The National Olympic Committee of Portugal is the maximum governing body of the Portuguese sport system. It is a non-profit and nongovernmental organization that, besides organizing and leading in exclusively the national delegation to the Olympic Games, has several other statutory powers in the context of disclosing, developing and advocacy of the Olympic Movement and sport in general, in accordance with the Olympic Charter, namely:

• Promote the observance of the ethics of sport in the framework of competitions and in the relations between sports agents and the community;
• To promote the dissemination of the cultural, educational and social values of Olympism;
• Encourage, enhance and support the training and education of sports agents and their leading role in the comunity.