
respects suitability for the practice. The Government remains, therefore, deeply committed to the
construction of a better justice system in Portugal, for considering that one of the
benefits that such an improvement promotes is situated at the heart of the legitimacy of the system itself
and of its operators, essential for social peace and for the trust of the citizen in his country.
Ora, the function of judging is precisely the one that the collectivity, since its most
primitive organizations, complains to you. The power that someone independent judge the
conduits of your peers, apply the necessary feathers or decide supra parts the demands,
from an early age have been recognized as indispensable for ensuring public peace and a
proper social coexistence.
In this measure, the Government, in articulation with the magistratures, has triggered the process
of amendment to the professional statutes of judicial magistrates and magistrates of the
Prosecutor's Office. In 2015, the new statutes, when they are approved, will allow for the reinforcement
and the consolidation of the principles of judicial independence and autonomy of the Ministry
Public, understood as structuring pillars of the rule of law. Aims to complete
the process of reviewing the career of the officers of justice, adapting it to the new challenges that
put themselves in the courts.
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It is added that the strengthening of the credibility of the system and the strengthening of the trust of the
citizens and businesses in justice go through instituting permanent mechanisms of
assessment of the normative impact, involving the judicial partners and the respects
institutions in the monitoring to be undertaken. Thus, in 2015, an evaluation will begin
deep and structured of the new civil procedural regime, in particular in the field of action
executive, where it has already been possible, by concerted action of all the actors, to reduce
significantly and with internal and external recognition the pendency of these processes.
Also the simplifying reform of the Portuguese insolvency regime, which came to create the
Special Revitalization Process and reorient all how many deal with this themed to
the need to promote the recovery of debtors since economically
viable, will be the subject of a successive assessment study of normative impact, to be initiated in
2015.
The integrated and systemic view of the legal framework will lead to an interim amendment of the
Code of Criminal Procedure and the Labor Process Code, with the aim of creating
a harmonisation with the regime approved in the Code of Civil Procedure. As far as
the planned amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is intended to be harmonized with the
Code of Civil Procedure in relation to deadlines for the practice of procedural acts and their
overtaking by judges; clarification of the powers of the judge in what tange the admission of the
surpassing the maximum limit of the number of witnesses; resolution of the issues
placed by the demise or impossibility and a magistrate, morally for reasons of
illness, in the ongoing audiences, held in collective court, in the sense of the
taking advantage of the procedural acts previously practiced in the course of the hearing and
elimination of the consistent sanction in the loss of the proof, by exceeding the 30-day time limit
for the continuation of interrupted trial hearing.
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With the purpose of making the justice system more effective and prepared to give a
speedy and effective response to citizens, the Government intends to continue to evaluate the means of
alternative dispute resolution, from the Peace Trials, to arbitration, going through the
mediation. In 2015, the implementation of the extrajudicial procedure will be accompanied
pre-executive, approved by Law No. 32/2014 of May 30. This procedure
optional is intended, among other purposes, for the identification of pawable goods through
of the provision of information and consultation to the databases of electronic direct access data
provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure, approved by Law No. 41/2013 of June 26, with
the fito to ascertain whether the debtor has pawable goods before being instituted to
corresponding executive action. The early knowledge, by the creditor, of existence or
inexistence of the debtor's goods, is an essential element for the one to decide for
implementation of an executive action.
Within the scope of promoting universal access to justice and law, he understood this Government
increase the internal surveillance of the system of access to the right, so as to ensure that the
state financial resources are reparties in the most equitable way possible, by virtue
of the guarantee of the effective provision of the work in the context of the judicial support, which only
so it can be extended to all those who really need it. It is a process that if
extend to the year 2015, and the legal regime of access to the right is to be, as yet,
object of a care study of normative impact assessment, which will aim to contribute to
optimization of available resources and, above all, for a fairer allocation of the
public monies allocated to such purpose, according to the real needs of each
beneficiary of the system.
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Another esteio of the system and the credibility factor of justice is the fight against corruption and the
economic crime and the strengthening of criminal justice, while respecting defence guarantees.
Particularly, the abuse and sexual exploitation of children are types of crimes of particular
gravity and objectionability, which shake off fundamental values inherent in the protection of the being
human and society at large. Censorship of these types of crime gains particular acuity
considering, on the one hand, that the victims are especially helpless and vulnerable and, by
another, that the physical and psychological marks are long lasting and indelible, repertoire in the
development and in the future life of the victims. The protection of children against all the
abuses is an absolute and evident duty of the democratic rule of law, based on the
protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, with special focus on the
protection against aggressions of this nature. The creation of a criminal identification record
of convicts for the practice of crimes against sexual self-determination and sexual freedom
of minors, which is intended to create, seeks to avoid recidivism in a type of crime in which
this is especially noted. It is a mechanism that is more not that one
preventive tool, with results in countries such as France or the United Kingdom.
It is in this context that it is therefore efforts to make efforts towards the creation of a
record of this nature, with criminal identification of convicts by the practice of crimes
against sexual self-determination and the sexual freedom of minors. It is, effectively, a
initiative which, in the European plan, does not arise isolated, and which, associated with others, such as, by
example, the inhibition of a person convicted of these crimes can come to exercise
professional or volunteer activities that imply regular and direct contacts with
children, will result in a preventive network that aims to protect minors against serious
forms of abuse and exploitation. These measures are to be found in a constructive view of the right
penal in society. It is not just about repressing behaviors through feathers and
sanctions, which is also without a doubt fundamental, but it is unambiguously of
prevent the occurrence of criminal phenomena, avoiding the potential exposure of the potential
aggressor to a set of factors that determine their re-incidence and commit to
your social reintegration. The record that is intended to create, as early as 2015, will be a system
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seconded from the traditional criminal record, which will obey rules of its own but that in the
origin, part of the data entered in the first. Will allow the processing of information
on convicts, crimes committed, penalties and ancillary sanctions applied and
will behave a georreferration component, allowing to monitor the displacements
of the convict, signaling and preventing the occurrence of potential risk situations. Will be
a restricted and conditioned access system, with effective use control but that
will represent a clear plus-worth in the protection of children against one of the most serious
phenomena of criminality. It will therefore have great relevance for the prevention of
exploitation and sexual abuse of minors, in which the huge one is founded
relevance that the MJ confers on it.
Also the revision of the criminal regime applicable to young offenders is a goal
of the Government, which incidentally is linked to the ongoing review of the Educational Tutelar Act.
In fulfillment of the Government Programme will be also promoted to the revision of the scheme
of the incapacities provided for in the Civil Code, aiming in particular to protect in a more
proper and promoter of autonomy and dignity of life the elderly people, what will be done
in articulation with the civil regime review of the paternal power supply, attentive to
manifests connection of these two regimes.
In 2015, the parliamentary approval of the law against illicit enrichment is intended,
doting Portugal from the means necessary for a better response in combating the
corruption.
The revision of the Code of Procedure of Administrative and Fiscal Tribunals and of the Staff Regulations
of the Administrative and Fiscal Tribunals, whose final essay is in the phase of completion by the
appointed committee for the purpose, is expected to be completed in 2015, advancing, in this area,
for a simplification of procedures to the similarity of what has been done with the revision of the
Code of Civil Procedure.
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The regulation of the law of nationality that allows the granting of nationality to the
descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews, through the demonstration of the tradition of
belong to a Sephardic community of Portuguese origin, based on requirements
proven goals of connecting to Portugal, is in the drafting phase and will be
implemented in 2015, making jus and solving an injustice that has centuries of
existence.
Within the framework of the system of the implementation of the penalties and measures, the Government is implementing the
National Plan for Rehabilitation and Reinsertion 2013-2015 and the National Plan for Rehabilitation
and Reinsertion-Juvenile Justice-2013-2015, and several protocols have been signed with
entities of the most varied areas that allow for the rehabilitation of criminal behavior,
as well as promoting the exercise of full and active citizenship, contributing to the
prevention of criminal recidivism.
In 2015, the implementation of the Investment Plan for Requalification is continued and
Extension of Prison Establishments and Educational Centres 2012-2016,
pursuing a heritage policy oriented towards the rehabilitation and profitability of the
buildings that belong to the state.
The challenges of structural and integrated reform of the system of justice in Portugal
motivate the Government to continue to invest in its sustained improvement, in permanent
dialogue and concertation with all judicial partners.
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3.3. Internal administration
Ensuring the safety of people and goods is an essential function of the state. The existence of
a high level of security of people and goods is indispensable, yet it is not
sufficient, for the proper functioning of society and, consequently, of the economy.
In the field of security, Portugal is well referenced in international terms,
helping to design an image for the exterior of a safe country. The statistics of the
crime have been improving substantially in recent years: not only has it been verified
a continuous and consistent decline since 2008, as recorded, in 2013, the number more
low of crimes participated since 2003. On the most general indicator-crimes per thousand
inhabitants-Portugal is among the countries with the best performance in the EU. This
performance is a relevant contribution to the process of adjustment of the economy
Portuguese, as the maintenance of a climate of peace and serenity constitutes a
important pillar for the recovery of economic activity.
The Government Programme, in the section dedicated to internal administration, identifies the two
key dimensions of the governing intervention in this area: clarifying fields of acting
in such a way as to avoid uncertainties and resource duplications; to coordinate and promote cooperation
and the sharing of information between the actors, so as to originate economies of scale.
Taking this direction into account, steps have been taken to increase efficiency.
in the field of internal administration. In what the central services concern, the
promotion of efficiency goes through two essential aspets, on which it has been focussed, and
will continue to focus in 2015, the Government's performance in the area of internal administration: the
suitability of the organic structure and the development of an information system. In this
scope, it was concluded in 2014 the process of revising the Organic Law of the Ministry of
Internal Administration (MAI), having been reduced the number of central services of
support of the five existing at the beginning of the legislature for just one: the General Secretariat of the
MAI (SGMAI. This change represents the adoption of a guided-down structure by the following
principles:
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i) Existence of a single interface service between tutelage and services
operational, clarifying the domains of intervention and eliminating duplications
of resources, as set out in the Government Programme;
ii) Centralization in that service of the information relevant to the decision making by the
tutelage, laying the groundwork for the creation of a management information system
of MAI, which allows for informed decision-making, which will also allow
respond quickly and with reliability to the requests for information coming from the
exterior of the MAI and which allow to still transmit, in a quick and concise manner, the
essential information for the characterization of the MAI universe, reducing the time
of learning and making more soft the transitions between enclosures.
One of the most important goals of the revision of the MAI Organic Law was the reinforcement of the
area of public procurement, having the UMC of SGMAI been promoted the direction of
services. This reinforcement resulted from the conviction that in order for there to be effective control
on budget implementation, it is critical to ensure that in the area of public procurement the
procedures are effectuated in a transparent manner and under conditions of competition between
the possible suppliers, avoiding the payment of rents. Thus, the standard should be the
recourse to contracting by public tender. In 2014, it was already possible to observe some of the
advantages that characterize this new approach to public procurement:
i) The very significant reduction in prices, particularly in the competitions held
in 2014 for the National Network of Homeland Security (RNSI) and for the
mobile communications;
ii) The aggregation of procurement procedures, which allows to strengthen the negotiating power
of MAI and reduce the processing time;
iii) The uniform treatment of procedures, which allows to increase the quality of the
same and reduce the time lost in appreciations and in reformulations;
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iv) Greater fluidity of information between MAI services and between these and ESPAP,
I.P., thus contributing to the most efficient realization of the procedures of
acquisition;
v) The centralisation of information on the processes already completed, on the
planned procedures and on the current state of the ongoing processes.
The alteration of the organic structure of MAI was also accompanied by an analysis of the
spaces occupied by the central services of MAI. In this context, it was possible, in 2014,
reduce the dispersion of the facilities used by MAI, increasing efficiency in affectation
of the available spaces, reducing rents and other charges with the facilities, and
improving the conditions of operation of services.
As noted above, the development of an information system, having as
central point to SGMAI, is an essential aspetal for the increase in efficiency in the framework of
MAI. Such information system should congregate, in particular, information on the
goods and services acquisitions-in the context of the UMC-, on the use and the state of the
facilities at the service of MAI, and on human resources.
The centralisation of information on purchases of goods and services should,
desirably, also allow the definition of a stable policy of renewal of
certain equipment, such as the viatures and the computer equipment. Instead of peaks of
acquisitions in certain years, followed by years in white, should be given preference to
gradual and continuous renewal of these equipments.
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The database on the MAI facilities should be a tool
fundamental to the definition and the programming of the policy of interventions in this
domain, which is a key area of the MAI investment budget. In effect, the
facilities of the operational services have also been the target of important interventions,
by following the priorities elated by these services. Deserves here highlight reorganization
of the Public Security Police (PSP) devices in Lisbon and the Port, initiated in the
end of 2013 and which will allow to release about 400 police elements for functions
operational. The reorganization of the device has been complemented by a plan of
investment in facilities, which will have continued in 2015 and which has been translated into both the
provision of new buildings, such as in the improvement of existing ones.
Despite the importance of installations and purchases of goods and services, the size
more important MAI concerns its human resources. In this area are
especially relevant the tickets and the promotions, which determine to a large extent
the composition of the actuals. Remembering what was written in the Major Plan Options
to 2014, " it is important to make an effort to maintain a continuous flow of input from
new elements in the forces and in the security services, as in any
organization, public or private. This flow will ensure the dosing renewal of the tables, the
transmission of human and social capital accumulated in these organizations to generations
looms and upkeep in activity, with positive consequences important to several
securities, from training centres. " Although the new entries do not fully compensate
the outputs that occurred and planned-which will result in a gradual decrease in the number of
elements in the security forces, already in progress since 2008-such will not affect the capacity
operational of the security forces, given the adoption of new policing models and the
reorganization of police devices, with the consequent reaffection of resources
humans to the operational activities. In 2014, they joined 400 candidates in the course of
formation of Republican National Guard (GNR) guards, 42 in the course of formation of
officers of GNR, 100 in the course of training of PSP agents and 25 in the training course
of PSP officers. In 2015 the pace of entries will be kept, with adjustments only
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to respond to specific needs, such as the strengthening of municipal policemen of
Lisbon and the Port. In addition, it is planned to occur promotions in GNR and PSP,
that will be decided in such a way to have in attention the operational needs and constraints
budgetary. Also the Foreign and Border Office has in progress, by the first
time since 2005, a contest for the ticket of 45 inspectors. The review of the guidance that
has been adopted in the area of human resources-in the sense of stabilization of flows of
entry around the mentioned values-will have to be based on a set of information
that allow to build reliable scenarios for the evolution of human resources. In 2015,
continuity will be given to the work that, with this goal, has been going on in
collaboration with the security forces and SGMAI.
Still in the context of human resources information, it is to highlight the study started
on assistance services in the disease of GNR and PSP, which-jointly with
the reports that, for the first time, were drawn up in 2014 on the activity of these
services-will allow you to substantiate the definition of guidelines for the future of such services.
The very positive developments that have been observed in the performance of these services in 2014
deserves registration; it is intended to contribute to this development to continue in 2015.
Another important structural change within the MAI, but in the operational strand,
will result from the conclusion, in 2014, of the process of the extinction of the Air Means Company,
S.A. (EMA). After this extinction, the National Civil Protection Authority will take over
plenitude the management of the aerial means that integrate the heritage of the EMA, alongside management
integrated of the standing device with respect to the leasing of aerial means. With this
measure is intended to move towards a more efficient model of the management of air means,
with gains, inter alia, in the areas of planning and execution of operations.
In addition to the consolidation of the structural changes described, in 2015 they should have salient
the following themes:
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The framework given by the LTFP, even though it is excluded from its scope
general the GNR military and the personnel with PSP police functions, clarifies the
context in which the revision of the organic laws and the statutes of the personnel of the
GNR and PSP, with respect to the principles applicable to the employment bond
public exposed from Article 2 (2), in particular with respect to the
organization of careers and general principles on remuneration;
Within the framework of border control, the ante will be continued in the
development of the new technologies, in the implementation of the latest generation of the
RAPID system at major international airports and in ports, and in the
de-bureaucratization of the processes concerning legal migration. They will also
priority to continue the development of partnerships with the countries of language
Portuguese officer, particularly within the framework of the Rabat process, and the
deepening of participation in European bodies and agencies,
in particular at Europol, in the EASO ( European Asylum Support Office ) and in the
Frontex;
Proceed to the drafting of a proposal for a Civil Protection Bases Act,
continuing the effort to streamline resources, promoting synergies and
clarifying the various levels of operational intervention, thereby strengthening the
responsiveness of the device;
Will be promoted to review of the current model of funding the bodies of
firefighters, with a view to a framework of stability and predictability of resources
financial available for the development of the protection and relief mission to the
populations;
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The Government will continue to give priority to combating road disaster claims,
through not only the prevention and selective surveillance of the behaviors of
increased risk, but also through the continued launch of campaigns and actions of
clarification and sensitization of drivers. It will also conclude the
implementation of the National Speed Control System, which will contest
initially with 50 sites and 30 active radars, contributing in a significant way
for the reduction of the sinister in those places;
The process of computerization of the posts and the squads of GNR and PSP, and of the
your full link to RNSI-which will allow, for example, the use of technology
VoIP-, is expected to be completed in 2014. 2015 will be a year of consolidation of the
new system, expected to be a sensitive reduction of costs with communications;
In 2014, the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 8/2014 of 30 of 30 was published.
January, which mandated the constitution of a group of experts to support the
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at two operational centres, in Lisbon and in Porto. This plan aims to give the system
112 a more modern structure and adapted to the needs, in particular given to
prediction that it will be necessary, as early as 2015, the replacement of the current PSAPs ( Public-
safety answering points ) by latest technology equipment. The plan
also contemplates the establishment of the Northern Operational Centre (CONor), in Porto,
o which will provide a more resilient redundancy mechanism to the Center
Operational from the South. In 2014, the international public contest was launched,
forecasting the completion of the CONor in the first half of 2015;
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Following the findings of the evaluation study of the service provided by the
SIRESP, will promote the elimination of the identified weaknesses, targeting the
increased resilience of the system. In parallel, MAI is found to be working
with the MF under the negotiation committee with a view to obtaining it
a reduction of the charges with the system, by renegotiating the contract with SIRESP.
Under any circumstance, such a renegotiation will ensure that the levels of service and
of current quality of the SIRESP network will not be penalized;
The work of development and operationalization of analysis indicators and
monitoring of the activities developed within the MAI will proceed in
2015, already in the framework of the new attributions of SGMAI, being in study the structure
of the system of business intelligence that will be implemented;
The area of the management of the European structural and investment funds at MAI will be
enhanced in the context of its integration into SGMAI, with a view to its
suitability for needs, particularly those that will arise from the implementation of the new
programming period (2014-2020) of the structural European funds and of
investment;
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Within the framework of the new programming period (2014-2020) of European funds
structural and investment in the area of internal affairs, two have been created
financial instruments and approved the respects amounts to be affected: the Fund of
Asylum, Migration and Integration and the Homeland Security Fund, subdivided into the
dimensions borders and visas and police cooperation. In the wake of the dialogue
policy, held with the European Commission in September 2013, and subsequent
final minutes approval in February 2014, were drawn up, in 2014, the
national programmes for the funds under consideration, subject to final approval by the
European Commission. In that context, they are planned, for the year 2015, shares
in the following priority areas: i) improvement of the management and control of borders,
particularly in the context of European Border Surveillance System
(EUROSUR) /Integrated System of Surveillance, Command and Control and the
increment of the exchange of information; ii ) increased effectiveness of prevention and the
combat crime, in particular in the dimensions of operational police cooperation
and of the response to specific threats; iii) anticipation and prevention of risks and crises,
taking particular acuity the protection of critical infrastructure and anticipation
of terrorist threats; iv ) implementation of the common policy of visas and reinforcement of the
consular cooperation; and v ) implementation of the asylum and return policy, through the
participation of the Portuguese State in the mechanisms of resettlement and of
recolocation;
Still in the framework of the next European support financial framework, the Government will
continue in 2015 a bet on investments with a view to improving the
infrastructure and civil protection equipment, as well as planning,
knowledge and monitoring of the associated specific risks, in the context of the
Operational Programme of Sustainability and Efficiency in the Use of Resources
(POSEUR);
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In the electoral administration, the Government will continue to introduce important
changes to the electoral process, by updating the technological component,
seeking to perfect the reliability of electoral procedures, in particular in the
respect the provisional ballot, and improve the availability of information
to citizens.
4. Option-Foreign policy and national defence
4.1 Foreign policy
4.1.1. Bilateral and multilateral relations
i) Key developments and initiatives within the framework of the European Union
Portugal's participation in the process of European construction has been marked, in the years more
recent, for the increased responsibility to successfully fulfill the PAEF. Particular
political attention was given to the edification and consolidation of the Banking Union, constituting
key milestones the entry into force of the single mechanism of supervision and adoption,
in 2014, of the single mechanism of bank resolution.
The debate on the deepening of the EMU has also been conducted around the
possibility of being instituted "contractual arrangements", called Partnerships for the
Growth, Employment and Competitiveness, with the aim of facilitating the implementation
of structural reforms with an impact on growth and employment.
In this sense, Portugal will continue to monitor and support the discussion of this mechanism
which intends, above all, to strengthen the coordination of economic policies so as to
ensure the greatest convergence within the framework of the EMU.
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In the framework of the EU's Foreign Policy important development is ongoing. In the
neighborhood East, after suspended the signing of the Association Agreement with Ukraine
and of the developments that followed, was possible, on the margins of the European Council of
June 2014, the signing of the EU Association Agreements, not only with Ukraine, but
also with Georgia and Moldova, in an unequivocal sign of EU support for consolidation
of those democracies, the development of economic reforms and the greater integration
commercial with the Union-a support that Portugal has subscribed to since the first hour.
The relations of the South Neighbourhood Were also the subject of remarkable evolution, being of
underscore the signing of the partnership for Mobility between the EU and Morocco. The works
of this partnership allowed to prepare the steps for the completion of a second one, with the
Tunisia. Substantial progress was also made on visas and
borders, highlighting the approval of amendments to the Visit Regulation.
Portugal will continue to contribute to the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy,
either the East or the South. Special attention will be paid to the Mediterranean partners in the
support from the Union to the democratic transition processes.
Being the trade increasingly the engine of growth and affirmation in the markets
global, Portugal should actively continue to ensure effective participation in the
process of redesign of the rules of international trade and Commercial Policy
Common in particular.
Portugal will reaffirm its strategic agenda, with constant and constructive participation in the
respects outside. This will only be possible by pursuing an appropriate mobilization of the
structures of the Public Administration and the greater participation of the stakeholders in the processes
trade and pre-trade, concretizing a reform of trade policy. Aspets
essential for the country, such as energy, the various bilateral agreements in negotiation and the
multilateral negotiations, the investment agreements and the revision of the rules of
trade, allow to open up markets more and more to global competition and deserve to be
maximized to enable our companies to maximize the potential of
export to other markets.
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In the area of domestic and sectoral policies, they are to highlight the results obtained by Portugal
in the negotiation of the CO2 emissions of motor vehicles; the maintenance of production
in Portugal, above all in the autonomous regions, of regular size tobacco, without
damage to the strengthening of public health protection measures under the " Directive
Tobacco "; the improvement of fishing opportunities, in cost-effective conditions for the fleet
Portuguese, in the EU-Moroccan fisheries agreement; and the mobilization of the ministries for
reduction of administrative and legislative burdens of SMEs.
Portugal will remain especially committed to the deepening of Single Market
European, with special emphasis on the sectors that present the greatest potential of
growth, namely industry, energy, transport and telecommunications,
as well as the digital market.
In the area of justice and internal affairs, it is worth noting the entry into operation, in 2014,
of the 2-generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), whose negotiations have dragged on
for more than a decade. Portugal played a decisive role in this process, the
first state to migrate to SIS II.
With regard to the transposition of directives and the application of EU law, notwithstanding the
evident improvement in the results achieved by Portugal, meets to strengthen the importance
of the effort and commitment of all the actors in the demanding and complex process of
transposition of directives. In that sense, the follow-up process will be further deepening
strengthened policy, which aims to help overcome the difficulties resulting from
Processes for transposition of directives requiring complex legislative adaptations and with
significant impacts.
The SOLVIT Portugal Centre has maintained excellence already before recognised, having been
assigned, in May 2014, by the European Commission, the award for " Best Centre
SOLVIT ", with the highest percentage of solved cases of the decade.
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In the plan of the communication on the EU, the establishment of the website "International Carreiras", managed
by the European Information Centre Jacques Delors (CIEJD), constituted a strong
contribution to the dissemination of employment and internship opportunities in the EU, Council
of Europe, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
Organization of the United Nations, NATO and also in the External Services of the MNE and of
National Experts Deployed in the EU.
Also the creation of the "Opportunities for Business in the European Union" site has enabled
aggregate information at a single point, simplifying SMEs ' access to information about
public procurement published by Institutions and other EU bodies.
Portugal will remain particularly committed to strengthening the growth strategy and
restore the relationship of trust between the EU and its citizens. The interim review of the
Strategy Europe 2020 provides the opportunity to fine-tune goals and instruments
with a view to ensuring sustainable, inclusive growth and generator of employment.
Migration issues will continue to take on protagonism, complaining about an action
decided from the EU on several fronts: from asylum to borders, passing through mobility, attraction
of talents and integration of migrants, without forgetting the dialogue and cooperation with the countries
third parties, in particular with those in the neighbourhood. In the same way, the fight against the
organised crime and terrorism will remain as important challenges in
2015, and the EU is due to engage in the revision of the Internal Security Strategy. All the
your action will be contingent on the promotion of fundamental rights, with special emphasis
for the protection of personal data.
In 2015, Portugal will closely monitor the new institutional cycle in the EU,
marked by the appointment of new Chairpersons of the European Commission, of the Council
European and a new High Representative / Vice-President, as well as the proceedings
of the 8th parliamentary term of the European Parliament. It will also deserve particular attention to
implementation of the EU's strategic agenda.
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Portugal will pursue an active policy of promoting the presence of national citizens in the
institutions and bodies of the EU, as well as in other international organizations. Beyond
of this, will continue to promote the knowledge and dissemination of information on the
most pertinent EU affairs, aiming to stimulate an active and informed participation of the
national citizens in the European construction project.
In 2015, Portugal will remain committed to the monitoring of the Service Review
European External Action, having present the invitation already directed by the EU Council to the
next High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Politics
of Security, to analyze the progress obtained and to present, at the latest by the end of the
next year, an assessment on the organization and operation of that Service.
