NRP Portugal

The Local Social Development Contracts Programme (CLDS) focuses on moredepressed areas, with a view to obtaining greater regional cohesion, developingpartnerships with local bodies, fighting poverty and promoting social inclusion ofthosemorevulnerable,throughactivitieswithintheemploymentfield,trainingandqualification, family and parent intervention, and empowerment of the communityandinstitutions.19CLDShadbeensignedbyApril2008,whichincludes22boroughs.ResponsePtW7:Macroeconomicpolicy- Publicfinancereform- Budgetarydisciplinepolicy Microeconomicpolicy- Accesstofunds- R&Dpolicies- EncouragingentrepreneurshipStrengtheningsocialcohesionandinclusion,reducingpovertyandsocialexclusionbyestablishingthefollowingPlans:• National Strategy for Social Protection and Social Inclusion (which integrates the National Action Plan for Inclusion (PNAI), theNationalPensionsStrategyandtheNationalPlanforHealthCareandLongTermHealthCare)• NationalEqualityPlan–CitizenshipandGender• NationalPlanagainstDomesticViolence• PlanofActionfortheIntegrationofPeoplewithDisabilitiesorImpairment(PAIPDI)• NationalPlantoPromoteAccessibility(PNPA)• PlanforImmigrantIntegration(PII)• NationalPlanagainstPeopleTraffickingContinuedinvestmentineducationandtrainingIntegrationinthelabourmarket:continuedimplementingthefollowingprogrammes:• InclusiveLabourMarketProgramme• ProfessionalTrainingandEmploymentofDisabledPeopleProgramme• InterventionProgrammeforUnemployedImmigrantsAccesstothesocialservicesandfacilitiesnetwork• ProgrammetoExtendtheSocialFacilitiesNetwork(PARES),supportingearlychildhood,thedisabledandtheelderly• NationalNetworkofIntegratedContinuedCare(RNCCI)Accesstohealth• HealthCareCentre• ‘AppointmentonTime’Programme• CreationoftheOralHealthChequesprojectSocialsecuritysystem• SocialIntegrationBenefit,whichgrantsaidtopeopleandtheirfamiliesaccordingtotheirpersonalandfamilysituation• IncomeSupplementfortheElderly,forpensionersover65whoseincomeisbelowalegallyestablishedamount.• Positivedifferentiationofbenefits(e.g.increaseinchildallowanceforchildrenandyoungstersgiventolargefamilies;updateoffamilybenefitsbasedonthepositivedifferentiationprincipleinfavouroffamiliesthatareeconomicallyvulnerable;additionalchildallowanceforchildrenandyoungstersofsingleparentfamilies;establishmentofanumberofsocialmeasurestostrengthensocialprotectionduringthematernity,paternityandadoptionperiod).AccesstoHousing• HousingSupportProgrammes,• AidtotheConstructionofHousingwithControlledCostsProgramme(PCHCC);• SpecialRe‐HousingProgramme(PER);• Pilot‐projectInitiativeUrbanQualificationandReintegrationofCriticalNeighbourhoods;• Porta65Programme;• PROHABITA;Pilot‐ProjectforHousingRehabilitationfortheElderly.Promotionofsocialcohesiononaregionalandlocallevel• LocalContractsforSocialDevelopmentProgramme(CLDS)31