Decree-Laws

Decree-Law No 47 587/67, 10 March - allows the Minister of Education to determine or authorise pedagogical experiments in public education, whilst responsible to the respective ministry. As a result, complementary upper-secondary and technical day and evening courses were created.

Decree-Law No 448/79, 13 November - university teaching career statute (republished by Decree-Law no. 205/2009).

Decree-Law No 240/80, 19 July - creates the 12th year, which became the final year for complementary upper-secondary education courses, suppressing the introductory year of higher education.

Decree-Law No 553/80, 21 November - approves the statutes for private and cooperative education.

Decree-Law No 185/81, 1 July - approves the polytechnic teaching career statute in public institutions, amended by Decree-Law No 207/2009, 31 August and by Law No 7/2010, 13 May.

Decree-Law No 310/83, 1 July - includes artistic education within the framework of general education by converting music conservatories into primary and upper-secondary schools, creating music colleges within the polytechnic structure.

Decree-Law No 165/85, 16 May – defines the IEFP technical-financial system for vocational training.

Decree-Law No 168/85, 20 May - creates the Luso-American Development Foundation (Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento).

Decree-Law No 287/88, 19 August - regulates in-service professionalisation of provisionally appointed tenured teachers in preparatory and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 26/89, 21 January - creates vocational schools within non-tertiary education.

Decree-Law No 286/89, 29 August - approves curricula in private and cooperative education.

Decree-Law No 345/89,11 October- exempts provisionally appointed teachers in preparatory and upper-secondary education from the second year of training, provided certain requirements are fulfilled.

Decree-Law No 408/89, 18 November - establishes the rules concerning the remuneration of university and polytechnic teaching staff.

Decree-Law No 139-A/90, 28 April – approves pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teaching career statutes, re-published by Decree-Law No 41/2012, 21 February and amended by Decree-Law No 146/2013, 22 October.

Decree-Law No 344/90, 2 November - establishes the general framework for the organisation of artistic pre-primary, school and extracurricular education.

Decree-Law No 74/91, 9 February - establishes the general organisation and development of adult education in relation to recurrent and extracurricular education.

Decree-Law No 190/91, 17 May - decrees the creation, nature and attributions of psychology and guidance services.

Decree-Law No 70/93, 10 March - establishes the system which regulates the organisation and operation of vocational schools in non-tertiary education.

Decree-Law No 1/98, 2 January - amends the pre-primary, primary and upper-secondary education teaching career statute, approved by Decree-Law No 139-A/90, 28 April.

Decree-Law No 4/98, 8 January - establishes the regime for the creation, organisation and functioning of schools and vocational courses within non-higher education.

Decree-Law No 296-A/98, 25 September - regulates access to and enrolment in higher education.

Decree-Law No 15-A/99, 19 January - amends tenure requirements for teaching zone staff and establishes access to in-service professionalisation for teachers, introducing changes to the in-service professionalisation system.

Decree-Law No 373/99, 18 September - updates the Decree-Law No 408/89, 18 November, regarding the higher education staff remuneration system.

Decree-Law No 127/2000, 6 July - redefines the range of competences for teachers’ in-service professionalisation in private and cooperative education and vocational schools, as well as the award and publication of teachers' professional grades.

Decree-Law No 241/2001, 30 August - approves the specific profiles of professional performance of pre-primary and 1st-cycle basic education teachers.

Decree-Law No 7/2003, 15 January - approves drafting of the education charter.

Decree-Law No 34/2003, 25 February - amends the legal framework regarding the arrival, permanence, exit and removal of foreign nationals from national territory.

Decree-Law No 74/2004, 26 March - (amended by Decree-Law No 24/006, 6 February, and by Decree-Law No 4/2008, 7 January) defines the organisation and management of the curriculum, as well as the assessment of learning outcomes in upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 184/2004, 29 July - establishes the specific statutory system for non-teaching staff working in public pre-primary, primary and secondary education establishments.

Decree-Law No 42/2005, 22 February - defines the regulatory tools for the creation of the European higher education area.

Decree-Law No 67/2005, 15 March - regulates the Portuguese State’s recognition of academic degrees following the successful completion of an Erasmus Mundus master’s degree.

Decree-Law 121/2005, 26 July - third amendment to the pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teaching career statute, approved by Decree-Law No 139-A/90, 28 April, and establishes measures regarding certain statutory aspects relating to teaching.

Decree-Law No 229/2005, 29 December - revises the systems which determines which groups subscribing to the CGA are exceptions to the rules created by the retirement/pension statute regarding length of service, retirement age and pension calculation formula. This makes them compatible with the public welfare service system that converges with those of the general social security scheme.

Decree-Law No 20/2006, 31 January - revises the legal framework of the application process for the selection and recruitment of teaching staff in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education, repealing Decree-Law No 35/2003, 27 February.

Decree-Law No 27/2006, 10 February - creates and defines the recruitment groups for the selection and recruitment of teaching staff of pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 39/2006, 20 February - creates the National Vocational Training Council, which replaces the National Advisory Council for Vocational Training, revoking Decree-Law No 308/2001, 6 December.

Decree-Law No 64/2006, 21 March - establishes special conditions of access and entry in higher education, in particular for students aged over 23.

Decree-Law No 74/2006, 24 March - new legal regime for higher education degrees and diplomas (in accordance with the Bologna Process).

Decree-Law No 88/2006, 23 May - regulates Technological Specialisation Courses (CET) and applies to all institutions offering these types of courses.

Decree-Law No 15/2007, 19 January - introduces amendments to Teaching Career Statute of pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teachers, approved by Decree-Law No 139/-A/90, 28 April, and amends the legal regime for Continuous professional development of teachers, approved by Decree-Law No 249/93, 9 November; creates the Scientific Council for Teacher Evaluation.

Decree–Law No 41/2007, 21 February - creates Parque Escolar, E.P.E.

Decree-Law No 43/2007, 22 February - approves the legal framework of the professional qualification for teaching in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 276-C/2007, 31 July - approves the Organic Law of the National Agency for Qualification, I.P..

Decree-Law No 309-A/2007, 7 September - creates a specific system of loans with mutual guarantee, for students and scholarship holders of Higher Education, researchers and scientific research and technological development institutions.

