1. JOB OPPORTUNITIES

In this region a great number of people tend to look for a job abroad. That's why the unemployment rate in the region is lower than in the rest of the country.

In spite of the numbers this is still one of the main problems of the region because most people don't have professional qualifications which causes a strong structural unbalance between offer and aim. Nevertheless, the university of Beira Interior and the Polytechnic Institutes of Guarda and Castelo Branco will soon assure the qualification of technicians in a sufficient number playing an important role in the region's development.


2. START UP INCENTIVES

In the last couple of years several organizations with governmental support have being developing several projects in order to attract new international investments to the region and to encourage young people to invest spreading the quality of typical Portuguese products not only at a national but also at an international level.


3. EDUCATION

Nowadays educations is one of the most important issues for the development of a region.
The region of Beira Interior has several primary schools spread all over the region and many secondary schools which are mostly concentrated in the main cities of the area. This secondary schools not only prepare students to go to the university but some of them provide a technical education for students who want to start working without getting a degree. But this type of education it's not only provided by secondary schools. In the last few years several institutions have adopted the same system and are achieving their, and even students, main purposes.

Beira Interior has three major centres where you can get a degree. They are the University of Beira Interior which has given a great contribution for the technological development of the region and the Polytechnic Institutes of Guarda and Castelo Branco whose role has been equally important.


4. INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Road Network
   
   Beira Interior has an important and a modern road network which has recently been improved with the opening of the A23. This efficient road network allows the development of the various economical activities of the region and assures the quick transportation of people for almost all over the country .
   
   
2. Rail Network
   The region of Beira Interior also offers a rail network which includes all the major cities of the region and ends in the capital of the country, Lisbon.
   
   
3. Air Network
   One of the major cities of Beira Interior , Covilhã, has a small air-field which assures national flights. In spite of being a quite small airport yet ,there are several projects in order to improve and to enlarge the air-field so that it's potentialities can be explored improving the region's development.