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1. Policy Framework

2. Existing arrangements

Policy Framework

Young volunteers who participate in IPDJ’s volunteering programmes can receive a Youth Pass certificate (Passe Jovem), created by Ordinance No. 336/2017 of 7th November. 

It is a free national tool for registering participation, as well as for the recognition and validation of learning developed by young people (between the ages of 12 and 18) in processes and activities in the field of non-formal education, outside of the school context. 

IPDJ assesses, recognises, registers, and certifies in the Youth Pass the learning profile of young participants. Access to the recognition and validation process is optional and must be requested and authorised by the young people participating in the covered programmes. This certificate, with the seal of IPDJ, is composed of four segments: essential personal data of the young person, participation record, learning record, and issue date of the certificate. The participant can, at their discretion, interconnect the Youth Pass with the completion diploma of their compulsory education.

Existing arrangements

Volunteers may also have their volunteering activities recognised using ECTS credits, which depend on each University’s procedure (ex: Universidade Nova).

The Portuguese National Agency for the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme promotes the use of the European tool Youthpass for the recognition of non-formal learning, for all young people that participate in Erasmus+ mobility projects.