Conflict mediator – Establishment in Portugal

If you obtained your professional qualifications in another country and want to work as a conflict mediator in Portugal on a permanent basis, you may need to apply for the recognition of your professional qualifications.

You do not have to apply for recognition if you want to work as:

  • a private conflict mediator, outside an institutional framework.

You will need to apply for recognition if you want to work as:

  • a private conflict mediator on the Portuguese Ministry of Justice’s list of private mediators;
  • a conflict mediator in the public mediation systems managed by the Ministry of Justice.

Any person with citizenship of a Member State of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland who is professionally established in and has obtained their qualifications in one of these countries may apply.

If you obtained your professional qualifications in a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland, you will have to contact the Directorate-General for Justice Policy (DGPJ) to apply for the recognition of your qualifications.

If you want to work in Portugal only temporarily as a conflict mediator, you will need to submit a prior declaration to the DGPJ.

Service channels

  • Apply Online

    Apply for the recognition of your professional qualifications.

How much

It's free.

Legislation, refusals, contests, claims

Legislation

Law No. 29/2013 of 27 November: Establishes the general principles applicable to mediation carried out in Portugal, as well as the legal frameworks governing civil and commercial mediation, mediators, and public mediation.

Ordinance No. 345/2013 of 27 November: Regulates the framework applicable to the certification of training bodies providing conflict mediation courses, as set out in paragraph 2 of Article 24 of Law No. 29/2013 of 19 April

Order No. 1/DGPJ/2015: Defines the procedures for the recognition of mediators’ qualifications, as well as the admissible compensatory measures.

Law No. 9/2009 of 4 March, as amended: Transposes into the domestic legal order Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September, concerning the recognition of professional qualifications

Competent Entity

Direção-Geral da Política de Justiça

Operation hours

  • Business days from 9 am to 5 pm.

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