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statisticsandinformationstructuresinwhichthelocalisationisthecommonreferential. The existence of a register serves as a transversal support tonumerous kinds of statistics and information structures and is a key vectorfor the administrative modernisation and debureaucratisation of processesand procedures and for the increase in the transparency of public decisionmakingprocesses.• SNIT/LandUsePlanningandUrbanismPortal.Theaimofthisprojectistheon‐line access to territorial planning instruments, the on‐line availability ofsystematised alphanumeric and graphic information on the territorialmanagement system in the DGOTDU Website, which will include thepossibilityofconsultingtheterritorialmanagementinstrumentsinforceandthecurrentsituationoftherespectivepreparation,alterationandrevisionofprocedures, as well as collaborative platforms to monitor the territorialmanagementprocedures.• Virtual maps. Based on the agreement signed between the Portuguesegeographic Institute and Microsoft allowing the aerial images of the wholecountrytobemadeavailableontheVirtualEarthplatform,thecentralPublicAdministration benefited from the free licensing of the programminginterfaceofVirtualEarth,whichisaresourceofenormouspotentialfortheorganisation, management and exploitation of Geographic Information bytheAdministration,fortheinteractionbetweenvariousPublicAdministrationentities and their relations with citizens and for the development of highlyinnovativeservices.6.4–UpgradingandValorisationofEndogenousResources• Integrated Operations for the Upgrading and Valorisation of the Coast –CoastalPolis–Encompassesasetofupgradingandvalorisationoperationsinriskzonesandrundownnaturalareasonthecoast.Themainaimsoftheseinterventions are to strengthen the capacity of the natural resources as afactorofcompetitiveness,bymeansofthevalorisationofeconomicactivitieslinked to coastal resources, associating them to the preservation of thenaturalresources;protectingandupgradingthecoastalzone,withaviewtothe defence of the coast, promoting the conservation of nature andbiodiversity,theanaturalisationandrestructuringoflagoonzonesandthepreservation of the natural heritage and landscape; preventing anddefendingpeople,goodsandsystemsfromnaturalrisks;fosteringthepublicenjoymentofthecoast,supportedontheupgradingofbathingareasandtheenvironmental and cultural heritage. Three priority intervention areas havebeendefined:NorthCoast,RiadeAveiroandRiaFormosa.• PROVERE – Programme for the economic valorisation of endogenousresources, aims to stimulate the initiatives of economic agents orientedtowardsimprovingtheterritorialcompetitivenessoflowdensityareaswiththepurposeofgivingendogenousresourceseconomicvaluethatwilltendto76