As President of the National Council of Professional Orders (CNOP), I had a meeting with Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic.
The main points addressed to the President were the European elections and its political moment; the revision of the self-regulation legislative process in course under Government initiative, and mobility of the qualified professions particularly on the European context.
CNOP represents 16 Orders and more than 300.000 qualified professionals in Portugal.
From left to right, Pedro Biscaia (vice-president of the General Council of the Order of Layers), José Azevedo Rodrigues (president of the Order of Chartered Accountants), Carlos Pereira Martins (president of the Executive Committee of the CNOP), Carlos Matias Ramos (president of the Order of the Engineers), Alexandra Bento (president of the Order of Nutritionists), Orlando Monteiro da Silva (president of CNOP and president of the Dental Portuguese Order), and Aníbal Cavaco Silva, president of the Portuguese Republic.