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Portugal*

General Country Information
Capital: Lisbon
Population: 10,735,765 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Republic

Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 4.121 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 14.91 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 1.967 million (2009)
Internet users: 4.476 million (2008)

Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.61
World Rank 2005/2006: 32

*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.

National Disability Action Plan
National Disability Strategy (ENDEF) (2011 – 2013)
http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/GC18/Documentos/MTSS/Endef.pdf

National Plan for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities or Incapacities (PAIPDI) (2006 – 2009)
Strategy Plan Website

Web Accessibility Policy Making: Perspective on Portugal
Download the G3ict White Paper

Disability Organizations and Contact Information:

Associação de Cegos e Amblíopes de Portugal (ACAPO) - DPI National Assembly
Rua De San José 86, Piso 1
1150-324, Lisboa
Portugal
http://www.acapo.pt
Email: rosariocunha@acapo.pt
Tel: +351-21-342-2001 / +351-21-324-4500
Fax: +351-21-342-8518

Associação Portuguesa de Deficientes
Largo do Rato 1B 1250 - 185
Lisboa
Portugal
http://www.adp.org.pt
Email: direccao-sede@apd.org.pt / pedro.grilo@gmail.com
Tel: +351-21-388-1112      
Fax: +351-21-3871-095

Associação Portuguesa de Surdos
Avenida da Liberdade
157-2 DTO
Lisboa 1250
Portugal
http://www.apsurdos.pt
Email: apsurdoscen@mail.telepac.pt
Tel: +351-21-355-7244
Fax: +351-21-315-3244

Cooperativa Nacional de Apoio a Deficientes (National Cooperative of Support for People with Disabilities)
Praa 566-E, Zona J De Chelas
Lisboa 1900
Portugal
http://www.cnad.org.pt
Email: cnad-sede@clix.pt
Tel: +351-218-595-332 / +351-218-593-732
Fax: +351-218-593-731

Federa
ção Portuguesa das Associacões de Surdos
Praceta Miguel Cláudio, nº 3-B
2700 - 585 Amadora
Portugal
http://www.fpas.org.pt
Email: fpas@fpas.org.pt
Tel: +351-21-499-8309
Fax: +351-21-499-8310

Liga Portuguesa dos Deficientes Motores (LPDM)
Rua do Stio ao Casalinho da Ajuda
Lisboa 1349-011
Portugal
http://www.lpdm-crs.org.pt
Email: lpdmcrs@lpdm-crs.pt / info@lpdm-crs.org.pt
Tel: +351-21-361-6910 / +351-21-361-6924
Fax: +351-21-364-8639

Secretariado Nacional de Reabilita
ção
Av. Conde Valbom 63
Lisboa 1069-178
Portugal
Tel: +351-21-793-6517