Portugal to ensure that the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon in the area of Foreign Policy
and of Common Security respond to national and European foreign policy priorities and
allow the EU to equip itself with modern and effective tools to lend a coherence
increased to its action and its Member States, in response to regional challenges and
global, ensuring greater visibility on the international scene.
ii ) Main initiatives to be undertaken in the framework of bilateral relations
In the framework of the priority that Portugal empowers, at the level of bilateral relations, to the partnership
privileged strategic that it maintains with the United States of America, pliable in its
euro-Atlantic identity, the Government will continue committed to the deepening of the
bilateral relationship in the context of the political consultations pursued in the Commission
Bilateral Permanent and consequent reinforcement of the sectoral cooperation to which it was attended
recent years, with emphasis on defence, justice and internal administration or, yet, for the
science and technology, energy and environment.
The goal of intensifying and diversifying political and economic relations with Canada
will be continued upon a strengthened bet on the high-level bilateral contacts and the
identification of new areas of dialogue and cooperation, such as those that are associated,
in a comprehensive view, to the valorisation of the oceans.
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Portugal will continue to give special attention to the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
with the aim of deepening the already existing economic and commercial relationship. In this
context, stresses the recent establishment of a diplomatic antenna in Astana, which
allowed to confer greater dynamics on bilateral relations.
The valorisation of historical and privileged ties with Latin America will keep a
of the priorities of Portuguese foreign policy. In addition to the strengthening of the already vast relationship
bilateral with Brazil, the promotion of the diversification of relations with the Latin countries-
Americans has allowed, in the past two years, an unprecedented deepening of the
political and economic relationship with Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. The
strong political momentum given to bilateral relations with Mexico, associated in 2014 to the
commemorations of the 150 years of establishment of diplomatic relations, should translate-
if, in the near future, in a decisive narrowing of cooperation and relations
economic with this country. In parallel, the promotion of diversification of the
relations from Portugal with other countries in the region, including Chile, Cuba, Republic
Dominicana, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Portugal's relations with the Arab world, Maghreb and Middle East, have been coming
gradually to consolidate as a line of structural strength and a priority
strategic of Portuguese foreign policy.
Portugal will seek to give continuity to the strengthening of bilateral relations with the countries of the
region of the Maghreb in its multiple strands, notably through the realization of
bilateral visits, of the bilateral summits instituted with Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and the
monitoring of transition processes and reforms in the region.
The commitment to the monitoring, preparation and coordination of initiatives will be maintained.
scope of the Portuguese co-chair of Dialogue 5 + 5, assumed in 2013 and that if
extend to mid-2015, and in enhancing cooperation and collaboration with others
mechanisms for dialogue in the Mediterranean, namely the Union for the Mediterranean.
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It will remain priority to bet on strengthening and diversification of the relationship with
the countries of the Middle East, notably from the Persian Gulf. In this context, you will assume
special relief the creation of a normative framework favourable to internationalisation
of national companies in the region.
Portugal will continue to pursue the dynamics of consolidation and reinforcement of its
privileged relationship with African countries, with special focus on Africa
Western and Austral, both in the bilateral plan, at all levels (including in the dimensions
politico-diplomatic and economic), as in the multilateral framework with the organizations sub-
continent regional, with emphasis on the African Union, the Economic Community
of the West African States and the Community for the Development of Africa
Austral.
In this context, our relations with the African Countries of Official Language Portuguese
will continue to assume special preponderance, through the dynamisation of bilateral visits
reciprocals, at all levels and in all sectors with relevance to our cooperation.
With repeated commitment, the results of the 2nd Luso Summit will be implemented.
Mozambicana (held in Maputo, March 26, 2014) and the 3rd Luso Summit-
Caboverdiana (to be held in Lisbon, to December 19, 2014), without letting go of exploring
perspetive of cooperation, not only with Mozambique and Cape Verde, but also with
Angola and São Tomé and Prince, thus contributing to the narrowing of partnerships
existing. In close articulation with its partners, both in the frame of the CPLP and
within the EU, Portugal will work together with the elected Guineese authorities, and
in line with the priorities set by them, for the sake of strengthening the
institutions of Guinea-Bissau, in the strengthening of the rule of law and in combating impunity,
as well as for economic progress in the country.
In the course of 2014, Portugal also invested heavily in the strengthening of its relations
with the countries of Asia and Oceania, through the achievement of bilateral high visits
Portuguese individualities to Asia and foreign dignitaries to our country.
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In 2015, Portugal will continue to bet on the deepening of these relations, through the
implementation of bilateral visits (in which special emphasis will be given to the economic dimension) and
of political consultations, as well as the negotiation of bilateral legal instruments.
iii) Major initiatives to be undertaken in the framework of multilateral relations
Portugal will remain deeply committed to the implementation of priorities and the
road map of the EU-Africa Joint Strategy for the period 2014-2017, decided in the 4 th
EU-Africa Summit Meeting (Brussels, 2 and April 3, 2014), maintaining its role as
booster of this political and strategic process, and contributing to the dynamization of the
political dialogue between the EU and Africa in a comprehensive pan-African perspetive.
Top priority will be given to the issue of maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea,
promoting international coordination in this matter and the empowerment of countries and
organizations of the region, through a multi-sectoral approach, in combating the
phenomena of piracy and other illicit tracts affecting the region, within the respect
by the principle of national and regional appropriation.
Portugal will actively engage in the preparation and participation in the summit with the
Latin American countries (EU-CELAC Summit), so as to strengthen political ties-
economic existing with this region.
Portuguese foreign policy will also be marked by the commitment to guarantee a
active participation in multilateral international organizations.
In this sense, and within the framework of the United Nations, Portugal will continue to contribute in a way
constructive for decision making in the framework of the maintenance of peace and security
international, the promotion of development and respect for human rights.
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It will also continue to ensure active participation in UNESCO, notably in the
framework of its presence in the World Heritage Committee as an elected member (mandate
2013-2017), in the Council of Europe, including in the framework of the North-South Center, with headquarters
in Lisbon, whose activities and relevance our country will continue to promote, and in the
Organization for Security and European Cooperation.
It will also seek to continue to actively participate in the various multilateral fora that
aim to prevent and combat organised crime or transnational threats such
such as terrorism, piracy, drug trafficking or trafficking in human beings.
The promotion of the protection and realization of human rights remains a
priority of Portuguese foreign policy.
In this sense, active participation in the definition and implementation of the policy will be maintained.
human rights of the EU, as well as in the framework of the United Nations, in the work of the
Human Rights Council and the 3 th Commission of the General Assembly. If elected by the
United Nations General Assembly for member of the Human Rights Council,
for the term of 2015 to -2017, Portugal will actively participate in the work of this organ to
starting from January, promoting all human rights (civil, cultural, social, political
or economic), and advocating respect for their universality, indivisibility and
interdependence. The National Commission for Human Rights will continue to
play a pivotal role in the coordination and definition of national policies in
human rights matter, as well as in the implementation of the recommendations and commitments
that result from the participation of our country in the international human rights bodies.
Portugal will also continue to support the work of the alliance of civilizations.
In the multilateral framework, Portugal will continue to advocate for the need for a management
effective and efficient of the resources of international organizations, pugnising whenever it is
possible and suitable for savings in the respective budgets.
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It is further highlighted, in the multilateral plan, the active stance of Portugal in the discussions of
follow-up of the "Rio + 20" Conclusions, both within the EU, and in the various fora
of the United Nations that address the thematic of sustainable development.
In the framework of the commitments made in Rio de Janeiro, they are also to mark the
recorded progress in the field of oceans, essential matter for a country as
Portugal. In this area, it is to highlight the fact of the Member States of the United Nations
have recently renewed the commitment to debate the issue of conservation and
sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction,
with a view to the possible adoption of an international instrument on the matter in the frame of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
They will continue to cherish the thematic ones of the oceans and the subjects of the sea,
present, in particular, the defence of national interests in the framework of the proposal to
extension of the continental shelf submitted by Portugal to the Commission of Limits
of the Continental Shelf of the United Nations.
It is further to be highlighted that it was signed, in September 2013, by the Minister of Education and
Science, the framework programme ("Country Programme Framework"-CPF) that will regulate the
cooperation between Portugal and the International Atomic Energy Agency, between 2013 and
2018, in the various strands of nuclear civilian.
Continuity will be given to the work developed within the framework of the participation of Portugal in the
FAO Council, the ECOSOC and the Committee on Population and Development of the
United Nations. Particular attention will also be paid to the issues of employment in the
International Labour Organization. Support will also be provided to the campaign for
election of the national candidate to the Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europe of the
WHO and will be developed a diplomatic campaign with a view to the election of Portugal as
member of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (OMT).
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Within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and at the strategic level,
Portugal will continue its active political commitment in the discussions on the future of the
Alliance arising from the new international security environment as a result of the
crisis in Ukraine. It will seek, as well, to maintain a relevant operational contribution in the
fulfillment of its obligations to the Alliance and allies. Internally, they will be
pursued the actions aimed at the implementation of the new Command Structure,
decided in 2010.
In the framework of nonproliferation and disarmament, Portugal will actively participate in the
NNon-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, in the redoubled efforts in the EU
for the launch of the International Code of Conduct for Outer Space, well
as at the entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty.
The recent development of robotic arms could constitute a chapter of
economic development.
Portugal will also continue to support legal instruments and international regimes and
will continue the fulfillment of the obligations arising from the treaties and conventions that
has ratified in the field of biological and chemical weapons through the National Authority for
The Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the National Authority for the purposes of the Treaty of
Total Ban on Nuclear Tessays.
It deserves to be highlighted the participation of Portugal, in the biennium 2012-2014, in the Council
Executive of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
iv) Major initiatives to be undertaken at the level of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries
Portuguese foreign policy is based, too, on the participation of Portugal in the CPLP.
Investing in the consolidation and deepening of the CPLP and promoting a policy of
structuring cooperation are priority areas to be pursued.
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Within the framework of the CPLP, Portugal will participate in the respective respects outside of dialogue and cooperation
intergovernmental, giving continuity to the pursuit of its priority goals, in
particular the promotion and diffusion of the Portuguese language, the intensification of the concertation
politico-diplomatic and the reinforcement of sectoral cooperation, with emphasis on the strands
economic and business.
v) Major initiatives to be carried out in the framework of development cooperation
In the area of development cooperation and after the approval, in February 2014,
of the Strategic Concept of Portuguese Cooperation 2014-2020, will import operationalize
the objectives, principles and priorities consigned, mobilizing the national actors in
around a policy of cooperation more aligned, more instrumental and more visible and
based on a logic of management by results.
In this framework, the new areas of intervention (energy, green growth or
sea), the role of new actors (private sector), the reinforcement of strategic partnerships
(delegated and triangular cooperation) and the promotion of new funding models (with
highlight for the opportunity for partnership in the new programming period (2014-2020) of the
structural and investment European funds.
On the external plan, highlight for the Presidency of the Donor Group in Mozambique (G-
19) that Portugal will take over on June 1, 2015, the resuming of cooperation projects
institutional with Guinea-Bissau, as well as the drafting and negotiation of new
strategic cooperation programs with Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.
On the multilateral level, Portugal will continue to engage in preparedness and participation in the
debates that will take place on the international outside on the pós-2015 agenda and on the issues
related to the financing of development.
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It is stressed that in 2015, the examination of the Development Assistance Committee will take place.
OECD that will take the analysis and evaluation of the Portuguese cooperation policy, including
a balance sheet as to the degree of implementation of the recommendations of the last financial year
carried out in 2010.
On the national level, the tools for dialogue and consultation will be pursued between the
State, the Local Administration, Parliament, civil society and the private sector,
to propitiate the emergence of joint projects and performances in partnership, specifically
through the Interministerial Cooperation Commission and the Cooperation Forum for the
Development.
Of mention, yet, that 2015 will be the European Year for Development, so it will be
promoted by the Camões-Institute of Cooperation and Language, I.P., an extended
program of activities that will aim to inform, sensitize and engage the
citizens in the thematic of development cooperation.
4.1.2. Economic diplomacy
Economic diplomacy takes on paramount importance in the growth agenda of the
country. In effect, economic diplomacy is today a structuring axis of foreign policy
portuguese, playing an odd role in the materialization of the strategic disigneousness of
openness and internationalization of the national economy.
The process of integration of the commercial and tourism network in the diplomatic and consular network
Portuguese substantiated a paradigm shift in Portugal's external performance in
economic and commercial matters, translated into a closer, immediate and effective support to
national companies. The development of specific business plans for each
market, establishing guidelines and objectives to be pursued by the representations
diplomatic, represented a qualitative leap in foreign policy and of
economic diplomacy. This planning effort will be pursued and strengthened, in the
sense of its outreach, articulating whenever possible with sector initiatives
private and taking into consideration the political, economic and financial conjuncture of each
market.
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Once the process of co-localization of commercial and tourist networks in the network is finished
diplomatic and consular, it matters to analyze forms of effective cooperation, cost optimization
of operation and promotion of the image of Portugal, of the economic sectors
national of excellence and the competences of Portuguese companies. Having in
consideration of new geostrategic equilibria and the emergence of national economies and
regional, will begin a reflection on the appropriate presence and defence of interests
national / economic in the external network, seeking to address in a consistent manner the
markets identified as priority or with potential for growth for Portugal.
The allocation of resources to the countries with the highest potential for increment of exports,
and from foreign direct investment caption, is a constant concern, so the
Government, taking into account the commercial impact for companies operating in Portugal and
the dynamics of the global economy that influence the attraction of direct investment
foreign and the diversification of markets will, in coordination with the Agency for the
Investment and Foreign Trade of Portugal, E.P.E. (AICEP, E.P.E.) continue to
proceed to a careful and thoughtful analysis of the internationalization movements of the
Portuguese economy.
The diversification of markets, the enlargement of the exporting base and the attraction of
structuring investment that manages wealth, increase the added value of our
products and services and create skilled jobs, are three essential pillars of
acting of the Government in economic diplomacy.
It will be continued, through the AICEP, E.P.E., a proactive policy of greater cooperation
between companies aiming at the creation of synergies, which potentiates the activation of networks of
export and partnerships between Large Enterprises and SMEs, promoting effects of
trawling of these in access to external markets.
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The Government's performance in this matter benefits from the coordination of priorities and
initiatives with the private sector provided by the activity developed by the Council
Strategic Internationalization of the Economy, as a privileged forum and
particularly qualified from discussion and debate.
With a view to promoting the potential exporter of Portuguese companies, the Government,
through the AICEP, E.P.E., will continue to carry out studies and information abstraction
relevant in its external delegations that allow to signal to the private offer the existence
of business opportunities in external markets.
The Government will further bet on the "Marca Portugal" manner, contributing to
an effective promotion of the value proposition of Portugal and Portuguese companies.
4.1.3. Lusophony and Portuguese communities
The Government will, in 2015, continue the strategy of affirmation of the Portuguese language
as a language of multinational and international communication, contributing to strengthen
its influence and position in the world system. Particular attention will be paid to the
recommendations from the Lisbon Action Plan (PAL), approved at the X Conference of Heads
of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), which
took place in Díli, July 23, 2014.
In the terms of the PAL, it stands out the promotion of the Portuguese language to the communities
Portuguese, as well as along with speakers of other languages. It will also be valued at
its dimension as a language of knowledge and innovation, with special emphasis on the
countries of the CPLP, and actions will be developed that contribute to the use of the language
Portuguese in international organisations, contributing to the affirmation of the potential
economic that is associated with it.
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Within the framework of the teaching of the Portuguese abroad, the Government will promote a system of
quality, particularly through the scientific and pedagogical monitoring of the courses of the
public, associative and private networks, of the progressive extension of the evaluation system and
certification of apprenticeshages and the Encouragement Program to Reading. On the same line,
will continue the development of partnerships for the extension of the network of schools
associated, as well as partnerships with local authorities for curriculum integration of the
Portuguese language.
The Government will also persist in the efforts it has been developing at the level of integration
curriculum of the Portuguese in the secondary school systems of countries of the Maghreb, Africa
Austral and Latin America, in addition to the countries with significant Portuguese diasporas, and
in the training of teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language, in articulation with
other countries of the CPLP.
In higher education, you will continue support for Portuguese studies programmes in the
institutions of the partner countries, promoting, where possible, the articulation with the
Portuguese higher education institutions. Will also be supported the use of the Portuguese
in scientific production and communication, particularly through projects that propitie
the relations between research departments of universities and institutions of the CPLP.
In the framework of the training of teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language, it will be created
a certification system that allows the recognition of habilitations for this
specific faculty, as well as will continue support for the superior training of translators and
interpreters of Portuguese, notably promoting partnerships between universities
Africans and Europeans, in articulation with departments of the EU and the United Nations.
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Continuity of investment in training and distance learning will also be given.
particularly as support for the action of teachers, and in the dissemination of the technologies of the
education, as well as in the monitoring of sectors of the new Portuguese emigration.
Still in the framework of support for communities, a learning platform will be launched
walking distance from Portuguese as a mother tongue, in the service of children and young people of families
in recent mobility.
Considering the international dimension of the Portuguese language and its use in
diversified professional contexts, will be broadened the offer of language courses
Portuguese for specific purposes.
As part of the promotion of Portuguese culture abroad, the Government will give continuity
to the development of partnerships with public and private entities, in the sense of
concert the external presentation of the contemporary artistic expressions, extensive to the
various fields of the cultural and creative industries, privileging the dialogues between
tradition and modernity.
The Government will continue the programme of restructuring and qualification of the network of Centres
Portuguese Cultural in the world as platforms for regional intervention,
particularly in the promotion and teaching of the Portuguese as a foreign language.
The Government considers priority to be given to the Portuguese communities that
find a little all over the World. The potential of our diaspora is an asset that
Portugal cannot waste, concrete policies need to be developed
approach to the millions of members of our diaspora, in a logic of complicity
strategic. In this assumption, the Portuguese language is a fundamental value for the relationship
with all Portuguese residing abroad, as well as with those peoples who
share with us the cultural values of lusophonia.
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It will continue to improve specific policies that ensure consular support more
close to the citizens, specifically through the realization of consular permanences, the
fostering civic and political participation, the monitoring of new migratory flows,
particularly in relation to the most unprotected citizens, the incentive for associativism
business and a greater intervention of young people and women in civic life.
The mobilization of young luster-descendants will be one of the first concerns, giving-
if sequel to programmes that enable your relationship with our culture, our language and
the reality of contemporary Portugal.
On the other hand, the increase in civic and political participation of our communities in life
national policy and the host countries should be encouraged, with special attention
to the public intervention of women and the electoral census.
The Council of Portuguese Communities and the associative movement of the diaspora will be
considered privileged partners, being called upon to pronounce or accompany the
development of the main measures. The revision of the Law of the Council of the Communities
Portuguese will allow to bet more clearly on the relationship with the most diverse
communities, improving their mechanisms of local and regional organization.
It is imposed that entrepreneus-organization strategies are encouraged within our
communities, in an optics of approximation to the national industrial and commercial fabric, having
particularly in account of the role of chambers of industry and commerce. In this line,
attach to increasing importance to the role of the Office of the Investor of the Diaspora and
to "Platform 560" while aggregator elements of the investors of our
communities.
The consular network will thus continue to be an active tool of development of the
our foreign policy, by combining its institutional function of state representation
with integrated actions of economic and cultural diplomacy, in a close connection to the
Portuguese communities. At this level, the success of the experience of the new
Consular permanences, which will be extended and improved, allowing to support consultants
more than hundred and a half of cities where no consular service existed.
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4.2. National defence
National defense will continue to steer its activity by having presents the goals
permanent and conjunctural national defence, the missions assigned to the Armed Forces,
as well as the current international context that requires flexible responses, in a framework of
extended cooperative security.
In this context, the following acting axes have been defined:
Contribution to global security and development;
Concretization of the restructuring process of the Ministry of National Defence
(MDN) and the Armed Forces.
4.2.1. Contribution to global security and development
4.2.1.1. Portugal as a co-producer of international security
In NATO, Portugal will continue with its commitments, respecting the spirit of
cohesion and solidarity that characterize the Atlantic Alliance. In this context, it is to highlight
that Portugal, along with Spain and Italy, welcomes in 2015 the exercise high
visibility " Trident Juncture " .
In the context of the consolidation of the new OTAN Command structure, Portugal will continue
to follow up the transfer process of the School of Communications and Systems of
Information from NATO to Portugal. It will also continue to support development and
use of the operational capacity of STRIKEFORNATO, transferred recently
for Portugal to take advantage of the fulfillment of the Alliance's missions.
Within the framework of the EU, Portugal will continue to support the Common Security and Defence Policy,
including the strands of Research and Development and Industry.
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The national effort in humanitarian and peace missions, under the aegis of organizations
international, including from the United Nations, through engagement
of the Portuguese Armed Forces, will remain in 2015, giving continuity to the
commitment to international security, development and stability.
Bilateral and multilateral relations with the Portuguese Official Language Countries will be
reinforced, be it in the field of military-technical cooperation, be it in support of the Reform of the
Security Sector, opening up to give continuity to the integration of contingents
Military from Portuguese-speaking Countries in the Destacked National Forces.
Portugal will further intensify external defence relations and the relationship with the
our allies and partners, highlighting the privileged strategic relationship with the states
United from America, with the Mediterranean and Maghreb region, as well as with partners
current and potential in the area of defense economics.
4.2.1.2. Evocations of the Centenary of the Great War
Aligning with about 30 countries from various continents involved directly in the I
World War, Portugal will evoke this tragic landmark of History with the aim of
to disseminate, not least to young people, the message that peace, such as freedom, is a
permanent conquest, which can never be given as acquired.
The vast programme drawn up by the Coordinating Committee of the Centennial Evocations
of World War I, which will run until 2018 and includes various initiatives-ranging from lines
of academic research to television programmes-it will emphasize the usefulness of some forces
well prepared and capable for peace to prevail.
4.2.1.3. The promotion of defence economics in the international sphere
The importance of promoting the defense economy in the international sphere, given its
practical translation in the growth of the country, requires an institutional adaptation that allows
effective acting in the promotion of Portuguese companies and in the search for new
markets and business, in a sector with great specificity and sensitivity.
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In this sense, within the current companies of the EMPORDEF Group, they were introduced
alterations to the object of the current IDD, passing the name " IDD-Platform das
National Defence Industries ", which will accompany and assist Portuguese companies
in this sector, in close collaboration with AICEP, E.P.E.
4.2.2. Realization of the process of restructuring the Ministry of Defence
National and the Armed Forces
The rationalization of structures and resources, with a view to greater efficiency and efficiency
of the Armed Forces, intends to also deepen the concept of an Armed Forces
at the service of the people.
Over the past few years various measures have been implemented and developed
various actions to restructure the MDN and the Armed Forces, in particular to the
level of the Teaching Military Establishments (upper and non-superior), of the
Establishments Fabris of the Army (EFE), Military Health and the SEE in the area of defence.
The structural reform of national defence and the Armed Forces was systematized in 2013,
through the Reform "Defence 2020". The principles and lines of acting of that reform
are defined, among others, by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers
n ° 26/2013 of April 19 (Defence 2020), and by the Despacho n 7527-A/2013, 11 of
April (Ministerial Directive for structural reform in national defence and the Forces
Armed-Reform "Defence 2020").
A significant number of the established tasks have already been completed, specifically the
related to the revision of the conceptual and legislative building of national defence and the
The Armed Forces, namely the National Defense Act, the Organic Law of Bases of the
Organization of the Armed Forces and the Organic Law of the MDN, corresponding to the end of
a first phase of the work of the reform "Defence 2020".
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By maintaining the initial guidelines, the adjustment of some tasks, whose
complexity and demands for articulation thus require it. It was thus started a second
Phase of this reform (Despacho n. 7234-A/2014, June 2-Ministerial Directive
Complementary to structural reform in national defence and the Armed Forces),
ensuring structural materialization of the gated conceptual dimension and deepening
of tasks in the framework of strategic planning.
4.2.2.1.A reform "Defence 2020"
In the framework of the "Defence 2020" Reform, in addition to the revision of the conceptual building and
legislative of the national defence, the review of the documents was also completed
structurants of strategic planning: Military Strategic Concept, Specific Missions
of the Armed Forces, Forces System and Device.
The reform "Defence 2020" defined, as planning framework measures
integrated long term in national defence, in 1.1% (± 0, to 1) of GDP, the commitment
stable budget for national defence and was enunciated a level of ambition for the
Armed forces.
In addition to these measures and succinctly, the main lines of action are summarized
determined, and which are in progress:
Adjustment of expenditure ratios: 60% in personnel, 25% in operation and
maintenance and 15% in investment in capacities, including, research,
development and innovation, progressively and by 2020;
Resizing of the effective personnel of the Armed Forces: for an effective
global between 30000 and 32000 military. Must be carried out by the reduction of 2000
effective during 2014, of 2000 effectors in 2015 and in the progressive distribution of the
remaining until end of 2020. The civil staff cadres of the defence assembly
national should be resourced to about 70% of the current, by the end of 2015;
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Resize of the territorial device: effective reduction of 30%, at the level of the
commands, units, establishments and too many organs of the Armed Forces;
Reset of the Joint Operational Command and the commands of
component of the branches, in the sense of the sharing of means and resources and optimization
of mutual articulation and cooperation;
Follow-up and monitoring of the implementation process of the Model of
Common Governance of Military Higher Education and consolidation of the configuration
organizational that the Military University Institute is expected to take up from 2016;
Concentration of the Directorate General of Personnel and Military Recruitment (DGPRM) and the
Directorate General of Armament and Defense Infrastructure in a single service;
Creation of an operating unit of a matrix nature that will be aimed at
preparation, promotion, monitoring and coordination of projects / fact sheets
applications for European structural and investment funds from the MDN, in the framework
of the new programming period (2014-2020) of the structural European funds and of
investment.
4.2.2.2. Military Establishments of Teaching not higher
In the 2014/2015 school year, the restructuring, already under way, will be concluded.
Military Establishments of Teaching not higher. At the end of that school year, the Institute
of Odivelas will be shut down, integrating all levels of regular teaching at the College
Military and developing the Institute of Army Puppyls as an establishment
of vocational and technological education.
This restructuring of the non-superior Teaching Military Establishments comprises
integration measures, efficiency, rationalization and optimization of resources, with a view to
coherence of the educational project based on the own characteristics of the military institution.
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4.2.2.3.Estabelecimentos Fabris of the Army
For 2015 the completion of the EFE restructuring process is expected, with the
implementation of the appropriate organisational and legal models for the Maintenance
Military and the extinction of the General Farting Workshops and Equipment and the Oficins
General of Engineering Material, allowing for the rationalization of existing resources. This
process stems after attribution of the public bond to the workers of those
establishments manufactures through Law No. 68/2013, August 29, and transition to
general careers of the public employment legal relationship for undetermined time of the
workers from those establishments manufactures through the Decree-Law No. 1/2014, 9 of
January.
