Government Portal

Area of e-government: e-government literacy/services The Government Portal is the institutional website of the Portuguese Government, providing information on matters such as the Government Program, the Government composition, diverse documentation (e.g., political communications) or ongoing public consultations, as well as generic information about Portugal. Government Website

Decree-Law on the Responsible Industry Regime

Also known as the Zero Licensing for industry, the Decree-Law no. 169/2012, which was approved in August 2012, regulates the practice of industrial activity. This Decree-Law was revoked by Decree-Law no. 73/2015, in May 2015. Government Website

Decree-Law on the Zero Licensing

Decree-Law no. 48/2011 and Decree-Law nº10/2015. The Portuguese Zero Licensing programme is one of the most representative initiatives of the e-government agenda. Its main objective is to considerably simplify the licensing procedures necessary to carry out several economic activities by reducing red tape through an electronic point of single contact. One of the first objectives […]

Decree-Law on Administrative Modernisation

The Decree-Law no. 135/ 99, reviewed by the Decree-Law no. 73/2014, approved in May 2014, established important administrative modernisation measures, including the ‘once only’ principle, according to which the citizen must not be obliged to give the Public Administration the same document twice. The ‘once only’ principle leads to several standards, particularly relating to administrative […]

Decree-Law on Digital Services

The Decree-Law 74/2014, of 13 May, revised by Decree-Law no. 105/2017 of 29 August, established the rule of digital provision of public services by default. It enshrined assisted digital attendance as an indispensable complement via a Citizen Spot network, where those who cannot, will not, or do not know how to use digital tools, can […]

TIC APP – Centre for Digital Competences of the Public Administration

The Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 22/2018, established the TicAPP or Public Administration Digital Competencies Centre as a specialised competence centre in the field of digital transformation of the Public Administration. It operates within the Administrative Modernisation Agency to support different government areas in the process of digital transformation. Government Website

Unique digital address and public service of electronic notification

Decree-Law no. 93/2017, of 1 August, which created the unique digital address, established the public service of electronic notifications associated to the unique digital address. It regulated the sending and receiving of electronic notifications through the public service of electronic notifications associated with the digital single address, as a special regime Government Website