Here you will find all documentation related to PO SEUR - Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient Use of Resources.
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Portaria n.º 332/2018 - Sixth Amendment to Portaria n.º 57 -B/2015, Diário da República nº247, 2018-12-24
Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure
Proceeds to the sicth amendment to Decree No. 57-B / 2015 of 27 February.
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Portaria n.º 238/2016 - Second Amendment to Portaria n.º 57 -B/2015, Diário da República nº167, 2016-08-31
Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure
Proceeds to the second amendment to Decree No. 57-B / 2015 of 27 February.
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Portaria n.º 404-A/2015 - Amendment to Portaria n.º 57 -B/2015, Diário da República nº226, Série I de 2015-11-18
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
First amendment to Decree No. 57 -B / 2015 of 27 February.
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Portaria N.º 57-B/2015 - Diário da República N.º 41/2015, 1º Suplemento, Série I de 2015-02-27
Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Ministry of Environment, Territory Planning and Energy
Adops the Specific Regulation for Sustainability and the Efficient Use of Resources.
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Grids presenting the Selection Criteria of the Operations
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Methodology applicable to the Selection Criteria Grids, approved by PO SEUR Monitoring Committee at its meeting on march, 16th 2015 .
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Support Guide for Applications in Balcão 2020 (Updated in 23.10.2017)
Guidelines from PO SEUR Management Authority providing explanations on the different steps to be taken in submitting an application on Balcão 2020
Guidelines for filling Contracts Module on Balcão 2020 (Updated in 09.08.2017)
Script with the responsibility of PO SEUR Management Authority that aims to provide information to enable the inclusion of contracts by beneficiaries through elaborate displays for this purpose
Guidelines for Quantities Map and Measurement Autos at Balcão 2020
A small guide with the responsibility of PO SEUR Management Authority that intends to provide information on the registration of the Quantities Map and Measurement Autos at Balcão 2020
Model for Operations Final Report
Model for the Final Report by PO SEUR Management Authority to be used by the beneficiary entities under regulatory terms
Important Documentation from Clarification Session 14 may 2015
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Decreto-Lei n.º 159/2014 - D.R. n.º 207/2014, Série I de 2014-10-27
Presidency of the Council of Ministers General rules for application of operational programs and rural development programs financed by the Structural and Investment European Funds for the programming period of 2014-2020.
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Decreto-Lei n.º 137/2014 – D.R. n.º 276/2014, Série I de 2014-09-12
Presidency of the Council of Ministers Establishes the governance model of the Partnership Agreement and the Operational Programmes 2014-2020.
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Decreto-Lei n.º 71/2006 – D.R. n.º 60/2006, Série I de 2006-03-24
Ministry of Environment, Territory Planning and Regional Development
Creates an operational tool known as the Portuguese Carbon Fund.
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Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 30/2015 - Diário da República n.º 88/2015, Série I de 2015-05-07
Establishes the replacement of one of the members of PO SEUR Management Commitee.
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Designates one curator for beneficiaries and creates its mission structure providing support , in line with Decree -Law No. 137/2014 of september, 12th which provides for the establishment of a curator of the beneficiary, which is responsible for receiving and considering complaints from beneficiaries of Structural Funds directly related to acts or omissions of the governing bodies responsible, making recommendations on them and proposing the adoption of measures that contribute to improving the quality of service provided by the governing bodies.
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Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 28/2015 – Diário da República n.º 84/2015, Série I de 2015-04-30
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Approves the Green Growth Commitment.
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Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 73-B/2014 - D.R. n.º 242/2014, Série I de 2014-12-16
Creates the mission structures for operational programs and its link to the commissions for coordination and regional development as dynamic monitoring regional bodies, within the programming cycle of the European Structural and Investment Funds.
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Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 145/2012, D.R. n.º 241, Série I de 2012-12-13
On the contribution to defining the principles by the Portuguese Government to negotiate the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020 (QFP).
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Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 144/2012 - D.R. n.º 241/2012, Série I de 2012-12-13
Guidelines for the negotiation of Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014 -2020 (QFP) to be followed by Portugal, namely at the next meeting of the European Council.
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Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 98/2012
Determines that the intervention in Portugal of EU funds included in the common strategic framework for the period 2014 -2020 is subject to the priorities of promoting competitiveness of the economy, human capital formation, promoting social cohesion and state reform in the context of sustainable development which together provide the basis for the recovery of a growth trajectory and sustainable employment for our country, in line with the Community Strategic Guidelines set out in Europe 2020 Strategy and bearing in mind the requirements of the consolidation process budget.
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Despacho N.º 8647/2015 – DR N.º 152, Série II de 06-08-2015
Minister of Environment, Territory Planning and Energy
Addition to several decrees.
Despacho n.º 8098-D/2015 de 23 de julho de 2015
Order approving Green Growth Coalition Terms of Reference. The Coalition was created by Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 28/2015 of April, 30. The Coalition for Green Growth is a consultative body whith the mission to advise the Government on the implementation of the Commitment to Green Growth and the promotion of green growth policies, promoting the participation and coordination of interventions by public and private entities with relevant responsibilities in this area.