4.2.2.4. Military health and assistance in the disease
Through the Despacho n. 2943/2014 of February 21, guidelines have been set
supplementary in the framework of the reform of the military health system (SSM), which ensure the
its structural and functional alignment with the remaining measures of "Defense 2020" and that
lead to the implementation of the new integrated model advocated for SSM, which will be
consolidated in 2015. This restructuring has as its main objective the provision of
better services, supported by human resources and materials suitable to needs
and financially sustainable.
In 2014, the process of merging the military hospitals, having been completed, was still completed.
consecrated, through the Decree-Law No. 84/2014, of May 27, the establishment of the Hospital das
Armed Forces (HFAR) in the dependence of the Chief of the State-Major-General of the Forces
Armed, consisting of the poles of Lisbon and Porto.
ADM-Assistance in Disease to the Military of the Armed Forces, will continue to
follow up on the measures under implementation in the remaining public health subsystems,
safeguarding the due specificities of the subsystem.
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4.2.2.5. Former Combatants and Disabled of the Armed Forces
Within the framework of the policy of support for Former Combatants and the Disabled of the Forces
Armed, with the aim of simplifying procedures and ensuring easier access to the
Its users, came into operation in 2014 the "Single Baldog of Defence".
Regarding the qualification processes as Disabled of the Armed Forces (DFA),
have been, over the past few years, implemented internal mechanisms in the MDN that
have allowed a noticeable increase in the number of completed processes. The morosity in the
qualification process as DFA was a situation that had been dragging on for several years.
Notwithstanding the work developed, a project team was also constituted
integrating representatives of the State-Biggest-General of the Armed Forces, of the branches of the
Armed forces, of the General Secretariat of the MDN, of the DGPRM and the HFAR, with the mission of,
within one year, proceed to the redesign of the qualification process of DFA, with
seen to reach an average future duration of 18 months, resolve and normalize the pendency of
processes, as well as propose the creation of a Single Medical Board working in the framework
of the HFAR and of a Knowledge Resource Center on War Stress.
4.2.2.6. Central Body of Recruitment
With the aim of centrally taking over the recruitment function, the completion of the
Operationalization of the Central Body of Recruitment and Dissemination (OCRD) intends
confer a dimension of integration to the processes that are underlying recruitment
military in its different modalities, maximizing its efficiency and effectiveness, as
provided for in the reform "Defence 2020". In this sense, it will be given sequence to the implementation of the
Functional Plan approved for the OCRD, giving fulfillment to the strategic objectives
in it constants through the concretization of the associated initiatives.
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4.2.2.7. Professional reinsertion of the military and ex-servicemen under contract rule
The professional reinsertion of the military into contract regime is one of the pillars of
sustainability of the model of professionalization of the provision of military service. That's why
necessary to bet on the creation of instruments that promote or potentiate the processes
of professional reinsertion of the military and ex-servicemen of the contract regime, so as to
affirm entrepreneurship as a privileged policy of support for reinsertion. The
achievement of this goal will, inter alia, pass through the implementation of the Program
"Defence Employees" (which aims to create conditions for bringing the approach to the economy
real if it does so effectively, specifically through incubation centres, in partnership
with various entities), by extending the geographical comprehensiveness of the services of
professional reinsertion of the Centre for Information and Guidance for Employment to the area
north of the country and by the development of the activity of this as the Center for the
Qualification and Professional Teaching.
On the other hand, creating conditions for that, in complementarity with the other entities
national trainers, the training imparted in the Armed Forces can confer the
completion of secondary education and level 4 of professional qualification, so to
ensure that the professional pathways percourses are qualified and generators of more-
Valuable for reentering the labour market.
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5. Option-The challenge of the future: priority setorial measures
5.1. Economy
5.1.1. Internationalization of the economy
The internationalization of the Portuguese economy through export growth is
a key pillar for the new growth cycle, in which it is intended to target a
increase in exporting capacity and a progressive diversification of target markets,
notably by deepening trade relations with countries of language
Portuguese that constitute a market with high growth potential.
From among the various initiatives of the Government in this framework, it stands out the ante in the
development of economic diplomacy, as described in section 4.1.2. From among the
results obtained, it releases the balance already achieved in the balance of goods and services, while
encouraging sign of the correction of the policies followed in the past and fundamental factor for the
future balance of our accounts with the outside.
5.1.2. Investment and competitiveness
5.1.2.1. Investment
In the current recovery framework of economic activity, it is critical to streamline policies
of investment incentive, mainly in sectors of transactionable goods and services
with exporting capacity and sectors with high level of business innovation and
technological.
In 2015, measures will continue to be implemented that aim to act at the level of
productivity and the capacity to create value, especially, of SMEs, promoting the
investment in sectors, intensive in technology or knowledge, with potential of
growth. These initiatives will be assented in financial incentives, managed efficiently and
effectiveness, within the framework of the National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN 2007-2013), of the
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new Partnership Agreement between Portugal and the European Commission (Portugal 2020) and the
Fund of Modernization of Trade.
With a view to the increase in the overall level of investment in Portugal and its concentration
in the producer sectors of transactionable goods and services, will be reduced barriers and
barriers to entry, being that the application of capital via public supports (national and
Europeans), it will have to be quite judicious. In that sense, the Government will continue in 2015 a
acting in the reduction of compromising context costs of international competitiveness
of the Country, through the implementation of measures that allow:
Promote a more investment friendly business environment, which consider the
issues related to spatial planning, the environment, efficiency
energy, communication infrastructures, interoperability in transport,
efficiency in port management, among others. In this framework, it is crucial to continue the
combat bureaucracy, guarantee of swiftness and dematerialization of processes
administrative, legal and legal;
Improve and facilitate interaction and articulation between Government and private initiative
(companies, investors and entrepreneurs-domestic and foreign);
Attract and focus new investments, notably in domains aligned with
the new strategies of clusterization strongly oriented towards the increase of the
exports, alongside a growing and sustained internationalization of actors
involved, through the densification of collaborative networks, of the reinforcement of chains
of supply and in accordance with the trends revealed by the markets
international;
Potentiate and facilitate access to specific incentives, as well as mechanisms of
flexible and properly configured technical and financial support;
Dynamize the strategic reshaping processes through, not only from
specific mechanisms in support of merger and acquisition processes, such as
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also of support to business transmission / succession processes.
Additionally, the Government will continue to ensure conditions that allow businesses to
hiring funding at levels compatible with your degree of risk and diversifying sources
of funding, with the main goal of strengthening the capital's own capitals. In concrete,
will keep up with the promotion of funding and incentive mechanisms to the
development of co-financed capitalization tools by private,
particularly in the recapitalisation and restructuring of companies. Continuity will be given to
strategy of deepening the venture capital market through the attraction of
national and international private investors and the dynamisation of new funds from
risk capital co-financed by private and by structural European funds and
investment.
In that scope, the main measures for 2015 consider:
The strengthening of the mechanisms of direct supports to companies in Portugal 2020;
The strengthening of the National System of Mutual Guarantee, as an instrument
fundamental facilitation of access to credit by SMEs;
The creation of financial and tax instruments that makes it possible to overcome the
under-capitalization situation of many Portuguese companies, namely SMEs;
The support for revitalization of companies in difficult economic and financial situation but
with strategic potential, dinering processes of restructuring, recovery and
transmission;
The operationalization of IFD.
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5.1.2.2. Fiscal competitiveness
The tax policy is a prominent position as an instrument of
competitiveness. Direct taxation on companies occupies a paramount place for
achieve these goals given their impact on the choices of economic actors, reason by the
what the respect regime is especially relevant to promote investment, the
competitiveness and the internationalization of companies.
In this context, and as described in section 2.4., the Government has implemented diverse
measures, from among which stands out for IRC Reform. It was also approved the new
Investment Tax Code, a diploma that systematizes all tax benefits to the
investment and the capitalization of available companies, ensuring greater transparency and
greater simplicity in the interpretation of tax law. The scheme of obligations has been changed yet
declares existing in corporate taxation headquarters, through solutions that reinforce
the security and trust of investors and promote the attraction of national investment and
foreign, while reducing the costs of context. Additionally,
restructured the international tax policy of the Portuguese state, in which it was privileged
the repositioning of Portugal as an exporting country of capital, specifically in
international markets considered to be given priority for Portuguese investment.
5.1.2.3. Innovation, Entrepreneurship and R&D
At the level of entrepreneurship and innovation, it is the Government's priority to transform the
knowledge in economic value, promoting a culture of entrepreneurship in the
portuguese society and the link between business fabric, entities of the scientific system and
technological and the state.
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The strategy of modernization of the business fabric is based on measures to promote the
innovation and I&DT of business guidance, especially technological innovation,
as a source of: i) differentiation and increment of the competitive ability of activities
transactionable; ii ) promotion of the technology transfer mechanisms for the
companies; iii ) enhancement of the economic valuation of knowledge; iv) strengthening of the incentive
the investment; and v ) promotion of financing and business restructuring.
Portugal presents a noticeable margin of progression in the direction of its
investment in R&D for projects that translate into applications with economic value,
as well as in the transfer of knowledge between the SCTN entities and the companies.
However, the Country has not yet reached the European average in the technological results and in the
technological intensity of the economy. In that sense, the Government will continue in 2015 the
support for entrepreneurship, with a focus on innovative grassroots entrepreneurship and
technological, as well as of policies geared towards collective efficiency and for the
consolidation of the network of Clusters , aiming at its economic valuation in the production of
new products and services and in organizational, strategic or market innovation.
Within the framework of the measures aimed at supporting R&D and innovation and entrepreneurship, the
Government will give absolute priority to strengthening national capacity to transform the
knowledge in economic value, continuing to act along the following large
valuation axes:
Fostering and strengthening collaboration between companies and system institutions
scientific and technological, in order to induce greater private funding of the
investment in R&D with commercial applicability;
Potentiate technological innovation in companies and improve their structures
productive, by continuing to support the integration of PhDs into companies, well
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as a greater interaction of managers and entrepreneurs with universities,
research programmes and pupils;
Ensuring greater integration of scientific companies and institutions into space
European research and innovation, creating the conditions for there to be a
effective enhancement of the participation of the various entities in the European programmes;
Promote and support technology-based entrepreneurship, privileged vehicle
of valorisation of the knowledge generated by the national R&D effort,
promoting a supportive social environment for entrepreneurship and promotion of
a culture of merit and business risk, developing actions that promote
the creation of " start-ups ", by diversifying supports and sources of funding to new
entrepreneurial projects;
Pursue the strengthening of the National Digital Agenda, delivering response to priorities and
goals of the European Digital Agenda. It is thus intended to profiten the
new generation broadband infrastructure, through the development of
exportable content and services in the areas of the Electrophic government, health ( eHealth ),
education ( eLearning ), culture ( eCulture ) or justice ( eJustice ), creating value for the
companies and competitiveness for the Portuguese economy;
Encouraging the necessary link to the Portuguese scientific and technological diaspora as
decisive factor for the capturing of resources necessary for the development of " start-
ups " global high technological intensity;
Promote initiatives geared towards internationalization of R&D and innovation
business, ensuring greater integration of the national scientific system in the
European research space and a strengthening of the participation of the various entities
in the European programmes.
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Finally, it is to underline the integrative role of efficiency policy instruments
collective, featured prominence for the National Smart Specialization Strategy (ENEI),
that seeks to mobilize the National I&D&I System for the development of new
products and services, for the improvement of products and processes, with a view to a more
intelligent competitive positioning of the Portuguese economy in the international market,
as well as for the importance of the consolidation of the network of clusters , which assumes a role
central in the implementation of ENEI, being expected to have a significant contribution
for the economic valorisation of knowledge in organizational, strategic and strategic innovation
markets.
5.1.2.4. Trade
The Government, after being made a diagnosis to the sectors of commerce, services and
restoration, with the auscultation of the respected economic actors, has approved the Agenda for
the Competitiveness of Trade, Services and Restoration 2014-2020, which constitutes a
innovative bet on a sectoral strategy that aims at increasing competitiveness and has
underlying a vision that aims to generate new dynamics of quality, modernity,
creativity and attractiveness.
The Government thus continues to make efforts to eliminate constraints.
legal and administrative, particularly those related to the creation and installation of
companies, so as to achieve a simplification of procedures and a reduction in costs
of context.
It matters, on the other hand, to channel the available financial resources in a more
efficient, through incentive systems aimed at structuring and strategic projects
for the sector.
The measures included in the Agenda aim to cover the urban, rural and electro-friendly environment,
as well as the national and international markets in the sense of:
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Increase competitiveness in the sector and promote business investment. In the
Framework of the Trade Modernization Fund is intended to continue the
incentive system for support of commercial activity-" Trade Invests-
Investment Incentive system ", prioritizing the reinforcement of the line of support
to joint projects, which can value a strategic approach and
integrated modernization and innovation of urban areas, urban centres,
with the aim of supporting investment projects that bet on requalifying and
improve the supply of the proximity trade and job creation;
Promote the reduction of context costs through the widespread review of the
legal regimes applicable to the sector, aiming at a simplification and dematerialization
of procedures. The entry into force of the legal regime of the activities of
trade, services and restoration and respect regulation, aims to create a
context favourable to the acceleration of economic growth, promoting the
consolidation, restructuring and creation of companies, facilitating the respect
operation in daily life. Thus, through the simplification of the legislation,
aims to stimulate the caption of new investors and the generation of new
projects for the already established entrepreneurs. In the spirit of de-bureaucratization and
clarification, the liberalization of access to certain activities, the reduction is expected
of the payment of some fees, the permission to carry out balances in periods
defined by the operator itself, with the limit of four months per year and schedules
free of operation, with restrictions under certain circumstances;
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Improve competitive conditions. Transparency in business relations and the
balance of the negotiating positions, between economic agents, are key to
the realization of constitutional desicons such as that of contractual freedom and that of the
salutary competition, cabling the state to establish the mechanisms that prevent the
distortion of these principles. With this aim has been approved the legal regime
applicable to Restrictive Individual Trade Practices, which resulted from a
broad debate that involved the most representative associative structures of the
sectors of agriculture, industry and commerce. In 2015 it will be given focus on
implementation, monitoring and monitoring of this regime, in the sense of
assess their impacts, positives and negatives;
Create a Council for Trade, Services and Restoration (CCSR) that will contest
with the participation of the Government, the Public Administration and the Stakeholders . The
CCSR will have as its mission to identify best practices that contribute to the
improvement of the services provided and decision-making by the various bodies;
Encourage a greater presence in the global digital market. The incorporation of
information and communication technologies is key to internationalization
of these sectors, allowing not only to achieve productivity gains and
competitiveness, as also the development of the digital economy, e-commerce ;
Dynamising trade, services and catering in rural areas and
cross-border. Given the specifics of the rural context, it matters
encourage a greater balance between supply and demand, in particular, by the amendment
of their capacity to make available multisservices, which accompany the
trends in consumption and the changing needs of the populations of the
rural localities. Special attention should be given to spaces with characteristics
of touristic or cross-border attraction, in collaboration with local authorities and
with the tourism sector;
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From the point of view of spatial planning, it becomes necessary to delineate a
urban-commercial policy that contributes to solving the problems of
territorial and functional disarticulation of the sectors that play a role
fundamental in the supply of populations. In this sense, it is in evaluation to
implementation of a territorial strategy for these sectors, with the goal of
contribute to the knowledge of reality and allow for a correct implementation
of new business formats, depending on the detached faults and which respond to the
needs of consumers, contributing to requalification, diversification and
innovation of economic fabric.
5.1.3. Infrastructure, transport and communications
In the sectors of infrastructure, transport and communications, the Government has carried out
quite relevant measures that should be highlighted.
At the level of infrastructure, and in line with the one described in previous sections, they deserve
highlight:
The renegotiation of PPPs in the road infrastructure sector;
The formal completion of the 100% privatization process of the social capital of ANA
-Airports of Portugal, S.A., and the approval of the respective Strategic Plan for
the horizon 2013-2017;
The elimination of TUP Carga and the freezing of all port fees,
contributing to the greatest efficiency of operations, for the reduction of the invoice
port and to the increase in the competitiveness of the sector;
The launch of the processes of renegotiation of the concession contracts of
port terminals for handling loads at the ports of Aveiro, Leixões,
Lisbon and Setúbal, as well as the container terminal of the Port of Sines
(Terminal XXI), with a view to the evaluation of the reshaping of this terminal, in the
applicable legal framework;
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The approval of the new Legal Regime of Port Work;
The launch and completion of the tendering process for granting the New
Terminal of Cruzers of Lisbon;
The conclusion of the change in the regulatory model of the road sector, through the
clarification of the role of the Institute of Mobility and Transport, I.P. (IMT, I.P.) and the
EP, S.A., of the definition of a new status of national roads and of the creation of
a new tolling model that ensures fairness in charging and promotes the
social and territorial cohesion.
At the level of transport, they are relevant:
The continuation of the restructuring process of public transport companies
and the achievement, for the second consecutive year, of a positive adjusted EBITDA;
The launch of the concursal procedures for opening up to the private initiative of the
operation of public passenger transport services in the areas
metropolitans of Lisbon and Porto;
The reform of the transport sector regulation model, with the creation of the
Authority of Mobility and Transport and the revision of the IMT Statutes, I.P.,
and of the National Institute of Civil Aviation, I.P., the latter passing the authority
independent regulator, in fulfillment of the established in the Framework Act of the
Independent Administrative Entities with activity regulation functions
economic of the private, public and cooperative sectors.
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At the level of communications, it is worth noting:
After the first phase of privatization of CTT, S.A., completed in December of
2013, the process of privatization of the company was finalised, through the divestance, in
september 2014, by means of an expedited placement process, of about
31.5% of representative shares of the respected social capital that were held still
by PARPUBLIC. In global terms, the financial fit of the state with the
privatization was 909 million euros, of which about 343 million
correspond to the seating value of the second phase of the process. To the value of the
seating of the privatization plus the approximately 18.9 million euros received by the
State by title of dividends from the financial year 2013;
The conclusion of contests for designation of providers of universal service of
electro communications and the celebration (in February 2014) of the respects
contracts with the new providers of the services, in the service components
fixed telephone, public posts and telephone directories and informative services, giving
full implementation of the national and European provisions and putting an end to the situation of
default that had been declared by the Court of Justice of the Union
European by judgment of October 2010;
Promotion of the development and use of new-generation networks within the framework of
Agenda Portugal Digital, potentiating access to and use of high broadband
speed by all citizens;
The revision of the ICP's statutes-National Communications Authority, in
compliance with the established in the Framework Law of Administrative Entitions
Independents with functions of regulation of economic activity of the sectors
private, public and cooperative.
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The year 2014 stands, too, marked by the beginning of the new programming period (2014-
2020) of the European structural and investment funds, in which the priorities of
allocation of funding should focus on increasing the competitiveness of companies and
of the national economy. In that sense, the Working Group has been established for the
High-Value Added Infrastructure, with elements from various sectors of the
society, with the aim of presenting recommendations regarding investment to
carry out in the period 2014-2020. On the basis of these recommendations and the findings of the
extended process of public consultation that followed, the Government approved the Plan
Strategic of Transport and Infrastructures (PETI3 +), in which it was included:
The establishment of 59 priority investment projects for the sector of
transport and infrastructure to be implemented in the horizon 2014-2020/22;
The launch of the Portugal Porta-a-Port program, which aims to extend the coverage of
public transport systems for passengers to the whole country;
The broadening of the rules of the Social Pass + to the whole country;
The merger of the infrastructure management companies EP, S.A., and REFER, E.P.E.
With respect to priorities for the future, among the main measures to be implemented in
2015 in the infrastructure, transport and communications sector, the following are highlighted:
In the context of the privatization program and grants:
the Start of the exploitation of public passenger transport services
by the new private operators, in the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and the
Port;
the Start of the procedures for the process of privatization of the
CARRISTUR;
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the Monitoring of market conditions with a view to the relaunch of the
process of privatization of TAP, S.A.;
o Continuation of the adoption of the best international management practices and
development of new services in EMEF, S.A., in the follow-up to the
process of transformation and operational improvement implemented, with
a view to a potential progressive opening of the capital of the company;
Conclusion of the renegotiation processes concerning the port concessions and the
entry into force of the new contractual framework, with a view to increasing the
efficiency of Portuguese ports and the transfer to the end users of the
gains resulting from the reduction of the overall costs of the port operation;
Start of operation of the Portugal Port-to-Port program, extending the coverage of
public transport systems for passengers to the whole country;
Entry into force of the new legal regime of the public transport service of
passengers;
Extending the rules of the Social Pass + to the whole country;
Start of the concursal procedures concerning the implementation of the first projects of
priority investment for the transport and infrastructure sector, to be implemented in the
horizon 2014-2020/22 predicted in the PETI3 +;
Start of the exploration of the new infrastructure management company, resulting from the
merger of the companies EP, S.A., and REFER, E.P.E.
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5.1.4. Tourism
After the good results achieved in 2013, the tourism sector came back
a significant growth in 2014. This continued increase in tourist revenue
has been shown to be fundamental to the growth of national exports, thus
as for the increment of the balance of the balance of the tourist balance, of enormous relevance to the
balance of the external accounts of the country. Additionally, it remains as one of the sectors
with greater weight in creating and maintaining employment, essential for a development
economic and social transversal to the different regions of the country.
To ensure the underpinning of these results the Government has defined three areas as
priority, which will remain as such in 2015: debureaucratization, promotion of the
destination and funding.
At the level of debureaucratization, in 2014, measures were continued.
simplification in the sense of making the sector more flexible and more competitive. These measures
will allow the requalification of the "Destination Portugal" and the suitability of the national tourist offer
to an increasingly diversified and demanding demand. In this sense, a review has been made
of various diplomas, which today allows companies to provide strong relief in their costs of
context, highlighting the revision of the legal regime of tourism ventures, the
new legal regime of local accommodation-which will simultaneously facilitate the
operation and surveillance of the activity-, or still the simplification of the operation of the
bathing concessions outside the official period of the bathing season. The elimination exercise of
costs context in the sector will continue to be one of the main axes of Government acting
in 2015.
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In terms of tourism promotion, a new model, which allows to articulate, will be initiated,
always in partnership with the private sector, the promotion of the brand "Destination Portugal" with the
of the regional destinations and that of the different tourist products. Thus, the focus of the actions of
promotion of international campaigns offline and of the supports to events for communication
online will be redirected to the dissemination of the destination with the media
international and of relief prescribers and still for support for sale through caption
of new air routes and partnerships with tour operators. This strategy has been
critical to the tourist success of the country, while allowing for the achievement of
significant savings in expenses with promotion.
Also essential for the effectiveness of the commercial action of the private sector and for the
sustainability of national tourism will be the revision of the model of organisation of Schools
of Hotelaria and Tourism. This process, started in 2014 and to be implemented in 2015, aims to
respond to the needs of the private sector and regional destinations and contribute to the
internationalization of national tourism.
On the financing, a permanent effort has been developed, which
will continue in 2015, to appropriate the financial instruments specific to the needs of the
sector. It was in this sense that it came into operation at the beginning of 2014 a line of support to
financial consolidation with the aim of supporting tourism companies in the suitability of
debt services previously contracted from the banking system to the means generated
by its operation. It was also with this aim that two sub-lines were created within
from the line of support to the qualification of the offer of the Portugal Tourism Institute, I.P.
(Tourism of Portugal, I.P.)-one dedicated to the affected beach support dealers
by the winter's winter weather of 2013/2014; another aimed at entrepreneurship, with
special highlight for the touristic animation.
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In the framework of the new programming period (2014-2020) of the structural European funds
and investment (Portugal 2020), adequate coverage of the strategy will be ensured
of the sector, in a simplified way and closer to the economic agents, which give as well
response to the needs of research and development of the sector, in partnership with the
higher education.
In parallel, the revision of the financial holdings of Tourism of Tourism is also ongoing
Portugal, I.P., with a view to ensuring the optimization of the public resources available for the
support for the financing needs of the sector.
In 2015, the National Strategic Plan for Tourism will still be reviewed so that
this one can frame the public policies for the tourism sector by articulating them
effectively with the private sector and ensuring the basic conditions for your
continued growth.
Finally, in 2015, it is releva the full operation of the new legal framework of the
exploration and practice of the game in Portugal, with a highlight for the regulation of the game online .
5.1.5. Defence of the consumer
In the matter of consumer protection, the Government will continue the goal of ensuring a
high level of consumer protection in all areas object of public policies,
with a prominent focus for the activity sectors subject to economic and social regulation and, in
special, in the priority areas of essential public services (electricity, natural gas,
waters and waste, electronical communications and postal services), financial services (in
particular the banking services) and transport. The digital economy and the challenges that
are associates will also deserve special attention, in the framework of the measures and initiatives
generic information and the provision of the knowledge necessary for the
consumers play an active role in the market by exercising their rights and
contributing to a greater competitiveness of companies.
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Thus, specific capacity-specific actions will continue to be promoted and developed
intended for the most vulnerable consumers, in such a way that they can benefit
fully access to the new supply channels of products and services under conditions
of security.
It will also remain the incentive for responsible consumption, in particular in the management of the
disposable income and family budget and in the prediction of savings, but also in the
promotion of sustainable consumption, so that consumers will consider the impact
environmental and social of your choices. It will be further encouraged the creation of instruments that
allow consumers the comparison of prices and conditions of supply of
products and services.
The National Consume Council, the Government's advisory body, will contribute in a way
more significant for the definition of consumer protection policy and for a larger one and
more effective coordination of the Consumer Protection System, taking advantage of
fully the existing cooperation networks between public and private entities with
responsibilities in this area.
In addition, they will continue the initiatives to raise awareness and mobilization of the
economic operators, privileging contact with their associative structures, of
form to promote a greater and better knowledge and sensitivity to the rights of the
consumers.
Additionally, the legal regime of advertising will be reviewed, with a view to adapting it to the
new challenges posed by the electronic commerce and the digital economy, promoting the
consolidation and the coherence of this legislation, and allowing for more effective enforcement.
The review of the legal regime of the complaint book, as well as the creation of the book of
electro complaints, will allow for a speedier and effective response to the communications of the
consumers.
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The legal protection of consumers and their access to justice will also be strengthened,
through the transposition of the EU directive on the out-of-court settlement of disputes from
consumption, and of the entry into force of the European regulation creating a platform
electro to the resolution of the conflicts online. Beyond trust and security
increased that these new rules will bring to consumers within the Internal Market
European, the new legislation will review the structures of mediation, conciliation and arbitration of
consumption conflicts existing in Portugal, updating its legal framework.
The transposition of European legislation on payment services-concerning the
comparability of charges related to payment accounts, to the change of
payment account, to the safety and protection of consumers in the use of services of
payment by the Internet , and the interbank commissions applicable to payment transactions
by card-will also allow for greater protection of service consumers
banking by the increased transparency of the market and the possibility of choices more
informed.
