CENOR

In Portugal, CENOR, part of the Directorate-General for Innovation and Curriculum Development (DGIDC), is managed by the division for Guidance and Scholar Supports. It also has a front Office – the CENOR Space, part of the Espaço Noesis, sited at Av. 24 de Julho, 140, in Lisbon.

Its mission is to develop the European dimension in the national education, training and guidance systems, aiming at sharing work methods and innovative practices in close cooperation with the national systems of schooling and professional guidance of each participating country in the Euroguidance network.

CENOR, as member of Euroguidance, trough the website cenor.dgidc.min-edu.pt produces information to students, education and guidance professionals, different organizations and the public, namely:

• training materials, leaflets, brochures, files, CD-ROMs and others;
• educational and training information, and dissemination of projects, mobility resources and European policies in work life guidance

In each member country of the Euroguidance network, their CENOR counterparts, through the PLOTEUS site, europa.eu.int/ploteus, spread national information connected to school courses and higher education databases in Europe:

• education and training in Europe;
• community mobility programmes (i.e. ERASMUS) and other European exchange programmes as well as scholarship programmes;
• fees, cross border acceptance and degrees;
• legal framework as to studying, living and working in European countries - general cost-of-living information as well as on taxes, social security, housing and others.

In addition, CENOR participates in conferences, seminars, debates and workshops at national and European level, therefore keeping abreast of innovative tendencies in the fields of school and professional guidance. 

Direcção-Geral de Inovação e de Desenvolvimento Curricular (DGIDC)
Divisão Orientação e Apoios Educativos (DOAE)
Av. 24 de Julho, 140, 5º 1399-025 Lisboa
T: +351 213 934 525
F: +351 213 936 833