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Modernisation the focus of new ICT strategy Portugal
Portugal’s new ICT strategy, published last week Wednesday, emphasises government modernisation. The strategy makes technology “an instrument of transformation”. The goal is to improve public services…
NEWSCreated: 02/08/2017Updated Date: 02/08/2017
Portugal adds document management to citizen porta
Portugal’s Agency for Administrative Modernisation (AMA) has added an electronic document management tool to the eGovernment portal, Portal de Cidadão. The new functionality lets users receive, share…
NEWSCreated: 24/05/2017Updated Date: 24/05/2017
Portugal to harmonise usability of govt portals
The Portuguese Agency for Administrative Modernisation (Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, AMA) has unveiled usabilidade.gov.pt, to help improve the experience of public administration web…
NEWSCreated: 27/04/2017Updated Date: 27/04/2017
Portugal pilots new use for healthcare data exchange
Automates getting proof of fitness to obtain a driving permit In March, the Portuguese Ministry of Health started a pilot to make it easier for citizens to get ‘proof of fitness’, a requirement to…
NEWSCreated: 07/04/2017Updated Date: 07/04/2017
Portugal adds services to eGovernment access points
Portugal has added 34 more online government services to its Espaços do Cidadão (Citizen Spots), the Agency for Administrative Modernisation (AMA) has announced. New services include the possibility…
NEWSCreated: 24/01/2017Updated Date: 24/01/2017
Portugal adds services to its mobile app
Mobile phone app gives access to employment services Portugal’s Agency for Administrative Modernisation (Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, AMA) has increased the number of eGovernment…
NEWSCreated: 11/08/2016Updated Date: 11/08/2016
Portugal to boost digital economy with EUR 1.9 billion
Portugal is to invest EUR 1.9 billion, combining European and private funds, to advance the digital transformation of its economy, Pedro Marques, Minister of Planning and Infrastructure, announced at…
NEWSCreated: 06/06/2016Updated Date: 06/06/2016
Portugal ‘continues to expand eGovernment services’
Portugal’s Agency for Administrative Modernisation (Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, AMA) will continue to upgrade and expand the country’s eGovernment services, says Pedro Silva Dias, the…
NEWSCreated: 27/05/2016Updated Date: 27/05/2016
Poland and Portugal exchange eGovernment practices
A group of Polish school teachers has visited Portugal’s Agency for Administrative Modernisation (AMA), to be briefed on the agency’s eGovernment services and its project on government simplification…
NEWSCreated: 21/04/2016Updated Date: 21/04/2016
Portugal adds 20 eGovernment service access points
The government of Portugal has opened another 20 Espaços do Cidadão (Citizen Spots), in town halls across 8 of its 18 districts. There are now almost 200 such eGovernment service access points across…
NEWSCreated: 24/02/2016Updated Date: 24/02/2016
Belgium, Portugal exchange eGovernment ideas
Fedict, Belgium's federal IT service agency, and AMA, Portugal’s Agency for Administrative Modernisation, are exchanging views and activities on eGovernment services. On 19 January, a Fedict…
NEWSCreated: 04/02/2016Updated Date: 04/02/2016
Portugal’s eGovernment services reach Porto parishes
Portugal’s network of eGovernment services, Espaços do Cidadão (Citizen Spaces), has been expanded to include four civil parishes in the Porto metropolitan area, the country’s Agency for…
NEWSCreated: 09/12/2015Updated Date: 09/12/2015