CIMES - Portugal

To facilitate researchers' access to data, INE has a protocol with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, specifically the Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT - entity responsible for funding R&D in Portugal) and General Directorate of Statistics for Education and Science (DGEEC).
The protocol concerns researchers from universities and other legally recognized higher education and research institutions. DGEEC is responsible for accrediting users and providing them with the necessary information. The researchers must sign a form (online submission will be available soon) and a Statement of Commitment (each researcher involved in the request must sign one).
The accreditation granted by DGEEC is valid during the declared length of the research project and only for the data identified in the request. It requires signature of a Code of Conduct by the applicant and the research institution of affiliation.
Under the protocol four access modes are authorised including provision of fully anonymised data files and ready-made tables that allow no form of re- identification of statistical units; access via a secure remote access IT system to data that enable accredited researchers to build customised tables; and exceptionally, onsite access in a safe environment, allowing use of indirectly identifiable microdata under strictly controlled conditions (subject to a previous additional assessment by Statistics Portugal and an external group of experts in the area of the request).
Note: remote access is not yet implemented.