New Opportunities Initiative

Generalization of the use and offer of Broadband Internet

Prolonging of the functioning hours of the Basic Schools

Attracting qualified human resources for Innovation/ Adaptation of the legislation related to immigration and of the mechanisms for admission of immigrants of a high technical and scientific level

Creation of the Universal Electronic Mailbox

Creation of the Knowledge Network of the Public Libraries (digital Libraries)

Information telematic network to support consumers

Creation of competence centres in Research and Development in the area of Information and Communication Technologies, namely software development and networks administration

Creation of the Citizen Card, which aggregates in one single document the Identification, the Social Security, the National Health Service, the taxpayer and the voter cards.

Creation of the Automobile Single Document

Creation of the Portuguese Electronic Passport

Creation of the Training and Employment Webportal

Creation of the Direct Social Security Webportal

Electronic divulgation of the Cultural Inheritance – North

Promotion of the Electronic Democracy

Fostering Professional Training, the Certification and Research & Development in Information and Communication Technologies

Lifelong training in Maths, Science and Portuguese Language for teachers of the basic school in order to enhance the quality level of the basic school system

Promotion of the use of open source software within the ambit of public entities

Recognition, Validation and Certification of Competences

Common Knowledge Network of the Public Administration

Regulating, evaluating and crediting the higher education system

Knowledge, science and technology voucher – expansion of the ambit of application and reorganization of the programme

School Social Action for higher education and creation of a warrant system for rendering loans to students

Application of an electronic invoice control system by the Public Administration

Applying the one stop shop principle to the agricultural sector

Connection to broadband Internet in every school in the country and opening of schools to virtual environments

Dematerialization of Court Procedures

Developing a computer security policy

Digital Access to cultural contents

Digital Cinema Network

Establishing a public offer of 'Internet for Citizenship'

Expansion of post-secondary training, including Technological Specialisation Courses involving higher education institutions

Facilitating the use of home computers by students

Forum for the Information Society

Generalisation of the English teaching in the first cycle of the basic school

Stimulating new teaching processes in higher education, thus implementing the Bologna Process

Virtual Workshop/ National Arts Programme

Cooperation agreements with the École Superieur de Cuisine Française and with the École Hôtelier de Lausanne