Regional Government approves new rules for curricular assessment in the Public Administration

The Regional Secretariat for Finance published, in the 2nd Supplement to the Official Journal of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Normative Order no. 5/2026, which approves the principles and general rules of curricular assessment, as well as its procedure. The order was signed by the Regional Secretary for Finance, Duarte Nuno Nunes de Freitas, on 26 October 2026.

Curricular assessment is a mechanism provided for in SIADAP-RAM, the performance assessment system of the regional public administration. It is intended to fill the absence of a performance assessment or to replace a previous assessment in the situations provided for by law.

Main measures#

• Repeal: Normative Order no. 2/2011, of 15 April, which until now defined the procedure for this type of assessment, is repealed.
• Supplementary criteria: the criteria approved by the Coordinating Council for Assessment of the Regional Secretariat for Finance (CCA-SRF) will apply, on a supplementary basis, to all direct and indirect administration services of this Regional Secretariat.
• Scope: the order covers the bodies and services of the direct and indirect administration integrated in the Regional Secretariat for Finance and the workers of the centralised human resources management system.
• Entry into force: the order enters into force on the day after its publication and applies only to assessment requests submitted after that date.

Who can request the assessment#

Workers with a public employment legal relationship established for at least six months, who do not have a corresponding effective service and who have not been assigned an assessment in SIADAP-RAM 3, or who wish to change the last relevant assessment for career progression purposes, may request the assessment.

Workers who have held, for more than six months, positions not corresponding to their career are also covered, namely members of the Government, staff of government cabinets, members of parliament, public administration managers, public company managers and workers on secondment in the public interest.

Elements considered#

When assessing the curriculum, the following are taken into account, based on supporting documentation: academic and professional qualifications, professional experience and curricular enhancement, and the exercise of management positions or functions of recognised public interest or relevant social interest, including trade union activity.

Calendar and deadlines#

• Notification to workers: during the first fortnight of December, services must inform eligible workers of the possibility of requesting the assessment.
• Criteria: must be published on the service's website by 30 November of the year before the assessment.
• Request: must be submitted in writing, without fail by 31 December of the year before the assessment, accompanied by the curriculum and supporting documents.
• Appointment of the assessor: within a maximum of five working days after the request is submitted.
• Validation: takes place during the second fortnight of January of the year after the assessment.
• Approval: as a rule, by 30 April of the year after the assessment.

Rating scale#

• Very good: 4 to 5 points
• Good: 3.500 to 3.999
• Fair: 2 to 3.499
• Inadequate: 1 to 1.999

For recognition of merit corresponding to excellent performance, a specific mention applies.

Safeguards for the assessed worker#

The assessed worker may request, within ten working days, that their file be reviewed by a joint committee before approval. After approval, they may submit a complaint to the author of the act within ten working days, and the author must decide within a maximum of fifteen working days. Against the approval and the decision on the complaint, a hierarchical or supervisory appeal may also be lodged within thirty working days to the Regional Secretary for Finance, without prejudice to judicial challenge.