​• Ensures a detailed description within the institution regarding the Operational Programme for the Disadvantaged, with the institution's employees benefiting from complete and coherent information about the implemented programme.
• Provides assurances regarding the existence of adequate documentation for conducting the activity.
• Ensures continuity of activity, including in conditions of staff fluctuation.
• Supports the audit and/or other authorized bodies in auditing and/or control actions, and supports the manager in decision-making.
• Other purposes.

2. Scope of application

• Specification (definition) of the activity to which the operational procedure refers: The Operational Programme for Aid to Disadvantaged Persons 2014-2020 (POAD) has a total allocation of over 518 million euros and aims to reduce extreme poverty by distributing basic food (in the form of food packages and prepared meals), school supplies for children, layettes for newborns, clothing and footwear, and hygiene products to the most disadvantaged persons.
• Explicit delimitation of the procedural activity within the portfolio of activities carried out by the public entity: The activity is relevant in importance, being distinctly proceduralized within the institution.
• Listing the main activities on which the procedural activity depends and/or which depend on the procedural activity: All other activities within the institution depend on the procedural activity, due to the role this activity has in the correct and timely conduct of all processes.
• Listing the compartments providing data and/or benefiting from the results of the procedural activity:

o Data provider compartments: All structures;
o Result provider compartments: All structures.

Compartments involved in the activity process: Social Assistance.