CEV member organisations
Portugal: Conselho Nacional para a Promoção do Volontariado (CNPV) (Associate Member 
)
Contact information
Conselho Nacional para a Promoção do Volontariado (National Council for the Promotion of Volunteering)
Avenida Marquês de Tomar, 21 - 7º andar.
1050 - 153 Lisboa
Portugal
Tel: +351 21 792 6217/18
Fax: +351 21 792 6397
Email: CNPV[at]seg-social.pt
Website: www.voluntariado.pt
Member information
CNPV, which was established in 2000 and started its activity in 2001, is responsible for the promotion, qualification, deep study and organisation of volunteering in Portugal.
CNPV undertakes a range of activities, including:
- Keeping volunteering high on the policy agenda, working with the government to promote it;
- General information to volunteers, local /national organisations of volunteers and citizens;
- Organisation of meetings, colloquies, conferences and specific debates on volunteering;
- Organisation of a special session to celebrate the International Day of Volunteers (IVD), each 5th December;
- Preparation of several studies and inquiries about volunteering throughout 2006 and 2007;
- Issuing, at a national level, of a Volunteer Identification Card. This started in December of 2006;
- Internet site about volunteering - www.voluntariado.pt (contains useful information on legislation, agenda with the main events, how to become a volunteer, national and international websites, voluntary testimonies, good practices, social responsibility, among others), This site was launched in March 2005;
- Organisation of sessions of " training for trainers" about volunteering all over the country,based ob a trainer’s handbook about volunteering. These sessions have been organised in 12 of the 20 regions of Portugal;
- Publication of a bulletin, every three months, called " Voluntariado, hoje" contains relevant information about Volunteering;
- Technical support to " Local Volunteer Centres" - the meeting points of people who wish to volunteer and organisations that want to recruit volunteers. There are 36 Local Centres of Volunteering throughout the country and 16 are in a phase of implantation. These structures, the great majority, are fixed up in the municipalities;
- Re-edition of the Volunteer Guide in 2007 (contains rights and duties for volunteers and organisations);
- Permanent construction of a database of local / national organisations of Volunteering in Portugal that is accessible through the website.
