Project Description

Federação Portuguesa de Autismo – FPDA
PORTUGAL
FPDA – Portuguese Federation for Autism is a non-profit NGO PD (Non-Governmental Organization for Persons with Disability) registered under the Portuguese law in 2003/2004. It replaced a national NGO that was founded in 1971. FPDA includes 12 NGOs all over the country and in the islands.
FPDA is under the umbrella of the National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR,I. P) that belongs to the Ministry of Social Welfare. The Statutes of FPDA are approved by the Ministry of Social Welfare and registered in the Portal da Justiça (Platform of the Ministry of Justice).
The responsible by FPDA are: the Congress (it is the name of the General Assembly) that elects every 4 years, among its members, the Executive Council and the Financial Council.
The members of the Congress are the delegates elected in representation of the 12 association members of FPDA.
The five members of the Executive Council run the federation and present the reports and planning to the approval of the Ministry of Social Welfare after being approved by the Congress.
The Financial Council writes one overview on the administration of the Executive Council and also presents it with the reports.