It will be further streamlined the activity of advising and monitoring the
indebted consumers under the legal regime for prevention and regularization
extrajudicial of the credit contracts in default situation created in 2012-
activity is developed by the Endividend Consumer Support Network. Still in this
scope, will promote the financial literacy of consumers in the framework of the implementation of the
National Financial Training Plan.
It is also intended that the benchmark for consumer education to be integrated into the
Curricula of elementary and secondary education, thus enabling children's awareness and
adolescents for consumer rights, as well as for the importance of consumption
responsible and sustainable in school environment.
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Finally, the Fund for the Promotion of Consumer Rights (" Fund of the
Consumer ") will continue to support financially projects pursued by the associations
of consumers and other associations of private law for the information, training and
education of consumers, as well as other initiatives that contribute to the achievement
of the objectives of the consumer protection policy.
5.1.6. Internal consumption
Between 2010 and 2013, domestic demand and private consumption recorded contractions very much
significant, equivalent to 14.0% and 9.9% respectively, as a result of the situation of
economic and financial crisis and the fiscal consolidation measures implemented in the
scope of PAEF. However, since the beginning of 2013, a recovery has been registered
of both variables, as a consequence, among other factors, of an improvement of the
exponents and confidence of economic agents.
The adjustment made to the level of domestic demand, alongside the strong growth of the
exports, contributed, decisively, to the remarkable improvement of the external deficit of
Portugal. In just three years, the external surplus has gone from a deficit of 9.1% of GDP
for a surplus of 1.3% of GDP in 2013. For the next few years, it is expected to
maintenance of surplus from external accounts by setting a new model of
development that will allow to reduce the high borrowing of Portugal vis-
exterior.
In the face of the impressive external adjustment already verified and the effort effected by the
households and by the private sector generally, the Portuguese economy should, from
2014, enter a phase of growth and recovery of domestic demand, namely
of private consumption. It is reflected that private consumption represented in 2013 about
65% of GDP. Thus, the contribution of this variable to stabilization and recovery
of the Portuguese economy, as well as employment, should not be overlooked.
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The drop recorded at the level of private consumption of households was higher than the decrease in
your disposable income, checking for a greater propensity of Portuguese families
for savings. The savings rate of private individuals increased from 9.2% in 2010 to 9.9
% in 2013. Alongside this behaviour, the ability to finance families
portuguesas12 reached 5.2% of GDP in 2013. There may thus be some margin for
to check for a recovery of private consumption in line with the evolution of the
disposable income of households.
The signs of economic stabilization, particularly evident since 2013, in parallel
with the gradual recovery of the financial credibility of the Country, made a contribution
important for the reduction of uncertainty and for the improvement of consumer confidence,
which reached in 2014 the highest value of the last seven years, contributing in that way
for the creation of a cycle of greater internal market dynamics and for the growth of the
economics.
In that sense, it is important to consolidate the recovery of the trust of the families, as well as
contribute to the construction of a framework of greater stability and predictability at the level
budget.
The stabilization of domestic demand, alongside the maintenance of a strategy to strengthen the
Portuguese exports, will allow to viabilize the growth perspetives of the economy
Portuguese in a sustainable and balanced way. The effort made by the Country in the balance
of the external accounts must now be accompanied by measures that contribute to the
stabilization of domestic consumption and domestic production, in particular through actions
directed to sectors with high incorporation of national value, in particular in the sector
of the transactionable goods and services.
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With respect to ongoing initiatives, it stands out the implementation of the programme " Portugal
It's Me ", which aims to promote the valorisation of the national supply and consumption of goods and
services with greater national incorporation in their production. This program integrates a
very significant set of measures, from among which the development is highlighted
of information campaigns for the identification of the origin of products and services, the
mobilisation of retailers and the large distribution for the promotion of the consumption of goods
national and the dynamisation of meeting platforms between supply and demand.
Within the framework of this programme, the dissemination of the brand image "Portugal Am I" started
recently to be made also outside Portugal, passing the stamp "Portugal" that distinguishes
the domestic products to be present at the international fairs and events in which the AICEP,
E.P.E., participates.
This expansion into the external market of the "Portugal Am Me" programme, which until now
focused only on the domestic promotion of national products and goods, resulted from the signing
of a protocol between the AICEP, E.P.E., and the IAPMEI-Agency for Competitiveness and
Innovation, I.P. (owner of the brand) and aims to strengthen the creation of a brand and a strategy
joint internationalization, stimulating the participation of SMEs in the strategy of
export.
In 2015, the Government intends to consolidate the climate of trust and contribute to the
stabilization of the exponents of economic agents, reducing the degree of uncertainty.
For this, in accordance with the EFICE guidelines, the Government will continue to give priority
to the following components:
Stabilization of consumer confidence and reduced uncertainty of households;
Stabilization and improvement of families ' future income expetations-not
compromising the effort made by the Country in the economic adjustment, the Government
engage in relieving the tax burden that focuses on household income
as soon as possible;
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Promotion of sectors with high national component in their production;
Support for sectors with higher wear triggered by recent developments in the
economics, specifically with regard to the effects on employment.
Contributing decisively to the goals of the EFICE stands out, too, the ensemble
of measures referred to in point 5.1.2.4. and which integrate the Agenda for Competitiveness of the
Trade, Services and Restoration 2014-2020, presented by the Government at the end of the
first half of 2014.
5.2. Solidarity, social security and employment
5.2.1. Solidarity and social security
The Government has taken over in its programme the need to deepen an extended set
of initiatives and to implement concrete measures that, assorted in safeguarding the dignity of the
people, can guarantee minimums of subsistence and well-being, particularly those that
are found to be in a situation of greater grace or social vulnerability, namely the
children, the elderly, people with disabilities and or disability and people in situation
of unemployment. In this sense, the Government has sought to potentiate concerted acting
of the various bodies and entities involved in the pursuit of the public interest,
ensuring the close articulation between the decentralized services of social security,
other institutions and the remaining agents of the community.
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The creation of the local social intervention network, as an organisation model for a
articulated, integrated and proximity intervention, which covers public entities and or
deprived with responsibility in the development of social action is of this an example. In the
current moment, it matters to bet on the effective implementation of this network, reinforcing the action
of the entities of the social sector-one of the pillars on which the action of the Government is based-which by the
their proximity, have a more in-depth knowledge of the real needs of the
population, in each territory and thus constitute themselves as nuclear structures for
operationalization and decentralization of resources leading to the provision of responses
immediate, of quality and, still, the appropriate social monitoring of the situations of
greater vulnerability.
The passage of the Bases of Social Economy, by establishing the legal regime and the
measures to encourage the social sector, came to reinforce this logic of shared intervention,
decentralized and close to citizens and sustain the sharing of responsibilities
present in the Protocol of Cooperation 2013-2014. This Protocol, which has been coated with a
innovative character, consists of an agreement with partners in the supportive sector, effective
multiannual, reiterating the principles of a partnership of public-social commitment, based
in the sharing of common goals and interests and in contractualization of responses. Such as
had been established in the Protocol of Cooperation, was signed, in March 2014, a
Addendum that contemplates updating the financial commissions of social security to
invigorate in 2014, perspeting the celebration of new Protocol for the period 2015-
2016.
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The strategic referential framework of combating poverty still requires the maintenance of a
medium-and long-term betting that reduces poverty, exclusion and inequalities,
complemented by immediate intervention in response to the conjunctural difficulties that
check themselves out. It seeks to potentiate the conjugated effect of the reinforcement of a set of
measures and social programmes that are key in combating forms of poverty and
more severe and long-lasting exclusion, with an intervention on the phenomena of poverty
accentuated by the economic and financial crisis, based on the Social Emergency Programme
(PES). That being the case, the Government anticipates the possibility of extending the duration of this
four-year programme with due adjustments depending on needs and the
evolution of the economic and social situation.
In a global way, it is predicted to also potentiate the coverage of services in the process
of requalification and optimization of social responses, promoting respect quality and
seek to develop the effectiveness of programs and initiatives of social development.
It is up to the Government, and generically to all actors of political life, to entrepreneurs, to the
citizens in general, maintain determination to achieve the goals and continue to assert
Portugal as a developed, competitive country and able to re-create opportunities
for everyone.
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5.2.1.1. Social Emergency Programme
PES identifies the most urgent social response situations, enearning, over the course of
the entire duration of the term, open to new measures and solutions, or even solutions to
measure, with enforceable implementation mechanisms on the ground, depending on the
economic and social situation and its evolution. This Program that was launched in October
of 2011, to invigorate, at least, by December 2014, rests on promotion and protection
of the rights of the most excluded and of many who are in a situation of such inequality
that need measures that can alleviate the social impact of the crisis. In this sense,
has been focusing its action on five essential areas of acting: (1) to respond to the
families faced with new phenomena of poverty; (2) to respond to the elderly,
with very degraded incomes and high health consumption; (3) making the inclusion of the
person with a disability a cross-sectional task; (4) recognize, encourage and promote the
volunteering; and (5) strengthening the relationship with social institutions and with them contractured
answers.
PES has sought, in this way, to fight poverty, strengthen inclusion and cohesion
social, as well as enabling people, empowering them and encouraging them for the fostering of the
social responsibility and dynamization of volunteerism. Continues to rely on the
essential contribution of the Social Economy entities, by being these the organisations
that, being on the ground, better understand the reality and more quickly reach the
that they need most.
The measures entered in the PES are found to be executed or running, anticipating
yet the extension, of some of them, depending on the evolutions and needs
percecioned. Given the dynamics of the PES, therefore, the adjustments are not excluded.
come to justify.
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In this framework, the Social Relief Fund, which ensures the granting of supports in situations
of social emergency, alertness, contingency or of calamity and social exclusion, thus
such as support for social solidarity institutions pursuing social action purposes,
will continue to be strengthened in its purposes.
Considering the lines of action defined in the PES, which strengthen the capacity of the
social institutions to develop an intervention that ensures new and better
close responses to citizens, seek to potentiate the coverage of services in the
process of requalification and optimization of social responses, develop the effectiveness of
programs and social development initiatives and ensure the implementation of the Program
of Food Emergency.
5.2.1.2. Combating poverty and social inequalities
Measures to combat poverty and to strengthen inclusion and social cohesion find-
if strongly articulated to each other, and have been dynamised and executed within the framework of the
PES. In that articulation, it signals the safeguarding of the most disadvantaged groups at headquarters
of IRS-promoting the exemption of about 2 million taxpayers, and also, the
exemption from moderating rates-extended up to more than 5 and a half million people who
can count on the National Health Service (SNS) without any aggravation. The
access to the health of the most vulnerable audiences has continued to be a priority
demonstrated, too, in the reduction achieved in the price of medicines, in the latter
years.
The Government returned, in 2014, to update the minimum, social and rural pensions.
The social protection measures, of a contributory nature, were further realized,
guaranteed in cessation of activity to economically independent workers
dependent, to the administrators and managers, and to self-employed workers with
business activity.
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In the plan of support for the families of smaller resources, the development of the
renting social market-implemented in the framework of a partnership between the State, the
municipal chambers and banking entities-which promotes the provision of homes to
lower than market prices (rents up to 30% below relative to the values
normally practiced in free market), as well as creating social tariffs in the sector
of transport, and the revision of the legal regime of social tariff in the electricity sector. The
social energy discounts include still the Extraordinary Social Support to the Consumer
of Energy and the social tariff for the natural gas sector, applying for that support the
defined requirements for the social tariffs of electricity and natural gas, and the
even be given to consumers who benefit from these tariffs.
In the framework of combating extreme poverty and exclusion, the Emergency Programme
Food, inserted in the Solidaria Network of Social Canteens, has been allowed to assure people
and or families who will need it most, access to free daily meals. The possible
integration of this, in the framework of the Carencian Support Operational Programme,
it will enable a better follow-up of the situation of individuals to be carried out and
of the families who find themselves in a situation of vulnerability, notably in situation
of higher food deprivation.
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From also referring to the enhancement of protection and social inclusion in the area of disability,
particularly by increasing the coverage of social services and responses and the
increased effectiveness of programs and initiatives to promote social development.
In this sense, the Government has continued with the effort to improve the
regulation of supports for projects, potentiating a greater range of social support responses
and more tailored to the needs of persons with disabilities and incapacities and their
families. Alongside the strengthening of the partnership with the NGOs of persons with disabilities, which
assume an important role in their representation in the different domains of life, has
coming to be dynamised the network of support resource centres specializing in the services of
employment, consisting of private not-for-profit entities with great experience in the
work with people with disabilities and by themselves accreditation. These activities will be
proceeded and consolidated during the year 2015.
Still in this area, it stands out the implementation of the measures inserted in the national strategy
for disability and the drafting of a II National Strategy for Disability (2014-
2020), adjusted either to the national realities and context, or to the fulfillment of obligations
provided for in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in Instruments
international, northerners of the policies of States, as is the Union Strategy
European for Deficiency 2010-2020. It further releases the consolidation of an instrument of
public policy in the area of disability, which allows for a cross-sectional intervention in this
domain and promote the autonomy and active participation of persons with disabilities in the
society.
Fruit of the concerted action between the different government departments with
responsibilities under the Supporting Products Attribution System (SAPA) is
ongoing the process of regulation of the SAPA registration database, which
will allow, in 2015, the centralisation of procedures, making the process of attribution
of more stem-cell, rigorous and judicious support products.
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For his shift, at the level of the greater articulation between the policies of solidarity and
employment and training and, in particular, of integrated response development in
benefit of the socially vulnerable groups, have been developing
articulated methodologies of intervention, in addition to the already referred to for persons with
disability and disability, of which they are an example:
The insertion into the active life of young people with promotion and protection measure and
family placement, institutional or with a measure of support for the autonomy of life;
Support for insertion in the training and employment of benificiary people of the Throughput
Social of Insertion (RSI);
Support for homelessness in the context of the National Strategy for Integration
of the homeless people.
Still in the context of combating poverty and reducing inequalities, it stands out,
also, the operationalization of the intervention in the framework of the National Strategy for
Integration of the Cigan Communities-ENICC-(2013-2020), adopted by the Resolution of the
Council of Ministers No. 25/2013 of April 17, with the definition of internal guidelines
at the level of the public employment service on the procedures and responsibilities
specific to central, regional and local services. Access to the labour market
will continue, in 2015, to demand the dynamisation of repurposing for disadvantaged audiences in the
access to the same.
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Projects approved in the framework of the Contract Programme remain in development
Places of Social Development (CLDS +), which aim at an integrated intervention,
involving distinct but active entities in the area of social development, of the
employment, qualification and training. Its purpose is to promote the social inclusion of the
citizens through actions, to be carried out in partnership, that allow to contribute to the increase
of employability, for the combat of critical situations of poverty, especially the
child, from social exclusion in vulnerable territories, aged or heavily hit
by calamities. One of the axes of intervention is justly the family intervention and
parental, preventive child poverty.
In the context of social responses, improvements have been made of the processes and increase in
effectiveness of social responses directed at children and families.
With regard to the National Early Intervention System in Childhood (SNIPI), the
Coordinating Committee has approved the planning as to the Local Teenteams of
Intervention (ELI), to be set up in the last quarter of 2014, taking into consideration the rates of
coverage. For the year 2015, the continuity of the action is anticipated, particularly with the
implementation of the Training Plan of ELI technicians, as well as the sequences
still needed.
In support of people with smaller resources and more exposed to situations of exclusion,
stands out, still, at the level of employment policies, inclusion as other audiences
priority of the main active employment measures-associated with the majority of respect of the
financial supports granted-the following:
Unemployed of single-parent aggregates;
Couples in which both spouses are unemployed;
Victims of domestic violence;
Addicts in the process of recovery;
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Ex-inmates and those who comply with or have served sentences or measures
non-custodial court of liberty in conditions of inserting itself into active life.
The convening methodology of unemployed people continues to be implemented
beneficiaries of unemployment benefits, with a view to ensuring a follow-up
closer to these people and thus increase the levels of employability, of integration
in the labour market or participation in employment and training measures
professional.
At the level of support for the most socially vulnerable groups, specifically in access to
labour market, a redefinition of the activation strategies will be effected
unemployed beneficiaries of unemployment benefits, creating forms of intervention
more consistent and sustainable, particularly at the level of active job search.
On the other hand, it will continue to pay particular attention to the professional insertion of the
beneficiaries of the RSI, through a close articulation between the public employment service
and the public service responsible for the management of this social provision. In this framework,
regarding the insertion component is planned to increment a greater share
and accountability of the partnerships represented in the Local Insertion cores (NLI), de
mode to ensure that the conclusion of insertion agreements complies with the requirements of
quality, aimed at the autonomization of the beneficiaries, adhering to the terms of the
constitution and operation of the NLI to the legislation of the RSI in force.
It should be noted that the continuity of the national bet on these lines of intervention will have a breather
increased in the scope of the new programming period (2014-2020) of European funds
structural and investment-Portugal 2020. Portugal 2020 highlights a programme
specific operational for the promotion of social inclusion and employment, with a reinforcement
unprecedented financial for the promoter interventions of active inclusion, of improvement
of the quality of responses and of innovation and social entrepreneurship.
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5.2.1.3. Social economy and social entrepreneurship
It has been an understanding of the Government that the increment of the effectiveness of the necessary responses
must go through the strengthening of decentralization of policies and measures at the same time as
if it seeks to promote its complementarity, by the improvement of efficiency in application
of the resources and the debureaucratization, simplification and optimization of the processes.
In that sense was created the Standing Committee of the Social Sector, to which it competes
strategic concertation of the responses, thus betting on the effectivation of a network of
solidarity and proximity, which in permanence guarantees innovation, quality and
sustainability of social responses. They have guaranteed the necessary conditions by strengthening the
strategic cooperation with the social institutions of the third sector and safeguard its
sustainability, on par with a set of proposals for the future, in the belief that
both the state and the sympathetic sector of the Social Economy have as their first goal the
citizens. From also referring to the proposed launch of the Portugal Social Innovation, which
intends, in the framework of the funds, to strengthen the sustainability of the Social Economy sector,
potentiating leveraging of investment in social entrepreneurship and reinforcing the
ability to manage these organizations and their ecosystem.
In the pursuit and streamlining of the work already effected in the previous years, it will continue
making the extension of the Information Services network and Mediation for People
with Deficiency (SIM-PD), installed in local authorities, enabling an information
and forwarding closer to persons with disabilities and their families. With
view to the dynamisation of this initiative will be developed measures for their signage,
in particular of the goals, partners and recipients of the SIM-PD network, through the
provision of specialized graphic resources. Continuity of qualification will be given
of the network and available resources of dissemination and communication, through the promotion of
regional annual meetings, with a view to the identification and dissemination of good practices in the
service, forwarding and inclusion of persons with disabilities, in the network of services
locations. It will also continue to evaluate and follow up (with application of check list from
control), through questionnaire, the functioning of the SIM-PD.
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5.2.1.4. Family and birth
The reversal of the demographic trend in Portugal is a continued challenge,
finding yourself among the deciding factors for the rise in birth, growth
economic, employment levels and the strengthening of infrastructure that give response to the
needs of parents. In this framework, it becomes imperative to work on the conciliation between the
professional activity and private and family life, on the one hand, and the removal of obstacles to
natality, on the other.
Thus, it is intended, in addition to the bet on the dissemination and sensitization of the different
actors from the legal mechanisms of conciliation, reinforce the inspection action on the situations of
labour discrimination in the function of parenthood.
The Government intends to move forward with measures that strengthen the reconciliation between family life
and professional activity, in particular that complements the developments of the
protection in the parenthood and reinforcement of the network of children's response equipment,
with proposals in the context of participation in the labour market.
In the integrated set of measures that has been being considered, it has moved forward, since already,
with the liberalisation of the profession of the plots, leaving this one to be exclusively
dependent on the public sphere, which will lead, not only to the dynamization of the profession, how
also to the regulation of an existing activity, creating jobs and increasing the
offer of service to families. According to the forecast, with the changes in the
regulation of the activity of the amas, these people will have to have specific training, and only
will be able to receive up to four children, under appropriate safety and quality conditions.
It also wants the Government to make use of the European structural and investment funds
to ensure greater care for premature, creating a network of care
paediatric specialist, which will constitute a support from the first years of life to
at the end of childhood.
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In this area, but in a logic of strengthening protection and social inclusion, one is persisting
increased coverage of services in the requalification process, the promotion of quality
of social services and responses and the development of the effectiveness of programs and initiatives
of social development. At the level of children and young people will be extended the SNIPI Network-
National Early Intervention System in Childhood, augmented the cooperation network in the
area of early intervention and ensured the promotion of responses for children and young people
in a situation of abandonment or school absenteeism.
At the level of the families with elderly people, they have been deepening the response provided.
In that sense, a broadening of the total capacity of the structures has been possible
residential, without relinquishing the quality, whose maximum capacity could now extend
up to the 120 residents. On the other hand, home support services have been extended and the
capacity in crèches.
5.2.1.5. Sustainability (social, economic and financial) of the security system
social
The process of double ageing of the Portuguese population, already for several times
diagnosed, has had reflections in the scope of social protection, registering a
progressive increase in the total volume of the pensioner population, in particular in the
arising from the eventualities of old age and survival. The imbalances
registered demographics pose new challenges in policy-making
public in their various fields of acting, seeking themselves in the area of social security
respect the principles that have been being ratified, not least in the European plan,
particularly of financial, economic and social sustainability (suitability).
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Seeking, on the one hand, to secure the principles on sustainability
set out in the Social Security Bases Act, which guarantee the realization of the
right to social security, promote the sustained improvement of the conditions and levels of
social protection and the enhancement of the respect equity, and on the other hand, promote the effectiveness of the
system and the efficiency of its management, it is proposed to further the deepening of some measures that
have come to be taken.
The stimulus to active aging has been patent throughout the governing action.
In this context, the suspension of the standards of the relaxation regime has remained that
regulate the matter pertaining to the anticipation of the age of access to the old age pension, giving, in the
however, the possibility of early access to old-age pension in the situations of
involuntary long-term unemployment.
With the aim of ensuring contributory and prestational fulfillment, reinforcing the
mechanisms for preventing fraud and avoidance, has been developing a work of
substantial improvement of the social security information system by investing in new
initiatives, notably in the implementation of the VAULT Platform-to improve the
prevention and detetion of fraud situations-but also in the application of against
ordinations as to statements: ( i ) of officious remuneration and payment of fines
preconditions to the process-crime, current account, automatic communication of illicit; ( ii ) from the
application of RSI and the interconnection of data with other entities; ( iii ) of reduction of the
attribution of undue benefits and recovery of the improperly paid benefits.
In the context of the recovery of improperly paid benefits, they will continue to be
developed all the representations in the direction of giving continuity to the System project
Debt Integrated, consolidate the process of coercive collection of installment debts
unduly paid social, as well as establish the foundations for an autonomization of the
processes and simplification of procedures.
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The implementation of measures that aim to improve the network of payment channels of
installments appear crucial for the social security system, ensuring
simultaneously an effective response by providing a public service closer to the
citizen. In this scope, the receipt of social benefits debts has been implemented
immediate to the multibank network, being essential to strengthen the operationality of this measure and
make new services available that allow to simplify and improve this network.
It is still expected to implement massive and regular control measures of benefits
assigned, by means of the data intersection, or within the framework of the Information System of the
Social Security (SISS), either of the interconnection with other entities. The intersection of
data avoids shifting teams to the ground, being reliable and less burdensome in terms
of material and human resources, regarding the situation currently living.
Following the changes implemented in the legal scheme for protection in unemployment,
have come to be strengthened, deepened and improved information systems, well
as the respect interoperability, so as to ensure a more effective reinforcement of the
employability of the unemployed, coupled with a more rigorous control of
situations of default. The developing procedures will allow a
more effective combat to situations of eventual fraud, occurred in the maintenance of the right to
unemployment benefits.
In the framework of the Incentive Measure to Acceptance of Employment Offers (Portaria
n. 207/2012, of July 6), which will be vigorous until December 31, 2014, perspef an
support for recipients of registered unemployment benefits for more than six months that
accept job offers, on full time, with a remuneration lower than the value of the
provision of unemployment that they are receiving. Next year, will keep up to
promotion of new activation strategies of the unemployed recipients of benefits
of unemployment, particularly at the level of the strengthening and monitoring of active demand for
employment.
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5.2.2. Employment and vocational training
In the course of the last few years, the Government has approved a set of measures with the
purpose of making the job market more dynamic and efficient, among which if
refers to the reform of employment protection legislation, the rationalization of the system of
unemployment benefits, the revision of the wage setting mechanism, the relaunch
of the public employment service and the adjustment of employment and training policies.
Notwithstanding the continuing decline in unemployment since the beginning of 2013, the same still
remains high, affecting in particular some groups, such as young people and the
long-term unemployed, and thus requiring an additional effort for improvement
of this situation. Cumulatively, the labour market has been showing signs of
progress towards the decrease in its segmentation. In this context, the Government
understands that it is important to potentiate the progress made in recent years in several
domains. In the first place, continuing efforts to adapt the protection of the
employment that contributes to stimulating the supply of employment and more quickly reducing the
unemployment. Second, the Government will continue to promote the alignment of the
wage evolution with the evolution of productivity, notably through continuation
of the dynamization of collective contracting. Finally, the Government intends to continue the
strengthen active labour market policies, which produce significant impacts to the
measure that the job vacancies will bouncing back.
On this line, next year, in addition to continuing to keep up with the changes in headquarters
of reform of labour law and proceed to the assessment of the impact of legislative measures
relating to the dynamisation of collective contracting, specifically at the headquarters of trading,
celebration and deciduous of collective conventions, the Government perspetive continue with the
operationalization of the agreed upon in the Commitment to Growth, Competitiveness and
Employment and the Public Employment Service Relief Program (PRSPE), which
continue to be reference documents in the current employment and training policy
professional.
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It is an integrated, broad, transversal strategy based on specific measures,
with a view to improving the efficiency and quality of services provided to the unemployed and
to employers and to improve the adjustment between the supply and demand for employment, in the
reduction of the duration of unemployment and increase in the quality of recruitments, with
visible results at the level of the key performance and performance indicators. One of the
central elements for the realization of the PRSPE was the implementation of the Model of
Intervention for Adjustment, which took aim at the introduction of gains
qualitative in the definition of the Personal Employment Plan, arising from new processes of
hosting and characterization of unemployed, on the basis of an initial segmentation,
identifying the potential for insertion in the labour market, and defining a project of
professional integration, greater selectivity of local service interventions of the service
public employment, promoting the focalization on those enrolled with greater needs of
such interventions. Within this model, the approximation of employment services to the
job seekers has come to be more objectionable considering that these days
have a technician (career manager) who, individually, is responsible for their
pathway, from enrolment to insertion. An assessment of the intervention will still be made
of the career manager and enhanced their training for the effective realization of this relationship
of proximity. It is also intended to give more visibility to the figure of the career manager in the
relationship with the unemployed and the supply manager in the personalized relationship with the
employers.