Decree-Law No 341/2007, 12 October - establishes a new system for the recognition of foreign degrees of identical level, goals and nature to the degrees of bachelor’s, master’s and PhD assigned by Portuguese higher education institutions.

Decree-Law No 357/2007, 29 October - regulates the process of completion and certification of adults with incomplete educational pathways at upper-secondary level and developed under study plans already extinct.

Decree-Law No 369/2007, 5 November - in accordance with Decree-Law No 74/2006, 24 March, creates the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education - A3ES – entity responsible for the assessment and accreditation of Higher Education Institutions and their cycles of studies, to promote quality assurance in higher education.

Decree-Law No 396/2007, 31 December - establishes the legal framework of the National Qualifications System and defines the structures that regulate its operations.

Decree-Law No 3/2008, 7 January - defines specialised support to be provided in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education, in the public, private and cooperative sectors, to create adequacy conditions regarding the educational process to special educational needs of students with permanent limitations.

Decree-Law No 37/2008, 5 March - regulates the public Military and Police Higher Education Institutions.

Decree-Law No 75/2008, 22 April - (amended and republished by the Decree-Law No 137/2012, 2 July) approves the regime of autonomy, administration and management of public institutions of pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 90/2008, 30 May - aims to introduce certain changes in the general access and enrolment system in higher education.

Decree-Law No 107/2008, 25 June - (amended Decree-Law No 67/2005, 25 March and Decree-Law No 74/2006, 24 March) aims to promote the development of the Bologna Process in Higher Education and further simplification and streamlining of procedures for requesting authorisation to provide courses, introducing measures to ensure more flexibility in access to this level of education, creating the status of student in part-time, allowing enrolment  in individual curricular units/courses, by students and non-students, supporting and simplifying the process of proving the ownership of degrees and diplomas.

Decree-Law No 144/2008, 28 July – defines the framework for transferring responsibilities to municipalities in education.

Decree-Law No 51/2009, 27 February - implements the second amendment to Decree-Law No 20/2006, 31 January, which revised the legal framework of the competitive procedure for selection and recruitment of teaching staff in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education, as well as special education, and which repealed Decree-Law No 35/2003, 27 February.

Decree-Law No 55/2009, 2 March - establishes the legal framework for the allocation and implementation of school social support.

Decree-Law No 93/2009, 16 April - approves the attribution of items aiding people with disabilities and people with temporary incapacity.

Decree-Law No 205/2009, 31 August - Statute of the University Teaching Career (ECDU).

Decree-Law No 207/2009, 31 August - Statute of the Polytechnic Higher Education Teaching Career (ECPDESP).

Decree-Law No 220/2009, 8 September - approves the legal system of the professional qualification for teaching in the qualification areas not covered by Decree-Law No 43/2007, 22 February.

Decree-Law No 230/2009, 4 September - second amendment to Decree-Law No 74/2006, 24 March, which approves the legal regime of degrees and diplomas of higher education.

Decree-Law No 270/2009, 30 September - implements the ninth amendment to the pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education teaching career statute, approved by Decree-Law No 139-A/90, 28 April, the third amendment to the Decree-Law No 20/2006, 31 January, and the first amendment to Decree-Law No 104/2008, 24 June.

Decree-Law No 281/2009, 6 October – creates the National Childhood Early Intervention System.

Decree-Law No 75/2010, 23 June - amends the pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teachers teaching career statute, approved by Decree-Law No 139-A/90, 28 April and subsequent legislation on teacher performance appraisal.

Decree-Law No 98/2011, 21 September - creates the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth, I.P., and approves its organisational structure.

Decree-Law No 121/2011, 29 December - approves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organic law (MNE).

Decree-Law No 126-C/2011, 29 December - approves the Ministry of Economy and Employment organic law.

Decree-Law No 126/2011, 29 December - approves the Ministry of Solidarity and Social Security organic law.

Decree-Law No 14/2012, 20 January - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for Education (DGE).

Decree-Law No 20/2012, 27 January - approves the organisational structure of the Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre, I.P..

Decree-Law No 21/2012, 30 January - approves the organisational structure of the Camões – Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P.

Decree-Law No 36/2012, 15 February - approves the structure of the National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (Agência Nacional para a Qualificação e o Ensino Profissional) of the Ministry of Education and Science.

Decree-Law No 41/2012, 21 February - proceeds to 11th amendment of the pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teaching career statute, approved by Decree-Law No 139/-A/90, 28 April.

Decree-Law No 42/2012, 22 February - changes the system that establishes the upper-secondary final grade of science-humanities course in recurrent education for the purpose of further study. This is the fifth amendment to Decree-Law No 74/2004, 26 March, which establishes the guiding principles of how the curriculum is organised and managed, as well as how learning is assessed in upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 45/2012, 23 February - approves the organisational structure of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Decree-Law No 48/2012, 29 February - approves the organic structure of the Directorate-General for the Qualification of Public Workers (INA).

Decree-Law No 49/2012, 29 February - approves the organisational structure of public administration social services (SSAP).

Decree-Law No 132/2012, 27 June - establishes the new recruitment and mobility system in basic and upper-secondary education for teaching staff and trainers and specialised professionals.

Decree-Law No 137/2012, 2 July – amends the autonomy, administration and management system of public pre-primary education and basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 139/2012, 5 July - establishes the guiding principles for the organisation and management of curricula, assessment of knowledge and skills to be acquired and developed by pupils in basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 150/2012, 12 July – determines the third amendment to Decree-Law No 4/98, 8 January, which establishes the creation, organisation and operation of schools and vocational courses in non-higher education.

Decree-Law No 176/2012, 2 August - regulates the enrolment and attendance system for children between 6 and 18 years old in compulsory education.

Decree-Law No 266-F/2012, 31 December - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for Schools (DGEstE), as well as making the first amendments to Decree-Law No 14/2012, 20 January, which approves the Directorate-General for Education’s organic law (DGE) and to Regulatory Decree No 25/2012, 17 February which approves the Directorate-General for School Administration’s organic law (DGAE).

