Day: June 29, 2022

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President João Lourenço hails CPLP multidisciplinary cooperation

Luanda – The leadership of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) has known how to project, through the action of each of the countries and their respective peoples, a present and a future of multidisciplinary cooperation, the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço said Wednesday.

This recognition was expressed in the institution’s book of honour, signed during a visit to the premises of the organisation’s executive secretariat.

In the book, João Lourenço, as President “pro tempore” of the organisation, wrote that the CPLP is proving to be fruitful and promising, in the different areas of economic, social and political life of nations, highlighting the strength of cultural interaction that links and gives a great uniqueness to this association of Portuguese-speaking countries.

“I wish all the people involved in the day-to-day tasks of the Executive Secretariat of the CPLP much success in the work they do for the benefit of achieving the goals set by our organisation,” the Angolan statesman wrote.

Members of the organisation are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor.

The Republic of Angola currently holds the rotating presidency of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries since the organisation’s 13th Conference of Heads of State and Government, held from 12 to 17 July, 2021, in Luanda.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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MPLA starts training trainers of electoral agents

Lubango – At least 120 electoral agents of MPLA, in Huila province, started today, Wednesday, in Lubango, a training cycle of trainers, to act next to the citizen, in the framework of the general elections on August 24.

The training initiative, promoted by the provincial committee, is the result of conclusions and recommendations from the national seminar held on 21 August in Luanda.

Among the objectives is the need to equip the different electoral agents with adequate skills, from the pre-campaign phase to the publication of the results, preparing them for acts leading to the organisation of the electoral process, at the level of the party’s basic structures, so that the implementation of the electoral political strategy can rely on a diversified and categorised structure.

The same seminar has a duration of one day and is addressing issues linked to the role of the agent and the electoral officers, electoral logistics, action on social networks, mobilisation strategy, consolidation of concepts, as well as the simulation of the electoral process at the polling station.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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CPLP President guarantees joint work

Luanda – The acting president of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), João Lourenço, on Wednesday in Lisbon, expressed the intention to continue working with the member-states, for the strengthening and expansion of the organisation.

The Angolan head of state, who in the Portuguese capital took part in the opening ceremony of the UN Conference on Oceans, was speaking to the press at the end of a visit to the headquarters of the Executive Secretariat of the CPLP.

“The joint work of the organisation will give greater cohesion so that, within a year or so, when we pass the mantle to the country that will succeed us, we will have a CPLP that is closer to achieving the goals we have been aiming for many years and position it in the place where it deserves,” João Lourenço said,

For the CPLP leader, the intention is to have an organisation that makes a difference in international politics and the world economy, with the contribution that the economies of its members can make in the future.

“We are here to work for the success of the CPLP,” said João Lourenço who highlighted the “good performance and work” developed by the secretariat of the permanent body, led by Zacarias da Costa, in this first year of the mandate he has ahead of the Angolan presidency.

During the visit to the CPLP’s facilities, guided by the organisation’s executive secretary, Zacarias da Costa, the Angolan head of state, in his capacity as head of the institution, signed the honour book.

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor are member states of the CPLP.

Angola has held the rotating presidency of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries since the organisation’s 13th Conference of Heads of State and Government, held from 12 to 17 July, 2021, in Luanda.

Angola, which has succeeded Cape Verde as president of the organisation for the 2021-2023 period, has an agenda, among other projects, to boost mobility between member states and pay special attention to the economic sector.

Principles and objectives of the CPLP

The Community is the privileged multilateral forum for the deepening of mutual friendship and cooperation between its members.

Created on 17 July 1996, the CPLP has legal personality and financial autonomy, and its general aims are political and diplomatic consultation between its member states.

Cooperation in all fields, including education, health, science and technology, defence, agriculture, public administration, communications, justice, public security, culture, sports and the media and the materialisation of projects for the promotion and dissemination of the Portuguese language are part of its interests.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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2022 Elections: Politician considers political marketing key for electoral challenges

Malanje- The first secretary of MPLA in Malanje, Norberto dos Santos “Kwata Kanawa”, considered today, Wednesday, the political marketing as a preponderant instrument that the party will put in action to reach the electoral challenges.

He said that marketing will be in operation throughout the electoral campaign process, as a modern strategy and technique aimed at leading MPLA to win the general elections next August.

Kwata Kanawa was speaking at the opening of a seminar on political and electoral marketing, aimed at party activists in the province, which aims to provide them with tools to be used as strategies for hunting votes.