In turn, in the framework of the systematization of active employment measures, it has been constituted
a working group on the rationalization of active labour market measures,
compriseof the Government and social partners, in which, in this scope, they have been
proposals and concerted legislative changes in the sense of better responding to the
demands of the labour market and encouraging employment. This bet will be, in large
measure, supported by the European Social Fund, whose fine programming reflects in a direct way
these goals. On this line:
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Finds in finalization a new framed diploma in employment policy
(revoking the Decree-Law No. 132/99 of April 21), with a view to defining its
goals and principles, as well as regulate the conception, execution, follow-up,
evaluation in conjunction with the social partners and funding of the programmes and
employment measures, in line with the promotion of employment, combating the
unemployment and its suitability for the demands of the labour market. In this
proposal, is released the definition of the collaborative relationship between the public service of
employment and private employment services, as well as the revocation of measures
job active that no longer hold any execution or detain execution
reduced, due to its unadjustment of the current labour market reality;
Finds in preparation the "Stimulus Employment" measure, which will come to institute a
new modality of support for contracting, aiming at increasing effectiveness and
efficiency of the hiring supports in the process of adjustment of the market of
work, by merging the financial supports underlying the Stimulus
Employment and support for contracting via reimbursement of the single social rate through the
allocation of a fixed amount of financial support that differentiates positively from
conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts in relation to contracting to term
(where an award for conversion to non-stop contracts is included), as well as the
integration of a greater range of disadvantaged audiences;
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The aggregation of internship modalities in the "Employment Stages" (Portaria
n 204-B/2013, of June 18, amended and republished by the Portaria
n 149-B/2014, of July 24) is still in force, finding itself in
terminating a review of this measure, adapting the stages to the realities of the
market and redefining materials related to the promotion of the measure,
in particular with regard to the legal nature of the promoter entities, à
length of the stages considering the Quality Framework for the Stages of
agreement with the Recommendation of the Council of March 10, 2014 (2014/C
88/01), to the values of the comstake in the fellowships, to the majorities for audiences that
present greater difficulty of insertion in the labour market, as well as the
definition of selection criteria of the applications that promote effective integration
professional of the recipients;
Within the framework of the national strategy to combat youth unemployment is being
designed the "Invest Young" program, which aims to support entrepreneurship and the
creation of the employment itself by young people up to the age of 30. Will be
made available support for job creation, in the form of grants not
refundable, and support for investment, in the form of interest-free loans,
as well as technical supports to the development of entrepreneurial skills and
of structuring and consolidation of the investment projects of creating new
companies;
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Still on combating youth unemployment, the measure is being finalised
"Active Youth Employment", with the aim of promoting, on the one hand, the
development of personal and relational skills as well as of nature
professional, along with young people who do not have compulsory education, by form
facilitating the delivery of future qualification processes, and, on the other hand, the
acquisition of skills in the management and mobilization of teams for the
young people with minimum level 6 qualification, in the sense, of improving the profile of
employability. The development of such skills in the different types of
youths compulsorily go through the realization of joint activities with the
follow-up of an advisor to the promoter entity of the project of
activities. Spending on young people at the level of the fellowship will be attended
monthly, food and personal accident insurance premium;
Finds in final phase of conception a new craft support programme,
including modalities of support for training, hiring, entrepreneurship and
marketing, as well as the definition of a product certification system
handcrafts.
It was approved, through the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 104/2013, of 19 of
December, the PNI-GJ, which sets out a methodology of early identification and activation of the
young people up to the age of 29, including, having chosen to extend the age scope relatively
to the EU's guidance that only provides for its application up to the age of 24, inclusive, the answers
better suited to the specific situation of each young person and the networked work of a set
extended from institutional partners and civil society.
The implementation of the PNI-GJ is a priority, aiming to support young people in the transition
for adult life, increasing their skills and sustained integration into the
labour market, such as action to combat youth unemployment. The goal is that of,
in a period of four months, provide for young people who are not employed, in
education or in training a job response, education, training or internship.
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The PNI-GJ embraces not only the unemployed youth registered at the Employment Institute and
of Vocational Training, I.P. (IEFP, I.P.), as also young people up to the age of 29,
inclusive, who are not working, in school or in training, with a view to pursuing
of the following goals and desicrations:
The combat at a high unemployment rate for young people-of those who have less than
25 years, as well as those who are up to 30 years of age-which implies the reinforcement of
measures that directly support your hiring or activation measures that
prevent their entry into long cycles of unemployment and inactivity, so as to
favour the future insertion into the labour market;
The raising of education levels and the improvement of population qualifications
young, ensuring effective compliance with compulsory education until the 12.
year or up to the age of 18;
The transition to adult life, which, being a process characterized by pathways
longer school and by more late and unstable professional inserts,
origine uncertainty or even risk by the difficulty young people find in overcoming
the obstacles, multiplying the disadvantages that forward them to the margins
of social exclusion.
In this context, its implementation has been requiring an interministerial response
concerted by constituting multidimensional responses suitable to a layer of the
population and at a stage of life marked by complex modalities of transition that if
reflect on a large heterogeneity of situations and trajectories. The PNI-GJ concretizes itself
as well in six axes-information and management of the PNI-GJ, integrated information system and
guidance for qualification and employment, education and training, internships and employment,
partnerships and networks and coordination and follow-up.
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The 'Active Life' measure has been strengthening the quality and the speed of active measures
of employment, in particular with regard to the professional qualification, through the
development of: ( i ) modular training pathways; ( ii ) practical training in context
of work, with a duration of between three and six months, which, aligned with the needs
individual, allows the upgrading of the professional skills and the promotion of the
employability conditions that contribute to maintenance or an easier
(re) integration into the labour market, promoting, in this way, the construction of
more sustained professional trajectories; ( iii ) reconnaissance processes, validation and
certification of skills (RVCC) acquired over the course of life.
The implementation of this measure has been including the possibility of forwarding
direct to other qualifying offers, provided that available in the short term and more
adjusted to the individual profile of the unemployed and to the needs of the market of
employment. It should be noted that over the course of 2013 and 2014 were concluded 41 Agreements of
Cooperation, highlighting a pilot experience that the Public Employment Service has led to
cable, at the end of 2013: under the measure "Active Life", 10 universities of reference to
national level developed training for about 950 unemployed with habilitation
of top level with a view to the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills, management and
empowerment .
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Still in the framework of vocational training, CQEP integrates the structure of the network of
IEFP centres, I.P., with a view to providing more qualification responses
articulated and consenting to the individual needs and the labour market, well
as the optimization of resources and human and material means, promoting processes of
youth and adult guidance and the development of RVCC processes
professional or double certification. All Employment and Training Centres
Professional, as well as the Vocational Training and Rehabilitation Centre, are promoters
of a CQEP, by which the public employment service integrates a network of 30 CQEP
integrated in direct management centres and 22 CQEP integrated centres in management centres
participates, which are part of a wider national network, the management of which is incumbent on the
National Agency for Qualification and Professional Teaching, I.P. Pretending, in this
context, that the public employment service takes in definite the special vocation for the
development of human capital and life-long learning, through a
acting more in line with the effective needs of the employment market, cabling,
in this scope, the prioritization of professional RVCC processes.
In 2015, it will continue to give continuity to the implementation of active employment measures,
within a consolidated and simplified framework, improving the management and the
monitoring of the same, essentially at the level of the information systems of
support, procedural debureaucratization and response deadlines.
The priority given to the promotion of the qualification of unemployed assets, being an option
unquestionable in the current context of high unemployment, will also depend on the
evolution of economic activity, particularly of the need that will arise in
(re) to qualify the employed assets, with a view to increasing productivity and
competitiveness of the various sectors of activity.
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In this context, the importance of having diagnostics of skill needs
should, equally, be regarded as a priority for 2015. In this domain, despite
from the local / regional scale there are some practices of diagnostics of needs of
training on the basis of the analysis of employment / unemployment developments data and the
auscultation of the socio-economic actors acting on each territory, there is still a
significant margin of progression to be fulfilled, in the sense of the definition of mechanisms of
more systematic (less atomized) and more complex diagnosis, that is, capable of
cross a larger number of quantitative and qualitative variables and to predict a dimension
prospetive. On the other hand, it must be considered that the need to have diagnostics
of a prospetive dimension is associated with the increasing complexity of the professions, by their
time arising from the rapid evolution of productive contexts. The good performance of the
dual system is also dependent on the existence of robust diagnostic mechanisms
of training needs with a view to an adjustment between the qualifications produced
and those sought by the labour market, as these mechanisms constitute crucial factor
so that the training is valued by the economic fabric and contributes to its
productivity and competitiveness.
The involvement of the business fabric in formative processes, particularly in a
logic of training in the context of work, remains a key dimension.
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The challenge that arises for training operators is all the more so as it occurs that
if it intends to increase the response to the level of professional RVCC processes, the
are associated with the more than two hundred qualifications that integrate the Catalogue
National of Qualifications. In effect, the diversity of existing qualifications opens up
to a significant multiplicity of formative needs, which will be required with
seen to the completeness of the processes. The other major challenge that arises in the processes of
RVCC is that of its public recognition and valorisation. A new bet cycle in the
RVCC has to necessarily predict the valorisation of the image of these processes while
via credible and legitimate to achieve a level of qualification. Among several factors,
it is considered that the structuring of the referrals of the National Catalogue of Qualifications in
"learning outcomes" (to be started) will be able to contribute to that dismay, on par with
monitoring of RVCC processes developed in each centre, in two dimensions
key: quality of the evaluative processes themselves; results / impacts
achieved with the processes of RVCC, particularly in terms of employability and
of pursuing the qualification pathways.
It is currently in definition a legal framework for teaching and training
secondary level dual professional, through the creation of a single education offer and
vocational training of young people, which confered level 4 of the National Framework of
Qualifications (QNQ), substantiated in an integrative matrix of the modalities
professionalises directed at young people, currently existing in Portugal. The real
challenge consists of creating a single modality that, endowed with flexibility, achieves
present a diversity of formative solutions defined from the "best" that the
various double-certification modalities currently existing within the framework of the
education and vocational training, reconciling it with a logic of increment of the
formation in context of work.
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In this way, through the creation of dual, level vocational education and training
secondary, it is aimed at curriculum harmonisation and assessment of learning, applying
to the level 4 qualification courses of the QNQ intended, in general, to young people who
have completed basic education or equivalent, up to the age of 25.
This legislative initiative also stabilizes and structures the promoters of these courses, de
deal with the target audience: on the one hand, the courses for young people covered by the
compulsory education are mainly developed in schools of the public network,
schools of private and co-operative education, vocational schools and, complementarily, in the
network of IEFP centres, I.P., on the other hand, the courses for young people with higher age
18 years or not covered by compulsory education are mainly developed
by the network of IEFP centres, I.P., and vocational education and training entities
certified and, complementarily, in the schools of the public network, schools of private education
and cooperatives and vocational schools.
In this framework, it deserves to highlight the figure of the tutor of the training in practice in
work context, so the investment in the pedagogical qualification of the tutors should
be seen as a priority.
It should also be mentioned that a project is under way, in the framework of the Agreement of
Understanding concluded between Portugal and Germany, which aims to define a programme of
training for tutors in the companies, with the aim of improving the conditions of
learning in real context of work.
Another area that matters to prioritize in 2015 goes through the social valorisation of the tracks
professionalisation and the most technological professions, with recourse, in particular, to
strategies of marketing . Will be privileged to cooperate and work in partnership with actors
and relief entities in employment and vocational training.
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We also highlight the consolidation of a new network of Insertion Offices
Professional, which supports the intervention of employment services to the communities
places, the unemployed and employers, ensuring greater territorial coverage
and a greater approximation to the citizen.
5.3. Education and science
The improvement of the qualification indices of the Portuguese population is a determining factor
for cultural and social progress, for economic growth and for combating the
social inequalities, by bringing to education a decisive role in that field. The reinforcement of the
employability and attractiveness of the vocational education and training system, well
how a greater alignment with the needs of the labour market are also
goals of education policy.
In that sense, in non-higher education, the Government will continue with the development of
measures that aim at a strong increment of the quality of teaching in all courses and
levels of education and training, particularly relevant to those focusing on promotion
of school success, in the reduction of early school leaving and in improving the
life-long learning. The bet on vocational education, with reinforcement of the
dual component and a larger and closer articulation with polytechnic higher education
and with the business sector, emerges also as a major strategic goal of the
Government, and as an engine for the production of professional technical frameworks and promotion of the
employability of young people.
In the framework of higher education and science, the Government will maintain the bet on securing a
better coordination of the network and the provision of higher education institutions and to raise the
higher education levels of the Portuguese population, stimulating also the
international competitiveness of the scientific community and ensuring better results
in the scope of the transfer of scientific and technological knowledge between the centres of
research and development and the business fabric, in line with priorities
national policies, with the national and regional strategies of smart specialization and
with the needs of the labour market.
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5.3.1. Basic and secondary education and school administration
The Government, highlighting its commitment to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy,
remains firmly committed to improving the levels of education and training of young people
and adults. The realization of these goals determines that you step up the bet on the
promotion of school success and combat abandonment, through the development of
early intervention strategies at the level of preschool education and the 1-cycle degree of education
basic, the consolidation of the implementation of the curriculum targets, the introduction of the tracks
vocational, the enhancement and requalification of the vocational education and training system,
of enhancement of lifelong learning, promotion of school autonomy and
external evaluation at all levels of the education system.
It is pointed out that the school dropout rate verified in 2013 was 18.9%, which translates to
continuity of a significant reduction in the face of the 44.2% rate recorded in 2001, of
agreement with the INE, I.P.
Thus, in the pursuit of the previously defined strategic objectives, they realized-
if the following measures:
Revision of the curriculum structure of all levels and cycles of education, targeting the
reduction of the curricular dispersion and the strengthening of the structuring disciplines;
Introduction of the curricular targets;
Reinforcement of external evaluation;
Introduction of time credit mechanisms to schools of the public network, such as
incentive to take action of promotion of success and timely intervention
for overcoming difficulties in learning;
Reinforcement of the training component in the context of work of the courses
professionals;
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Redirection of formative offer, at the level of professional courses, for areas
of training considered as a priority for the economy and employment;
Publication of the legislation enabling the establishment of the Vocational Schools of
Business Reference and reform of the vocational education and training system,
with reinforcement of the dual character;
Introduction of vocational courses in elementary and junior high school;
Increase in the number of multi-disability units;
Increase in the number of reference schools for blind and low-sighting pupils;
Implementation of the Special Education Docent Training Plan;
Reconfiguration of the development model of the Enrichment Activities
Curriculum based on a new normative framework, stemming from the evaluation
effectuated;
Creation of the CQEP network;
Autonomization of the Educational Assessment Office through the Institute of
Educational Assessment, I.P.;
Definition of the process of prior evaluation to the admission to the teaching career in
articulation with processes of significant improvement of the initial formation,
particularly in training in the subjects of the area of faculty;
Institution of Knowledge Assessment Proof and Capacities as a requirement
required in the procedures of recruitment and selection;
Reformulation of the docent evaluation model;
Creation of a new teacher tendering scheme;
Completion of the process of aggregations of schools and groupings;
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Creation of a new Statute of Private and Cooperative Education and Mechanisms
for the realization of the freedom of choice;
Restructuring of the 1-cycle school infrastructure network, with special
focus on schools with a reduced number of pupils;
Regulation and normalization of contracts of association between the Ministry of
Education and Science (MEC) and private schools and cooperatives;
Widening contracts for autonomy to a greater number of schools and
groupings of schools;
Significant increase in curriculum autonomy of schools, notably
allowing for adjustments to the hourly loads and the creation of additional disciplines.
In subjects related to curriculum, pedagogical, qualification issues and
organizational in non-higher education, the Government maintains as strategic objectives and
in line with international best practices:
Intervene in preschool education and strengthen its articulation with basic education,
as a factor of equity in the educational progress of the students, perfecting and
strengthening the legislative and regulatory instruments;
Pursue the definition of curriculum goals, in articulation with the contents
programmatic, for other disciplines of elementary and secondary education not yet
covered;
Continue the development of a culture of assessment with higher level of
clarity, requirement and rigor, with the introduction and consolidation of a system of
assessment by final evidence and examinations at the end of each cycle;
Improve school success in the 1. cycle through qualitative reinforcement of areas
structurants, namely the Portuguese and Mathematics;
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Promote information, guidance and forwarding processes of young people,
so as to find answers and to facilitate the options for compliance with the
compulsory education;
Implement early intervention measures that respond to the difficulties of
learning of children and pupils, with a view to countering pathways of unsuccessful
school, strengthening the services of psychology and guidance and broadening its scope
of intervention for Pre-School Education and the 1 Cycle Degree of Basic Education, creating
mechanisms and structures responsible, at the level of schools, by the intervention
immediate in the face of the difficulties loomed and the articulation with the families and
other entities;
Ensuring access to special education, adept at educational intervention and the
therapeutic response to the needs of pupils and their families;
Develop the improvement of regulatory legislative instruments of the
special education;
Promote responses to the qualification of adults, namely the valorisation of the
recurrent education and adult education and training, with special focus on the
raising the levels of school and vocational certification and in reconversion and
labour integration of people in unemployment situation;
Structuring the network of CQEP targeting rigorous, realistic and demanding acting,
specifically in the RVCC processes and in the field of youth orientation and
adults, who constitute a guarantee of quality at the level of the policies of
qualification and employment and lifelong learning;
Monitor the results of the external evaluation, the rate of school failure and of
early exit from the education and training systems of the pupils;
Promote the improvement of initial faculty training;
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Valuing human resources using demanding management criteria and
rationalization, promoting the stability and dignifying of the teaching profession;
Develop progressively free-of-choice initiatives for families
in relation to the available offer;
Establish and extend autonomy contracts to schools by assigning greater
responsibility to the educational communities in the management of the different strands
educational, organizational and curricular;
Promote the integration of schools in local communities by strengthening the allocation
of competences in the framework of the new contracts of autonomy, continuing the
rationalization and decentralized management of the education network;
Develop and extend the teaching in Portuguese language in the countries of expression of
official Portuguese language;
Develop an integrated system of information from indicators of education,
ensuring access to their consultation for citizens and supporting families to take
more informed decisions in the exercise of your freedom of choice, which is intended
continue to broaden;
Valorising the continuing education of teachers, substantiated in the
development and operationalisation of the new continuing education regime;
Establish new terms of the school social action scheme, retuning and
promoting greater support for pupils with economic difficulties.
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5.3.2. Higher education
Portugal has carried out an effort to change the training profile of its active population.
The rate of higher education graduates has more than doubled in the last 11 years, which is
developer of the results obtained by Portugal in the framework of its education policy. From
agreement with the data of the INE, I.P., the percentage of the population with qualification at the level
of higher education or equated in the age bracket of the 30-34 years rose to 30.0% in
2013, when in 2000 it was 11.3% and in 2011 of 26.1%. The Government highlights its
commitment to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy in order to combat the deficit of
top level qualifications vis-a-vis its European partners.
In higher education, the Government maintains its strategic objectives:
Suit the formative offer to the needs of the country in terms of frameworks
qualified, through the disclosure of the employability rates per course and by
Institution of Higher Education (IES), of the bet in the areas of sciences, engineering,
technology, mathematics and informatics, and the reduction of vacancies in courses with
reduced professional output. The new Higher Technical Courses have been created
Professionals (TeSP), of 120 ECTS, training to be delivered in an environment of
polytechnic education, level 5 at ISCED ( International Standard Classification of
Education ). The supply of training of this level must have a strong regional insert,
concretized at the level of its creation, definition of the study plans and
concretization of the formation component in context of work, in the interaction
compulsory with the companies and business associations of the region;
Consolidate the network of public higher education institutions as a form of the
make it more attractive and sustainable by encouraging its consolidation with the
smaller organic units and setting minimum limits to the number of
vacancies available for each course;
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Proceed to a densification of the legal figure of the consortium between Institutions of
Higher Education;
Reinforce the quality assurance of study cycles and increase school success,
evidencing diversity in respect of content and objectives;
Ensuring the continuity of social action policy, making it fairer and
efficient, through the maintenance of the allocation of scholarships to students
economically deprived with academic harnessing. In the school year of
2012-2013, the number of scholarships awarded was 58800, having
registered an increase in the 2013-2014 school year with the allocation of 62200;
Reinforce the attractiveness of Portuguese IES to foreign students, through
of the approval of the status of the international student, fostering the caption of these
students and facilitating their admission through a specific scheme;
Promoting to higher education candidates the educational offer of the regions
with lower demographic pressure, contributing to the territorial cohesion by the fixation
of qualified young people, particularly through the establishment of the Programme + Superior;
Proceed to the adoption of measures that aim to prevent school leaving, promote the
reentering and the success of the formative pathways of the students of higher education
and develop forms of capturing new students, through implementation
of the Retake program.
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5.3.3. Science
The SCTN, fruit of its evolution in the last two decades, offers today a profile
diversified scientific and technological competencies with strong innovative potential.
It matters now to continue to densify the quality of the SCTN for a greater
international competitiveness and strengthen its articulation with the business fabric. Thus,
the investments in R&D will continue to have as guiding lines: promoting the
excellence, from individuals and institutions, at all stages of the process of valorisation of
R&D, from fundamental research to innovation in the market; stimulate the attraction of
highly competitive scientists and engineers for R&D institutions and companies,
strengthening its competitiveness in the international context; to focus on supports in
domains where there are distinctive competences and capacities installed at the level of the
I&D&I that reveal competitive advantages or strong potential for development
competitive; adjust research and innovation policies to the diversity of potentials,
opportunities and constraints of the different regions of the country. In this context, since
2011 that the Major Plan Options identify priority areas of intervention that
aim: i ) ensuring the sustainability and international competitiveness of the SCTN; ii )
increase the link between science and productive tissue; iii ) reequate the structure of the
SCTN, through the introduction of competitive mechanisms for institutional evaluation and
incentives for alignment with the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Over these three last years, the Government has implemented, and continues to develop, a
significant set of measures in line with their strategic objectives. From among the
results, stand out:
The guarantee of financial sustainability of SCTN through a reinforcement of
structural funds for the Foundation for Science and Technology I.P. (FCT,
I.P.) in the strategic reprogramming of QREN in 2012, from an increase of 7%
of the appropriations of OE 2014 and of the greatest efficiency in the budget implementation by the
FCT, I.P.;
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The revamping of the activities plans of the Portugal Partnerships with the
american universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon
University (CMU) and University of Texas at Austin (UTA), for a greater focus
in entrepreneurial and innovation activities, and the renewal of the respects
contracts in 2012 for a fortnight;
The qualitative enhancement of national R&D institutions through the
recruitment of doctorates of high international competitiveness, through
of annual international competitions, within the framework of the FCT Investigator Program.
In contests of 2012 and 2013 were selected by international panels
369 doctorates, of which 48 come from foreign institutions. The
contest of 2014 is in the process of evaluation;
The development of the FCT Doctoral Programs, which they value
training models that combine science and entrepreneurship, as well as
consortia between universities and companies and between universities and centres of
Portuguese and foreign R&D. Have been up to the selected date, by contest
national competitive with international assessment, 96 programs, of which seven
in business environment, which involve a commitment of 2416 scholarships
doctorate;
The pursuit of the contest for individual doctoral fellowships and post-
doctorate. In the contests of 2012 and 2013, 2728 new
advanced training grants;
The pursuit of contests for I&D&I Projects internationally
competitive, national and in international partnerships. In 2012 and 2013 were
approved for funding 940 new projects, in all scientific areas
and technological;
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The increase in annual funding of R&D Units, taking into account the
evolution of the executed budget;
The implementation of the national contest for competitive assessment and financing
of the R&D units (does not include state labs) by evaluation
international, opened in July 2013. Concurrant to this contest 322
units of R&D, of which 206 pre-existing, 26 resulting from the merger of 60
pre-existing units, and 90 new units. This assessment exercise will be
completed in December 2014 and will determine the network of R&D units a
from 2015, as well as the investigative agendas of research until 2020.
In terms of Portugal in the Europe 2020 strategy, there is to be pointed out:
Incentive Program-as a measure of stimulation to international competitiveness
of the SCTN entities. Public funding in 2012 and 2013 of 9 million
euros;
Intelligent Specialization-the FCT, I.P., has drawn up the SWOT analysis: " Diagnosis
of the Research and Innovation System: Challenges, Forces and weaknesses heading towards 2020 ".
Made in international comparison, the analysis offers, for the first time, a portrait
national, quantitative and qualitative, of the evolution of the Portuguese I&D&I System in the
last decade, identifying differentiated profiles of scientific specialization and
technological in the NUTS II regions, as well as the networks for cooperation between
producers and explorers of knowledge, constituting an essential document
for the pursuit of one of the objectives of the Strategy 2020-a " Specialization
Smart ";
National Intelligent Research Strategy-completed;
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National competition for preparation of applications to Knowledge and Innovation
Communities of the European Institute of Technology (EIT), which will be opened by the
EIT in 2014. These applications should integrate institutions from the three vertices of the
triangle of knowledge-innovation, education and research (companies, SMEs,
universities and research institutes) and should have special focus on the
mobility, in entrepreneurship and in the market;
Contest for transnational projects of stimulation to C&T internationalization
Portuguese and promotion of joint activities in the framework of ERA- Nets,
JointProgramming Initiatives and Joint Technology Initiatives ;
Contest for the National Roadmap of Infrastructure R&D-national contest
with evaluation of scientific merit by international panels. Have been selected
38 R&D infrastructure of national and or regional strategic interest, in all
the scientific and technological areas, which will strengthen the capacity for participation of the
community of R&D in European and international projects.
In addition to the implementation of the results of the tenders for open competitions in 2014,
the following contests will be launched:
4. Contest of the FCT Investigator Program;
Contest for scientific research projects or technological development
that explore ideas or concepts with great originality and or potential of
innovation, predominantly aligned with national and regional strategies of
smart specialization;
Annual contest for individual advanced training scholarships, according to the
stipulated in Portugal 2020;
Competitions for projects in the framework of Portugal's partnerships with Universities
MIT, CMU, UTA and other international partnerships;
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Programme of Excellence in Clinical Research-in partnership with the MS;
Contest for financing of R&D infrastructure of strategic interest
identified in the National Roadmap;
Start of financing of the R&D units according to the results of the
international assessment started in 2013;
Incentive Program FCT-2015, dedicated to supporting the strategic restructuring of the
R&D units considered in the international assessment as the holder of
human potential of quality and with scientific competitiveness, but that not
have meanwhile been eligible for strategic funding.