Decree-Law No 91/2013, 10 July – makes the first amendment to Decree-Law No 139/2012, 5 July, which establishes guiding principles for organising and managing basic [1 to 9 grade] and upper-secondary [10 to 12 grade] education curricula, assessing the knowledge to be acquired and skills developed by students, and for the curriculum development process in basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 102/2013, 25 July - creates the Institute of Educational Assessment, I.P., (IAVE, I.P.), which succeeds the Assessment Office.

Decree-Law No 115/2013, 7 August - amends and republishes Decree-Law No 74/2006, 24 March, which approves the legal framework for higher education degrees and diplomas.

Decree-Law No 152/2013, 4 November – applies the private and cooperative non-higher education statute.

Decree-Law No 22/2014, 11 February  - establishes the legal framework for teachers' continuous training and defines the respective system for coordination, administration and support.

Decree-Law No 36/2014, 10 March - regulates the international student statute, as mentioned in no. 7 of article 16 of Law No 37/2003, 22 August, which establishes the criteria for higher education funding.

Decree-Law No 43/2014, 18 March - creates professional higher education technical programmes as a short-cycle, non-degree higher education training.

Decree-Law No 79/2014, 14 May - approves the legal framework for teaching qualifications in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 83-A/2014, 23 May - makes a third amendment to Decree-Law No 132/2012, 27 June, which establishes the new teaching staff selection, recruitment and mobility system in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education establishments overseen by the Ministry of Education and Science.

Decree-Law No 113/2014, 16 July - regulates the higher education special admissions system.

Decree-Law No 92/2014, 20 June - establishes the legal framework of private and public vocational schools (non-higher education), regulating their creation, organisation and operation, as well as their supervision by the State.

Decree-Law No 176/2014, 12 December  - introduces English as a compulsory subject from the 3rd year of schooling, defining the professional qualification to teach English in the 1st cycle, creating a new recruitment group.

Decree-Law No 21/2015, 3 February - approves the organisational structure of the National Council of Education (CNE - Conselho Nacional de Educação).

Decree-Law No 30/2015, 12 February  - defines the legal framework for delegating powers to municipalities and intermunicipal bodies.

Decree-Law No 115/2015, 22 June - establishes the terms and conditions to become a nanny and practise, as well as the penalty system applicable.

Decree-Law No 4/2016, 13 January - transforms the University of Minho into a public foundation under private law and approves its statutes.

Decree-Law No 17/2016, 4 April - makes the third amendment to Decree-Law No 139/2012, 5 July, which establishes the guiding principles for organising and managing of the curriculum of primary and upper-secondary education, assessment of students' knowledge and skills, and the curriculum development process for basic and upper-secondary education.

Decree-Law No 57/2016, 29 August - approves a system for hiring doctorate holders designed to stimulate scientific and technological employment in all knowledge areas.

Decree-Law No 63/2016, 13 September - creates the diploma of higher professional technician and makes the second amendment to Decree-Law No 64/2006, 21 March, the fourth amendment to Decree-Law No 74/2006, 24 March, and the first amendment to Decree-Law No 113/2014, 16 July.

Decree-Law No 86-A / 2016, 29 December - defines the framework for vocational training in public administration.

Decree-Law No 14/2017, 26 January - amends the legal framework of the National Qualification System and defines the structures supporting its operation.

Decree-Law No 16/2018, 7 March - creates the Portuguese sign language recruitment group and approves the conditions for Portuguese sign language teachers to access the external selection and recruitment competition for teaching staff.

Decree-Law No 54/2018, 6 July - establishes the legal framework for inclusive education, advocating an integrated and continuous view of the educational approach, redefining the responsibilities of multidisciplinary teams identifying measures to support learning and inclusion that is tailored to each student. It introduces changes in the way schools and support structures are organised, with the specialised unit model reconfigured into a learning support centre model.

Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July- establishes basic and upper-secondary education curricula and the guiding principles of learning assessment.

Decree-Law No 62/2018, 6 August - amends the International Student Statute established by Decree-Law No 36/2014, 10 March, establishing the legal framework for students in humanitarian emergency situations to enter higher education institutions.

Decree-Law No 65/2018, 16 August - amends the legal framework for higher education degrees and diplomas.

Decree-Law No 66/2018, 16 August - approves the legal framework for the recognition of academic degrees and higher education diplomas awarded by foreign higher education institutions.

Decree-Law No 133/2019, 3 September - approves the legal framework for distance learning in higher education.

Decree-Law No 21/2019, 30 January - establishes the framework for transferring powers to municipal and inter-municipal bodies in the field of education.

Decree-Law No 30 /2019, 26 February - approves the intervention plan for the redevelopment and construction of student residences.

Decree-Law No 10-A/2020, 13 March – establishes the exceptional measures to be adopted due to the SARS-cov-2 pandemic.

Decree-Law No 11/2020, 2 April - creates the special higher education admission procedure for students who have completed an upper-secondary school dual certification courses and specialised artistic courses.

Decree-Law No 14-G/2020, 13 April - establishes the measures to be applied in education due to the SARS-cov-2 pandemic, creating an exceptional and temporary regime regarding learning and its assessment, the school calendar, tests and examinations in basic and upper-secondary education, enrolment, registration for national final examinations, teaching and non-teaching staff.

Decree-Law No 20-H/2020, 14 May - establishes exceptional measures for the organisation and operation of educational and training activities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Decree-Law No 3-C/2021, 22 January - amends the regulations regarding the state of emergency decreed by the President of the Republic.

Decree-Law No 70/2021, 3 August - approves the legal framework for individual education and home education.

Regulatory Decrees

Regulatory Decree No 3/2008, 21 January – establishes the knowledge and aptitude test system for admission to the teaching profession.

Regulatory Decree No 4/2008, 5 February - defines the nature and mission of the Scientific Council for Teachers Evaluation.

Regulatory Decree No 27/2009, 6 October - regulates the Teaching Career Statute regarding the Teacher Assessment System.

Regulatory Decree No 1/2012, 6 January - approves the organisational structure of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG).

Regulatory Decree No 5/2010, 24 December - establishes the amount of remuneration supplements due for management of school clusters or non-clustered schools, repealing Regulatory Decree No 1-B/2009, 5 January.

Regulatory Decree No 15/2012, 27 January - defines the nature, mission and powers of the General Inspectorate of Education and Science.

