The Special Projects Management Unit held a socialization meeting of the Environmental and Social Impact Study – ESIS of the Technology Park Project, with the objective of promoting reflection on possible impacts of the implementation of this project.
The session that took place this Monday, August 8, in the UGPE meeting room, sought to foster dialogue on the environmental and social impacts foreseen through this study, which come from the actions of equipping and start-up of the Technological Park of Cape Verde.
With the start of the second phase of the Technological Park Project there was the need for this study carried out through a three-month consultancy (May, June and July), conducted under the leadership of Eng. Margarida Santos.
According to the consultant Margaria Santos, who presented the evidence, this study foresees mitigation measures for all environmental descriptors that may eventually be altered, in accordance with the national legislation for the environment, the international environmental conventions to which the country is a signatory, and the Integrated Safeguards System of the African Development Bank.
The UGPE, within its attributions of fiduciary management of this investment, was represented at this meeting, by the manager of the Technology Park Project, Carlos Delgado, by the Environmental and Social Specialist, Larissa Varela, and by the Civil Engineer of the Technology Park Project, Carlos Pinheiro.
Nosi, the executing entity, through TechParkCV, was represented by the President of the Board of Directors, Carlos Monteiro, and by the Executive Director, Itilde Martins.
It should be noted that the Tech Park Project aims to boost the ICT cluster, positioning Cape Verde as an international center for service provision and as a Gateway to Africa for leading international companies in the sector. And in this context the Government of Cape Verde has mobilized within the partnership with the African Development Bank for its funding $ 38,166,800.00 (USD).