5.4. Agriculture and sea
Without prejudice to greater detail at the sectoral level, evidenced in the various thematic areas, the
great options from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Sea (MAM) fall into four
key lines, aiming to simultaneously stimulate economic growth and
guarantee the restructuring of the Public Administration by concentrating it on its functions
essential, bringing it closer to the citizen and the companies and making it less onerous.
The great options of MAM are as follows:
Execution of European structural and investment funds and stimulus to the
private investment;
Promotion of conditions that potentiate the internationalization and opening-up of new
markets;
Legislative Simplification and procedures;
Development of basic tools of public policies.
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5.4.1. Agriculture, forests and rural development
The year 2014 was marked by the beginning of a new cycle at the level of the Agricultural Policy
Common (CAP) of the EU, having Portugal concretized the strategy of adopting solutions
balanced that avoided rutures between programming frameworks, maintained levels of
investment and ensure periods of adaptation compatible with the needs of the
agricultural holdings and agri-food companies.
In the frame of the defined lines, for the period 2012-2015, of reaffirmation of the importance
strategic of the agri-food and forestry sector in the national economy, in 2015 will be given
particular relief to public policy instruments that contribute decisively to the
investment support, promotion of competitiveness and sustainability, as well as for the
dynamization of the rural medium.
In 2015, the new Rural Development Programme will be operationalised
Continent (PDR 2020), the approval of which is expected to occur in the last quarter of 2014, and
closed the programmes for the period 2007-2013. It will, still, be ensured to
articulation with the other European structural and investment funds within the framework of
implementation of the governance model of the Partnership Agreement 2014-2020 (Portugal
2020).
The mobilization of structural funds from the Cohesion Policy and consequent articulation with
agricultural funds allowed to guarantee, in 2014, the financial means to complete the 120 thousand
hectares of regadio de Alqueva until the end of 2015, allowing the realization of this
goal without compromising the agricultural funds that will remain to finance investment
private in the sector.
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It is noted, still in 2014, on par with the high guaranteed rate of implementation in the Programme of
Rural Development 2007-2013 (PRODER), which at the beginning of August 2014 reached the
86%, the approval of the new transitional regulation that makes available to farmers and the
Enterprises the maintenance of investment supports without the hiatus occurring in the past,
ensuring the continuity and predictability of investments. This regulation of
transition occurred for the first time in the history of this program, fruit of political work
developed by this Government to the European institutions.
In 2015, particular attention will continue to be paid to young farmers, in the context of the
various policy instruments, specifically in the framework of the next PDR2020.
It is further planned, for the next year, the operationalisation of the new insurance system
of harvesting, approved in 2014, and co-financed by PDR 2020.
The continuation of the Platform for the Follow-Up should also be ensured
Relations of the Food Chain that allowed relevant legislative revisions in respect of
payment terms of food and individual Restrictive Practices of the
Trade, so as to allow a better distribution of value along the chain
feed.
In 2015, the reform of the CAP will be implemented with regard to legislation and
operationalisation in the framework of direct payments, including the new regimes of
connected payments and rules of " greening ", to the conditionality and to the system of
counseling.
The policy of sustainable development of the regadio will be pursued, in articulation with
combating climate change, in the construction of infrastructure in profiteers
public collectives hydroagricultural, either in new areas or in modernization and rehabilitation
of existing and still safe harbors of hydroagricultural dams, extending-
whether the areas governed by and privileging the efficient use of water and energy, and production
hydroelectric.
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The development of the National Lands Exchange will continue, in 2015, with the launch
of the first contests for ceding state land, contributing to the
provision of the land for agricultural, forestry and silvo pastoris purposes, for the dynamisation
of the territories and for the installation of new entrepreneurs, particularly young people.
Measures will be given to them that contribute to the increase in the value of exports, in
line with the National Strategy for the Internationalization of the adopted Agrofood Sector
in 2014. In this sense, a policy of protection and regulation of the
denominations of origin and geographical indications, as well as the enhancement of notoriety of
products such as wine, notably in the Demarcated Region of the Douro, through the
operationalization of the declarative portal of the winemaker and the promotion plan and
internationalization.
Priority will be given to the promotion of the Agricultural Counselling System, the policy of
quality and sustainable modes of production, local production and short circuits of
distribution, sectoral-specific vocational training, diversification of activities in
rural space as measures to combat the regional asymmetries and promotion of its
competitiveness.
At the level of the organization of production, it will be taken as a priority for its reinforcement
structural and its integration, aiming at the concentration of supply, gains of scale and power
negotiation of production, with clear benefits in value creation and improvement of the
competitiveness.
It will promote, in 2015, the implementation of monitoring and monitoring programme of the
operation of the Forest Intervention Zones, in the sense of ensuring the effectiveness of the
scheme approved in 2014 and to substantiate future public support programmes. In the
forest ranks will be developed the operation wants of the Platform of
Monitoring of Relations in Forest Filings, or the Centre for Competences
for the Sober and the Cork, with the input of the relevant entities connected to the respect
sector.
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In 2015, the review of the Regional Forest Planning Plans will be carried out, according to
with the new legal regime of the instruments of territorial management, and framed in the
National Strategy for Forests, revised in 2014, as in the results of the 6.
National Forest Inventory. It is also predicted to update the National Defence Plan
of the Forest Against Fire and the revision of the Regulation establishing the Defence System
of the Forest Against Fire, after weighting the results of the evaluation of its first
phase of duration (2006-2012).
The priority in the eradication and control of pests and diseases will be translated through the
implementation of the Forestry Sanity Operational Programme, approved in 2014, targeting
frame the acting in that matter. In the framework of the National Plan for Control of the
Nematode of the Pinheiro Wood, a new model of the
intervention.
In the context of the promotion of simplification measures, for 2015, the revision of the
legal regime of the instruments of support for fundaily structuring. It is noted, still, the
consolidation of the new Regime of Exercise of Livestock Activity, notably through
of the integration of a single information system and the revision of related diplomas.
5.4.2. Sea
In the framework of the Government's priorities for 2012-2015 has been consolidated the structure
institutional for the sector of the sea, having pursued the implementation of the National Strategy
to the Sea 2013-2020 (ENM) and the respect plan of action-Plan Mar Portugal-, well
as from the Strategic Plan for Aquaculture, and the roadmap has also been started
international external investment caption for this sector.
In the framework of Portugal's international affirmation in the sea area, the year 2015 will stay
pointed out by the realization of world-class initiative, designated by "Blue Week",
that will integrate high-level events, such as being an inter-ministerial meeting, a fair
business on blue economy and a conference organized by reference magazine
international.
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In the field of national maritime space, lines will be continued in 2015.
strategic defined and developed the actions for the harnessing of the potential
maritime, dynamisation of entrepreneurship and innovation of activities connected to the sea and
strengthening of the so-called blue economy, concretizing the priorities of the Policy
Integrated Maritime of the European Union.
By the end of 2014, the first results of the pilot project will be presented
"Satellite account of the Sea", in the framework of national accounts, which will allow an appropriate
monitoring of ENM, in the coming years, as well as precise identification of the
economic relevance of the sea sector.
Within the framework of the Operational Programme Fisheries 2007-2013, measures will be taken that
potentiat levels of implementation that enable the harnessing of financial resources,
pursuing the gamble in the simplification and streamlining of procedures.
In the framework of the new Common Fisheries Policy and the new Common Organization of
Market for fisheries and aquaculture products, the legislative process will be completed for
the operation of the new European programme for the period 2014-2020 (MAR 2020),
co-financed by the European Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fund.
In 2015, it is still predicted the operation of the computer platform associated with the
legislation that will develop and supplement the Basics of Planning and Management Act
of the Maritime Space.
The measures that aim to comply with the 3. Package of
Maritime Safety and secured the protection and dredging works of the fishing ports and
the national commitments on monitoring and monitoring of navigation.
It will start in 2015, the implementation of the Monitoring and Measures Programs of the
directive-framework "Marine Strategy" and secured the commitments in respect of
monitoring, monitoring and monitoring of fishing activity.
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Priority will be given to the continuity of the processes initiated within the framework of cooperation in the
area of the sea, specifically of multilateral cooperation in the framework of the EU and the Union
African and Bilateral Cooperation with the United States of America, Cape Verde and
Norway.
Work on the process of extension of the continental shelf will continue. In
particular, priority will be given to the integration of the data obtained in the latest campaigns
oceanographic, as well as to the review of the recommendations issued by the Commission of Limits
of the Continental Shelf relatively to the proposals submitted by other countries.
It will also continue the implementation of the Marine Biodiversity Information System
(project "M@rBis") , in cooperation with the scientific community, so as to guarantee the
sharing and access to information and the promotion of integrated ocean management.
During the year 2015 the implementation of the project will continue EEA Grants
" Preparation of integrated geographical information for the management of marine waters and
coastal " through which a geographic information infrastructure of data will be created
national marine with a view to the environmental management of marine and coastal waters.
It will be pursued education for the oceans, through the "Kit of the Sea" projects and
"Reading + Mar" and from the map "Portugal is Mar", with the aim of improving the literacy of the
oceans in the youngest layers of the country. In 2015, the "Kit of the Sea" project will be targeted
internationalization for more than 10 countries.
5.4.3. Food and agrofood research
It is intended to strengthen, in 2015, the work of boosting the sector's exports
agrofood and forest majoritarially by means of the streamlining of procedures of
recognition and habilitation of export, and unlocking of sanitary constraints
and phytosanitary that allow to consolidate and open up international markets to products
national.
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It will thus remain the effort of opening up products and markets which, since 2012,
allowed to open 61 markets to 146 national products, which contributed to the dynamism
verified in agrofood exports.
The competitiveness of agrarian, forestry and agroindustrial ranks will be potentiated by a
applied and targeted research for value creation in these fields. In this sense,
partnerships will be strengthened for research and innovation, among agents
economic and research institutions (national and international), in line with the
provided for in the Government's strategy, namely the disigning of achieving self-sufficiency
food in value in 2020, with the "Rural Development Programme" and with the
"Horizon 2020".
The consolidation and enhancement of the operational capacity of the National Laboratories of
Reference for Food Safety, Animal Health and Vegetable Sanity will contribute
also for the aforementioned competitiveness, either at the level of the domestic market or at the level
of exports. In 2015, it will assist with the consolidation of the laboratory restructuring
enacted in 2014.
On the follow-up to the award by UNESCO in 2014 of the status of Heritage Imaterial
World to the application of the "Mediterranean Diet", led by Portugal, aims to
potentiate the valorisation of national products in local and international circuits, well
as the preservation and affirmation of cultural and gastronomic identity.
It lasts, lastly, that food safety of foodstuffs and animal health
and vegetable will continue, in 2015, to be a priority with the goal of maintaining trust
of the consumers.
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5.5. Environment, spatial planning and energy
In the structural transformation of the national development model, Portugal should be
able, simultaneously, to create more wealth with more efficient energy consumption and
of greenhouse gas emissions, accelerating their transition trajectory to a
low-carbon economy, in a perspetive of green growth. In this sense, the
decarbonization of the economy is key to reduce dependence on imports
of fossil fuels and the fluctuation of their prices, which will allow, on the other hand,
drive financial flows for internal investment, betting on innovation, optimizing the
use of its resources, creating employment (by the production and export of technologies
low carbon) and minimizing costs for health and environmental impacts arising from the
use of fossil energies. This strategic positioning and approach to
decarbonisation of the economy, for which the processes of technological innovation are
fundamental, should lead to three types of results:
Generate sources of income and employment in new economic activities and or in
reconverted, more demanding activities in terms of skills and qualifications,
contributing to the increase in the competitiveness of the Country by the attraction of
foreign direct investment and exports;
Reduce environmental pressures and increase the productivity of resources,
producing and consuming with higher energy efficiency, minimizing as well
emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants,
improving efficiency in the use of resources, reducing the production of
waste and increasing its valorisation, through a circular economy;
Contribute, through the association between public policies and the action of civil society,
for the goals of sustainable development, social equity and reduction of the
poverty.
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Within the framework of the definition of a stable Green Growth promotion framework, the
Government is acting in four key dimensions, which will have effects already from
2015: Commitment to Green Growth; Commission for the Reform of Taxation
Green; Fund for Green Growth; and Circular Economy and Productivity of the
Resources.
i) Commitment to Green Growth
The Coalition for Green Growth was constituted in February 2014 and involves
about one hundred agents from diverse sectors (business associations and
professionals; Non-Governmental Organizations and foundations; educational institutions
top and centres of I &D; banking and finance sector; State and Public Administration).
In this framework, the Government has been developing and discussing the programmatic bases-
translated into quantified policies and goals-capable of boosting a trajectory
lasting sustainable growth and development.
The Commitment to Green Growth, subject in 2014 a broad discussion
public, assumes the ambition to foster green economic activities, which translates a
true cluster by being able to generate growth and employment, promote efficiency
in the use of resources and contribute to environmental sustainability. Its implementation,
with defined outcome indicators, will be assented in the intervention in 10 sectors / themes
considered priority: water, waste, agriculture and forest, energy, transport,
extractive and transformative industry, biodiversity and services of ecosystems, cities and
territory, sea and tourism, which will leverage the transition of the Portuguese economy to a
Green Economy. Thus, in addition to sectoral initiatives, the Commitment to the
Green Growth also takes on initiatives of a transversal nature: funding,
international promotion, taxation, innovation, information and public procurement.
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The Partnership Agreement 2014-2020 (Portugal 2020) introduces an important novelty in this
area, as a national thematic programme dedicated to the environment is being set up again
-the POSEUR. The European structural and investment funds for the period 2014-
2020 will be determinants in the reorientation of the Country's development trajectory, in the
framework of the EU strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. These
funds should be articulated with the diversity of available financial mechanisms
to achieve a multiplier effect and corresponding increment of the capacity of
acting, through the conjugation with private resources.
ii) Reform of green taxation
As described in section 2.4, with the establishment of the Commission for the Reform of the
Green taxation has kicked off the review of environmental and energy taxation,
accompanied by a new tax and parafiscal framework, through development
of mechanisms allowing the internalization of environmental externalities.
iii) Fund for Green Growth
Public funds constitute one of the instruments that have been being used in the
pursuit of environmental policies at the international level. Through the constitution of funds
public seeks to mobilize and manage with greater effectiveness the resources of the state and to return
to citizens and businesses a share of the environmental tributes that they focus on. In the
sense of maximizing the goals and the potential to use these levers of
investment, the Government will proceed in 2015 to the reform of the Portuguese Carbon Fund
(FPC), of the Portuguese Water Resources Fund, the Environmental Intervention Fund and
of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Fund (FCNB), in the sense of its management
shared and interdisciplinary, from its consolidation and the respect of structural optimization and
operational in the framework of Green Growth.
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In this way, these financial instruments will allow: ( i ) guide investments and
financing instruments for projects and operations under sustainability criteria;
( ii ) promote the competitiveness of sectors and activities, stimulating also the creation of
new business; ( iii ) promote the internationalization of companies and sectors; ( iv ) prepare the
human resources for the challenges of green growth and investing in I&DT.
iv) Circular economy and productivity of resources
The communication of the European Commission " Towards a circular economy: programme to end
with the waste in Europe "-Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, to the
Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
(COM/2014/0398, July 2, 2014)-aims to boost recycling
of materials in the Member States, considering the respective benefits and potential
environmental and economic. As main results, it is estimated: that the improvements of
efficiency in the use of resources in all industry value chains can
reduce the needs of new materials by 17% to 24% by 2030; that the best
use of resources enables potential savings of 630 thousand million euros per
year for the European industry; that the productivity of resources, measured on the basis of GDP
generated by the consumption of raw materials, can improve by 30% by 2030, predicting
that this is a central goal in the upcoming revision of the Europe 2020 strategy; and that this
increase in resource productivity allow to increase the EU's GDP by 1% and create 2
million new jobs.
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Efficiency in resource management, which has been a priority of the Government, earns a
new European dimension and requirements. The Government has been working on the correct
knowledge, accounting, mapping and information of resources, notably in the
Respect for waste (through the Strategic Plan for Urban Solid Waste
(PERSU), of the National Waste Management Plan (PNGR) and the management of flows
setorials), to water resources (through the National Strategic Plan for the Sector of
Water Supply and Sanitation of Wastewater (PENSAAR) and refurbishment
of the hydrographic monitoring networks), to biodiversity (through the global initiative The
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)), to the resources of the territory (through the
iGEO platform), to energy (through the energy efficiency programmes and
electric mobility) and to geological features (through their mapping), among diverse
other initiatives.
The Government is developing a Strategy for the Efficient Use of Resources and a
Program for the Circular Economy based on multissectoral quantitative data,
crossing the diverse types of resources and the potential for efficiency, replacement and
reuse in a circular economy, with positive impact on an economic growth
sustainable and in the promotion of green growth.
Finally, and still in a transversal optics of the activities of the Ministry of the Environment,
Spatial and Energy Planning, it is important to mention the main initiatives in 2015 in the
frame of the SEE:
Conclusion of the extinction process of the Expo Park, S.A.;
Finalization of the process of divesting the capital of EGF (as referred to in
section 2.6.);
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Restructuring of the Aguas Group of Portugal, alongside measures aimed at
getting economies of scale and synergies diverse, so as to ensure the
compliance with national and European environmental ind targets, accessibility
of the populations to waste services by suitability of the tariffs to the respective
economic capacity, territorial equity and the promotion of solutions of greater
efficiency and economic effectiveness, which cautioned, in the final analysis, the
economic-financial-financial sustainability of systems-in this context, the inbeing
new rules for the use of European structural and investment funds,
maximizing targeted use for the sustainability and efficient management of the
resources at the expense of infrstructuring.
5.5.1. Environment
5.5.1.1. Climate change
The goals for Climate and Energy will continue to be a key element in the
economic, political and social agenda.
Portugal aims to limit the growth of its emissions outside of Trade
European Emissions License (CELE) to another 1% by 2020, having as a base the year of
2005. According to the Portuguese Environment Agency, I.P., the figures for the years of
2010, 2011 and 2012, on the basis of the year 2005, indicate a trend of reduction of
Emissions from Gases with Study Effect (GEE) of -6%, -8% and -12%, respectively. The
economic and financial crisis, which generated a reduction in economic activity, warrants part
of this reduction. However, it is to value the gains in energy efficiency that translate into
in a reduction in the carbonic intensity of the economy, especially in the matter of reduction
of emissions.
The Portuguese government has been strongly committed to the package negotiations
climate-energy, which are under way within the EU. Portugal took over from the beginning
a clear and ambitious position in terms of the climate-energy targets advocated for 2030,
advocating for an integrated set of four goals:
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Goal binding target reduction of GHG emissions of, at least 40% in the period
1990-2030, as one of the central elements of the new package;
Renewable target of 40% in 2030 (i.e., 40% of total energy consumed
on that date shall come from a renewable source) and a binding target to the
level of the EU for energy efficiency of 30% in 2030;
Meta for energy interconnections of at least 25% of the capacity of
production in 2030 for all Member States (in alignment with the target
of renewables from 40%), assuming the achievment of the target of 12% by 2020 and of
10% in the short term.
In 2015, the Government will continue the consolidation of the Strategic Framework of Reference in
Climate Policy Matter and will seek to maintain a position of international leadership
on climate action, bearing in mind that the national response in terms of
mitigation and adaptation is a priority within the framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Of agreement
with the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2014), Portugal occupies in actuality the 3.
place on performance of climate policies among 58 countries that, in total, are
responsible for more than 90% of GHG emissions.
Thus, the development and implementation of Policy Instruments will be maintained
Climate 2013-2020, specifically:
The National Programme for Climate Change, a key peg in the strand of
mitigation that upgrades the country's benchmark situation in terms of emissions and
intends to identify a set of strategic vectors, measures and instruments
to operationalize the transition to a competitive, resilient, and
low carbon in the horizon 2030. After the public consultation at the end of 2014, in
2015 will begin the implementation phase;
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The National Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change that, in the strand of
adaptation, will also contribute to the consolidation of the national strategic framework
on climate action, and which will have in 2015 a the second phase of implementation
and of setorial integration;
The National Emissions Inventory System by Sources and Removals by
Sinks of Atmospheric Pollutants, fundamental in the management strand of
information and compliance with European and international commitments
assumed within the framework of the United Nations and the EU on changes
climate, GEE and other air pollutants.
In addition to these instruments, there is still the National Low Carbon Roadmap (RNBC
2050), which was launched in 2012 having as its main objective to study the technical feasibility
and economic of reduction trajectories of GHG emissions by 2050. It will continue further
implementation of the CELE regime through the implementation of the new rules, both for
fixed installations as for aircraft operators, as well as the revision of the
regulation of the FPC in the framework of the already mentioned reform of environmental funds.
5.5.1.2. Environmental protection and management
Within the framework of the National Strategy for Air Quality, it will continue the drafting of the
lines of action that guarantee the quality of the air at the national level, specifically by
improvement of information and knowledge systems, the optimization of the evaluation of the
air quality and, still, the promotion of sectoral initiatives with a view to reducing
emissions of pollutants into the air. In this framework it stands out, in 2015, the implementation of the
air quality improvement plans and the maintenance and operational modernization of the Network
of Air Quality Monitoring, ensuring the reliability of the measured data and the
compliance with the operating efficiency established by the legislation in force.
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In the framework of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the review of the Legal Regime of
Environmental Impact Assessment (RJAIA) was guided by the principles of simplification and
procedural streamlining, with the aim of creating solutions that best responds to the
needs of the bidders, without compromising the safeguarding of natural values and the
goals of AIA. In 2015, there will be continuity in the harmonisation of procedures and
criteria associated with the application of the RJAIA.
In 2015, they will continue risk control and diversion inspection actions order:
complete / integrated, such as inspections to facilities covered by the SEVESO Directive
(prevention of serious accidents involving hazardous substances), the inspections of
follow up and still inspections carried out in the framework of specific campaigns;
extraordinary, in response to complaints, complaints or complaints related to the
environment, institutional requests, inspections for verification of the performance of warrants,
inspections in the sequence of incidents / accidents, inspections following inquiries
delegates by the Public Prosecutor's Office, inspections following SONC (" statements of non
compliance ") issued by ECHA ( European Chemicals Agency ), as well as inspections,
surveys, audits and processes determined by the tutelage. Next year will be held
still specific campaigns in the areas of acting inspection-general or sectors of activity
more problematic, with incidence in one or more environmental strands.
In matters of strategic environmental management, with the implementation of the new regime
legal emissions from industrial emissions, which transposed Directive No 2010 /75/UE, of Parliament
European and of the Council of November 24, 2010 on industrial emissions and
aggregated in a single diploma five specific schemes until then in force-Prevention and
Integrated Pollution control; Large Combustion Plants; Incineration of
Waste; Volatile Organic Compounds and plants that produce titanium dioxide-
it stands out for compulsory, as of 2015, for operators to draw up the document
laying down the reference situation in terms of the soil and groundwater,
according to Communication from Commission 2014 /C 136/03.
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The Government will maintain its commitment to the realization of the envisaged remediation actions and
recovery of the environmental liabilities identified in the Country as well as the mining areas
disabled inventoried. At this level, in 2015 the scheme will be implemented for the
decontamination of soils, by industrial or other use, based on the accountability of the
operators and in the audit, which will be instrumental in preventing the existence and perpetuity
of new environmental liabilities.
In 2015, it will take on relevance the development of a new System module
Integrated Environmental Licensing. This module will support single licensing
for all environmental legal regimes, harmonizing concepts, elements
instructories and procedures, the one that will correspond to a single environment title, being
still anticipated developments of new modules for support of the Assessments of
Environmental Impact and SEVESO.
5.5.1.3. Sector of waste
The Strategic Plan for Municipal Solid Waste (PERSU 2020), to be implemented in
2015, performs a reform of this sector that is characterized by the management of waste as
endogenous resources, minimizing the environmental impacts of their production and management,
taking advantage of their socio-economic value by encouraging direct citizen engagement
in the strategy of urban waste and by fostering prevention and separation, with a view to
recycling and the highest efficiency in its use while resources.
The National Waste Management Plan (PNGR 2014-2020), in turn, advocates for the
these strategic goals with a strong bet on decoupling growth
economic of the consumption of materials and the production of waste and the harnessing of the
potential of the urban waste sector to stimulate local economies and the economy
national.
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5.5.1.4. Coastal and coastal areas
It is further highlighted by the intensification of actions for reducing vulnerability and risk in the
coastal areas, so as to ensure the safeguarding of persons and goods, specifically
through the implementation of the Coastal Protection Action Plan and Valorisation Plan (PAPVL 2012
-2015). Following the damage faced with the weather conditions of the winter of
2014 and the results of the in-depth and comprehensive reflection on the situation of the areas
coastal by the Coastal Working Group, will proceed in 2015 to the start of the
measures to allow, in the medium term, to change the risk exposure on the Portuguese seaside, to the
light of new knowledge about current and future challenges. Also on the basis of the
results of this working group, will be updated the National Strategy for Management
Integrated from the Coastal Zone, remaining as well as framing document of the actions
to run until 2020. Taking into account this global and integrated reflection, we will still give it
continuity to the revisions of the Coastal Order Plans.
5.5.1.5. Water resources
In the field of water resources, the Government will continue, in 2015: the development
of the National Water Plan; the implementation of the National Program for Efficient Use
of the Water and the implementation of the measures necessary to achieve or maintain the good state of the
water bodies, in line with the objectives of the Water Act. The Government will continue
committed to solving historical water pollution problems and to strengthening the
corporate responsibility in this matter. At this level, they are relevant to the strengthening of the
implementation of the National Strategy for Agrolivestock and Agroindustrial Efluents
and the development of the second cycle of the Management Plans of Hydrographic Regions.
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The increment of monitoring of water masses-made possible in 2014 with the
important process of restructuring, modernization and technological apetrecting of the
monitoring networks of the National Water Resources Information System
(SNIRH)-and participation in the third community intercalibration exercise constitute
goals with expression for 2015. At the level of bathing water, continuity will be given to
actions to improve water quality and safety conditions, particularly in the
interior waters. Within the framework of the Flood Directive, they will be drawn up in 2015 the
first Undulating Risk Management Plans.
5.5.1.6. Water and sanitation sector
The new Strategy for the Water Supply Sector and Water Sanitation
Residual (PENSAAR 2020) will be implemented as of 2015, having per objective basis
of sustainability in all its strands (technical, environmental, economic, financial and
social) and recognizing the quality of the service provided and the fair price, so as to create a
global acceptance context to medium (2014-20) and in the long term (beyond 2020).