Regulatory Decree No13/2012, 20 January - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics (DGEEC).

Regulatory Decree No 18/2012, 31 January - approves the organisational structure of the Secretariat-General of the Ministry of Education and Science (SG).

Regulatory Decree No 19/2012, 31 January - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for Planning and Financial Management (DGPGF).

Regulatory Decree No 20/2012, 7 February - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES).

Regulatory Decree No 25/2012, 17 February - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for School Administration (DGAE).

Regulatory Decree No 26/2012, 21 February - regulates the system for performance appraisal of pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education teaching staff.

Regulatory Decree No 40/2012, 12 April - approves the organisational structure of the Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (DGERT).

Regulatory Decree No 7/2013, 23 October – makes the third amendment to Regulatory Decree No 3/2008, 21 January, amended by Regulatory Decree No 27/2009, 6 October, and Decree-Law No 75/2010, 23 June, which defines the knowledge and aptitude admission test foreseen by Article 22 of the pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teaching career statute.

Regulatory Decree No 9/2018, 11 September- regulates new systems for foreign citizens who wish to attend vocational education courses in Portugal and for entrepreneurial and highly qualified immigrants involved with entrepreneurship, technology and innovation.

Despatches

Despatch No 10319/99, 26 May - defines the implementation of itinerant pre-primary education and children's and community activities.

Despatch No 14758/2004, 23 July - defines the functioning of vocational courses in public upper-secondary schools.

Despatch No 17387/2005, 12 August - defines rules and guiding principles for each school year regarding the organisation of the weekly timetable of teaching staff in public pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary establishments.

Despatch No 14019/2007, 3 July - creates the Education and Training Provision Information and Management System Management Council (SIGO).

Despatch No 29176/2007, 21 December - regulates access of people with disabilities or incapacities to the recognition, validation and certification processes of competences (RVCC) acquired via formal, non-formal and informal ways and other adult education and training provision, based on the key-competences reference frameworks that lead to a school qualification.

Despatch No 15642/2008, 5 June - types of diplomas and certification of upper-secondary education completion.

Despatch No 13456/2008, 14 June - approves the initial version of the National Qualifications Catalogue.

Despatch No 18223/2008, 8 July - approves specific regulation that defines access to support granted under intervention no. 2.3, “Certified Modular Training”, area no. 2.

Despatch No 18227/2008, 8 August - approves specific regulation that defines access to support granted under intervention no. 2.2, "Adult Education and Training Courses”, area no. 2.

Despatch No 17706/2009, 24 July - determines the allocation of a supplementary grant of not less than 50 % of the minimum Erasmus grant for higher education students who have been awarded an Erasmus grant and are entitled to school social support.

Despatch No 3447/2010, 24 February - regulates the award of certificates to trainees who have attended but not concluded adult education and training courses.

Despatch No 12568/2010, 4 August - makes amendment to the regulation of education and training courses.

Despatch No 16034/2010, 22 October - establishes teacher performance standards at national level.

Despatch No 4150/2011, 4 March – creates a working group tasked with presenting a model for the new cycle of the Schools External Evaluation Programme, coordinated by the General Inspectorate of Education.

Despatch No 334/2012, 11 January [123] - applies organisational and developmental norms regarding adult education and training courses (EFA) in basic and upper-secondary education schools.

Despatch No 10874/2012, 10 August - approves the curriculum standards for mathematics, information and communication technology, visual education and technological education for basic education.

Despatch No 5122/2013, 16 April - approves the curricular standards for the following subjects: Portuguese, history and geography for grades 5 and 6 (2nd cycle), natural sciences for grades 5 and 6 (2nd cycle) and grades 7 and 8 (3rd cycle), history for grades 7 and 8 (3rd cycle) and physical - chemistry for grades 7, 8 and 9 (3rd cycle), presenting these documents as guidelines recommended for these disciplines for the school year 2013-2014.

Despatch No 6651/2013, 22 May - approves the curriculum standards for English for 2nd and 3rd cycles, beginning the 2013-2014 school year.

Despatch No 16504-A/2013, 19 December - establishes the conditions and procedures regarding teachers’ probationary period.

Despatch No 10973-D/2014, 27 August - amends the regulation of scholarships for higher education students.

Despatch No 14278/2014, 26 November - approves the support item allocation system product list (SAPA), which is available to all people with disabilities and temporary impairments.

Despatch No 5291/2015, 21 May - establishes the National Information and Communication Technology Resource Centres network for Special Education (CRTIC)

Despatch No 6478/2015, 11 June - establishes the budget to finance support products for people with disabilities and temporary disability.

Despatch No 7225/2015, 1 July - approves the general procedures of the support item allocation system.

Despatch No 7031-A/2015, 24 June - creates a pilot-project provision Mandarin as a Foreign Language III on the upper-secondary education curriculum in the 2015/16 school year.

Despatch No 6173/2016, 10 May - creates the citizenship education working group, whose mission is to design a strategy for public schools that produces a set of citizenship skills and knowledge in all years.

Despatch No 7617/2016, 8 June – creates a working group to present a report with proposals for the amendment of Decree-Law No 3/2008, 7 January, as amended by Law No 21/2008, 12 May and the respective regulatory framework, including funding and support mechanisms, for the implementation of measures that promote greater school inclusion of students with special educational needs.

Despatch No 9180/2016, 19 July - ratifies the curricular guidelines for pre-primary education.

Despatch No 10973/2016, 9 September - creates a group to monitor and assess the pilot project for Mandarin classes in Portuguese public upper-secondary schools.

Despatch No 11976/2016, 7 October - creates the school autonomy contracts project team.

Despatch No 1971/2017, 8 March [156]- – authorises the creation and operation of Qualifica Centres organised by the bodies listed in the attachment associated with this legislation.

Despatch No 2286/2017, 16 March – creates a Working Group to conduct the study of professional regulation for teaching Portuguese Sign Language.

Despatch No 5404/2017, 21 June - amends the regulation governing scholarships awarded to higher education students.

Despatch No 5908/2017, 5 July – authorises the implementation of the autonomy and curriculum flexibility project for basic and upper-secondary education as a pedagogical trial in the 2017/18 school year.

