The Portuguese Swimming Federation (F.P.N.) is the only entity in Portugal responsible for the definition of mission, values and objectives of national swimming, in all its variants, as well as its promotion and development.
The main goals of F.P.N. are:
- To promote, regulate and command, at national level, the teaching and the practice of swimming in their various disciplines, in particular, in Swimming, Para Swimming, Water Polo, Jumping, Synchronized swimming, Open Water, Masters and its variants, as well as all the sports practices carried out in swimming pools;
- To spread out and respect the rules of the swimming, established by the organs and competent entities;
- To represent the interests of the Portuguese swimming and of its affiliated before public and private entities in Portugal (Olympic and Paralympic Committee; State Secretary of sport etc.);
- To represent the Portuguese swimming, in whole its disciplines, near the international sport organizations in which is affiliated, assuring the competitive participation of the national selections (Federation International Natation, FINA; Ligue European Natación, LEN; Comen; etc).
Mission
F.P.N.'s mission is to promote, rule and command on a national level the practise and teaching of swimming and other aquatics activities, always defending the foundations of sports ethics and representing Portugal at his highest level in the international competitions.
Vision
F.P.N.'s ambition is that all Portuguese have an aquatic competence skill, that they learn and know how to swim and that they do it often. A swimming country and supporting its elite swimmers that will rise the national flag in the podium of main international competitions.