NRP Portugal

MeasureDescriptionCurrentstatus: inpreparation/ in progressExpected results until2010NotesSINERGIC - LANDRegistration -National System forthe Exploration andManagement ofGeographicInformationThe intention, via a coordinated process, is the efficient and sustained promotion and execution, managementand exploration of registration data - the fundamental component of national geographic information,establishing database information for other types of data and for information structures that have localisationdata as a common reference. The existence of a registration process will act as transversal support to manytypes of databases and information structures, establishing itself as a key vector for the administrativemodernisation and streamlining of processes and procedures, as well as increasing the transparency ofdecisive public processes.Territorial Organisation: Information InfrastructuresIn preparationThe existence of land registration inPortugal, establishing itself as anindispensable tool for regional,environmental (particularly farmingand forestry), financial and public workprojects organisational policies. Thefirst three years over the carrying out ofthe project will consist of the gatheringof registration information in referenceto administrative subdivisions whereestablished Forest Intervention Zones(ZIFs) are encountered or are in theprocess of construction.National System ofTerritorialInformation (SNIT) /Town and CountryPlanning PortalThis project covers the on-line access of land planning tools, with the on-line availability of systemisedalphanumeric and graphical information regarding the land management system via the DGOTDU website,which includes the ability to consult the current land management tools, verify the state of play of therespective preparation, alteration and revision procedures, as well as provide collaborative platforms fortracking land management procedures.In progressDevelopment of the Land ManagementCollaborative Platform;dematerialisation of preparationprocesses, approval, registration andpublication of the General LabourInspectorate (GLI); improvement as toaccess of GLI information on the partof the citizen.Virtual mapsBased on the agreement between the Portuguese Geographical Institute and Microsoft who provide aerialimages of the entire country through the Virtual Earth platform, the central public administration benefitsfrom the free licensing of the Virtual Earth programming interface which offers an enormous potentialresource for the organisation, management and exploration of Geographical Information on the part ofAdministration, providing interaction between various Public Administration organisms in addition to therelationship with its own Citizens and also towards the development of highly innovative services.Re-qualification and Valorisation of Endogenous ResourcesIn progressThe incorporation of geographicinformation (GI) within the publicadministration (PA) – at central andregional level – whether by means ofvisualisation or by the integration of itssystems into specific functions. Thecreation of land homogeneousnessthrough the utilisation of GI. Reductionin duplications and redundanciesthrough the production of GI within thePA. Greater facility in the upgrading ofthe 1:10,000 map design produced bythe town municipalities and theirassociations. Growth of the GI servicesmarket.51