8． 葡萄牙官僚机构十分复杂，工作迟缓，是开创新的中小型经济活动面临的主要困难。
The complexity and slowness of Portuguese bureaucracy is the principal difficulty for the creation of new small and medium scale economic activities.
9． 地方当局之间的关系基本是竞争关系，这种竞争关系可以加以利用，实现有益的目的。
The relationships among local authorities are generally competitive and this competitiveness may be exploited for purposeful ends.
10． 21世纪议程要化为一次历史性的机遇，振兴和巩固城市在国家和国际范畴内的地位。
Agenda 21 has to be turned in an historical opportunity for revitalizing and reinforcing the positioning of municipalities in the national and international context.
11． 要参照联合国社会事务部可持续发展司关于21世纪议程的论述，承认代表民间社会的9个主要群体的职能和具体责任：
Reference has to be made “United Nations Department of Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development” premise on Agenda 21 recognizing the functions and specific responsibilities of the nine principal groups representing the civil society:
a. 妇女
Women
b. 儿童和青年
b.
Children and Youth
c. 土著人民
c.
Indigenous People
d. 非政府组织
d.
Non-governmental Organizations
e. 地方部门
e.
Local Authorities
f. 工人和工会
f.
Workers and Trade Unions
g. 商业产业界
Business and Industry
h. 农民。
h.
Farmers.
建议
Recommendations
1． 成立一个理事会，制定有效的国家21世纪议程方案，理事会可以由论坛组织者（葡萄牙环境与可持续发展成果理事会、葡萄牙大学校长理事会、促进可持续发展商业理事会、葡萄牙城市全国协会和绿洲开放城市基金会）组成，配备有适当的技术资源和财政资源。
Establishing a Council for developing an effective National Program for Agenda 21 which can be formed by the forum organizers endowed with appropriate technical and financial resources.
2． 避免使21世纪议程成为新的官僚体制，而是尽一切努力使其成为发展民间社会的推动因素。
Avoiding that Agenda 21 might become a new bureaucratic mechanism but making all efforts for it to become a catalytic factor for developing civil society.
3． 通过这一新的实体，推动国家和国际组织之间的联系，让地方的学习模式具备文化因素和经济全球化因素，促进经济增长和企业成长。
Promoting through this new entity links among national and international organizations so as to integrate local learning models with a context of cultural and economic globalization targeting economic and entrepreneurial growth.
4． 在制定地方21世纪议程时，把城市的地域特征作为组建新类型组织的重要因素。
Taking into consideration, in developing local Agenda 21, the municipalities' territorial identity as an important factor to shape a new type of organization.
5． 总结并宣传：
Making and disseminating an inventory of:
a. 已经制定或正在制定21世纪议程的城市。
Municipalities which already adopted or have in course of adoption Agenda 21,
b. 有关可持续发展和21世纪议程问题的非政府组织专家。
b.
NGOs experts in sustainable development and Agenda 21 issues.
c. 专门从事可持续发展工作和21世纪议程工作的专业人员和实践人员。
c.
Professionals and practitioners specialized in sustainable development and Agenda 21.
d. 支持21世纪议程执行工作的团体，包括论坛参与者。
d.
Groups supporting Agenda 21 implementation including Forum participants.
e. 能够支持21世纪议程执行工作的国际实体，及促进可持续性的进程。
e.
International entities capable of supporting Agenda 21 implementation and processes towards sustainability.
6. 执行21世纪议程的方式应是保持和维护传统知识和隐性知识，避免为了创新而创新。
Implementing Agenda 21 in such a way to keep, preserve traditional and tacit knowledge avoiding the research of innovation for the sake of innovation.