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certification of training entities. Parallel to this, the aim is to continuestructuringarelevantandcertifiedsupplyandfosterqualityintraining.• Trainingandmanagementandfurthertraining.o Training courses linked to processes of organisationalmodernisation, restructuring and production conversions, thatcontemplatethepromotionofthecapacitytoinnovate,manageandmodernise companies and other entities, notably the PublicAdministration,asafundamentalconditionforthemodernisationofthe productive fabric, the improved quality of employment andincreased productivity. This includes training for innovation andmanagement and the so called action‐training, oriented towardstrainingassociatedtotheorganisationalsupportofmicro,smallandmedium enterprises and other entities. We highlight the followingmain targets for 2010: (a) involvement of 12,550 organisations inaction‐trainingprogrammes;(b)97,100peopleinworkingpopulationconcludetrainingcoursesforinnovationandmanagement.5.1.3. ImprovedTeachingConditionsandEqualAccesstoEducationOpportunities• NationalProgrammefortheUpgradingoftheSchoolNetwork–1stCycleofbasiceducationandpre‐School.ThelaunchoftheNationalProgrammefortheUpgradingoftheSchoolNetwork–1stCycleofbasiceducationandpreschoolwasaimedatguaranteeingequalopportunityofaccesstoeducationwith the appropriate size and resources for educational success and theimprovedlearningofstudents;itgivesprioritytothe reorganisationoftheschoolnetworkbyworkingincloseproximitywiththelocalauthorities.The upgrading and modernisation of 1st cycle schools and pre‐schoolsinvolves the building of new school centres as well as extending andupgradingexistingbuildings;NSRFfundingwillbemobilisedforthispurpose,through ERDF, along with municipal contributions. Expenses consideredeligibleincludenotonlybuildingandextensionandupgradingofschoolsbutalso improvements to the exterior within the school perimeter and alsoinvestment in school furnishing. In the 2008/09 school year, classes havestartedin50newschoolcentresandinterventionorbuildingisplannedinroughly600schoolcentres.ThelaunchoftheSupportProgrammefortheExtensionofthePreSchoolEducation Network, especially targeting councils with coverage below thenational average, is also given great importance in the area of promotingequal access to education opportunities. This programme is the jointresponsibility of the Ministries of Education and of Labour and SocialSolidarity and aims to guarantee 100% coverage for 5 year old children55