BdE serves as a single access point for integrated information presented in a simple and uniform manner on 462 services that are required in carrying out over 450 business activities, of which 130 can be performed completely online. Any citizen or EU Member State national who wishes to start a business in Portugal can obtain information about the necessary procedures, ranging from tax and social security obligations to business setup and operation.
Read more: PT: Entrepreneur's Desk available through Business Portal
According to a Social Security press release issued on 5 August 2011, this eService is available through the 'Social Security Direct ePortal' (Segurança Social Directa, in Portuguese). To obtain their statement, beneficiaries can simply access the 'Unemployment benefits' and 'Issuance of statement of unemployment benefit status' menus and select the 'issue statement' option.
Read more: PT: New social security eService - Statement of unemployment benefits issued
This initiative aims to render the information for citizens and businesses simpler, clearer and more accessible. This has been the mission of the Agency for Administrative Modernisation (Agência para a Modernização Administrativa - AMA, in Portuguse) in collaboration with various government entities.
Exceptional situations where manual prescriptions can continue to be used are laid down in Article 9, Paragraph 2 of Ministerial Order no. 198/2011 of 18 May 2011.
PT: Consensus among political parties on open source and open standards in the Public Administration
Gonçalo Caseiro, Member of the Board of the Agency for the Public Services Reform (Agência para a Modernização Administrativa - AMA, in Portuguese), gave a presentation that addressed the issues of interoperability, open standards and open source in the PA, the AMA's perspective on these issues, and provided examples of actions taken in recent years within the PA.