“To win - materially or immaterially - three definable things are needed: know how to work, seize opportunities, and create relationships.”

(Fernando Pessoa, in 'Trade Theory and Practice')

In the Operational Programme Social Inclusion and Employment we perform our tasks in order to achieve the objectives to which we are committed but above all with the purpose of creating conditions that provide opportunities for those who directly and indirectly seek us and are benefited by our actions.

We seek to improve the quality of life of the Portuguese and promote their inclusion in its most varied forms.

The united and cohesive team that works hard every day for this purpose has very solid principles and values, in addition to the know-how acquired through various community frameworks.

It is on behalf of this team that we are committed to, with energy and commitment, seeking to do even better what we have always done: Contribute to the future of our country.

We transmit this way of being in the relationship with others and in the information that we make available in a clear, transparent and true way, namely in this space.

Here you can get to know a little more about our work providing access to a quality public service and proximity.

We rely on everyone to achieve our vision: be a decisive partner for a more inclusive Portugal with more and better jobs.

Welcome to PO ISE.

Managing Authority and its main functions

Decree-Law No 137/2014 of 12 September 2014 establishes the governance model of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for the period 2014-2020, as well as the organisational structure relating to the exercise, in particular, of the powers of support, monitoring, management, monitoring and evaluation, certification, audit and control, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013.

Pursuant to Article 19(1) and (8) of Decree-Law No 137/2014 of 12 September 2014, the Managing Authorities are the entities responsible for the management, monitoring and implementation of the respective Operational Programmes, which assume the nature of mission structures and are created by a Resolution of the Council of Ministers.

By means of Council of Ministers Resolution No 73-B/2014 of 16 December 2014, the Mission Structure of PO ISE was created, defining the mission, objectives and competences, the way in which the members of the respective management committee are appointed, the composition of the technical secretariat and the terms of providing logistical and administrative support.

The Managing Authority shall be responsible for the management, monitoring and implementation of the programme, in accordance with the objectives and results defined and in compliance with the management rules laid down in the applicable European and national legislation, and shall exercise the powers provided for in Decree-Law No 137/2014 of 12 September 2014, in particular those provided for in Article 83(4)(a) with regard to the closure of the Human Potential Operational Programme (POPH), as well as the management, monitoring and implementation of the Operational Programme for Support to the Most Deprived (PO APMC).

The functioning of the Managing Authority is based on a mission structure comprising two bodies: the Steering Committee and the Technical Secretariat. The Executive Committee is made up of a chairman and two executive members, supported by a technical secretariat which, operating under its responsibility, exercises the powers conferred on it, in particular those provided for in Article 29 of Decree-Law No 137/2014 of 12 September 2014.

The members of the Steering Committee were appointed on a proposal from the members of the Government responsible for the following policy areas: employment and social security, gender equality, regional development, health and education.

The Executive Committee of the Managing Authority of OP ISE has the following composition:

Chairman:

• Domingos Jorge Ferreira Lopes

Executive vowels:

• Sandra Lopes de Castro Tavares
• Maria Manuela Félix Florêncio Bessone Mauritti

The Managing Authority reports to the Interministerial Coordination Commission – CIC Portugal 2020, with logistical and administrative support provided by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security.

Programmatic Text of PO ISE

Version 6.0 - Reprogramming COVID 19

• Programmatic Text of PO ISE updated on 21/09/2020
• European Commission Implementing Decision C(2020) 6542 approving the Reprogramming Proposal
• Proposal for reprogramming – 27/08/2020

Version 5. 0 – Adjustments arising from the Performance Framework

• Programmatic Text of PO ISE updated on 21/01/2020
• European Commission Implementing Decision C(2020)348 approving the Reprogramming Proposal
• Proposal for reprogramming - 11/11/2019

Version 4.0 – Enhancing the YEI allocation

• Programmatic Text of PO ISE updated on 11/11/2019
• European Commission Implementing Decision C(2019) 8126 approving the Reprogramming Proposal
• Proposal for reprogramming - 17/09/2019

Version 3.2 – 2018 global reprogramming

• Programmatic Text of PO ISE updated on 04/12/2018
• European Commission Implementing Decision C(2018) 8325 approving the Reprogramming Proposal
• Proposal for reprogramming - 20/07/2018

Version 2.1 – Reinforcement of the YEI allocation and adjustment of the ESF

• Programmatic Text of PO ISE updated on 18/12/2017)
• European Commission Implementing Decision C(2017) 8860 approving the Reprogramming Proposal
• Proposal for reprogramming - 08/11/2017

Version 1.3 – Initial

• Programmatic Text of PO ISE (09/12/2014)
• European Commission Implementing Decision C(2014) 9621 approving the Programmatic Text