Despacho N.º 7909/2015 – D.R. n.º 138/2015, Série II de 2015.07.17
Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Ministries of Finance, Internal Affairs and Environment, Territory Planning and Energy
Fixed the maximum number of PO SEUR’s technical secretaries and undertakes the assignment.
States that in the context of the programming of European Structural and Investment Funds for the period of 2014 -2020, is of special importance the goal to enhance the use of financial instruments as the preferred vehicle to maximize the application of those funds, in consideration, among others, openness to new areas of intervention and the need to enhance its effects on compliance framework with the requirements of public policies of fiscal restraint, with leverage of public funds through private financing, in particular mobilized by national financial institutions and the European Investment Bank.
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Despacho n.º 172-A/2015 – D.R. n.º 4/2015, Série II de 2015-01-07
Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Ministries of Internal Affairs and the Environment, Territory Planning and Energy
Fixed the composition of the PO SEUR Monitoring Commitee.
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Portaria 486/2010 - D.R. nº 134/2010, Série I de 2010-07-13
Approves the Management Regulation of Water Resources Protection Fund, which is annexed to this Order as an integral part.
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Portaria 485/2010 - D.R. nº 134/2010, Série I de 2010-07-13
Ministries of Finance and Public Administration and Environment, Territory Planning and Energy Regulates the management of the Environmental Intervention Fund established by paragraph 1 of Article 69 of Law No. 50/2006 of august, 29 whose mission is to fund initiatives to prevent and repair damage to environmental components (natural or human).
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Programme for the Mainland Rural Development 2014-2020
Decision C (2014) 9896 of december,12 2014 which seeks to frame and describe the main aspects that characterize rural development in Portugal, in its economic, social, territorial and environmental dimensions and in the period 2000-2012.
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/212 of 11 February 2015
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the technical specifications of the system to record and store data on each operation necessary for monitoring, evaluation, financial management, verification and audit, including data on individual participants in operations co-financed by OP II.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/207 of 20 January 2015
laying down detailed rules implementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the models for the progress report, submission of the information on a major project, the joint action plan, the implementation reports for the Investment for growth and jobs goal, the management declaration, the audit strategy, the audit opinion and the annual control report and the methodology for carrying out the cost-benefit analysis and pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the model for the implementation reports for the European territorial cooperation goal.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1343/2014 of 17 December 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 laying down implementing rules for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Implementing Decision by the Commission, december 16 2014
approving certain elements of the Operational Programme "Sustainability and Efficient Resource Use" of support from the Cohesion Fund under the goal of Investment for Growth and Emplyment in Portugal.
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 821/2014 of 28 July 2014
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed arrangements for the transfer and management of programme contributions, the reporting on financial instruments, technical characteristics of information and communication measures for operations and the system to record and store data
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 3 April 2014
setting out the annual breakdown by Member State of global resources for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the European territorial cooperation goal, the annual breakdown by Member State of resources from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative together with the list of eligible regions, and the amounts to be transferred from each Member State's Cohesion Fund and Structural Funds allocations to the Connecting Europe Facility and to aid for the most deprived for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document number C(2014) 2082).
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 480/2014 of 3 March 2014
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 18 February 2014
setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document C(2014) 974).
Official Journal of the European Union - Volume 56 - 20 December 2013
The new regulations for the 2014-2020 programming period of the Cohesion Policy and Investment from the European Union and the Common Agricultural Policy were formally approved by the Council of the European Union and published in the Official Journal of the European Union on December, 20th 2013.
REGULATION (EU) No 1303/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2013
laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
REGULATION (EU) No 1300/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2013
on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006.
which constitutes one of the instruments to implement the Global Plan of Action in the field of energy for the period 2007-2009 and to achieve the goals set out by the European Council with regard to environmental aspects inherent to energy and climate change.
Resolution to amend the low-density territories rating for applying positive discrimination measures where Portugal 2020 and Operational Programmes take in order to recognize different treatment for low density territories through three distinct modes: i) Opening specific calls for applications, ii) bonus criterion in assessing applications and iii) increase the rate of support.
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1st Informative Report on European Union Funds - QREN and Portugal 2020
Informative report released by AD & C - Agency for Development and Cohesion, as a successor to the Newsletter on QREN - National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013, constituting a structural and graphic reformulation of this document.
Guide to EU Funding (1st edition July 2017)
European Commission
Guide intended to familiarize the reader with European Union funding
Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projets
Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects - Economic appraisal tool for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020
Guidance for Beneficiaries
Guidance for Beneficiaries of European Structural and Investment Funds and related EU instruments
A beginner’s guide to EU funding
European Commission
An overview of EU funding opportunities in 2014–20
Communication from the Commission (2014/C 200/01)
European Commission
Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020
PO SEUR Communication Strategy 2014-2023
Approved by the Monitoring Committee by a Written Consultation process completed on July 7, 2015