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|THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC REFERENCE FRAMEWORK(NSRF)INTHEPORTUGUESENATIONALREFORMPROGRAMME(NRP)ThedefinitionofthepriorityareasofthisnewcycleoftheLisbonStrategyreflectsthe strong convergence of its implementation and the NSRF 2007/2013, as thecentralfinancinginstrumentforalargeproportionofthemeasuresincludedinthisPlan.TheexecutionoftheLisbonStrategy(macro,microandemploymentcomponents),notablyinthisNewCycle2008‐2010,iscoherentwiththecohesionpolicy,ensuringgrowth that strengthens social and territorial cohesion through sustainabledevelopment measures, boosting the social dimension, the valorisation of thedevelopment of an intelligent territory (area 6.), respecting diversity, empoweringendogenous resources and contributing to the availability of infrastructures thatgeneratewellbeinganddevelopment,namelyfromtheperspectiveofconcludingorimproving the national infrastructure networks in various fields and the link tostrategicEuropeanand/ortransnationalnetworkse.g.Europeantransportnetworks.Indeed,thestructuralfundsandthecohesionfundhaveprovidedanimportantleverforthepursuitoftheLisbonAgendabothinthelastcycleandinthisNewCycle,inparticularintheconvergenceregions(North,Centre,andAlentejo,Azores)thankstothegreaterdimensionofthesefundsintherespectivedevelopment,butalsointhecompetitiveness and employment regions (Lisbon, Madeira, Algarve) where theLisbon Agenda encounters fertile terrain even though the size of the funding issignificantlysmaller.ButitisnotedthatthePNRcontainsasetofobjectives,measuresandactionsofalegislativeandregulatorynatureinvariousfields,aswellasincentivesandsupportmeasures targeting private agents or their surroundings. With regard the NSRF,therefore, it is a Plan that comes to the aid of a wide range of instruments andinterventiontypologies.ItisalsonotedthatthetimereferenceframeworksofPNRandofNSRF,2008/2010and2007/2013respectively,donottotallycoincide.However,throughoutthenextcycletherewillbeakeyinfluencebetweenthetwoprocesseswhichrequirescarefularticulation between the respective coordination structures, foreseen in thegovernancemodeloftheNSRF,namelybymeansoftheparticipationoftheNSRFObservatoryintheproductionofannualreportsontheimplementationofthePNEand also the appraisal of these reports in the framework of the MinisterialCoordinationCommittee,aswellasinthemonitoringmodelofthePNR,withtheparticipationoftheNSRFObservatoryintherespectivefocalpoints.ThefollowingfigureillustratesthecoherentandconsistentassociationbetweenthepriorityareasoftheNewCycleofthePNRandthestrategicprioritiesoftheNSRF,18