Despatch no. 6261-B/2017, of 17 July - establishes the rules for allocating weekly hourly credit for adult qualification centres, as provided for in article 1 (2) (g) and article 15 of Decree-Law no. 396/2007 of 31 December, as amended by Decree-Law no. 14/2017 of January 26, designated as "Qualifica" Centres by Ordinance no. 232/2016 , of 29 August, for the implementation of its activities, regarding information and guidance, referral, training, recognition and validation of competences and certification.

Despatch No 6478/2017, 26 July - ratifies the compulsory education student exit profile.

Despatch No 8584/2017, 29 September - regulates scholarships for higher education attendance for students with a disability equal to or greater than 60%.

Despatch No 9542/2017, 30 October - approves the regulations of the "Superior Mais" programme for the 2017/18 school year.

Despatch No 6020-A /2018, 19 June - determines the approval of calendars for the 2018/19 school year for public pre-primary, basic, upper-secondary and private schools, as well as the calendar of tests and examinations for basic and upper-secondary education.

Despatch No 6944-A/2018, 19 July - approves essential learning for basic education.

Despatch No 8476-A/2018, 31 August - approves the essential learning for the subjects of the following science-humanities courses: science and technology, socioeconomic sciences, languages ​​and humanities and visual arts.

Despatch No 9726/2018, 17 October - creates a national coordination team, assisted by a technical team and regional teams, tasked with supervise, monitor and assess the application of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July, as well as Decree-Law No 54/2018, 6 July, also defining the territorial scope of intervention of the regional teams.

Despatch No 12530/2018, 28 December - determines the creation of the mathematics working group.

Despatch No 779/2019, 18 January - defines the priorities for teachers’ continuing education, as well as the training considered in the scientific and pedagogical dimension.

Despatch No 921/2019, 24 January - approves the textbook reuse manual.

Despatch No 2387-A/2019, 8 March - systematises the duties, procedures and methodology for the planning and consultation process of the vocationally oriented provision network in the 2019/20 school year.

Despatch No6851/2019, 31 July – publishes the previous training and professional experience accreditation regulation of Lisbon’s Portuguese Institute of Marketing Management.

Despatch No 6954/2019, 6 August - establishes the guidelines governing the 2O programme that deals with young people who have left the education system and are at risk of social exclusion.

Despatch No 7728/2019, 2 September - establishes continuity of the pilot project offering Mandarin as a Foreign Language III (LE III) on science-humanities courses in upper-secondary education, as well as its extension to the curriculum of vocational courses.

Despatch No 6352/2020, 16 June – amends the Textbooks Reuse Manual for 2020.

Despatch No 6906-B/2020, 3 July - approves the school calendar for the 2020/21 school year.

Despatch No 7647/2020, 4 August - approves regulation for the +Superior Programme for the school year 2020/21.

Despatch No 7414/2020, 24 July - approves the essential learning outcomes of socio-cultural and scientific training components of vocational courses.

Despatch No 9138/2020, 25 September - approves the regulation for higher education student scholarship allocation.

Despatch No 6726-A/2021, 8 July[i] – approves the school calendar for the 2021/22 school year.

Joint Orders

Joint Order No 300/97, 4 September - defines the norms regulating parent and guardian contributions to non-educational component costs of pre-primary establishments.

Joint Order No 268/97, 25 August – defines the pedagogical and technical requirements to establish and operate pre-primary establishments.

Joint Order No 882/99, 28 September - creates the Integrated Education and Training Programme (PIEF).

Joint Order No 948/2003, 26 September – revises and reformulates the Integrated Education and Training Programme (PIEF).

Joint Order No 453/2004, 27 June - regulates the creation of adult education and training courses with dual certification geared towards young students aged 15 years old or over.

Legislative Orders

Legislative Order No 140-A/78, 22 June - implements structural and pedagogical changes at complementary upper-secondary education level, informed by new principles and more comprehensive objectives.

Legislative Order No 194-A/83, 21 October - reorganises technical education that meets the country’s needs for skilled labour, as well as the implementation of an employment policy for young people.

Legislative Order No 98-A/92, 20 June – approves the student assessment system in basic education.

Legislative Order No 36/2007, 8 October - regulates the process of reorienting the training path of pupils to facilitate the change between courses of upper-secondary education, created by Decree-Law No 74/2004, 26 March, with the amendments introduced by Decree-Law No 24/2006, 6 February and Decree-Law No 272/2007, 26 July.

Legislative Order No 29/2008, 5 June - amends Legislative Order No 36/2007, 8 October, which regulates the readjustment process of the training pathway of upper-secondary students.

Legislative Order No 19/2012, 17 August - establishes the criteria for evaluation through curricular weighting.

Legislative Order No 20/2012, 3 October - establishes guiding standards for creating third generation priority intervention educational areas (TEIP3), as well as the rules for drafting programme or autonomy contracts to be signed between educational/teaching establishments and the Ministry of Education and Science.

Legislative Order No 7/2013, 11 June - implements the principles enshrined in the autonomy, administration and management system of public pre-primary, basic (grades 1 to 9) and upper-secondary (grades 10 to 12) education, such as the organisation of the school year.

Legislative Order No 7-A/2013, 10 July - updates and develops pedagogical and organisational autonomy mechanisms for each school, harmonising them with the principles stipulated in the legal framework for autonomy, administration and management of state pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education. It also provides greater flexibility for organising the teaching timetable, increasing the efficiency of the distribution of teaching duties and better academic outcomes, while taking the experience of the implementation of Legislative Order no. 13-A/2012, of 5 June, into account.

Legislative Order No 8-A/2014, 17 July - approves the regulation of the “Retomar” Programme.

Legislative Order No 13/2014, 15 September – defines the assessment rules for students attending basic education’s three cycles.

Legislative Order No 1/2015, 6 January - establishes the principles and procedures for student assessment and certification on dual certification scientific-technological courses with upper-secondary own-school curriculum taught in public, private and cooperative education.

Legislative Order No 10-A/2015, 19 June - updates and facilitates the pedagogical and organisational autonomy of each school and harmonises them with the principles of the legal framework of autonomy, administration and management of state pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education. It is designed to offer greater flexibility when organising teaching activities, increasing efficiency in service delivery and enhancing educational outcomes.

