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  Cape Verde - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cape Verde (Portuguese: Cabo Verde) is a republic located on an archipelago of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa.
Cape Verde was uninhabited when the Portuguese arrived in 1456, and the islands were thus made part of the Portuguese empire.
In Cape Verde itself the PAICV (affiliated with the PAIGC) governed until elections were held in 1991 that resulted in a change of government.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cape_Verde   (1233 words)

  
 capeverde:unesco:humanrights:municipalities
Cape Verde became independent on 5 July 1975 and, based on reforms of 1990, the population witnessed its first free and democratic general elections in 1991.
The political climate is stable and the direct participation of municipalities in the process of democratization is encouraged.
The National Association of Municipalities of Cape Verde acts as a partner in training and dissemination of information and materials.
www.unesco.org /danida/capeverd.htm   (702 words)

  
 Cape Verde Letter of Intent, April 26, 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On behalf of the government of Cape Verde, I have the honor to transmit to you the attached memorandum of economic and financial policies (MEFP).
Cape Verde will thus be in a position to accept the obligations of Article VIII of the Fund's Articles of Agreement.
Net domestic assets of the Bank of Cape Verde increased, contrary to the program, because of a decline in government project-related deposits, which are linked to the pace of project execution, and a year-end increase in the amount of operations to be regularized, which were cleared in early January 1999.
www.imf.org /external/np/loi/1999/042699.htm   (4229 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Praia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Praia (Portuguese for "beach"), population 113,664 (2005), is the capital of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal.
Praia is also the largest city in Cape Verde after Mindelo and municipally Santa Catarina.
Praia is Cape Verde's largest city, and a commercial center and a port that ships coffee, sugar cane, and tropical fruits.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Praia   (342 words)

  
 Cape Verde - Gurupedia
In Cape Verde itself the PAICV (affiliated with the PAIGC) ruled until elections were held in 1991 that resulted in a change of government.
Most inhabitants of Cape Verde are descendants of the Portuguese who ruled the nation, and African slaves who were often transported from there.
Cape Verde consists of 10 islands, each of the 9 inhabited islands has its own Creole.
www.gurupedia.com /c/ca/cape_verde.htm   (545 words)

  
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The municipalities commitment to provide sufficient autonomy to and allow private participation in municipal water companies is a key condition for satisfactory operation and development of municipal water and sanitation systems.
For wind acting as a fuel saver in Cape Verde, the installed cost shown is that which it must be for a wind farm to be cost-effective as a fuel saver.
System stability studies on the Cape Verde island grids indicate that some curtailment of the wind projects may be required in the first few years of operation due to these effects.
www.gefweb.org /wprogram/mar98/worldbank/capeverde/capever.doc   (9171 words)

  
 Cape Verde: Institutional Situation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Parliament of Cape Verde is monocameral and legislative power is in the hands of the National Assembly with its 72 members elected every five years by direct universal suffrage.
Cape Verde also has other institutions, such as the Council of the Republic, defined as being a political body that advises the President of the Republic.
The latest municipal elections, organised on 20 February 2000, were won by the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) at the expense of the party in power, the MPD.
www.etat.sciencespobordeaux.fr /_anglais/institutionnel/capeverde.html   (1778 words)

  
 For The Record 2003 - 0342112
Cape Verdean society emerged from a historic background of settlement by men and women of different races and cultures, of land occupation based on slavery, of colonization and of political and administrative domination of the territory.
Cape Verde has already ratified the main international legal instruments concerning human rights (universal instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights, universal instruments on human rights concerning specific matters, universal instruments on human rights concerning specific groups, regional instruments for the protection of human rights).
Cape Verde, which has been independent since 1975 and has been a democratic State under the rule of law since 1991, has always made efforts to ensure the well-being of all those living within its borders, especially through the promotion of human rights and its opposition to all forms of racial discrimination.
www.hri.ca /fortherecord2003/documentation/tbodies/cerd-c-426-add1.htm   (6291 words)

  
 Meteoroloo.com :: Cape Verde - cape verde islands
The Republic of Cape Verde or Cape Verde (Portuguese: Cabo Verde) is a republic located on an archipelago in the Macaronesia ecoregion of North cape verde women Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa.
Cape Verde is a small nation that cape verde property lacks resources and has experienced severe droughts as well as water shortages.
Cape Verde's economy has cape verde traditional dress largely grown since the late 1990s, and is now considered a country of average human development.
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-a-b/Cape-Verde.html   (1223 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Notice of Entering Into a Compact With the Government of the Republic of Cape Verde
Meanwhile, Cape Verde continues to have high levels of poverty and unemployment, which are partly attributable to a lack of obvious economic growth opportunities and a scarcity of resources, particularly water.
Cape Verde conducted a comprehensive consultative process that identified key impediments to economic growth: severe water scarcity, lack of adequate infrastructure, weak institutional support for the private sector, and an insufficiently trained work force.
MCA-Cape Verde means the legal entity, in a form mutually agreeable to the Parties, which shall be a Permitted Designee and shall be responsible for the oversight and management of the implementation of this Compact on behalf of the Government.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2005/July/Day-25/i14195.htm   (9002 words)

  
 UNICEF - At a glance: Cape Verde - The big picture
Cape Verde has a growing population and an economy that is highly dependent on development assistance and on remittances from emigrants.
UNICEF works within the framework of Cape Verde's national development priorities, which include national goals for children's and women's survival, development, protection and participation.
The country office seeks to ensure that its child rights policy takes into consideration the risks faced by adolescents and that every effort is made to ensure that adolescents have access to appropriate health, including mental health, care and legal assistance.
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/capeverde.html   (667 words)

