Specification · Core
Essential Implementation
The organisation's legislative footprint system, from approval workflow to publication.
The problem
Recording a hearing, documenting a contribution and producing the footprint of an initiative are related but not equivalent operations. Without a procedure, each department improvises and publication is left incomplete.
Summary
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Intended for | Public bodies that must create their legislative footprint mechanism and their rules on the publication of hearings |
| Investment | Investment on request Project-based, with express exclusions |
| Duration | Six to ten weeks |
| Reference basis | Law no. 5-A/2026, Articles 8(3), (5) and (6), 9, 10, 15(2) and 16(3); Law no. 37-A/2026, Article 8(3) and (5) to (7) |
| Tier and code | Core · [código PMV a atribuir] |
Deliverables
- responsibility matrix and approval workflow;
- manual for receiving, qualifying, recording and publishing;
- forms for hearing requests and for submitting contributions;
- a register linking interaction, document, entity and initiative;
- publication rules and templates;
- workflow for assessing and justifying withheld information, subject to legal validation;
- indicators, checks and a template for the annual implementation report;
- training for the officers responsible and for users.
Method
- kick-off and scope confirmation, based on the assessment;
- design of procedures and templates with the departments;
- trial run on a real initiative or procedure;
- adjustment, internal approval and training;
- handover of the evidence file.
What is not included
- bespoke software development and systems integration;
- specialist legal opinions;
- processing of large archives, covered by a separate service.
Responsibility for validating and publishing the information always remains with the client body.
Next step
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