Portuguese-speaking world

Traceability of public decisions: knowing who contributed, with what, and how it was recorded

'Legislative footprint' is the name given to the record of contributions received while a law, regulation or policy is being prepared. We offer an adaptable methodology for transparency and documentation of decisions, with training, assessment and pilot projects, always with local validation.

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What we offer and what we do not

We do not sell compliance with Portuguese law in other countries. The obligation that exists in Portugal is not presumed to have an equivalent in Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde or Mozambique; in each country, the opportunity is validated case by case, with a local partner and in light of the applicable law.

Training and capacity building

Legislative traceability course and applied workshop for parliamentary and government teams.

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Assessment and pilot

Assessment of the contribution workflow and application of the methodology to a selected initiative.

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Local partnerships

A core methodology, adapted and validated by partners with institutional knowledge of the country.

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The Portuguese case as a study

Since 2026, Portugal has had a statutory legislative footprint mechanism, already implemented through three regulatory instruments with different solutions. It is a useful case study: recent, documented and in Portuguese.

Institution	Solution adopted	Basis
Assembly of the Republic	A five-field form, filed by the authors with each bill and published on the bill's web page	Resolution no. 289/2026, Article 8 and annex
Government	Disclosure, at the end of the procedure, of interactions that materially influenced the act	RCM no. 167/2026, Article 5
Regional Government of the Azores	Disclosure at the end of the procedure, with a log of corrections and preservation of history	DRR no. 22/2026/A, Articles 5 and 7

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The trail of a contribution

Receive. The contact, hearing request or document arrives through a known channel;
Qualify. A decision is made on whether it is interest representation or one of the situations excluded by law;
Record. Date, type of interaction, representative, entity represented and subject matter;
Link. The contribution is tied to the initiative, regulation or policy it concerns;
Publish. Within the required time and place, with reasoned exceptions;
Evaluate. Indicators, checks and the annual report.