Capital Humano

On Tuesday (16), an inter-ministerial team accompanied by the Minister for the Family, Inclusion and Social Development, Fernando Elísio Freire, visited the beneficiaries of the Productive Inclusion Program in the city of Praia, with the aim of finding out about the development of the income-generating activities of productive inclusion.   The Minister for the Family, …

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The Special Project Management Unit (UGPE), the General Directorate for Social Inclusion (DGIS), the Employment and Professional Training Center (IEFP) of Santo Antão, the Porto Novo City Council and the NGO MORABI met on June 20 in Porto Novo, Santo Antão, to take stock of the Productive Inclusion and Family Support activities under the Human …

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On May 21 and 22, the Special Projects Management Unit (UGPE), in partnership with the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANAS), held a training session aimed at raising community awareness about the rational use of resources and pollution control in the Pensamento and São Pedro neighborhoods.   Around 35 household representatives took part in the …

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The World Bank’s Human Development Regional Director for West Africa, Trina Haque, paid a visit to the School of Hospitality and Tourism today, May 8, to find out “on the spot” about specific issues concerning the implementation of vocational training actions in the areas of Hospitality, Catering and Tourism.   Trina Haque was accompanied by …

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The launch ceremony for the #ProgramadeInclusãoSocialeProdutiva took place on Friday, April 12, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago and was presided over by the Minister for Family, Inclusion and Social Development, Fernando Elísio Freire. The Special Projects Management Unit was represented by its Coordinator, Nuno Gomes, and by the Human Capital Project Manager, …

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The Human Capital Project has once again received a positive evaluation from the World Bank, its financial backer. During the week from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd, representatives of the project and the Bank met for an Implementation and Supervision Mission.   At the closing meeting of the mission between the Government of Cape Verde …

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The visit took place on Wednesday, the 20th, with the aim of checking “in loco” the progress of the rehabilitation works in the houses of the São Pedro and Pensamento neighborhoods, which are part of the Human Capital Project. The members of this mission were accompanied by a team from the Special Projects Management Unit …

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The World Bank’s supervision mission to support the implementation of the Human Capital Project began on Monday 18th, with the aim of monitoring its progress and discussing actions to speed up its implementation, as well as redesigning some activities.   The main areas of focus include: curriculum reform, teacher training, learning assessments in education; grants …

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31 workers on contracts to rehabilitate houses for vulnerable families in the Pensamento and São Pedro neighborhoods received training on Gender-Based Violence, sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, workers’ health and safety and a complaints management system and feedback accessible to workers.   The training, which took place on March 7 in São Pedro, is part …

Construction workers receive training on GBV, health and safety at work as part of the Habitat Regeneration Program in the Pensamento and São Pedro neighborhoods Read More »

Under the protocol established between the Special Projects Management Unit (UGPE) and the Cape Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Equity (ICIEG), two awareness-raising actions on GBV, SE, SEA and SA took place on February 26 and 27 in the Pensamento and São Pedro neighborhoods, as part of the Human Capital Project activities.   The …

Awareness-raising action on Gender-Based Violence Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence against Children, with beneficiaries of the Regenerate Habitat Program in the Pensamento and São Pedro neighborhoods Read More »