Digital Government Factsheet Portugal

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App.gov.pt
was launched in 2018 as a directory of mobile apps that centralised 
various applications made available by the Public Administration to make life easier for 
citizens. 
The development and management of this app store was provided by the 
Administrative Modernisation Agency (AMA), which ensured the indexation of the apps 
developed by the public bodies themselves. 
App.gov.pt is available for both Android and iOS devices.
Usability toolkit for the public sector
Portugal developed a ‘usability toolkit’ for the Public Administration, made available 
through the website 
Usabilidade.gov.pt
. This website shares a series of good practices 
and tools for public bodies to improve and standardise (in order to facilitate the 
citizens’ interaction with the public administration) their digital presence in this area, 
with all resources available on 
Github
. 
b-on: Online Knowledge Library 
The 
Online Knowledge Library
 (b-on) is a virtual library which provides unlimited and 
permanent access to international scientific journals from a wide range of publishers, 
through subscriptions negotiated on a national basis with these publishing houses. 
PORBASE, the National Bibliographic Database 
The primary objective of 
PORBASE
is the permanent update and promotion of the 
National Library’s general catalogue, current national bibliography and the Portuguese 
libr
ary’s collective catalogue. It reflects the collections of the National Library and over 
170 Portuguese private and public libraries. PORBASE currently contains over 1.5 
million bibliographic records. The database is updated daily and its average annual 
growth is estimated at 10 000 bibliographic records. 
Cross-border platforms 
eIDAS 
The national eIDAS node is already implemented and in production on the 
ePortugal.gov.pt
 web-portal. 
EU platforms 
Portugal is involved in the interconnection of Trans-European Interconnections 
Systems such as: 
▪
EULIS, European Land Information Service, providing direct access to the 
Portuguese Land Registry; 
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ECRIS, European Criminal Records Interconnection System; 
▪
BRIS, Business Registries Interconnection System, sharing data and documents 
obtained through the Integrated Business Registration System (SIRCOM). 
▪
ERRU, European Register of Road Transport Undertakings, data provided by the 
Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) through the intermediation platform (SARA 
+ sTesta-II); 
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RESPER, RESau PERmis de conduire. 
Base registries 
Interoperable Platform for Public Administration 
As a result of the consecutive electronic government national strategies and related 
programmes (e.g. SIMPLEX), many base registries and respective services are 
available online. The Interoperability Platform for the Public Administration is 

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connected to the base registries of Social Security, Tax and Customs Authority, 
Health, and Justice, thus allowing for the collection of specific information within these 
base registries. 

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