Legislative Order No 17-A/2015, 22 September - regulates the assessment and certification of acquired knowledge and skills developed by the students in basic education, as well as their consequences.

Legislative Order No 1-F/2016, 5 April - regulates the assessment and certification system for student learning in basic education, as well as measures promoting educational success that can be adopted while monitoring and developing learning.

Legislative Order No 4-A/2016, 16 June - organises the 2016/2017 school year by simplifying the attribution of hourly credit to schools, taking as reference the number of existing classes, focussing on single teachers, tutorial support and the role of the form tutor in promoting educational success.

Legislative Order No 4-A/2018, 14 February – approves the regulation for external assessment tests and equivalence tests for basic and upper-secondary education attendance.

Legislative Order No 6/2018, 12 April - establishes enrolment and respective re-enrolment procedures and the rules governing the distribution of children and pupils.

Legislative Order No 10-A/2018, 19 June - establishes the system that forms groups and classes, as well as the timetables of educational establishments providing compulsory education.

Legislative Order No 10-B/2018, 6 July - establishes the rules that govern the organisation of the school year in public pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education.

Legislative Order No 16/2019, 4 June - amends Normative Order No 10-A/2018, published in the Diário da República, 2nd Series, no. 116, of 19 June, 2018.

Legislative Order No 5/2020, 21 April - amends enrolment and respective re-enrolment procedures and the rules governing the distribution of children and pupils.

Legislative Order No 3 A/2020, 5 March - amends National Examination Board regulations and approves those regarding external assessment tests and equivalence tests for basic and secondary education attendance.

Laws

Law No 9/79, 19 March – establishes the foundations of private and cooperative education.

Law No 46/86, 14 October - (amended by Law No 115/97, 19 September, and by Law No 49/05, 30 August) – the Education Act, which establishes the general framework of the education system.

Law No 38/94, 21 November – establishes the higher education assessment system.

Law No 5/97, 10 February - Pre-primary Education Framework Law, which sets out the legal framework for developing and expanding pre-primary education.

Law No 115/97, 19 September - amends Law No 46/86, 14 October (Education Act).

Law No 90/2001, 20 August – defines social support measures for student mothers and fathers.

Law No 30/2002, 20 December - approves the Statute of the Non-Higher Education Student.

Law No 31/2002, 20 December - approves the evaluation system for non-higher education, developing the regime foreseen in the Law No 46/86, 14 October (Comprehensive Law on the Education System).

Law No 37/2003, 22 August - establishes the criteria for higher education funding.

Law No 41/2003, 22 August – regulates municipal education boards.

Law No 49/2005, 30 August - second amendment to the Education Act.

Law No 47/2006, 28 August – defines the system of assessment, certification and adoption of textbooks for basic and upper-secondary education, as well as the principles and objectives that socio-educational support should obey regarding the acquisition and loan of textbooks.

Law No 23/2007, 4 July - approves the legal framework regarding the arrival, permanence, exit and removal of foreign nationals from national territory.

Law No 38/2007, 16 August - establishes the legal framework for assessing the rules for higher education regarding the procedures undertaken by the Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency - A3ES.

Law No 62/2007, 10 September - establishes the legal framework for higher education institutions, regulating their formation, powers and organisation, as well as the functioning and responsibilities of their respective bodies, the tutelage and public supervision regarding their autonomy.

Law No 66-B/2007, 28 December - establishes the Integrated System for Management and Performance Assessment in Public Administration – SIADAP.

Law No 21/2008, 12 May – defines specialised support in pre-primary education and basic and upper-secondary education in the public, private and cooperative sectors.

Law No 85/2009, 27 August - establishes the regime of compulsory schooling for children and youth who are school age and establishes the universality of preschool education for children from the age of five onwards.

Law No 8/2010, 13 May - amends the university teaching career statute.

Law No 33/2012, 23 August – makes the sixth amendment to the private and cooperative education statute.

Law No 51/2012, 5 September - approves the Student Statute and School Ethics, which sets out students’ rights and obligations in basic and upper-secondary education. It also outlines the commitment of parents or guardians and the rest of the educational community to their education and training, revoking Law No 30/2002, 20 December.

Law No 75/2013, September 12 - establishes the legal framework for local authorities; approves the legal status of inter-municipal bodies; establishes the legal framework for the delegations of powers from Government to municipalities and inter-municipal bodies; and approves the legal framework of local associations.

Law No 35/2014, 20 June - approves the General Civil Service Labour Law (LLPF).

Law No 75/2014, 12 September - establishes the mechanisms of temporary remuneration reductions and the conditions for their reversal.

Law No 65/2015, 3 July - first amendment to Law No 85/2009, 27 August, establishing universal pre-primary education for children from the age of four.

Law No 60/2017, 1 August - first amendment to Law No 90/2001, 20 August, which defines social support measures for student mothers and fathers.

Law No 68/2017, 9 August - establishes the phased payment of tuition fees owed by higher education students and a special payment system for those receiving social support grants.

Law No 72/2017, 16 August - dematerialisation of textbooks and other school materials (first amendment to Law No 47/2006, 28 August.

Law No 11/2017, 17 April - establishes compulsory vegetarian option in public canteens and refectories.

Law No 79/2019, 4 September - establishes various applications of occupational safety and health system in the Labour Law and complementary legislation regarding public administration bodies and services.

Law No 96/2019, 4 September - establishes free textbooks for compulsory education on the public network, making the second amendment to Law No 47/2006, 28 August.

Law No 116/2019, 13 September - first amendment, by parliamentary consideration, to Decree-Law No 54/2018, 6 July, which establishes the legal framework for inclusive education.

Law No 28/2019, 29 March – amends the legal system for the arrival, permanence, exit and removal of foreign nationals from national territory.

Ordinances

Ordinance No 684/81, 11 August - sets out the rules regarding the general structure and conditions concerning access to the 12th year.

Ordinance No 550-C/2004, 21 May - approves the regime regarding the creation, organisation and management of the curriculum, as well as the assessment and certification of learning in vocational courses at secondary level.

Ordinance No 401/2007, 5 April - regulates the regimes concerning change course, transfer and re-entry into higher education.

