Portugal

APG – Portuguese Association of People Management, founded in 1964, is a non-profit professional association under private law of cultural and scientific nature, recognised by the Portuguese Government as an organisation which pursues public interests. It gathers people and organisations devoted to people’s management or practising leadership services or specialised within this area, both in the public and private sector, namely Human Resources Managers, General Managers from organisations of several activities, as well as trainers, coaches, academics, consultants and students from several courses (Human Resources Management, Management, Labour Psychology, Sociology, Public Administration, etc.), in a total of nearly 600 members.

APG goals are the study, promotion, organisation and participation in scientific, technical, social, academic or cultural activities within the scope of management, particularly the people management in organisations, and in the remaining social sciences and humanities areas.

Its mission is to develop activities that aim at the training and representation of its members, the rise in value of the “Personnel” task in the organisations and the contribution for the definition of public policies namely in areas like education, vocational training, employment and labour relations.

APG has a Code of Ethics on People’s Management which includes a set of ethical and conduct principles that describe the behaviour and attitudes which the APG’s members shall undertake along their professional and associative life.