• What is it?

The Active Traineeship is a practical experience in a work context, which cannot consist of occupying a job position. It generally lasts for a period of 9 months, which cannot be extended, and it is aimed at promoting the integration of young people into the labour market or the professional retraining of unemployed people.

• Who is entitled?

Unemployed persons registered with the employment services and who meet one of the following conditions: 

• Young persons aged between 18 and 30, with a qualification level of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 according to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF);
• Persons aged between 30 and 45, who have been unemployed for more than 12 months, provided that they have obtained a NQF level of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 for less than three years or have been registered at a Qualifying Centre (Centro Qualifica) if they have a NQF level of 2 or 3;
• Persons aged over 45, who have been unemployed for more than 12 months, who have not been granted an old-age pension, who have a NQF level of 2 or 3 and are registered at a Qualifying Centre (Centro Qualifica), or those who have a NQF level of 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8;
• Persons with disabilities and incapacities;
• Members of a single-parent family; 
• Persons whose spouses or persons with whom they live in a de facto relationship are also unemployed and registered with the IEFP;

• Victims of domestic violence;
• Refugees and beneficiaries of a temporary protection measure;
• Former prisoners and persons who are serving or have served non-custodial sentences or judicial measures and are in a position to enter into working life;
• Drug addicts undergoing recovery;
• Persons who have provided effective service in the Armed Forces and who meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of article 22 of Decree-Law no. 76/2018 of 11 October;
• Homeless people; 
• Persons who have been recognized as Informal Carers and who have provided care as primary informal carers;
• Another specific group to be defined in specific regulations or by order of the Government member responsible for the employment area, depending on public policy priorities;
• Persons to whom a residential care promotion and protection measure has been applied.
• How to apply?

• Responsible entity 

• What is it?

The “Qualify Accelerator ” is a measure included in the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), aimed to encourage the return of adults to lifelong learning processes that contribute to the achievement of an educational or professional qualification.

The Recognition, Validation and Certification of Professional Competences (RVCC Profissional – Reconhecimento, Validação e Certificação de Competências Profissionais) is a process that allows obtaining a professional certification based on the demonstration of lifelong learning and skills acquired through professional experience or in other contexts.

The measure “Acelerador Qualifica” consists of the granting of financial support to adults who, through a process of Recognition, Validation and Certification of Competences (RVCC – Reconhecimento, Validação e Certificação de Competências), complete a qualification that was incomplete or improve their educational or professional qualification.

The amount to be allocated to each adult corresponds to 1,25 of the Social Support Index (IAS – Indexante dos Apoios Sociais) value, which is updated annually during the period in which the measure is in force.

This incentive is aimed to value and encourage the effort of adults who, having left school without completing the 12th grade or a professional qualification, decide to resume their studies and invest in increasing their qualifications. Until now, the RVCC was the only modality of the National Qualifications System that did not have any associated financial support. 

• Who is entitled?

• How to apply

• Responsible entity

ANQEP, IP / Centros Qualifica

• For further information: Rede Nacional de Centros Qualifica