Secretaria-Geral do Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social

It is now available or new website of the National Catalogue of Qualifications (CNQ). More than a decade after the creation of CNQ, it is now intended to make the site more readable and adjusted to the needs of its users.

Among the various amendments, the following are highlighted:

• Increased visibility of the set of activities and skills associated with each qualification, as well as increased visibility of access routes to the qualification;
• Integration of short and medium-term training pathways for young people and adults in emerging areas with added value for the economy;
• Integration of Units of Competence (CUs) / Short-Term Training Units (STUs) related to Transversal Competences;
• Possibility of access to qualifications by Sectoral Board for Qualification;
• Possibility to consult, autonomously, UC to UC, the benchmark of key competences of adult education and training - basic level and secondary level;
• Possibility to integrate structured qualifications in CUs, which are based on and described in learning outcomes (LL).

Source: ANQEP