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InterculturalDialogue,hasdonenotableworkonsocialinclusion,involvingover400localinstitutions,around400techniciansandthesupportof48,000childrenandyoungpeople,includinginitsover130DigitalInclusionCentres.(111from3rdGenerationand21from2ndGeneration).• Significant increase in the availability of information at hospital Internet sites from 2004 to 2006,namelytheduplicationofsiteswithinformationonpreventionandhealthcare(availableon50%ofthesites) and four times the number of sites indicating what to do in the case of a medical emergency(availableon30%ofsites).• Growth in the number of companies with broadband connections, which in 2006 included 98% oflargecompanies,90%ofmediumcompaniesand62%ofsmallcompanies.• Improved availability of Online Public Services: On 20 September 2007 The European Commissionpublishednewassessmentdataontheonlineavailabilityofbasicpublicservices,nowregardingthesituation in April‐May 2007. The figures for Portugal were significantly improved, whether for theservicesophisticationindicatororforfullonlineavailability,whichbothstoodat90%andwiththeseindicators for companies being 100%. Portugal rose once again in the ranking of the 31 countriesconsidered, going to 4th place on the sophistication of provision indicator and to 3rd place for fullonline availability. It was the biggest rise registered among all 31 countries. Bearing in mind theimprovementsmadeinthe2006assessment,fromOctober2004toApril‐May2007Portugalroseonbothindicators,from11thto2ndintheEU15countries,andfrom11thand13thto4thand3rdintheEU‐27,respectively,fortheindicatorsofsophisticationandfullonlineavailability.Theprogressmadeinelectronicpublicadministrationincluded:thecreationofcompletelyonlinecompaniessinceJune2006,onlinetrademarkregistrationsinceDecember2006whichhasbeenusedsincetheninaround80%ofcases,cuttingto1/3theresponsetimetoarequestforregistration,makingPortugaloneofthefastestcountriesfortrademarkregistration,provisionoftheelectronicCitizen’sCardwithaccessto5publicservicessinceFebruary2007,theonlineSimplifiedBusinessInformation(IES)servicesinceApril2007whichhasalreadyreceivedover158,000renderingsofaccountsbythismeans,theoptiontoregisterpatentsonlinefromSeptember2007,themakingofaround70%oftaxreturnsviainternetin2008andtheprocessingofallVATviainternetsince2005,thefreeonlineprovisionoftheDiáriodaRepúblicasinceJune2006,saving27tonnesofpaperperday,andtheSingleVehicleDocument.• The decision, by Resolution of the Council of Ministers in October 2007, to give all citizens withspecialneedsaccesstoallGovernmentInternetsitesandthoseofCentralGovernmentpublicservicesandbodiesinaccordancewiththedirectivesonInternetcontentaccessibilityoftheWorldWideWebConsortium (W3C), thus extending a 1991 Resolution of the Council of Ministers to ensure Internetaccesstothesitesofpublicbodies(whichdidnot,however,defineanenforceablestandard)wherebyPortugal was the first country in Europe and the 4th in the world to approve legislation with thisobjective.•NationalProgrammeofElectronicPurchases:Attheendof2006thisinvolvedall16ministries(asopposed to 8 in Jan 2005), around 920 bodies (19 in Jan 2005), 12 categories of products (4 by Jan2005),103aggregationandnegotiationprocesses(27inJan2005).Totaltradedvolumewas41millioneuros, with a saving of around 20%. The programme accelerated sharply, with electronic publicpurchasing for 2006 being more than double the amount accumulated in the three previous years,sincethestartoftheprogrammein2003,andafterhavinggrownmorethan33%during2005.44