EUR 6 million to Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality in Portugal

On 22 may 2017 was signed in Lisbon, the MoU- Memorandum of Understanding on the Implementation of the EEA Grants 2014-2021, by Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Pedro Marques and the State Secretary of Norway, Elsbeth Tronstad.

Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have signed a new cooperation agreement with Portugal with a total of more than EUR 100 million. Of this amount, EUR 6 million will be used to Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality in Portugal. The Programme Operator will be the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality and the Donor Programme Partner the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud (LDO).