Identificação eletrónica
European regulation defining the legal framework for secure cross-border electronic identification, enabling trustworthy digital interactions between Member States.
National digital identity infrastructure,
built in Portugal for Europe.
The Portuguese Digital Wallet (PDW) is the verifiable credential execution layer of the Portuguese State. Coordinated by TecMinho and part of the Mobilising Agenda «Decentralising Portugal with Blockchain».
72,9 M€
Investimento total do consórcio
26
Produtos inovadores na Agenda
378
Profissionais mobilizados
44
Entidades · PME · RTOs · Estado
What is the Portuguese Digital Wallet?
PDW is Portugal's "Credential Execution Layer", constituting critical national infrastructure for the decentralized economy. The project integrates the Mobilizing Agenda "Blockchain.PT" (formally "Decentralize Portugal with Blockchain"), a strategic effort funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and the NextGenerationEU program. Under the global consortium leadership of VOID Software, TecMinho assumes institutional and technical coordination in developing this cutting-edge solution.
Coordenação institucional
O papel da TecMinho
A TecMinho — interface da Universidade do Minho para a transferência de conhecimento, fundada em 1990 — lidera o desenvolvimento técnico e a coordenação institucional da PDW dentro do consórcio.
Esta responsabilidade traduz a aposta nacional em colocar o ensino superior público no centro de uma infraestrutura crítica de soberania digital.
Conhecer a TecMinho →Strategic Context
PDW constitutes the critical trust infrastructure of the 'Decentralize Portugal with Blockchain' Mobilizing Agenda. It integrates an ecosystem aiming to launch 26 innovative products worldwide, positioning Portugal as a high-tech exporter.
Foundations and Technical Standards
Infraestrutura europeia
Compliance with the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure, serving as the backbone for cross-border document and identity verification with full integrity.
Architecture & Reference Framework
Alignment with the Architecture and Reference Framework, ensuring the Portuguese wallet is technically interoperable with national digital wallets across the European Union.
Management, Technical Coordination and Strategy
Governance Model
PDW benefits from the governance of the Blockchain.PT Agenda, structured into a deliberative Steering Committee and an operational Executive Committee. This organization ensures continuous risk mitigation, scientific compliance and the delivery of high-quality infrastructure.
Compromisso de exportação
Mais de dois terços das vendas previstas destinam-se a mercados externos, consolidando a PDW como produto português de exportação na identidade digital descentralizada.
Strategic Partners
University of Minho's interface dedicated to knowledge transfer to the market, promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. Founded in 1990.
Established in July 2017, dedicated to software development services, namely tailor-made solutions using a wide range of technologies in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. In the consortium, it assumes global leadership of the Agenda and project management.
Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Research and Development in Lisbon. In the project, it leads the Interoperability work package (WP7), responsible for designing and implementing technical and semantic interoperability layers (blockchain gateways) to connect the different systems of the Agenda.
Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science. Its contribution focuses on technological research and development, including the design and prototyping of IoT solutions such as innovative identifiers (ear tags) with sensors and blockchain-integrated communication for livestock traceability.
Comprising Instituto Superior Técnico and the IST Association for Research and Development. They contribute to the project through research, participating in preliminary studies, state-of-the-art reviews, and development of the interoperability and digital asset management layer.
Association for the Information, Communication and Electronics Technologies Cluster. In the consortium, it leads the Innovation Management, Dissemination, Exploitation and Demonstration area (WP8), aiming to widely disseminate the knowledge generated to target communities and promote the innovation ecosystem.
Public higher education institution focused on excellence in education, research and active cooperation with society.