Ordinance No 30/2008, 10 January - regulates the issuing of the diploma supplement.

Ordinance No 230/2008, 7 March - defines the legal framework of education courses, adult education and training courses and modular training.

Ordinance No 208/2008, 27 February - defines the terms to facilitate a visa procedure for obtaining residence authorisation to nationals of third countries referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 62 of Law No 23/2007, 4 July, participating in community programmes to promote mobility within European Union (EU) or the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).

Ordinance No 1497/2008, 19 December - establishes the conditions for access, organisation, management and functioning of apprenticeship courses, as well as the assessment and certification of learning.

Ordinance No 1553-C/2008, 31 December - approves the single salary scale for workers in public positions.

Ordinance No 212/2009, 23 February - identifies the requirements that attribute professional qualifications for teaching in special education recruitment groups, as referred to in paragraph e) of Article 3 of Decree-Law No 27/2006, 10 February.

Ordinance No 365/2009, 7 April - regulates the competitive procedure for the recruitment of teaching staff in pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education for staff in school clusters and for non-clustered schools legally defined as priority.

Ordinance No 781/2009, 23 July - establishes the structure and organisation of the National Qualifications Catalogue, as well as the model of development for competence-based qualifications.

Ordinance No 782/2009, 23 July - regulates the National Qualifications Framework and defines the descriptors for national qualification levels.

Ordinance No 1262/2009, 15 October - creates Portuguese courses for speakers of other languages.

Ordinance No 474/2010, 8 July - establishes the model of vocational training certificate within the National Qualifications System that certifies the successful completion of certified training that is not part of the National Qualifications Catalogue.

Ordinance No 475/2010, 8 July - approves the individual skills portfolio model and regulates the respective content and registration process within the legal framework of the National Qualifications System approved by Decree Law No 396/2007, 31 December.

Ordinance No 537/2010, 19 July - creates the Qualifying Company Seal, designed to recognise companies and other private-sector employers who invest in their employees’ qualifications.

Ordinance No 612/2010, 3 August - approves the types of certificates and diplomas obtained in the adult qualification process and that those certificates and diplomas should be awarded through the Information and Management System of the Education and Training Provision (SIGO).

Ordinance No 711/2010, 17 August - first amendment to Ordinance no. 230/2008, of 7 March, which defines the legal framework of adult education and training courses (AET courses) and modular training, as stipulated in Decree Law no. 396/2007, of 31 December.

Ordinance No 851/2010, 6 September - regulates the certification system of training bodies found in no. 2, article 16 of Decree Law No 396/2007, 31 December.

Ordinance No 1100/2010, 22 October - approves training programme in basic competences on adult education and training courses or recognition, validation and certification processes of basic level competences.

Ordinance No 1189/2010, 17 November - identifies areas of qualification for the teaching profession at various educational levels.

Ordinance No 1333/2010, 31 December - establishes performance appraisal rules for teachers performing school management and administration duties in public pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education, as well as in training centres of school associations.

Ordinance No 199/2011, 19 May - approves the types of diplomas and certificates that grant a non-higher education qualification within the National Qualification System.

Ordinance No 211/2011, 26 May - regulates the recognition, validation and certification of vocational competences acquired and developed throughout life, particularly within a work context.

Ordinance No 214/2011, 30 May - establishes the pedagogical skills training and certification system for trainers who work within the National Qualifications System.

Ordinance No 262/2011, 31 August - determines the regulatory standards for the establishment and operation of crèches.

Ordinance No 283/2011, 24 October - second amendment to Ordinance no. 230/2008, of 7 March, which defines the legal framework of adult education and training courses (AET courses) and modular training, as stipulated in Decree Law No 396/2007, 31 December.

Ordinance No 216-B/2012, 18 July - first amendment to Ordinance No 1262/2009, 15 October, which creates courses of Portuguese for speakers of other languages, as well as the rules for teaching and certification.

Ordinance No 216-C/2012, 18 July - first amendment to Ordinance No 1100/2010, 22 October, which approves training programmes in basic competences on adult education and training courses or recognition, validation and certification processes of basic level competences.

Ordinance No 242/2012, 10 August - defines the regime for the organisation and running of the science-humanities courses at upper-secondary education level [grades 10 to 12], in the recurrent education category.

Ordinance No 265/2012, 30 August - defines the rules and procedures to be observed in relation to the signing, supervision and assessment of autonomy contracts between school clusters and non-clustered schools and the Ministry of Science and Education.

Ordinance No 266/2012, 30 August - regulates teacher performance appraisal for head teachers of non-clustered schools or school clusters, school association training centre directors and head teachers of Portuguese schools abroad, according to terms foreseen in the Teaching Career Statute of pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary teachers.

Ordinance No 294/2012, 29 September - approves the National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training statutes (Agência Nacional para a Qualificação e o Ensino Profissional).

Ordinance No 411/2012, 14 December [223] - first amendment to Ordinance NO 262/2011, 31 August, which determines the regulatory standards for the establishment and operation of crèches.

Ordinance No 419-B/2012, 20 December - first amendment to the Ordinance No 243-B/2012, 13 August, which defines the type of organisation and operation, assessment and certification of upper-secondary specialist artistic courses (dance, music, singing and Gregorian chant), approving the respective curricula taught in public, private and cooperative schools.

Ordinance No 15/2013, 15 January – defines exceptions in the teaching staff performance assessment system enshrined in the pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education teachers’ career statute.

Ordinance No 74-A/2013, 15 February - establishes the rules for the organisation, operation, assessment and certification of vocational courses taught in vocational schools and public, private and cooperative schools that offer upper-secondary education.

Ordinance No 135-A/2013, 28 March - regulates the creation, organisation and operation of Qualification and Vocational Education Centres (CQEP).

Ordinance No 203/2013, 17 June - creates the Active Life – Qualified Work (Vida Ativa - Emprego Qualificado) measure.

 Ordinance No 44/2014, 20 February - first amendment of Ordinance No 265/2012, 30 August, which defines the rules and procedures to be observed in relation to the signing, supervision and assessment of autonomy contracts between school clusters and non-clustered schools and the Ministry of Science and Education.

Ordinance No 85/2014, 15 April - regulates of educational and training provision using distance learning for students in the 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic and upper-secondary education.

