Africa-Press – Angola. The Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), Fátima Jardim, on Thursday in Portugal presented the strategic areas of her mandate with focus on Institutional Modernization, Transparency, and Strategic Partnerships.
The presentation was made during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science, and Culture (OEI), Mariano Jabonero, as part of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled for November in Belém, Federative Republic of Brazil.
At the meeting, which served as an opportunity for the two entities to analyze the status of bilateral cooperation between the CPLP and the OEI, Fátima Jardim announced that the strategic areas of her mandate also focus on innovation, sustainable development, and economic integration, education, youth, and promotion of the Portuguese Language, as well as institutional communication, inclusion and citizen participation.
During the meeting, she noted that climate change is a priority on the organizations’ agendas.
Fátima Jardim, who is also Angola’s ambassador to Italy, expressed her intention to create partnerships and joint programs dedicated to climate issues and highlighted the need to identify mechanisms to prevent and mitigate climate change.
The OEI Secretary-General emphasized the importance of broad country participation in COP30, considering that global involvement strengthens the event’s relevance and opens up opportunities for a broader agenda.
The OEI leader currently believes that COP30 is an opportune moment to affirm the role of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries on the international stage.
The two speakers also discussed bilateral cooperation in the technical, scientific, and cultural fields, as well as the implementation of initiatives jointly aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 17 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, that supports the implementation of COP30.
The OEI Secretary-General was accompanied by Dr. Ana Paula Laborinho, Director of the OEI in Portugal, who discussed the Organization’s relevant projects, including initiatives in the fields of citizenship, democracy, and human rights.
The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science, and Culture (OEI) is the oldest and largest multilateral cooperation organization between Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Ibero-American countries.
The organization was created in 1949 as the Ibero-American Office of Education. It acquired intergovernmental status in 1957 and after its reorganization in 1985, adopted its current name.
Its headquarters is in the city of Madrid and has 19 national offices, the OEI brings together 23 member states and promotes cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture, technology and human rights.
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