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exploratorysurveysareincludedfortheareaoftheGalizaBank,SWofMadeiraandSEof the Azores archipelago. This data, which covers an area of more than 1.2 millionsquare metres, enables the preparation of formal documents that constitute theproposaltoextendPortugal’sContinentalPlatform;thisdocumentwillbedeliveredtotheCommissionfortheContinentalPlatformLimits,createdwithinthescopeoftheUnitedNationsConventionontheSeaLaw,inMay2009.WiththeacquisitionoftheROVLuso,withadivecapacityof6000metres,additionalsurveyshavebeencarriedouttodemonstratethegeologiccontinuityofspecificareasof the extended platform. The execution of hydrographical surveys will also beundertaken to check and complement, notably, the definition of the whole of thebathymetricextensionof2500metresandsaturationinareasalreadyselectedwhilstalsocarryingoutadditionalsurveysformagnetismandgravimetry. 2.4. FosteringEntrepreneurshipInwhatconcernsthepromotionofentrepreneurship,theinterventionlogicinPortugalhas been to dynamise an all‐embracing approach, including several measures,assumedinthecontextofinterventionfromthedifferentMinistriesandwhichactinanintegratedwayduringthewholelifecycleofpeople.Inthisframework,therehasbeenapledgeinthecreationanddevelopmentoftheenterpreneurialspiritandinthepromotionofqualifiedentrepreneurship,aimedattheemergenceofnewmanagersandnewcompaniesinstrategicareasofstronggrowthpotentialandinnovation.Thepromotionofanentrepreneurialculture,throughthecreationanddevelopmentoftheentrepreneurialspiritfromthemoreelementarylevelsofcompulsoryschooling,hasrepresentedasignificantpartoftheeffortundertakeninPortugal.Therefore, entrepreneurship represents a fundamental interface activity betweeneducation/training/insertion in the labour market, in the current educational systemandconstitutedthevehicleforharmoniouslymatchingtheeducationalsystemandtheeconomicandproductivesystem.Thefollowinginitiativesstandout:• Project“EducationforEntrepreneurship”developedwithintheframeworkofthe Ministry of Education (DGIDC). The mission of this programme is toguarantee that young students have access to an education which motivatestheir entrepreneurship, through the development of competencies integratedincriticalandcreativethinking,orientedtowardschangeandproblemsolving.This programme is directed at students, management bodies, teachers andother education and school guidance technicians, as well as the remainingbeneficiaries and active intervening parties (students / teachers / parents /technicians/localcommunity).32