5.5.1.7. Eco-innovation and promotion of sustainable consumption
Eco-innovation programmes contribute to the development of pilot projects of
disruptive technologies with potential impact in terms of sustainability and efficiency
in the use of resources, for the provision of credible information on the performance of
eco-technologies, promoting their market penetration and awareness of their
adoption, and yet for the promotion of assented products and services in business model
eco-innovators.
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The strengthening of the adoption of environmental criteria in public procurement contracts is expected to
goods and services (green public procurement), following the revision of the Strategy
National Public Shopping Ecology 2013-2015 and in line with the bet on the
green growth and with the transposition of the recent European directive in this matter. This
initiative constitutes, alongside the promotion of management and sectoral sustainable consumption, a form
to stimulate behavioural changes of citizens and businesses and to promote,
in a logic of "lead by example" on the part of the Public Administration, the construction
of a new concept of development based on the competitiveness of goods and services
environmentally oriented.
5.5.2. Spatial planning, conservation of nature and cities
In 2015, the Government is proposing to complete the implementation of the planning policies of the
territory and nature conservation defined on the basis of an integrated view of the
territory and its natural resources.
5.5.2.1. Planning of the territory
The Law of the Bases of Public Policy of Solos, Territory Planning and the
Urbanism, passed by Law No. 31/2014, of May 30, paved the way for the definition of
a broader framework of the reform of land use planning, where the
legal regime of territorial management instruments, the legal regime of urbanization and
edification, the excecional urban rehabilitation regime and the new renting regime
urban, as well as reforms in other areas, such as the predial enrollment and the politics of cities.
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The Bases Act has introduced important changes in the field of planning, targeting a
more rational model of territorial development and urban expansion and ensuring
simultaneously the correction of imbalances and the subtraction of phenomena of speculation
real estate, responsible for the excessive and irrational rise in urban perimeters. In
parallel, promoting simplification, legal certainty and the protection of trust,
it has established that only the territorial plans directly and immediately the
private individuals. In order to ensure this goal, the Bases Act enshrines the duty of the
municipalities to integrate into the Municipal Directors Plans (PDM) the standards with impact on the
use of soil arising from national or regional scope programmes, as well as
restrictions of public utility or administrative servitude.
Salient, which, in 2015, will be completed the new associated 2014-2020 Action Program
to the National Programme of the Territory Planning Policy (PNPOT), according
with the defined calendar.
5.5.2.2. Conservation of nature
At the level of the conservation of nature and biodiversity, the process of
review and approval of the new Nature Conservation Strategy and Biodiversity
for the horizon 2020, assuming the established world commitments,
in particular by the Convention on Biological Diversity and the EU Strategy for the
Biodiversity, and formulating a strategic framework of creating opportunities for
promotion of a sustainable economy.
The National Protected Areas Planning Plans will be repurred to
special programmes in accordance with the provisions of the new legal regime of policies
public soil, spatial planning and urbanism. The ones will also be identified
standards to be integrated into the different PDM of the concelhos covered by protected areas.
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One other domain of intervention will be the development of specific actions of
conservation, aiming at the consolidation of the safeguarding of habitats and species of fauna and
of the protected wild flora under the legal regime of nature conservation and
biodiversity. Special emphasis will be taken on the continuation of the work related to the
Lince Iberian National Reproduction Center, the program of directed works
for conservation in situ , notably the actions of improving natural habitat in the areas
of reintroduction, the follow-up of reintroduced animals and the dissemination actions and
communication. It also emphasises the proposal to amend the legislation that regulates the
Lobo-Iberian Protection Act (1988), with a view to the greater accountability of creators
in the protection of domestic animals.
It will be boosted the widening of the network of marine protected areas, namely
with the extension of the Natura 2000 Network to the marine environment, in harmony with the policy
European. The process of designating Special Zones will also be launched.
Conservation, highlighting the synergies between biodiversity and economic activities and
productive connected to the use of the territory, such as agriculture, forest, fishing, hunting and the
tourism of nature.
By assigning particular attention to the potentialities of the classified areas-associated with
identification of distinguishing characteristics of the territory and natural values as
catalysts of regional development-it is intended to invest in its valorisation,
notably through the full implementation and wide dissemination of the "Natural.pt" brand,
thereby potentiating the attractiveness of the classified areas for nature tourism and
related economic activities. In parallel, in the context of the fruition of the areas
protected, will be betting on the identification of the structures liable to be exploited for
restoration, sale of local products and accommodation, and whose operationalisation may be
ensured through partnerships with other public or private entities. In a way
general, it is assumed that the management of the classified areas should anchor itself in the involvement and
participation of the entire community formally represented in the Strategic Councils
of the Protected Areas.
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Based on the pilot study of mapping and evaluation carried out in 2014 in the region of
Alentejo, the mapping and assessment project of the state of ecosystems and
of the services of the most relevant ecosystems on the mainland territory. It points out yet,
in 2015 and subsequent years, the implementation of the TEEB initiative in Portugal, for evaluation
of the contribution and relationship of ecosystem services to and with the various sectors
economic, and presentation of policy proposals, programmes and plans based on the
results obtained.
Still concerning the conservation of nature and sustainable development,
takes particular relevance the strengthening of the contribution of practices developed in territory
national in the implementation of the Program Man and Biosphere (MaB) and in the participation of the Network
World of Biosphere Reserves, concurrently with the promotion of synergies and sharing of
knowledge together with the reserves located in the autonomous regions and in regions
cross-border.
It also stands out the definition of national regime for access to genetic resources and
sharing the benefits resulting from its use in the EU, in line with what stems from the
Protocol of Nagoia.
At the level of green taxation and the regulatory framework is proposed, for 2015, the
intervention on the FCNB and its use as a privileged instrument of support
financial in the field of nature conservation and biodiversity and remuneration
by the provision of environmental services, with the incorporation of revenue from
certain types of fees or the sale of services and or goods that may be associated with the
conservation of the classified areas.
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5.5.2.3. Policy of cities
In the framework of the development of a low-carbon economy, it will be implemented and
accompanied the Strategy "Sustainable Cities 2020", which is based on four axes
of acting: i) Intelligence and competitiveness;, ii ) Sustainability and efficiency; iii ) Inclusion
social and human capital; iv) Territorialization and governance, ensuring its articulation with
the new programming period (2014-2020) of the structural European funds and of
investment. An urban sustainability index that promotes it will still be developed
healthy competition between cities.
5.5.2.4. Reform of the urban leasing
The Law No. 31/2012 of August 14, aims at the dynamisation of the rental market,
contributing to ensure increased supply of leases at affordable prices and for
that households meet their needs for housing without recourse to credit, giving
priority to leasing at the expense of the acquisition of own housing.
As a result of the work of the Urban Tenure Monitoring Commission, the
Government proposed in 2014 a amendment to the renting regime incidental, not only
on adjustments of a procedural nature, but also in changes with greater
meaning in the protection of tenants, in particular, within the framework of the tenancy no
housing, promoting, in that way, economic activity and job creation.
In the aim of acauteling the protection of tenants with economic caries,
will match support measures for families whose increase in income shows
financially unaffordable, after the end of the envisaged five-year transitional period
in the reform of urban tenancy.
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In 2015, it will continue the development of the social rental market by the affectation
of fires coming from dation processes in fulfillment, in turn arising from
situations of non-compliance with the funding granted. In this area, it is expected to
provision of a greater number of dwellings for this market segment,
estimating a total allocation of 1000 fires, with rents 20% to 30% lower
to the values practiced by the market.
The application of the new supported renting scheme will allow to make better management
of the public housing public park, contributing, on the one hand, to eliminate the
situations of injustice and iniquity that have persisted for many years and, simultaneously
create conditions for greater financial sustainability in maintenance and conservation
of the social neighbourhoods, as well as to confer greater quality of life on the population there.
5.5.2.5. Urban rehabilitation
There will be continuity to the program "Rehabilitating for Arrendar", either by the granting of
funding to public entities, either by the introduction of a new line of
funding earmarked for the rehabilitation of private buildings, from housing to
tenancy. This financial support, coming, in a first phase, of EIB funds and
from the Banque de Développement du Conseil de l' Europe (CEB), will contribute to regeneration
urban of the historical centres, for their restocking, for their dynamisation
economic, in addition to constituting itself as a determining instrument in the increment of the
urban renting.
They are still foreseen, with impact in 2015 and subsequent years, in the area of rehabilitation
urban, the creation and implementation of a financial instrument of support for regeneration
urban framed in the new programming period (2014-2020) of European funds
structural and investment.
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5.5.2.6. iGeo
The iGeo initiative promotes the creation of added value through models of
know-intensive, underpinnable in reference geographic data services of the
Public administration published in the Internet . With this initiative, it is intended to foster the
creation of new products and services, contribute to the decision making supported in a
in-depth analysis of risks, trends and potential, promote knowledge sharing and
the establishment of networks and foster the active involvement of citizens and in particular
of the younger ones, contributing to promote behaviours towards a greater
sustainability.
5.5.2.7. Reform of the predial enrollment
The National Observatory of Territory Planning, Urbanism and Environment
will substantiate a collaborative platform of support for territorial management, enabling
make available, through permanent monitoring of territorial and urban dynamics and
of public policies with territorial impact, a set of information indispensable to the
elaboration of the State Territory Planning Report and the evaluation of the
PNPOT, as well as the evaluation of the functioning of the Territorial Management System.
The National Cadastral Information System (SNIC) will enable the management of the activities,
of markets and policies for land use, environmental, agricultural, forestry and
tax in a much more efficient way. The SNIC will integrate the predial enrollment, the enrollment
geometric of the rustic property and the information of a cadastral nature in a logic of
efficient and rational use of public resources.
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5.5.2.8. Management of risk
The ongoing COPERNICUS Program has as its main goal the creation of services
of monitoring of the terrestrial environment, relevant to the response to situations of
emergency and catastrophe. This project, innovative in Portugal and transversal to several
public bodies and institutions of higher education, will allow for widespread access to
satellite images.
5.5.3. Power
5.5.3.1.Política energy and energy market
Portugal has noteworthy renewable resources and must make every effort to
solve the energy challenge, contributing decisively to the competitiveness of the
national economy, always paying attention to sustainability concerns. Is
fundamental to achieve a balance between the security pillars of supply, of
competitiveness and energy efficiency, which is appropriate to the current context of the
global energy markets and the Portuguese economy.
Having by reference the climate and energy goals described behind, Portugal has been a
of the main drivers of a target for electricity interlinkages of, by the
less, 25% of the production capacity, in 2030 and for all Member States. The
fulfillment of the targets is based on an energy model supported in rationality
economic and sustainability, which ensures sustainable energy costs, without
to compromise the competitiveness of companies, sustainable development and quality
of life of the citizens. The model is based on the implementation of the measures set for the
period 2012-2015, intended: (i) to the enhancement of the effective liberalization of the markets of the
electricity and natural gas (ongoing process and intensified with the recent adaptation of the
legal framework of the sector), promoting competition among market players and
transparency; (ii) to the establishment of targets regarding the interlinkages between the
Iberian peninsula and the rest of Europe; (i ii ) to the substantial improvement of energy efficiency
of the Country, notably through the implementation of the National Plan of Action for Efficiency
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Energy (PNAEE) and the promotion of energy efficiency in the rehabilitation of the park
edited; and ( iv ) to investment in the use of energy from endogenous sources
renewables, pursuant to the National Renewable Energy Action Plan (PNAER),
as a determining factor for the diversification of the mix energy of the Country and, soon, to
decrease external energy dependence and ensure security of supply. The
Government has been reassessing the priorities of the sector, continuing to apply, in 2015, the
measures of notorious reduction in the costs of the National Electrical System, thus contributing
for the reduction of the tariff deficit.
In terms of relevant initiatives with impact in 2015, they emphasize:
i) Establishment, in the European context, of objectives for the
interlinkages of electrical energy and for natural gas interconnections, positioning
Portugal as a port of entry for liquefied natural gas in Europe.
The objectives are: confirmation of the establishment of targets for energy interlinkages
electric with Europe from 12% up to 2020 and 25% up to 2030 (in alignment with the target of
renewables of 40%) and the establishment of the 3 th gas interconnection between Portugal and Spain
, after confirmation of the Interconnection in the Pyrenees; obtaining the funding by the
European Commission so as to achieve 25% of interconnections with Europe by 2030. To this
target of the proposal of the new climate-energy package for the EU in 2030 is associated with a
national challenge concerning the further deepening and integration of the European market of
energy. The effective realization of this market is one of the essential pillars to give
response to issues such as security of supply, supply and demand management of
electricity and intermittency of renewable energy sources (FER) and also the
cost effective fulfillment of CO2 emission reduction targets at the EU level.
ii) Application of new remunerative scheme for the production of energies
renewables.
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Portugal is one of the countries in the world with the highest penetration of renewable energy in its
matrix of electricity production. In 2013, 57% percent of electricity consumed in territory
national came from FER, underlining that the agreed target with the EU for 2020
is from 55%. The Government considers that Portugal should continue to bet on the FER
benefiting, not only from the experience accumulated in recent years but, above all, from the
high abundance and availability of existing renewable resources in the territory
national. PNAER evidences this bet and contemplates the construction of a power
additional renewable for electricity production of about 5 GW by 2020. This bet
should ensure, however, an appropriate balance between: ( i ) the costs of the different
technologies, namely the least mature ones; and ( ii ) the sustainability of the Electrical System
National (SEN). The tariff regime for the various technologies of electricity production
through FER, which has been set to be defined, takes into consideration the current degree of
development of the different technologies, privileging the progressive introduction of the
market regime for the most mature technologies, understanding that it is fundamental
ensure legal and regulatory stability.
Salient the Government's option, to 2015, to continue with the effort of
enabling the contribution, by Portugal, to the fulfillment of national targets
of the use of renewable energy to be achieved by other Member States, by means of
statistical transfers or the realization of joint projects on national territory,
harnessing the endogenous resources of the country, which will allow the profitability of the
investments made in the promotion of renewable energy sources, with advantages
for the National Electrical System and positive reflections for the national economy.
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iii) Consolidation of support programmes for energy efficiency and
Dynamization of the energy service companies market.
The Government intends to strengthen the incentives given to energy efficiency. The PNAEE 2016
aims to design new shares and targets for the year 2016 by integrating the
concerns regarding primary energy reduction for the horizon of 2020, with
highlight for the reduction of energy consumption in the areas of transport, residential and
services, industry, state, agriculture and behaviours. In the framework of strengthening the
incentives to increase energy efficiency stands out: ( i ) the execution of the Program
ECO.AP, which aims to promote energy efficiency in Public Administration allowing
to the State the reduction of the energy bill by 30% by 2020, in the respect of services and
public bodies, with the consequent reduction of CO2 emissions; and ( ii ) the enlargement
of the energy intensive consummate management system, through the introduction of
improvements in the degree of monitoring of energy consumes and a system of supports and
incentives for the reduction of those same consumes and the use of energies with recourse to
renewable or endogenous sources of energy.
iv) Operationalization of the distributed production regime
The new distributed production regime will allow the consumer to produce their own
energy, typically through FER. It is thus intended, in 2015, to strengthen the ante in the
renewable energy, with recourse to a balanced solution that allows to secure a
fair profitability to promoters of the distributed production units without creating
overturned in the SEN and avoiding overly burdening the consumer.
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v) Monitoring of the enlargement of the social electricity tariff
With the determination of the goal to extend the social tariff to 500 thousand families (five hundred thousand
holders of electric power supply contracts to which they correspond 1.5 million
of citizens), which will go through to see reduced electricity prices by 34% (and not 20%)
and taking into account subsequent review of the eligibility criteria to be able to benefit
of this, the Government will follow up on this process throughout 2015 and the results obtained,
being available to review the criteria until the goal is reached.
vi) Regulation and monitoring of fuels
The regulation of the inclusion of simple liquid fuels in the posts is highlighted.
supply and increase in monitoring of the fuel market through,
notably, of the disclosure of reference prices of fuels by the Entity
National for the Fuel Market, E.P.E., as well as the revision of the Bases Act of the
Oil Sector, with strong implications on increased competition in the segment of
resale of fuels.
5.5.3.2. Sustainable mobility and electric mobility
The Decree-Law No. 90/2014 of June 11, proceeded to amend the legal regime of the
electric mobility. The Government will continue in 2015 the initiatives to stimulate the
use of electric vehicles, foster cost reduction and the dynamisation of achievement
of mobility plans at the level of Public Administration and business. Start
also a sustainable mobility programme in the Public Administration. In this
domain, there will exist performances on the following axes: i ) reduction of travel needs;
ii ) suitability of the means of transport used; iii ) more efficient fleet management; and i v )
promotion of more sustainable vehicles, with emphasis on electric mobility.
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5.5.3.3. Geological and mineral resources
Pursues the implementation of the National Strategy for Geological Resources-
Mineral Resources, with an emphasis on streamlining the prospetion and exploitation of resources
geological and the realization of systematic geological cartography. It is planned to
regulation of the Bases of Geological Resources Act, with the approval of the schemes
legal of the revelation and exploitation of mineral deposits, of the hydromineral resources
and of the geothermal resources and spring waters, thus contributing to the
fulfillment of the goals set for the period of 2012-2015, relative to the catchment
of investment, development of new projects and deepening of knowledge
geological of the national territory.
The extractive industry constitutes one of the key pillars for the transition to a
green economy in Portugal. Thus, in 2015, the Government will develop a tool
enabling to identify the location of geological resources, as well as all the
conditioners that arise from the instruments of territorial management and too much legislation
applicable. The mapping and in-depth knowledge of the potential of the jazides and the
groundwater will allow to substantiate the decision making prior to the allocation of
operating concessions and authorizations for other uses of the territory that may
impossible to make future access to geological resources. Participation will be encouraged
concerted by all agents in the large montras of the mining sector, by way of
the national potential.
5.6. Health
In the last three years, the Government has launched a set of measures to ensure the
economic-financial sustainability of SNS, managing to strengthen and not just maintain
the Portuguese's access to quality health care in multiple areas.
Putting the SNS on a sustainability trajectory, in the medium and long term, was a
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pressing need that warranted the adoption of demanding measures throughout the legislature.
In terms of access, one can not fail to stress the constant growth of the tables
more differentiated professionals, the decrease of the waiting time for surgeries, the
increase of continued care beds and increased surgeries and consultations in SNS.
As a consequence, it has been assisted with the positive evolution of various health indicators
as the reduction of infant mortality values, of the mortality values below the
70 and of general mortality, with the consequent increase in longevity in Portugal.
In 2015, MS will continue to promote compliance with measures that contribute to the
improvement of the state of health of the population. The main challenges facing the
portuguese health system are common to more advanced health systems: the cost of
new technologies, the ageing of the population, the consequent increase in prevalence
of chronic diseases and the legitimate growth of the expetations by the population.
The ongoing demographic and geographical changes require a network of provision of
flexible, dynamic, adaptive care and that respond to different needs. The
demographic changes have led to the increase in the importance of the two extremes of life:
in the early years, by the known impacts arising from the breaking of the natality; in the
years of greater seniority, by the multissectoral implications in our society. Thus, the
Government should clearly bet on an approach focused on the theme of birth in what
refers to the health component and the MS should continue the implementation of a
health support policy of the Portuguese plus seers in such a way as to ensure a safety
effective in a period of increased dependence.
This is the framework of the ongoing reformist measures in the health sector. The measures
strengthen the key role of health promotion and prevention of disease and
are highlighted by the promotion of a care delivery network based on care of
proximity and able to give an integrated response to the health problems. The reform and the
strengthening the network also aim to ensure that the entire population has access to care of
health with quality, safe and based on the best available evidence, at costs
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affordable for the state.
Thus, with a view to a rational management of the Portuguese health system, condition sine
qua non for its viability and development, and preparing it also to host a
more free movement of patients in the European space, fruit of transposition into legislation
Portuguese from the cross-border care directive, the continuity of health reform
builds on various measures that divide according to 11 strategic objectives.
i) Bringing health care closer to citizens and improving conditions
of access to them, mainly strengthening primary care and care
continued, in parallel with the reform of the functioning of hospitals
In this scope, the priority for the year 2015 will be to ensure that the Portuguese se
find covered by a proximity care network, which ensures resolution
qualified from health problems, minimizing asymmetries of a regional nature or
social. In parallel, MS will continue to work to ensure a family doctor for
each Portuguese, simultaneously betting on the implementation of the figure of the nurse practitioner of
family. It will also continue the transfer of care currently provided in half
hospital for proximity structures, as well as the implementation of the National Plan of
Health, now extended to 2020, as a key pillar of health system reform,
maintaining and strengthening monitoring of indicators.
ii) Apply the measures of territorial distribution of services that guarantee
equity in access and rationality in the locations of the means
With respect to the territorial distribution of services, the realization of the
hospital reform, through an integrated and more rational view of the system of delivery,
and the continuation of the process of rationalization and defined concentration, as well as the
implementation of National Networks of Hospitality and Referencing Specialties.
It is intended to still end the process of distributing the means of emergency pre-
hospital and hospital urgencies location. At the same time, the Care
Integrated Continuing will continue to be reinforced, in a planned manner and by seeking the
territorial equity, with highlight for the reinforcement of the area of c uidated p aliatives, palliatives
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pediatrics and in mental health.
iii) Continue to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the providers of
care
In order to realize this goal, there will be continuity to progressive dematerialization
of the administrative and clinical processes of carers, in particular of the
electro prescribing, increasing their efficiency and speed of response. Intends to
also keep the continued reduction of average wait times for consultation of
specialty and surgeries and consolidate the ambulatory surgery, through incentives that
stimulate their use. Still in this scope, MS will continue the systematic review and
periodical of the results of the benchmarking between hospital units, identifying areas
of inefficiency and good practices to be implemented in the remaining units, with a view to
convergence of the efficiency levels of the hospital units. In 2015, it will be too
developed an evaluation system of health technologies.
iv) Continue to improve the quality and safety of care provided,
either at the level of the organisation, or at the level of the provision
Reference Centres will be created to integrate European Reference Networks,
in such a way as to ensure all Portuguese highly differentiated health care,
particularly in areas where the results are clearly dependent on the
concentration of casuistry by dependent needs of the volume of treated patients.
It is further intended to continue to elaborate, disseminate, enforce and audit the standards of
clinical guidance (NOC), aiming to ensure quality care, according to standards
defined by the scientific community. The implementation of the provisions shall be carried out to
the recognition and registration of practitioners of unconventional therapies. Will be
ensured the speedy and safe application of the Health Transboundary Services Directive,
ensuring that the rights of Portuguese citizens are properly
acautelate by means of implementation models that safeguard the non-existence of
bad practices. It will also give continuity to the accreditation of carers of
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health, publicly recognizing the level of quality reached by the same.
v) Continue to empower and motivate human resources
In 2015, the policy of human resources management in health, based on the
analysis of needs and a proactive predictive management that includes development
professional, oriented towards the valorisation of careers in health and aiming to promote the
hiring of the different health professionals through employment contracts,
particularly by the opening of new competitions. It is also intended to explain
clearly the role of each professional in your institution and develop arrays of
assessment that allow to measure the productivity and commitment of each, as well as
develop tools of attraction and loyalty of professionals to regions where to
check deficiency of resources.
vi) Pursue a policy of the medicine that increases the access of the
population to medicines, ensuring their quality
In this framework, the MS will maintain and strengthen the ongoing initiatives, from among which
highlight:
Continue to promote the rational use of medicines, supported in the NOC,
which in turn are based on cost-effective analyses;
Complete the elaboration and implementation of the national medicine form
and of protocols for the use of medicinal products;
Strengthen negotiation and centralised acquisition;
Continue to encourage the prescribing of generic drugs, notably
through prescription and dispensation of medicines by Common Denomination
International, as well as through the introduction of incentives to pharmacies of
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ambulatory for making it available;
Continue the complete dematerialization of the prescription circuit, dispensation and
conference of medicines within the SNS;
Strengthen the monitoring and control of prescription, dispensation and conference of
medications, in half ambulatory and hospital.
vii) Improving the information and management of knowledge in the health system
The realization of this goal will benefit from the finalization of the implementation of the System of
Geographic Information of Planning in Health. MS will continue also with the
articulated investment in information systems that allow for optimum use of the sources
of existing data and their transformation into useful information for professionals of
health and for citizens. There will be continuity in the development and expansion of the
Health Data Platform, which links and allows for the sharing of administrative data and
clinical among the carmakers ' units of care and between these and users, allowing,
concurrently, the collection of health data with epidemiological usefulness for the
clinical research and for the management of services and the system. Will be enhanced the quantity and
quality of information made available periodically to the public about the performance
of the institutions (hospitals, health centres and too many services), facilitating, at the same
time, citizens ' access to information. Finally, the guarantee mechanisms of the
transparency in health will be strengthened, fulfilling the duties of the State to inform the
citizens on the services that provide health care with quality and safety and the
public provision of accounts.
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viii) To strengthen the role of citizens in the operation of the system
In this framework, it stands out the bet on education, empowerment and accountability of the
citizens, stepping up health promotion and disease prevention programmes,
with a highlight for the main determinants of health. Policies will also be defined
comprehensive, effective and sustained national initiatives, including inter-sectoral initiatives,
involving education, social security, internal administration, agriculture, environment,
local authorities and third sector, with greater proximity to the population. Intends to still
make citizens more aware of the costs in which the SNS incurs the use of the
its services, as well as to strengthen the mechanisms of citizen intervention.
ix) To strengthen health and preventive health promoters of the disease, in the senda da
reduction of disease burden and through the strengthening of public health
The fulfillment of this goal will assort in three major initiatives: to proceed to
consolidation of measures of legal character that can model behaviors and combat
the determinants with more negative influence on the state of health of the population; narrowing the
cross-sectoral collaboration in the Government and with the local administration in order to improve the
health care provided to the population, in particular with regard to care of
proximity; to continue the reorganization of public health, with emphasis on the role of the
Health authorities and for the use and enhancement of epidemiological surveillance systems.
x) Promoting excellence in the management of knowledge and innovation
Excellence in the management of knowledge and innovation will benefit from the promotion of
conditions that enable and maximize research and innovation in health in Portugal,
with special focus for clinical research, taking advantage of the Fund for
Research. In this framework, support for the development and expansion of a
knowledge and research network that includes the reference institutions in the area of
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science and the knowledge industry, as well as the promotion of convergence of
goals and outcomes of the different University Poles linked to the health sector.
xi) Continue to publicize the image of the health sector at the international level, contributing
for its sustainability and also for the development of the economy as a whole
The implementation of the Health Internationalization Programme will be pursued, strengthening the
role of the health sector as one of the drivers of development of the economy. Will be
stepped up cooperation with the CPLP, promoting the transfer of knowledge and the
development of a common agenda of collaboration in health, technical fields and
scientific, as well as the exchange of SNS professionals with the health services of the
Community. At the European level, two initiatives are highlighted: compliance with the provisions of the
Health Transborder Services Directive to promote the integration of
national providers in the European space; and the deepening of cooperation with the EU
in the area of health, so that there are conditions for the application in Portugal of the directive
on the exercise of the rights of patients in health care
cross-border.