“It is with a winning spirit that the party is promoting this seminar, which marks a series of training and capacity building actions for cadres to cope with the planning, organisation and conduct of the election campaign,” he stressed.

Meanwhile, he called for the assimilation and putting into practice of the contents to be taught during the training, with a view to achieving the desired electoral objectives.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Economy minister assesses preparations for Filda/2022

Luanda – The Minister of Economy and Planning, Mário Caetano João, Wednesday visited the exhibition pavilion of the Special Economic Zone (ZEE) to see the preparations for the 37th edition of the Luanda International Fair (Filda/2022), scheduled for 12 to 16 July.

After touring the venue, the minister said he was satisfied with preparations for the country’s biggest fair, which will have as its motto, “Disruptive technologies as a factor for economic development.

“The organization is well underway, 425 direct and indirect participants have been confirmed, as well as 10 countries with confirmed official representations, including Portugal, Italy, Germany, China, South Korea, South Africa and Namibia,” he said.

According to the minister, Filda will be very attractive because it will have events parallel to the exhibition, namely “Filda Talks” and “Startup Summit 2022”, which will mark an entrepreneurship summit where entrepreneurs will showcase their potential and address market opportunities.

“We have youth with many good ideas, we would like to hear those ideas and what they are doing to mobilize banks to buy them, grow them and make them more sustainable so that they participate in the national production process,” he assured.

The minister said that the “Made in Angola” service would be available at the 37th edition of Filda, which underwent a restructuring process to make it more attractive to companies and give dignity to national products, of which there were an increasing number.

The 37th edition of Filda will be held under the theme “Disruptive Technologies as a factor in Economic Development”.

The 36th edition of FILDA, held in 2021, from 30 November to 03 December, brought together at least 300 national exhibitors and focused on the technological sector, a support for the development of agribusiness and industry.

The event was attended by companies from South Africa, Germany, Argentina, China, Eritrea, France, India, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Japan, Lebanon, the United States and Portugal.

The first Luanda International Fair was held in 1983.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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2022 Elections: MPLA in Bié trains electoral agents

Cuito – At least sixty MPLA electoral agents participated, this Wednesday, in the city of Cuito, Bié province, in a capacity building seminar on Political Marketing, under the scope of general elections.

During the training, the participants discussed the party’s mobilisation strategy, the role of electoral agents before and during the process, polling stations, and the profile and selection criteria for delegates and their substitutes,

Speaking at the closing event, Pereira Alfredo, MPLA’s first provincial secretary in Bié, said the party would intensify its door-to-door mobilisation campaign in the coming days with a view to strengthening its organisation and ensuring victory in the ballot.

“We recognise that it will not be an easy task, but we are prepared to win the five deputies in the Bié provincial circle. For this, we need to reinforce campaigns to mobilise new militants to strengthen our party,” he added.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Angolan Head of State ends participation in Oceans Conference

Luanda – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, ended on Wednesday his few days stay in Lisbon, Portugal, where he participated in the International Conference on Oceans.

The high point of João Lourenço’s activity in the Portuguese capital was his speech at the opening session of the event dedicated to oceans, on 27, when he conveyed, in a general way, Angola’s message regarding the way in which the oceans and their enormous resources are to be treated.

In the Portuguese capital, on the sidelines of the summit attended by delegations from 193 countries, including Heads of State, Government or their representatives, João Lourenço held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Portugal, Marcelo de Sousa, Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Jorge Bom Jesus.

He also had separate meetings with Jung Sung-Min, as special envoy of the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, and with the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, with whom he discussed aspects of common interest.

Also in Lisbon, the Angolan statesman visited the headquarters of the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and the Angolan stand, a space designed for moments of interaction, oral presentations, debates and exhibition of Angola’s oceanographic portfolio, by means of informative digital and non-digital panels, in the framework of the Oceans Conference.

The objective of this event, organized by the Governments of Portugal and Kenya, and that ends on July 1st, is to mobilize global support to implement, create, conserve and use, in a sustainable way, the seas, oceans and marine resources.

Today, human actions negatively impact the seas and oceans and their sustainability should be a concern for all, addressed by actions at global, national, regional and local levels.

The protection and conservation of the seas and oceans means ensuring and protecting the well-being of humankind.

The first UN Oceans Conference took place five years ago in New York, but it was not until 2021, at the 26th Climate Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow, that the ocean was able to be introduced in the articles of the final declaration, which was an advance on the Paris Agreement.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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