
Portugal
Portugal is one of the founding members of the ILO.
Since 1974, Portugal has demonstrated a solid commitment towards ILO’s principles and values, and in recent decades, towards the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the aim of Social Justice for all.
Portugal ranks amongst the top 20 ILO member States that have ratified the greater number of Conventions. Portugal is an important supporter of ILO’s technical cooperation projects and of ILO’s training programmes in the Portuguese language.
The qualitative leap that this relationship has experienced was further enhanced by the opening of an ILO office in Lisbon in 2003, with great support from the tripartite constituents. It has also contributed to increase the proximity of the ILO to key players in the world of work in Portugal and to expand synergies between the ILO and the Portuguese-speaking world.
In this context, ILO-Lisbon's strategic functions are:
- communication and visibility
- representation and partnerships
- technical support
- resource mobilisation
- interface with CPLP and the Portuguese language
ILO-Lisbon has the responsibility of making ILO reference documents, studies and training manuals accessible in the Portuguese language. This website, which we encourage you to explore, is a key instrument for disseminating this information. It gives updated information on our projects and activities in Portugal and in the context of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).
Explore the Portugal - ILO partnership page.
Latest news and stories

ILO and EESC join forces to shape a fair and inclusive AI-driven future at high-level conference

Enterprise development
New programme to close digital gap for 15,000 small businesses

Labour statistics

National labour market statistics for the last year from the ILOSTAT database
Projects and programmes

Development Cooperation Dashboard

The dashboard offers interactive visualisations of ILO development cooperation projects funded by Portugal.
Tripartite partners
Publications
Revista de passatempos Coquetel com o tema “Segurança e saúde em dia nas escolas".
Report
Profile of Portugal’s Young NEETs


All resources
Browse our catalogue of resources from or about Portugal and filter by topic or sector.
Contact
- Email : lisbon@ilo.org
- Phone : +351 21 3173440/9
- Fax : +351 21 3140149
Address
Rua Américo Durão nº12A
1900-064 Lisboa
Portugal