5.7. Culture
Culture is a factor of cohesion, of national identity and an anchor for the model of
desirable growth for Portugal. To the Government it is incumbent to favour access for citizens
culture, be it through the various forms of cultural heritage, be it through promotion
of artistic creation and its fruition.
The Government recognizes the economic value of the creative and cultural sector, as well as the
work of the creators, as fundamental factors for the definition of identity
contemporary of Portugal. In that context, it promotes the links between the creative sector and
cultural and between institutional and private partners, supports the creation of solutions of
funding for projects of artistic and cultural nature, promotes professionalization
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of cultural actors, contributes, through information and prospearment, to the best
knowledge of the cultural sector and helps to develop an entrepreneurial culture,
of social responsibility and planning and evaluation of results.
It is also up to the Government to foster the creation of internationalisation devices,
important the enlargement of markets in the cultural sector, betting on the formation of audiences,
in the perspetive of a more complete citizenship, which has in the education for culture one of the
its fundamental elements, and still promote responsible maintenance of heritage
(tangible and intangible) and the valorisation of museums and national monuments, to be developed
notably, with local authorities, the tourism sector, schools and civil society.
The Government recognizes that the conservation and restoration of the real estate and the
integrated artistic heritage, as well as the mobile and immaterial heritage are generators
of employment, valorizers of these same heritage legacies, and potentiate the quality of
life of citizens and the territorial attractiveness.
5.7.1. Heritage
The valorisation and requalification of cultural heritage is a national weirdness. The Government
recognizes the importance of heritage as a factor of cohesion, competitiveness and
multiplier of wealth, as well as for the valorisation of the territory, which is why if
court in the spirit of the Partnership Agreement 2014-2020. An integrated strategy is urgent
of responsible maintenance and enhancement of heritage, wealth-generating, employment,
quality of life and also affirmation of Portugal, recognizing the huge potential
of internationalization of Portuguese culture.
In the last three years, the Government has realised measures of relevance in the policies for the
heritage, highlighting: the allocation of appropriations to heritage rehabilitation and restoration, the
acceleration of processes of cultural heritage classification, the magnification of museums in the
dependence of the State, rehabilitation of mobile heritage and classification of heritage
immaterial, the rehabilitation of museological spaces and the realization of a set of
exposures that have increased in a relevant way the frequency of national museums. Releva
still the upgrading, renovation and extension of the cultural route programs,
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Notably the inclusion of a new investment in the Judiarias Route. Also the
allocation of the "SEC Collection" to the Chiado Museum and the articulation between state, authorities
sites and civil society are elements to be highlighted.
A consistent policy of conservation and the restoration of integrated heritage enabled the
recovery of important heritage assets, continuing in 2015 a to promote this
intervention, being to highlight the set of interventions to be carried out in Mafra, Alentejo,
Algarve and various points of the central region and the northern region.
Were revised the values of ingress in the rated property dependent on the Direction-
General of the Cultural Heritage and regional directions of culture, extending the regimes of
exemption and discount vigour, fulfilling the objective set in the Government Programme
regarding the revision of the free regime of museums. The restructuring of the conditions of
access to classified real estate has also taken into account the fundamental principle of the
universal access to culture, ensuring conditions of open access to citizens with less
resources and special conditions of visit for families .Throughout 2015 will continue to
course an important process of revising the legislation on cultural heritage,
particularly with respect to the following elements:
a) Regulation of the Cultural Heritage Basics Act in the area of heritage
mobile, with a particular focus on the regs of classification and movement of the goods
mobile cultural;
b) Revision of the already existing regulation in the area of real estate,
specifically as to the rules of the safeguard;
c) Revision of the already existing regulation in the area of immaterial heritage.
d) Review and update of the Museums Framework Act.
5.7.1.1. Partnership tourism / cultural heritage and implementation of heritage routes
In the framework of valorisation and requalification of heritage, a partnership has been established
between the Secretary of State for Culture and the Secretary of State for Tourism, with a view to the
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better promotion of a national network of heritage routes, facilitating interpretation
and the visibility of specific heritage ensembles in identified territorial circuits and
symbolic.
5.7.1.2. New models of heritage management
When this is pertinent, it is intended to implement new models of management of the
heritage built and museological heritage, which will be able in some cases to pass
by the management of heritage ensembles by third-party entities, namely those that
are not under the direct tutelage of the Secretary of State for Culture, always safeguarding the
property rights of the State. These models will aim to potentiate fruition
of the goods, the improvement of the services provided, the greater rationality in the management of resources and the
greater proximity between decision-maker and decision making, contributing to the safeguard and to the
valorisation and fruition of a heritage and museological heritage that belongs to all the
Portuguese.
5.7.1.3. Museums
It is considered fundamental to value the Portuguese Network of Museums as an entity
mediator of good museological practice, as well as promoter of cohesion and
territorial development. As future initiatives in this framework, it releases the conclusion of the
process of installation of the Museum of Coches in the new premises, strengthening the
capacity of attraction of audiences for the Monumental Zone of Bethlehem, as well as the
promotion of a more integrated management of equipment situated in the Square of the Empire.
5.7.2. Book, reading and a policy for language
In 2015, work on the realization and consolidation of the Network will continue
National of Public Libraries, in an optics of continuity of public policies
cultural. In the matter of cooperation, Portugal will provide technical support to Cape Verde and the
Mozambique in the formulation of the National Plans of the Book and Reading National Plans.
The international promotion policy of the Portuguese authors will be continued, through the
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Portuguese participation promoted by the Directorate General of the Book, the Archives and the
Libraries at the main international fairs of the specialty, such as Frankfurt and the
Bologna.
The National Library of Portugal will participate in the development of the Digital Library
Luso-Brasileira, in partnership with the National Library of Brazil and will start the
systematic digitization of the heritage funds of the Évora Public Library.
The production effort of digital content, through the description, will continue.
conservation and restoration, digitization and provision in the web of archival documents
and photography, which already exceeds the 15 million images.
5.7.3. Culture and education
The training of audiences for culture, especially of the school public, as part of
formation of a full citizenship, is a mandatory condition for the success of any
public cultural policy.
5.7.3.1. National Film Plan
The National Film Plan-programme of literacy for cinema among the public
school set up in 2013-consolidated in 2014 with the constitution of a group of
permanent project that brings together experts from the MEC, the Institute of Cinema and the
Audiovisual, I.P. (ICA, I.P.), and of the Portuguese Cinemateca -Museu of the Cinema, I.P. Along
of the school year were held 25 film sessions in 17 authorities of 10 districts of the country,
for a total of 3000 students belonging to 32 school groupings. There was still the
participation of 175 teachers in the training actions specifically drawn for the
effect. For 2015 it is intended to deepen the guiding lines and broaden its scope,
progressively, to the national territory, predicting additions in the number of schools and
students involved, from teachers covered by the training actions, from the moments of
visioning and the available films.
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5.7.3.2. Station of the Orchestras
The Station of the Orchestras is a platform of dissemination of the orchestras ' programming
and Portuguese musical groupings during the summer period. Launched in 2013, the
initiative aims to attract new audiences and offer greater visibility to the
artistic activity, facilitating an extended reading on the richness and accessibility of the offer
musical available, creating and sedimenting the cultural habits of the Portuguese.
The 2014 edition promoted close to 130 concerts over the months of July, August and
september in more than 40 locations, counting on the participation of 20 orchestras and
musical groupings. This initiative will continue to be developed and expanded in 2015.
5.7.3.3. National Strategy for Education and Culture
The National Strategy for Education and Culture, prepared in 2014, should be
implemented in 2015, through protocol to be concluded between the MEC and the Secretary of
State of Culture, for joint cultural-scope initiatives to be developed alongside the
school universe.
It is also intended to create a systemic vision that may favour the creation of mechanisms
of assessment on the cultural/education relationship, bringing culture closer together in its various areas,
to the school universe.
5.7.4. Role of the State in the arts and creative industries
5.7.4.1. Recognition of the specificities of artistic, cultural and cultural activities
spectacle
The Government intends to promote the recognition of the specificity of careers in this
sector, adept and by regulating the legislation in force, which in many cases not if
appropriate to the real conditions of work provision of the area's agents, nor to the
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needs of employers.
5.7.4.2. Policy of supports for the arts
In the politics of supports for the arts intends to continue to streamline the artistic sector through
direct financial support but also from partnerships, direct social impact projects and
through mechanisms of promotion of artistic activities.
In 2013, competitions were opened for the allocation of one-off supports, tripartitural supports
2013-2016 and annual, biennial and quadriennial supports (2013-2016), in the areas of architecture, das
plastic arts, photography, disciplinary crossings, dance, music and theatre.
At the beginning of 2014 new EU Programme-Programme " Europe
Creative "-dedicated to the support of the cultural and creative sector, of European scope, for the
period 2014-2020. Its main goal is to strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural sector
and creative and safeguarding, as well as promoting, cultural diversity in Europe. The Center
of Information Europe Creative, then created, will promote dissemination actions on the
supports from the Programme and will provide technical support to potential candidates, facilitating the
constitution of partnerships and projects of collaboration between cultural and audiovisual actors
Portuguese and foreigners, through the European network of homonymous information centres.
In the framework of the various support mechanisms available, the Government will promote the
diffusion of systematized information on existing funding opportunities
for entrepreneurs and cultural and creative managers, as well as about the offers of
training, international opportunities and other information relevant to the cultural sector and
creative.
More than making a "White Paper for Culture", the Government has realised a whole
of nine studies that go there from that desideratum and that are articulated with the realization of the
Satellite Account of Culture, scheduled for the first half of 2015.
Next year, initiatives will be further developed with the aim of contributing to
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regional development policies, through the interaction between heritage and creation
cultural and artistic.
5.7.4.3. Support for internationalisation
Support for the internationalization of cultural actors can rest on partnerships with the
AICEP, E.P.E., and with the Tourism of Portugal, I.P.
The Year of Portuguese Design, taking place until May 2015, aims at the promotion of the design and of the
designers Portuguese in external markets. In a similar fashion, the Year of Audiovisual 2015-
2016 will promote the productive filler of the Portuguese audiovisual.
In the 2013 and 2014 editions of the internationalization support contest, in partnership with the
AICEP, E.P.E., were supported artistic projects of international circulation in a total of
EUR 598344 in 2013 and EUR 425000 in 2014, predicting identical realization of
competitions for the allocation of supports for the internationalisation of the arts in 2015.
The PEGIDA Cultural-Arts and Education program, to be performed between 2014 and 2015, has for
objective to stimulate the supply and demand of artistic projects with a strong component
educational, in an amount of EUR 870000 entered in the funding programme
EEA Grants , in partnership with the Council of the Arts of Norway.
In 2015, the Festival will also elapsed Iberian Suite: arts remix across continents , which during
three weeks will present in Washington, D.C. the most relevant Iberian creation
contemporary in the performative arts, including visual arts, literature, film and
gastronomy. Also in 2015 will contribute to the celebration of the 450 years of the city of the
Rio de Janeiro.
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5.7.4.4. External promotion of Portuguese music
Being the music one of the cultural products with increased exporting capacity, the Government
acknowledges the need to strengthen the presence of Portuguese music in the great forums
international aimed at the marketing, dissemination and internationalization of the activity
musical. In this context, dialogue is continued with all partners and entities
representative of the sector, for the planning and organisation of the Portuguese representation in the
international music market, giving continuity and complementing processes
previous. On the similarity of what happens to other European countries, the ultimate goal
goes through the creation of a export office national.
5.7.4.5. Amateur cultural practices
The National Day of the Philharmonic Bankers was instituted on September 1, 2013 as a sign
of the recognition of the impact of national philharmonics and cultural associations to the
service of the communities.
In addition to the promotion of a National Meeting dedicated to Amateur Artistic Practices,
whose achievement is planned for the beginning of 2015, the Government provides for the creation of a core
for the reception of the spoils of musical partitures related to the activity of the
Philharmonic bands of the Country. This initiative stems in the framework of the project of the installation of the
Museum of Music at the National Palace of Mafra and has the collaboration of the municipality of Mafra,
persisting thus, in addition to safeguarding an invaluable artistic heritage and
cultural, the creation of a public service that facilitates the study and research in this
domain.
5.7.4.6. Bodies of artistic production
The aggregation of the state's artistic production bodies under a grouping
complimentary of companies is in reconsideration, so that the assignments are ensured
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of public service acometed to the National Theatre of São Carlos, National Theatre D. Maria
II, National Theatre Saint John and National Company of Bailado (CNB).
Conditions will be sought for the national theatres, the Symphony Orchestra
Portuguese and CNB have a greater predictability in the planning of their activity,
notably by promoting the early presentation of full seasons and the
multiannual programming.
The National Theatres D. Maria II and Saint John, in addition to their own programming, co-production
with other reference theatrical entities, and of the presentation of the new values of creation
Portuguese theatrical, will develop projects of itinerancy and exchange, namely the
Project We-Territory (es) cénico Portugal-Galicia , which involves the Galician Dramatic Center and
theatre schools of the Amadora, Porto and Vigo.
It emerges that, in the field of management, national theatres and OPArt will seek to reduce the
dependence on direct public financing, through new sources of
funding, while promoting efficient management.
5.7.4.7. Cinema and audiovisual
In follow-up to the passage of Law No. 55/2012 of September 6, and respect
regulation, the Government will monitor the implementation of the support programmes to
cinematographic and audiovisual activities, according to the new model of
funding, in articulation with the tutelage of public television and the stabilization of the
public services in the area of cinema.
The interministerial working group " World Film Commission " will have as mission
present measures to identify competitiveness factors of the national territory of
form to attract film and audiovisual productions, as well as the parameterization of
incentive financial instruments, of a national scope, that allow the caption of
expenses of foreign productions.
In 2015, a new edition of the "Portuguese Cinema in Movement" will be held that has
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as a goal to bridge the lack of cinematic supply in the country's interior.
5.7.4.8. Creative industries
Portugal has been making a positive path in recognizing the importance of its
cultural and creative industries as a factor of transversal development, with impact on
economic activity, but also in education, welfare and the quality of life of the
population.
The Government will develop a set of initiatives, in articulation with the systems of
university, business and institutional support that play activities in this area,
in the direction of facilitating the empowerment of cultural and creative entrepreneurs and managers, of
to favour access to diversified financing models and to continue to promote the
export and internationalisation of the cultural and creative areas. Aims to contribute to this
form for the professionalisation, employability and economic impact of this area.
The Government will promote the dissemination of systematized information on the opportunities of
existing funding for entrepreneurs and cultural and creative managers, well
how about the training offers, international opportunities and other information
relevant to the development of the sector.
5.7.5 Culture and communication
The Government will develop a platform of digital communication for culture where
the promotion and dissemination of the cultural intimate events to be developed will be made to the
year long, integrating, simultaneously, useful information about the various bodies of the
area of culture. This new platform aims to ensure a greater rapprochement between the
citizen and culture, while also promoting greater access to information by
part of the public, extending the cultural fruition to diverse age and social layers, making it
if, thus, an important instrument for the development of a policy of
effective cultural communication.
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5.7.6. Legal framework of structural European culture and funds and of
investment
5.7.6.1. Legislative package of private support for culture
The fostering of cultural activities, although it may benefit from dynamical incentives
by public powers, it goes above all to the creation of solutions that put in place
of the private actors the tools necessary for the channelling of supports for activities and
initiatives of cultural character. It is precisely in this spirit, and in the framework of a review of the
legal framework of the cultural mecenate, which fall into the reflections on possible
amendments to the Status of Tax Benefits and the IRS Code.
5.7.6.2. Protection of copyright law and combating piracy
In the face of changes in the modes of production, distribution and consumption of cultural assets, and
looking for a balance between the rights of consumers and those of the authors, interpreters and
enforcers, the Government will devote special attention to the protection of copyright. Thus, the
implementation of a strategic plan to combat the violation of these rights, through the
development of measures for cooperation and collaboration, preventive measures,
measures of social awareness, normative measures and training measures, will allow
affirmation of the right of author and related rights. In that context, the Government will
promote a set of legislative initiatives to appropriate national legislation to
European standards and international best practices.
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5.7.6.3. Partnership Agreement 2014-2020
In 2014-2015, with the aim of financing the investment in culture, constitute tasks
priority the mobilization of public and private resources and their articulation with the
responsible for the new programming period (2014-2020) of European funds
structural and investment. To this end, the Government has promoted, between June 2013 and
June 2014, the realization of a set of studies designated by "Culture 2020", which
substantiates the contribution of the cultural and creative sectors to the objectives of the Strategy
Europe 2020: a smart, inclusive and sustainable growth. Culture will be integrated
in the thematic and regional operational programmes, in the dimensions of the development of the
human capital, creative, social, and economic, regional development, and yet how
vector of social inclusion and territorial cohesion.
5.7.7. Organisation of the services of the culture area
After fulfilled the objectives of the PREMAC, in the frame of the goals set in the
Government programme on the reduction of the Parallel State, was deliberated by the bodies
competent the extinction of the Observatory of Cultural Activities, finding the
even in the process of liquidation.
They are still being considered adjustments in the organic of public services in the area of culture,
with a view to a distribution of more rational and efficient skills.
A policy of transparency of financial supports granted in the
culture sector, promoting the publicitation of the results of the contests and programmes
of financial support in charge of the Directorate General of the Arts and ICA, I.P., among others
services.
In 2015, the first preliminary results of the Account are expected to be presented
Satellite of Culture, which will make Portugal in the fourth EU country to have an operation
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statistic of this nature, after Sweden, Spain and the Czech Republic.
The production of information on culture will also be carried out in the regional plan,
with the implementation of the Regional Barometer project for the Arts and Culture of the Algarve
(statistical information) and the Regional Platform for Arts and Culture (identification of the
equipment, monuments, agenda, cultural production and creative industries in the region).
5.8. European structural and investment funds-the new period of
schedule 2014-2020
5.8.1. Regional development
The evolution of GDP " per capita " of the regions is the result of a combination of diverse
dynamics, which interconnect with each other: the evolution of productivity in the sectors more
relevant in each region; the labour market, which is revealed in the capacity to absorb
labour available or to retain and attract the most qualified human resources; the
entrepreneurial levels or ability to attract productive investments; demand
of specialization profiles resilient to sectoral crises, which adapt to the advantages
competitive that emanate from singular endogenous resources and which position themselves in phases
of the production chains characterized by higher added value. In this sense, the
demographics of the regions simultaneously assume as a conditioner and effect of their
dynamics of development.
As it debuds, economic, social and territorial development is the result of
systemic combination of a very wide set of factors that, interconnected and
sustainable, contribute to this goal. To the dynamics referred to must add to
quality of public and private institutions, policies in the areas of the environment and the
land-use planning, or the dynamics that the territories hold in terms of
cooperation with other institutions and territories.
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Adding that policy in the area of regional development presupposes capacity-building
institutional and informed public debate. This is only possible through the realization of a
extended set of activities of analysis of the context conditions, of the study of the
economic and social developments of the different territories, of the realization of exercises of
planning and regional prospeection and the spatial impact assessment of the different
public policies (particularly those funded by the EU). Said in another way, the
management of operational programmes (and public policy in general) needs a
territorial strategic orientation that legitimizes it at every moment. The run rate
financial, or the approval rate, alone, nothing says about the strategic orientation or
on the effects of policies.
The new challenges posed at the sub-regional level in the horizon 2020 in areas such as
valorisation of the strategic resources of the territory, energy sustainability, the
promotion of a more inclusive society or the efficiency and rationalization of services
inter-municipal collectives, make it indispensable, still, to reinforce want the scale of intervention
territorial (in addition to the strictly municipal logic), whether the degree of partnership between the
local power, business associativism and the scientific and technological system, to do so
be able to intervene more effectively in the key fields of development and cohesion
territorial.
The Territorial Development Strategies (implemented through Pactos for the
Development and Territorial Cohesion) set up a very relevant contribution to the
enhancement of the territorial dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy, constituting a mechanism
which, on the one hand, ensures that the specificities and the different degrees of development
of the sub-regions are properly taken into account and which, on the other hand, guarantees to
direct implication of sub-regional entities and regional and local authorities in the
planning and implementation of the relevant programmes, initiatives and projects, leading,
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lastly, to a greater sense of appropriation of the development goals
Europeans, national and regional, at all levels.
The Partnership Agreement between Portugal and the European Commission, called Portugal 2020,
adopts the programming principles of the Europe 2020 Strategy and enshrines the policy of
economic, social, environmental and territorial development that will stimulate growth and
creation of employment in the coming years in Portugal.
The regions "of convergence" (North, Center, Alentejo and Azores) will receive 91.4% of the
monies associated with Portugal 2020 (to which you add the participation you will be having in the Fund
of Cohesion that has a national scope). Lisbon and Madeira are considered
"developed" by the EU and the Algarve is a region "in transition".
Portugal's ability to resume levels of aggregate growth and equity
territorial and social that place it on a route of convergence with the standards of
european development is strongly dependent on the implementation of strategies that
take into account the territorial specificities, which are properly integrated into the
operating programs of Portugal 2020.
5.8.2. QREN 2007-2013
The QREN 2007-2013, still in the running phase during the second half of 2014 and
the whole year 2015, constitutes the framework for the application of the funds coming from the
cohesion policy of the EU, translating into a European investment of about 21.5 thousand
million euros, the one that corresponds to a total investment of about 28.8 thousand million
euros and a national public funding of 4.5 thousand million euros.
The QREN 2007-2013 presents an execution rate that exceeds 80% (to July 31
of 2014), ensuring in 2015 (year of closure) the full implementation of this Framework of
National Strategic Reference.
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5.8.3. The new programming period 2014-2020
The European structural and investment funds have constituted, in the last 29 years, the
main instrument of Regional Policy in the European Portugal. In this framework, the
preparation of the transition phase from QREN 2007-2013 to Portugal 2020 and,
fundamentally, the start-up of the new cycle (which constitutes itself as an innovative model
of investment) assume a central importance in the implementation of the objectives and of the
strategy of policy set for Portugal for the next seven years.
In 2014, the New Scheduling Period 2014-2020 support of the funds started
structural and investment Europeans, cycle that will be in full phase of
operationalization and execution in 2015. The programming of the financial cycle initiated in
2014 constitutes a challenge and an opportunity. A challenge, because it is imperative that the
structural and investment European funds play a crucial role in the
overcoming the embarrassments with which Portugal is faced. An opportunity,
because the volume of investment available is expected to translate into a component
unquestionable from the change of developmental trajectory that matters to realize in
Portugal.
Thus, public policies, notably those co-financed by European funds
structural and investment, are concentrated in the promotion of growth and
employment, aiming at poverty reduction and the correction of existing imbalances.
The application of the European structural and investment funds is organized in
four thematic areas: (1) competitiveness and internationalization; (2) social inclusion and
employment; (3) human capital; and (4) sustainability and efficiency in the use of resources, which
consider also the transversal domains concerning the reform of the Public Administration
and the territorialization of interventions.
The intervention priorities of the European structural and investment funds of the
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period 2014-2020 arise from a rigorous analysis of the major constraints and
potentials that arise for Portugal, regions and Portuguese citizens.
In the field of competitiveness and internationalization (1), acting focuses on: ( i )
direct incentives for business investment-not least in I&I and SME qualification,
focalized on internationalization strategies (including by way of instruments
financial intended for SMEs); ( ii ) indirect support for business investment, for the
empowerment of companies for the further pursuit of more advanced business strategies;
( iii ) supports for skilled and creative entrepreneurship and potentiation of the opportunities of
more dynamic business and in the fields of innovation (including by way of instruments
financial intended for SMEs); ( iv ) supports for the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge
and technological, promoting the international connections of national and regional systems of
I&I, as well as the transfer of knowledge and technology between companies, centers of
R&D and higher education; ( v ) supports for business training to empower resources
humans from companies to the processes of innovation and internationalization; (vi)
investments in transport infrastructure, focussed on reducing time and cost
of transport for companies, above all in the scope of international conetivity; and (vii)
supports for the administrative modernization and empowerment of the Public Administration, targeting the
reduction of public context costs.
As for the field of social inclusion and employment (2), European support focuses on the
following policy instruments: ( i ) qualification of the assets for the development of
certified skills for the labour market; ( ii ) transition between situations of
inactivity or between unemployment and employment, as well as net job creation and
maintenance on the labour market; ( iii ) consolidation and requalification of the network of
collectives equipment and services; ( iv ) specific interventions in favour of territories or
target groups in which situations or risks of poverty are cumulative with those of
social exclusion; ( v ) promotion of gender equality, non-discrimination and accessibility; and
( vi ) combat unsuccessful and early school dropout.
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In the so-called human capital domain (3), direct interventions of: ( i )
reduction of school dropout and promotion of educational success; (ii) promotion of
formative offers professionally for young people; ( iii ) intervention in school social action
(in the basic, secondary and higher teaches); and ( iv ) provision of top level formations.
The answer to the major constraints in the field sustainability and efficiency in use
of resources (4), structure-if in three basilar vectors for the mobilization of the funds
structural and investment Europeans: ( i ) the transition to a low economy
carbon, associated mainly with the promotion of energy efficiency and production and
distribution of renewable energy; ( ii ) the prevention of risks and adaptation to changes
climate; and ( iii ) the protection of the environment and the promotion of resource efficiency,
structured around the areas of waste management intervention, water management
(urban water cycle and water resources management), of management, conservation and valorisation
of biodiversity, recovery of environmental and environmental qualification liabilities
urban.
The governance model of the Partnership Agreement and operational programmes 2014-2020,
as well as the respect of institutional architecture, subordinate to four objectives: the
simplification of the governance model, privileging, on the one hand, the segregation of the
responsibilities and institutional supports for the exercise of the guiding functions
policy and technique, and valuing, on the other hand, the involvement of the partners; the orientation
for results, realized through the valorisation of the results in the decisions of
funding and its assessment and consequences arising from the balance payments
end of projects; the establishment of common rules for financing, which not only
ensure conditions of fairness and transparency, but, also, the competition between
beneficiaries; and the simplification of the beneficiaries ' access to funding and the reduction
of the respective administrative costs.
The Partnership Agreement between the Portuguese Government and the European Commission has been approved in
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is July 2014, succeeding in the approval of the operational programmes and the start-up of the
new cycle in the last quarter of 2014.
