Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Government of Cape Verde presented today, in Mindelo, a National Strategy for the Sea, lasting 10 years and expected investments of 500 million euros, as stated by the minister responsible for the sector.
According to Lusa, the objective is to bring together ” in a single document ” everything that is planning for the country in the next decade, with ten priority areas, 23 strategic objectives and 46 actions to be developed, detailed minister Abraão Vicente on the sidelines of the presentation .
According to the Minister of the Sea, all of this will provide a ” certain predictability ” in the relationship not only with other institutions and ministries but also in the search and mobilization of financing.
” According to the consultants, it is a 10-year plan that involves an investment of around 500 million euros (…). This document ends up including all the strategic documents already produced by the various ministries that are included in sea management , and includes priority areas such as fishing, aquaculture, maritime transport, maritime services, desalination, scientific research, renewable energies and digital transformation “, he said.
Abraão Vicente also mentioned that the country is putting into a single document something that is strategic for the development of the blue economy.
” We created a vision for the future, of what the maritime economy is, the blue economy, our ability to create jobs in this sector, which will once again lead to a joining of efforts and a need to, firstly, Ministry of the Sea and all institutions align their institutional vision with the country’s overall vision “, he highlighted.
After today’s presentation, the document will be discussed in the Council of Ministers and then in parliamentary groups, and will also be sent to the President of the Republic, intending to be a ” consensual document” ,
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