Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Minister of Communities, Jorge Santos, pointed out the adoption of public policies as the main challenge to be overcome, aiming to guarantee the creation of bridges between the Cape Verdean diaspora and the country of origin.
Minister points to the adoption of public policies as the main challenge in creating bridges between the diaspora and Cape Verde
The government official made these statements in an interview with Inforpress, as part of the National Day of Culture and Communities, which is celebrated today, having highlighted that this year the focus of the anniversary celebrations will be people.
“On this day, we will dedicate the day to human capital, this year we will talk precisely about the diaspora, culture, the contribution it has given to the entire educational system, medicine, health and research”, he highlighted.
As he said, this year the central act of the activities commemorating the National Day of Culture and Communities is held at the University Center of Santa Catarina de Santiago with the inauguration ceremony of the first Chair on the migrations of Cape Verdean communities in different dimensions.
He considered that Cape Verde has endogenous wealth in its communities spread across more than 40 countries, recognizing, however, that there are still many challenges to be overcome in the implementation of public policies to promote the Cape Verdean diaspora
“The challenges are many, the main challenge is what public policies we should adopt to create bridges between our diaspora and the country of origin, which is Cape Verde and it is the creation of these bridges that I place public policies and it is in the creation of this The connection is that we talk about the centrality of the Cape Verdean diaspora in this legislature”, he asserted.
He highlighted the actions developed by the Government and the importance of the active participation of the diaspora in Cape Verde’s development process.
“It is within this framework that we inaugurate our strategic plan for the Cape Verdean diaspora, which contains a set of programs and projects and summarizes the most important aspects, with emphasis on the Study of Sense and Mapping of the diaspora. It is a program that started and is being implemented by the National Statistics Institute with the World Bank and also by the International Organization of Migration”, he stated, highlighting that this program allows the Government to know how many Cape Verdeans it has in the diaspora, where they are and who are.
He also pointed out the communication axis as the second axis of the aforementioned plan, considering that it is essential to create conditions to guarantee connectivity between Cape Verde and the diaspora, which, in turn, motivated the creation of the Cape Verdean Communities Portal .
Jorge Santos also highlighted the Government’s commitment to creating conditions, opportunities and facilities for investments by the Cape Verdean diaspora in the archipelago in different areas of activity.
“We have advanced with the set of actions. We have been carrying out planning actions and launching programs and projects for two years. We also launched the new model for the diaspora’s relationship with the port and customs system. We have been working on a direct connection and a great rapprochement with the communities, which is why we have visited and met with communities in different countries”, he said, addressing a message of confidence to the Cape Verdean diaspora.
Cape Verde has been celebrating National Culture and Communities Day since 2005, to remember the patron saint of Cape Verdean culture, the poet, writer and journalist Eugénio Tavares, who was born on October 18, 1867 on the island of Brava.
Since then, the anniversary has been marked with various cultural activities, carried out nationally and in the diaspora.
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