Portugal

In order to promote the mobility of young people with the purpose of improving employability, stimulate the development of new skills, and encourage the transition from education to the labour market, Portugal has developed a traineeships programme (INOV) which comprises measures for international traineeships: Inov Contact, Inov Art, and Inov Mundus.

In order to facilitate and promote the conditions for mobility of young people and adults the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) is responsible for ensuring the coordination of the National Reference Point for Vocational Qualifications (Ponto Nacional de Referência para as Qualificações – PNRQ). Among other aspects, mention should be made to the role of the PNRQ in providing information on the Education and Training Systems, the National System for the Recognition, Validation and Certification of Skills and the Portuguese Classification of Occupations with a view to enable mobility of citizens in Europe.
A lot of mobility schemes receive recognition in the home country and some mobility schemes are designed in a way that the recognition is reciprocal which means it is acknowledged in the host country too. Otherwise, there are some forms of individual recognition certificates to confirm the learning intention of the mobility.
 

Ministries but also public provincial institutions are funding mobility schemes. Private companies are involved to a very little extent.

According to the latest data (2009), these are the main features of the Leonardo da Vinci (LdV) sectoral programme: Contrary to what happens in other sector programmes, and maintaining the trend of the first two years of the LLP, the majority of beneficiaries of the Leonardo da Vinci Sector Programme in 2009 belong to the private sector – Mobility Projects: 53.6%; Projects for Transfer of Innovation: 71.4%; Partnerships: 52.4%. Only Mobility registers a greater number of public sector projects (73.9%), specifically in the target audience PLM (People
in the Labour Market). Overall, the selection of LdV projects approved in 2009 shows a greater representation of entities working in the field of vocational education and training (vocational education institutions, vocational training organisations or centres or other entities that provide vocational education or guidance.