Ordinance No 192/2014, 26 September - regulates the creation and maintenance of the registration database of the approves the support item allocation system product list (SAPA), which aims to ensure the allocation of support products to people with disabilities or incapacities, whether permanent or temporary, to compensate and mitigate their limitations regarding activity and restrictions on participation.

Ordinance No 60-A/2015, 2 March - establishes the European Social Fund’s specific legal framework.

Ordinance No 78/2015, 17 March - approves the prescription form for support products under the support item allocation system (SAPA) listed in the attachments to this Ordinance.

Ordinance No 224-A/2015, 29 July [231] - defines and regulates the legal framework for granting state financial support as part of sponsorship contracts, according to the terms and purposes in the private and cooperative non-higher education statute.

Ordinance No 232/2015, 6 August - defines the terms under which nannies work within an institution.

Ordinance No 644-A/2015, 24 August - states that, as part of their autonomy, 1st-cycle school clusters provide optional curriculum enrichment activities (educational, cultural and recreational), which complement curricular components.

Ordinance No 232/2016, 29 August - regulates the creation, the organisation and operation of Qualifica Centres.

Ordinance No 254/2016, 26 September- creates a distance learning pilot trial as part of upper-secondary education provision (distance recurrent - ESRaD), to begin in the 2016/2017 school year.

Ordinance No 47/2017, 1 February - regulates the national credit system for vocational education and training, while defining the “Qualifica Passport” model.

Ordinance No 272/2017, 13 November - makes the first amendment to Ordinance No 293-A / 2016, 18 November (concerns the special regime applicable to deferred tax assets resulting from the non-deduction of negative equity costs and changes with impairment losses on credit and with post-employment or long-term employee benefits).

Ordinance No 119/2018, 4 May - defines the terms and repositioning of pre-primary, basic and upper-secondary education teachers on the teaching career scale.

Ordinance No 140/2018, 16 May – makes the first amendment to Ordinance No 224-A/2015, 29 July, which defines the State’s financial support system for bodies authorised to operate specialised artistic education teaching music, dance and visual and audio-visual arts on the private and cooperative education network.

Ordinance No 223-A/2018, 3 August - regulates the educational provision of basic education provided for in paragraph 2, article 7 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July.

Ordinance No 226-A/2018, 7 August - regulates science-humanities courses, referred to in paragraph a) of no. 4, article 7 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July.

Ordinance No 229-A/2018, 14 August - regulates the specialised artistic courses (dance, music, singing and Gregorian chant, referred to in paragraph 4 (c) of article 7 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July.

Ordinance No 232-A/2018, 20 August - regulates the specialised artistic courses of communication design, product design, artistic production and audio-visual communication referred to in no. 4 of article 7 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July.

Ordinance No 235-A/2018, 23 August - regulates the professional courses referred to in subparagraphs a) of paragraph 1 of article 9 of Decree-Law No 396/2007, 31 December, in its current wording, and b) of paragraph 4 of article 7 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July.

Ordinance No 69/2019, 26 February - regulates the educational modalities of individual education and home schooling provided, respectively, in paragraphs b) and c) of paragraph 1 of article 8 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July.

Ordinance No 181/2019, 11 June - defines the terms and conditions under which schools, within the scope of curriculum autonomy and flexibility, may implement more than 25% of the basic curricular matrices of educational and training offerings of basic and secondary education.

Ordinance No 294/2019, 9 September - creates and regulates courses with their own curricula (science area) at Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos and defines the rules and respective procedures for curriculum design and implementation, as well as assessment and certification of student learning.

Ordinance No 359/2019, 8 October - regulates distance learning in paragraph a) of no. 1 of article 8 of Decree-Law No 55/2018, 6 July

Ordinance No 183/2020, 5 August - creates Portuguese as host language courses, as well as the rules regarding their organisation, operation and certification.

Ordinance No 201-A/2020, 19 August - creates the Social Facilities Network Extension Programme - 3rd Generation, hereinafter referred to as PARES 3.0, and approves its respective regulation.

Ordinance No 250-A/2020, 23 October - creates and regulates the "Jovem + Digital" (Young + Digital) Programme.

Ordinance No 586-A/2020, 28 September – approves the appointment of up to 1,500 operational assistants on fixed-term contracts until the end of the 2020/2021 school year.

Rectifications

Rectification No 1 673/2004, 7 September - amends Joint Order No 453/2004.

Statement of Rectification No 32-C/2008, 16 June – makes an eighth amendment to Decree-Law No 296-A/98, 25 September, which establishes application criteria and access to higher education.

Statement of Rectification No 32/2014, 27 June – master's degree specialisations, minimum training requirements for admission and recruitment groups.

Statement of Rectification No 29-A/2018, 4 September - rectifies Decree-law No 55/2018, 6 July, which establishes the curriculum of basic and upper-secondary education and the guiding principles of the assessment of learning, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, no. 129, of July 6, 2018.

Resolutions of the Council of Ministers

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 1/2007, 6 December - approves the upper-secondary school modernisation programme, creating a public body to plan, manage, develop and implement policy for the modernisation and maintenance of the public upper-secondary school network.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 173/2007, 7 November - approves a set of measures regarding vocational training reforms agreed with most social partners who are members of the Standing Committee on Social Dialogue.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 112/2012, 31 December - approves the Digital Agenda Portugal initiative, in line with the priorities set in the Digital Agenda for Europe and the Europe 2020 strategy.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 104/2013, 31 December - approves the National Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 15/2014, 24 February - creates the national agency for the management of the Erasmus+ Programme in Portugal.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 23/2016, 24 March - creates the National School Success Programme.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 78/2016, 30 November - defines a set of general guidelines for coordinating internationalisation policy of higher education and science and technology with other public internationalisation policies.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 32/2019, 14 February - approves the Qualifica Programme.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 141/2019, 20 August - approves the National Global Migration Pact Implementation Plan.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 30/2020, 21 April - approves the Digital Transition Action Plan.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 53-D/2020, 20 July - establishes exceptional and temporary measures for organising the 2020/2021 school year during the COVID-197 pandemic.

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 90/2021, 7 July - approves the 21|23 Escola+ integrated plan for remedial learning.