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23 Oct 2015

ICT success portuguese | Diogo Silva

Success stories of professionals and students of Information and Communication Technologies.

Diogo Silva360imprimir founding partner

Diogo Silva, Master in Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, is a founding partner and manager of software development team at 360imprimir, a one-stop online shop of marketing products for SME, which -...

16 Oct 2015

ICT success portuguese | Luis Martins

Success stories of professionals and students of Information and Communication Technologies.

Luís MartinsCEO at Zaask

Holder of a degree in Economics from Catholic University and of the Lisbon MBA, Luis Martins is co-founder and CEO of Zaask, an online services market that - taking advantage of the most advanced technologies – facilitates, to the client, the...

20 Aug 2015

2015 Going Local Portugal

The 2015 edition of Going Local is taking place in Lisbon next September 18th. This year, the initiative will be dedicated to the Digital Single Market Strategy.

The 2015 edition of Going Local is taking place in Lisbon next September 18th. This year, the initiative will be dedicated to the Digital Single Market Strategy.

This event, which was co-organised by FCT – Fundação para a...

30 Jul 2015

Strategy and Action Plan for Digital Employability - Message from the Minister of Economic Affairs

Portugal is, without a doubt, on the right track to assuring a more competitive economy and strongly exporting business based on the new technologies and innovation. There are, however, still many challenges to be taken up, particularly in terms of digital economy, training in human resources within the scope of ICT, the internationalisation of the ICT sector, and in general terms, greater awareness...

21 Jul 2015

Strategy and Action Plan for Digital Employability - Message from the Minister for Employment, Solidarity, and Social Security

Digital employability is making its mark in Europe with a high number of created jobs and growing potential. A deficit of 900 000 ICT professionals is estimated in Europe, 2020.

With our high level of unemployment, we cannot let Portugal be one of the European countries that do not take advantage of employment opportunities. We cannot waste any opportunities...

20 Jul 2015

Strategy and Action Plan for Digital Employability - Message from the Education and Science Minister

The current Strategy and Action Plan for Digital Employability 2015-2020 will set measures that will increase the supply of qualified ICT professionals, thus it will close the gap for these professionals in the present and future labour market.

Nuno CratoEducation and Science Minister...
02 Jul 2015

IEFP signs 25 Cooperation Agreements with higher education institutions

IEFP has signed 25 Cooperation Agreements with 25 universities and polytechnics in order to complete over 50 training activities within the scope of Working Life.

These training activities - for those unemployed with higher qualifications who are registered at the job centres - shall last from 200 to 300 hours and comprise training in a working environment for a period of time of three to six...

24 Jun 2015

Presentation of the Strategy and Action Plan for Digital Employability

The Estratégia e Plano de Ação para a Empregabilidade Digital 2015-2020 (Strategy and Action Plan for Digital Employability) was presented to the public on June 24th during a ceremony that took place in Lisbon at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

This strategy aims at creating conditions to boost employment in the digital field as a result of an analysis made...

04 May 2015

IEFP and Microsoft Portugal reinforce a Cooperation Agreement

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP) e a Microsoft Portugal signed on May 4th, 2015, a Memorandum of Intent, , in order to reinforce and expand the scope of the established partnership in 2014, which aimed at creating 30 Microsoft IT Academies in the network of the Centros de Emprego e Formação Profissional do IEFP (Job...

29 Apr 2015

Formal Ceremony for the Portuguese Coalition for Digital Employability

Last April 29th, around 4.30 pm, a public ceremony took place at the Calouste Gulbenkian, Foundation, in Lisbon, for the constitution of the Portuguese Coalition for Digital Employability, which was attended by over a dozen public and private entities.

The Portuguese Coalition for Digital Employability mainly aims at the constitution of a...