CEDU was invited by the APDE (Portuguese Association of EU Law) to elaborate the Portuguese report to be presented in the XXV FIDE Congress, to be held in 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia. Professor Alessandra Silveira (director of CEDU), Professor Pedro Froufe (Member of CEDU Directive Commitee) and Master Mariana Canotilho (Collaborating Member of CEDU) were nominated as national writers by APDE to embark on this project.