Indicator history

The formal national strategy on the integration of migrants and minorities is developed mainly through the Plano Nacional de Acção para a Inclusão (PNAI) [National Action Plan for Inclusion] - which presents the Portuguese national strategy in the area of poverty and social exclusion - and the Plano para a Integração de Imigrantes (PII) [Plan for Immigrant Integration].

Since the beginning the Plano Nacional de Acção para a Inclusão (PNAI, 2003-2005) [National Action Plan for Inclusion] has the immigrant population as one of its main target groups (toghether with people with disabilities, children and older people). The second edition of PNAI (2006-2008) addressed immigration and disabilities through the lens of gender perspective and multiple discrimination. The third edition of PNAI (2008-2010) added also ethnic minorities as a target group.

The I Plano para a Integração de Imigrantes (PII, 2007-2009) [I Plan for Immigrant Integration] and the II Plano para a Integração de Imigrantes (PII, 2010-2013) [II Plan for Immigrant Integration] adopted several measures accross various policy areas, including the integration of immigrants in culture, language, employment, professional training, housing and combating racism and discrimination.

The II Plan covering the period 2010-2013 added two new areas of intervention: promotion of diversity and intercultural dialogue, and elderly immigrants. It includes 90 measures distributed accross 17 main areas of intervention:

1. Welcoming
2. Culture and Language
3. Employment, Professional Training and Business Dynamics
4. Education
5. Solidarity and Social Security
6. Health
7. Housing
8. Justice
9. Racism and Discrimination
10. Access to Citizenship and Civic Participation
11. Immigrant Associations
12. Descendents of Immigrants
13. Elderly Immigrants
14. Relations with the Countries of Origin
15. Promotion of Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
16. Gender Issues
17. Human Trafficking.
 

Sources
 

ACIDI (2007), I Plan for Immigrant Integration (2007-2009), http://www.acidi.gov.pt/_cfn/4d346c9b80687/live/Consulte+a+versão+do+Plano+2007-2009+em+inglês+, Date of access: 26.01.2012.

ACIDI (2010), II Plan for Immigrant Integration (2010-2013), http://www.acidi.gov.pt/_cfn/4d346c9b80687/live/Consulte+a+versão+da+Plano+2010-2013+em+Inglês, Date of access: 26.01.2012.

ACIDI, (2010), Relatório Final: I Plano para a Integração de Imigrantes (2007-2009), http://www.acidi.gov.pt/_cfn/4d346c9b80687/live/Conheça+o+Relatório+Final+do+PII+%282007-2009%29, Date  of access: 26.01.2012.

PNAI, Plano Nacional de Acção para a Inclusão, http://www.pnai.pt, Date of access: 13.12.2011.