Cape Verde
Co-operation relations between Portugal and Cape Verde
General information
Official name: Republic of Cabo Verde
Capital: Praia – Santiago Island
President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca (reelected in 2016)
Prime-Minister: Ulisses Correia da Silva (since 2016)
Independence Day: 5 July 1975
Provinces/Regions: Islands of Barlavento: Boavista, Sal, Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente; Ilhas do Sotavento: Brava, Fogo, Maio and Santiago.
Offcial Languages: Português, Crioulo.
Religion: Catholic, Protestant.
Geography
Geographical Area: 4.033 km2 over 10 islands
Clima: mild with average temperatures below 25ºC and above 20ºC across the year
Demography
Population: 512 096 inhabitants (2013) (BCV)
Average rate of population growth: 1.41% (2013) (CIA)
Life expectancy: 71.28 years (2013) (CIA)
Literacy rate: 17.2% (2013) (BCV)
Human development index: 123rd position (2013) (UNDP)
Economic data
Currency: Escudo Cabo-Verdiano (1€=110.3CVE) (BP)
GDP per Capita: 2.904€ (2013) (BCV)
Inflation rate: 0,1% (2013) (BP)
Unemployment rate: 16.4% (2013) (BCV)
Growth rate: 0.5% (2013) (BCV)
Main exports: fish, crustaceans, beverages, shellfish (2013) (AICEP)
Exports - Portugal: 216 729 mil € (2012) (AICEP)
Imports - Portugal: 9 111 mil € (2012) (AICEP)
Direct Portuguese Investment (gross): 24 125 mil € (2013) (AICEP)
Main investors: Portugal, Netherlands, USA, Spain and Brazil (AICEP)
Other information
Portuguese Embassy in Cidade da Praia
Ambassador: Helena Paiva
Address: Avenida da OUA
Achada de Santo António
Cidade da Praia - CP 160
Tel.: +238 2623032/262 30 33/262 39 25/ 262 60 97
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Attaché/Co-operation contact: Helena Guerreiro
Tel: (+238) 2626128 /262 6126
Fax: (+238) 2623222
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Embassy of the Republic of Cabo Verde in Lisbon
Ambassador: Maria Cristina Rodrigues de Almeida Pereira
Address: Av. do Restelo, 33
1449-025 Lisboa
Tel. (+351) 213041440
Fax (+351) 213041466
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Current situation
Portugal – Cabo Verde ODA
Cape Verde has been the main recipient of Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Portugal. In the period from 2010-2014, the bilateral Portugal-Cabo Verde ODA represented the following values:
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
107,422,8772 |
105,359,806 |
130,843,997 |
119,858,811 |
103,549,481 |
Source: Camões, IP (euros)
ODA amounts include the use of concessional credit lines/loans, the majority intended for projects in the areas of construction/restoration of infrastructure.
In terms of sectors, the Portugal-Cabo Verde bilateral ODA opted for the areas of education and health (see table below).
Co-operation programme with Cabo Verde
On the 19th of January 2016, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Portugal and Cape Verde with the objective of starting negotiations for the conclusion of a new Strategic Co-operation Programme (SCP) from 2016-2020.
Memorandum of Understanding - Strategic Co-operation Programme 2016-2020
Indicative Co-operation Programme: Portugal - Cabo Verde 2012-2015
Indicative Co-operation Programme: Portugal - Cabo Verde 2008-2011
Co-operation in Numbers
Official development assistance 2013 – 2017 - Cabo Verde
Since 2010, Cabo Verde has been one of the main ODA beneficiaries, both in net as well as gross amounts, totaling an average of 63,55 M€ of net ODA between 2013 and 2017. The average gross volume is 66 M€.
A significant percentage of these figures refer to the use of concessional lines of credit/loans for building equipment and infrastructure and for investments in the sector of social housing and renewable energies. Significant grant contributions were made to General Budget Support and to sectors of "Education" and "Health". In 2016 and 2017, given the lesser use of concessional lines of credit/loans, as well as result of the repayment of concessional lines of credit/loans in the "Transport" sector by Cape Verde, ODA to this country continued the decline already marked in 2015.
In 2017, in terms of gross ODA, the sector group "Other Social Infrastructures and Services" assumes the highest concentration with 49,5%, followed by "Education" (28,5%) and "Water Supply and Sanitation" (9%).
