Digital Government Factsheet Portugal

Partnership website
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eID and Trust Services 
No political communication was adopted in this field to date. 
Security aspects related to digital government 
National Cyberspace Security Strategy 2019-2023 
The National Cyberspace Security Strategy 2019-2023 (
Resolution of the Council of 
Ministers No. 92/2019
), published on 5 June 2019, aims to ensure the protection and 
defence of critical infrastructures and vital information services, and to promote the 
use of free, secure and efficient use of cyberspace by citizens, companies and public 
and private entities. 
This Strategy was developed by the High Council of Cyberspace Security, taking into 
account the digital evolution that has occurred since the approval of the first version in 
2016. 

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Interconnection of base registries 
No political communication was adopted in this field to date.
 
eProcurement 
No political communication was adopted in this field to date. 
Domain-specific political communications 
No political communication was adopted in this field to date. 
Interoperability 
No political communication was adopted in this field to date. 
Emerging technologies 
National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence: AI Portugal 2030 
The 
National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
was devised in the scope of the 
National Digital Competences Initiative e.2030 - Portugal INCoDe.2030 (Resolution of 
the Council of Ministers n.º26/2018, 15 February), an inter-ministerial action that 
brings together the areas of Administrative Modernisation, Science, Technology and 
Higher Education, Education, Labour, Planning and Infrastructures and Economy, and 
aims to strengthen the basic skills of the Portuguese population in ICT, preparing it for 
emerging and digital-based employment opportunities. The fifth (out of five) axis of 
this initiative specifically targets Research (
‘
providing the conditions for the production 
of new knowledge and an active participation in international R&D networks and 
programmes
’
).
This axis encompasses, in addition to the AI Portugal 2030, other initiatives such as a 
funding Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration, 
first launched in February 2018, and which promotes public tenders to support new 
R&D projects involving partnerships between the Public Administration and scientific 
institutions. 
ICT strategy 2020 and emerging technologies 
The innovation and competitiveness axis of the 
ICT 2020 Strategy
 explicitly mentions 
the concern of preparing for the future, looking at what science and technology offer
and the possibilities of innovation in the Public Administration. One example is the use 
of data analytics or artificial intelligence as an automatic means for the handling of 
data (some non-personal and available via the internet of things) in order to prevent 
problems and/or anticipate needs. Processing all information given in this way allows, 
for example, to provide citizens with improved services using fully automatic customer 
care systems in natural language or in disease prevention. Another possibility is the 
use of augmented reality in the physical design of new services, e.g. by using the 
citizen service area prototyping. It is also possible to use some technologies, like 
blockchain, to ensure information and personal data protection and integrity. These 
are challenges that will change the way we work and configure products and services. 

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