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The Platform’s main goals are:

• To promote an increasingly inclusive society, based on values such as equity and solidarity;
   
• To build collaborative mechanisms allowing for the development of societies based on diversity and the respect for human rights;
   
• To encourage non-discrimination policies and promote the dignity of all human beings;
   
• To monitor and influence the design, implementation and evaluation of development and cooperation policies at national and international levels;
   
• To set itself as an important interlocutor for both governmental and supra-governmental organizations in Development Cooperation issues.

The Portuguese Platform of Development NGOs represents a group of 64 Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDOs). NGDOs are private, non-profit legal persons operating in the areas of Development Cooperation, Emergency and Humanitarian Aid and Development Education and Global Citizenship.  

Find our more about our members here (in portuguese).

We work for global justice and sustainable development through political advocacy, civil society capacity building, communication for development, and the promotion of cohesion among our members.

Advocacy and Political Influence
We regularly monitor political processes at national and international level and seek to influence decision-makers so that public policies contribute to a more just, supportive, equitable and sustainable world.

Capacity Building
We define and implement various capacity building activities, such as training, workshops, and peer learning programs, with a view to strengthening and improving the capacities and competences of Portuguese NGDOs and other development actors.

Communication
We work to contribute to a greater visibility of the Development sector and NGDOs. Through our external communication channels, such as our monthly newsletter, our social media or our magazine, we seek to provide relevant information about the Development sector, with the aim of increasing knowledge and critical awareness of the world in which we live.

Internal Cohesion
We encourage internal communication mechanisms, and organize moments and spaces for sharing experiences, resources and competences and joint work among our members, such as Working Groups and other forms of collective collaboration, with the aim of consolidating internal cohesion between the members, and between NGDOs and the Platform. In this way, we seek to reinforce a culture of sharing and collaboration that enhances the work of NGDOs and reinforces their perspectives of organizational sustainability.

Working Groups are joint working structures composed by Platform’s member organizations. Their objetive is to analyze and reflect on issues related to specific areas of NGDOs' work.

They are an essential piece of organic participation within the Platform, organising their own initiatives, such as knowledge production, workshops, brainstorming sessions, awareness raising actions, training workshops, among others. Currently we have three working Groups:  Aid Watch Working Group, Development Education and Global Citizenship Working Group and Ethics Working Group

Adress:
Rua Aprígio Mafra, nº17, 3º dto, 1700-051 Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: +351 218872239

Email: info@plataformaongd.pt