IT map / Councils and regions

Municípios (Câmaras Municipais)

Councils and regionsOrganisationLocal36 connections

Local authorities that run their own back-office ERP, online services, urbanismo, water and civil-protection systems and must report to DGAL, Tribunal de Contas, INE, AT, BASE and CNCS.

Acronym: —
Type: Organisation
Level: Local
Area: Councils and regions
Owner: 308 municípios (278 no continente, 30 nas Regiões Autónomas), órgão executivo: câmara municipal
Used by: citizens, businesses, public staff
In service since: Not recorded
Evidence: Checked against sources
Interface types: SOAP web service, file upload (portal)
Product families: Medidata/esPublico SIGMA, AIRC, SAP Portugal, Novabase [1]
Login and identity links: 1, counted but not listed
Would the model apply?: Not yet analysed

Connections

36 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.

Runs10

Balcão Único do PrédioBUPi counters with qualified technicians in 158 adhering municipalities (incl. the autonomous regions) · Portal upload
Entidades gestoras municipais e intermunicipais de águas e resíduos (serviços municipais, SMAS, empresas municipais)Direct or intermunicipal management of 72% of mainland water/waste entities
Plataformas de Gestão Urbana (PRR C19-i08 Territórios Inteligentes)Councils run these systems (vendor-supplied, typically on council servers)
Plataformas municipais de urbanismo onlineCouncils run these systems (vendor-supplied, typically on council servers)
SIGMA – Sistema Integrado de Gestão Municipal e AutárquicaCouncils run SIGMA modules (accounting, water billing, documents) under vendor maintenance contracts
Sigma-Doc / Sigma-FlowCouncils run these systems (vendor-supplied, typically on council servers)
SIGMA-ÁguasCouncils run these systems (vendor-supplied, typically on council servers)
Sistemas de videovigilância em espaço público (Lei 95/2021)Municipality–force protocols for installing public-space CCTV (e.g. Loulé–GNR, Vilamoura)
Software aplicacional da AIRCMember and client councils run AIRC applications under maintenance contracts
Ws-AutarquiasCouncils run these systems (vendor-supplied, typically on council servers)

Reports to7

Autoridade Tributária e AduaneiraMunicipal assembly IMI rate deliberations must be sent to AT by electronic data transmission by 31 December (CIMI art. 112.º n.º 14)
eContas – serviços on-line do Tribunal de ContasMunicipalities file annual (individual and consolidated) accounts electronically · Portal upload
MyCiberCouncils self-register under NIS2 on CNCS MyCiber (e.g. Mealhada, Despacho 56/2026) · Portal upload
Portal BASE – Portal dos Contratos PúblicosCouncils must publish procurement procedures and contracts in BASE (data models set by Portaria 318-B/2023) · Real-time API
Sistema de Indicadores de Operações UrbanísticasMonthly urban-operations statistics (licences, prior communications, opinions) by the 15th of the following month · Portal upload
Sistema de Informação para o Subsetor da Administração LocalLocal-subsector entities submit SNC-AP reporting statements (peças de relato) · Real-time API
Sistema Integrado de Informação das Autarquias LocaisCouncils load financial and non-financial data into SIIAL with their own credentials; Lei 57/2011 requires local-administration entities to keep their data updated there · Portal upload

Sends data to3

Portal das Contraordenações RodoviáriasMunicipal entities send offence and payment information to ANSR via PCont · Portal upload
Sistema de Contraordenações de Trânsito308 municipalities and municipal police use SCoT · Real-time API
Sistema de Submissão Automática dos Instrumentos de Gestão Territorial (SSAIGT/SAIGT)Municipalities submit PDM and other territorial plans for Diário da República publication and DGT deposit · Portal upload

Connects to4

Plataforma de Queimas e QueimadasPlatform formalised by an ICNF protocol with the Associação Nacional de Municípios; municipalities adhere to it
Plataforma Eletrónica dos Procedimentos Urbanísticos (anunciada como "LicencIA")Mandatory for all municipalities from 5 Jan 2026; reached through each municipality's portal; interoperability with municipal systems/GIS planned
Plataformas eletrónicas de contratação pública (VortalGov, acinGov, anoGov, ComprasPT)Councils run tenders on IMPIC-licensed e-procurement platforms · Portal upload
Sistema de Informação de Regime Jurídico da Urbanização e EdificaçãoCouncils send external consultation requests to central-administration entities and receive opinions/deadline alerts · Portal upload

Exchanges with (EU)1

TED – Tenders Electronic Daily (suplemento do JOUE)Above-threshold council tenders and award notices published on TED (e.g. Lamego SIGMA maintenance 2026)

Hosts2

Balcão Único do PrédioAdhering councils host BUPi counters (e.g. Ovar's counter closed during its Oct 2026 cyberattack)
Rede de Espaços CidadãoCouncil (with juntas) provides premises, mediators, consumables, security and cleaning; AMA/ARTE supplies hardware, software, back-office and help desk (Cantanhede 2022; Protocolo 229/2021-AMA, Alfândega da Fé)

Gets data from5

Comissões de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional, I.P.CCDRs issue technical guidance to councils on SIIAL accounts reporting and prestação de contas
FE-AP – Portal da Fatura Eletrónica na Administração PúblicaMunicipalities and freguesias are public contracting authorities covered by FE-AP e-invoicing
GeADAP (AP Local) – Gestão Integrada da Avaliação de Desempenho na AP (Autarquias)GeADAP has a dedicated local-administration (autarquias) instance for SIADAP appraisal
Matrizes prediais e IMI (declaração Modelo 1 do IMI)IMI assessed by AT from the property register; revenue belongs to municipalities
SGPVE – Sistema de Gestão do Parque de Veículos do EstadoMunicipalities, courts and police forces can communicate seized vehicles in SGPVE

Payments from3

Autoridade Tributária e AduaneiraAT collected 3,979 M€ on behalf of local administration in 2024 (IMI, IMT and other municipal revenue)
Direção-Geral das Autarquias LocaisState Budget transfers under Lei 73/2013 (FEF, FSM, IRS share, IVA; EUR 4,088.65M in 2025) published in DGAL's Finanças Locais > Transferências
Plataforma de Pagamentos da Administração PúblicaDL 10/2024 requires municipalities charging urban-licensing fees to adopt PPAP and DUC via ARTE and IGCP · Real-time API

Network from1

SIRESP – Rede Nacional de Emergência e SegurançaEmergency radio users (PSP, GNR, firefighters/civil protection, PJ, prison services, ~30 municipalities among >50 entities) · Network link

What the owner signs for IT

We could not tie 308 municípios (278 no continente, 30 nas Regiões Autónomas), órgão executivo: câmara municipal to a single buyer in Portal BASE. The owner may be a group of bodies, a private operator, or a body that buys under another name.