Next day 21 October, the Public Policy Monitoring Meeting 2026 is held, an initiative promoted by the Multisectoral Monitoring Team (MST) the REPLAN - Network of Planning and Foresight Services of Public Administration, with the support of the University of Évora. With the institutionalisation of public policy monitoring in Portugal as its main objective, this event will serve to discuss skills, methodologies, tools and future perspectives in this area, bringing together policymakers, the academic community, sectoral experts and international organisations. The program has a panel dedicated to national and international experiences in monitoring public policies with a special guest from Brazil. Next, a round table will present the articles that make up the special issue of the Portuguese Public Policy Journal dedicated to Planning Tools Monitoring Processes, released in April this year. The afternoon will be marked by parallel sessions, including two practical workshops, one on reporting and the other on statistics with a gender perspective, together with a debate on the territorial dimension of monitoring. The meeting, which starts at 09:00 and ends at 17:30, will conclude with a plenary discussion on monitoring tools, data governance and the impact of artificial intelligence and predictive analysis, in which the OECD will participate. The event is free entry, but subject to pre-registration. Consult the Programme and Map of the meeting. •Link to the event page: https://www.planapp.gov.pt/encontro-monitorização-politicas-publicas-2026/; •Link to Linkedin post: https://lnkd.in/p/ggdMxwac Source: PLANAPP

Next day 30 September, CuidarAP brings together, in Lisbon, experts and professionals from different areas and organisations for a morning dedicated to health, well-being and the prevention of psychosocial risks at work. A morning to reflect, share experiences and, above all, talk about what is at the heart of all organizations: people. We bring together different perspectives and experiences, in a program that aims to bring knowledge, concrete examples and new ideas to think about the prevention of psychosocial risks and the promotion of healthier work environments. Because caring for people is not only responding to challenges when they arise, it is anticipating them, creating conditions for well-being and strengthening, from there, the organizations themselves. Consult the programme and a presentation of speakers. Watch the Youtube. 30 September | 9 a.m.–1 p.m. IGFSS Auditorium, London Square, n.º 9 E, Lisbon Participation is free, but requires prior registration. Make your enrollment. We count on you this morning for sharing, reflection and conversation.

On 17 September 2026, the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, and the Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion of Timor-Leste, Verónica das Dores, signed the new Cooperation Programme between the two ministries for the period 2026-2028, in the areas of inclusion, solidarity, social assistance and social security. As part of the Strategic Cooperation Programme 2024-2028, this instrument reinforces both countries’ commitment to promoting social inclusion and reducing poverty and social exclusion. To this end, it provides for continued support for anti-poverty projects, as well as the strengthening of the institutional and technical capacities of entities responsible for inclusion, social protection and social security policies. Under this cooperation, support will be maintained for ten anti-poverty projects, currently implemented in seven of the thirteen municipalities of Timor-Leste and in the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse Ambeno. These projects ensure a diverse set of social responses targeting children and young people, families and communities, as well as older people in particularly vulnerable situations, reaching more than 5,000 beneficiaries in 2025. In terms of institutional strengthening, the Programme continues to support the development of the Timorese social security system, in a phase geared towards its consolidation. In this context, technical assistance, internships and training, among other initiatives, are planned for the National Institute of Social Security and the Social Security Reserve Fund of Timor-Leste. The Programme also includes the strengthening of the institutional and technical capacities of the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion of Timor-Leste. Among the areas covered are disability and rehabilitation, preventing and combating domestic violence, protection of children at risk, planning, statistics and evaluation of public policies. There are also technical capacity-building measures aimed at social and solidarity-based sector entities, as well as support for the creation of new public social equipment. The signing of this Programme took place in the context of the official visit to Portugal of the Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion of Timor-Leste and the President of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Social Security and the Social Security Reserve Fund of Timor-Leste, Zeferino da Costa Bobo. During the visit, institutional meetings were held with various services and bodies of the MTSSS, namely the Directorate-General for Coordination and Planning, the Institute for Social Security, I.P., the Institute for the Financial Management of Social Security, I.P., the Institute for the Management of Social Security Capitalisation Funds, I.P., and the Institute for Informatics, I.P. The delegation also made its first official visit to the Autonomous Region of the Azores, during which it maintained institutional contacts with the Regional Secretariat for Health and Social Security and with the Institute for Social Security of the Azores and visited the headquarters of Caritas Azores. Photos © MTSSS