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 6218/20/24
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, study and organisation of volunteering in Portugal.

CNPV undertakes a range of activities, including:

• Keeping volunteering high on the policy agenda and working with the government to promote it 
• Disseminating general information to volunteers, local /national organisations of volunteers and citizens 
• Organising meetings, colloquies, conferences and specific debates on volunteering 
• Organising special sessions to celebrate the International Day of Volunteers (IVD), each 5th December 
• Preparing several studies and inquiries about volunteering throughout 2006 and 2007 
• Issuing, at a national level, a Volunteer Identification Card. This started in December 2006 
• Upkeeping an internet site about volunteering - www.voluntariado.pt (contains useful information on legislation, an agenda of main events, how to become a volunteer, national and international websites, volunteer testimonies, and examples of good practice amongst other things). This site was launched in March 2005 
• Organising sessions of "training for trainers" about volunteering all over the country, based on a trainer’s handbook on volunteering. These sessions have been organised in 12 of the 20 regions of Portugal
• Publishing a bulletin, every three months, called " Voluntariado, hoje" containing relevant information about volunteering
• Offering 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 Volunteer Centres throughout the country and 16 are in a phase of implementation. These structures, the great majority, are fixed up in the municipalities
• Publishing a re-edition of the Volunteer Guide in 2007 (contains rights and duties for volunteers and organisations)
• Permanently constructing a database of local/ national volunteering organisations in Portugal that is accessible through the website.