NRP Portugal

|AREA6–PROMOTINGANINTELLIGENTTERRITORYContextIn recent decades Portugal has made significant investments in infrastructuressupporting accessibility, urban and rural development and the creation of betterlivingconditionsforthepopulations.These base investments now enable us to turn our focus to the priority ofarticulation and taking full systemic advantage of these infrastructures byintroducing knowledge and efficiency in the value chain and strengthening thestrategicpledgetoreaffirmPortugal’splaceasaglobalcentralityintheeconomic,socialandculturalnetworks.This strategic assumption led to the European Commission’s consideration of asignificantpartoftheValorisationoftheTerritoryProgrammeincludedintheNSRFas“earmarking”oftheLisbonStrategy.The Logistic Portugal Programme Driver, already integrated in PNACE, will becontinuedandrepresentsoneofthemainfactorsofcompetitivenesslinkedtotheterritory.TheCitiesPolicydefinedbytheGovernmentisexpressedinthearticulationofpolicyinstruments that are embraced in the NSRF 2007‐2013, notably in the RegionalOperationalProgrammesandtheThematicValorisationoftheTerritoryOperationalProgramme. These instruments aim to qualify and integrate the distinct spaces ofeach city, strengthen and differentiate their human, institutional, cultural andeconomiccapital,qualifyandintensifythecity’sintegrationinthesurroundingandinnovativesolutionsforurbanrehabilitation.The existence of a National Information System on Territorial ManagementInstrumentsandtheavailabilityofgeographicandcartographicinformationarebothfundamentalconditionsformakingterritorialplanningandmanagementprocessesmore effective and developing new services and new ways for the governancestructuresatthevariousterritorialscalestoact.Thevalorisationofendogenousresources–thesea,thecoast,theruralzones–isafundamental concern and their intelligent integration in the sustainabledevelopment and strengthening of their economic value. In this context, theconclusionofPEAASARIIisequallyrelevantalongwithallthemeasuresthathelpprotectnaturalresourcesandbiodiversity.In this context, we underline the need to the reinforcement and dinamization ofbiodiversityandnaturepreservationpolicies.Thereformulationandmodernizationof the National Authority for Nature Preservation (ICNB I.P.) and a new legal70