  
 Cape Verde shares cyber-island vision at BSC presentation - BSC News : Bridgewater State College
Plans to transform the island Republic of Cape Verde into a “cyber-island” were shared in detail by a contingent from the African nation led by Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves during his second visit to Bridgewater State College in the past three years.
Cape Verde found benchmarking against other countries difficult because of the physical nature and size of the nation, so it decided to create its own system – from scratch.
Vicente called for the mobilization of all Cape Verdeans in the United States to encourage and support innovation and enablement on the island, creating a virtual Cape Verdean community in the global society, and create Cape Verde ambassadors and volunteers in U.S. corporations.
www.bridgew.edu /bridtoday/2006/oct/cv.cfm   (1196 words)

  
 Facts About Cape Verde
The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop for whaling and transatlantic shipping.
Cape Verde continues to exhibit one of Africa's most stable democratic governments.
Cape Verde annually runs a high trade deficit, financed by foreign aid and remittances from emigrants; remittances supplement GDP by more than 20%.
worldfacts.us /Cape-Verde.htm   (602 words)

  
 Cape Verde - Science and Technology Conference
The issue of access to new technologies of energy, water and agriculture production, crucial to the social and economic development of Cape Verde, raises the question of the high initial costs of the technology and their financial and technical procurement.
The municipalities have to implement efficient technical assistance and training facilities with appropriate geminating with municipalities abroad.
Scientific research in Cape Verde is in its early stages.
www.umassd.edu /specialprograms/caboverde/stmeeting.html   (881 words)

  
 Cape Verde Counties
The government of Ribeira Grande de Santiago was installed on 2005-07-23; its capital is Santiago de Cabo Verde; it has around 10,000 population and 164 km.²;, and consists of the parishes of Santíssimo Nome de Jesus and São João Baptista.
Cape Verde had been a Portuguese colony for more than five centuries when it was granted its independence on 1975-07-05.
Cape Verde is divided into seventeen concelhos (counties).
www.statoids.com /ucv.html   (918 words)

  
 CAPE COD COMMISSION ACT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If a municipality has already adopted a comprehensive plan, the town meeting or other legislative body may adopt its existing plan as the municipality's local comprehensive plan, to the extent that it is consistent with the regional policy plan and with the guidelines established by the commission pursuant to subsection (b).
(g)No municipal agency may grant a development permit for a development in a district of critical planning concern unless the proposed development is consistent with the municipality's approved implementing regulations or implementing regulations adopted by the assembly of delegates for the district of critical planning concern.
Otherwise, each municipality shall conduct a special election on a date so fixed by the county commissioners, or on the date of the annual municipal election if said annual election is not more than thirty days after or not more than thirty days prior to said date fixed by the county commissioners.
www.capecodcommission.org /act.htm   (10070 words)

  
 Cabo Verde 24 - News
The project is aimed at stimulating the economic growth of member municipalities, and is financed by Brussels as part of the EU’s Interreg III program, which ends in December 2006.
The information was announced during the meeting of the Confederation of Municipalities of Ultra-Peripheral Regions of the European Union and Cape Verde, which took place between April 14 and 16 in the city of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The National Association of Municipalities of Cape Verde (ANMCV) and individual municipalities will have the opportunity, within the framework of “Vizinhança,” to present “physical” construction projects, rather than just training programs, as has been the case until the present.
www.caboverde24.com /news.asp?ID=538   (419 words)

  
 Peace Corps Online | Peace Corps Programs in Cape Verde
Cape Verde is a nation of ten islands located off the coast of West Africa.
Although Portuguese is the official language of Cape Verde, the government has determined that knowledge of English will enhance prospects for economic development.
The Minister of Education has remarked, "without the presence of the Peace Corps in Cape Verde, we could be severely handicapped in reaching our goal of securing Cape Verde's place in the process of globalization.
peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/3636.html   (805 words)

  
 WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CHIDES DELEGATION OF CAPE VERDE OVER LATENESS IN SUBMITTING FIRST REPORT
A developing country facing severe economic difficulties and unemployment rates of nearly 56 per cent for young men and 43 per cent for young women, Cape Verde was one of the first countries to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, which it signed in December 1980.
A delegate from Cape Verde said the Institute has nine members, and a budget that had increased over the years and was now $36 million.
Thanks to support from the United Nations, Cape Verde planned to integrate a 2006-2010 domestic violence prevention programme, she said.  Last year, an important provision was introduced into the Penal Code that would allow judges to remove aggressors from the dwelling.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2006/wom1584.doc.htm   (2473 words)

  
 Sal, Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sal (Portuguese for "salt" -- from the mines at Pedra de Lume) is an island in the archipelago of Cape Verde, and the municipality of the same name.
Sal is the oldest island in Cape Verde, formed 50 million years ago during the eruption of a volcano which is now inactive.
Sal's main town, Vila dos Espargos, is home to one of the nation's international airports and has around 8,000 inhabitants.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sal,_Cape_Verde   (587 words)

  
 Cape Verde
Cape Verde is interested in obtaining a special status from the European Union which will provide economic benefits and investment.
India and Cape Verde maintain friendly bilateral relations and both countries are members of the United Nations and NAM.
Cape Verde has sought India’s assistance under ITEC for getting their nominees trained in English language.
meaindia.nic.in /foreignrelation/22fr01.htm   (352 words)

  
 A Semana online
Two cooperation accords between the National Association of Cape Verdean Municipalities (ANMCV), the National Association of Firefighters of Portugal (ANBP) and Portuguese consulting company 4 EMES were signed yesterday in Mindelo.
From now on, 4 EMES will guarantee continuous training programs and theme-based seminars in Cape Verde, in accordance with the needs on the market, which will be evaluated alongside the ANMCV.
The protocol with the Portuguese consulting company 4 EMES is also aimed at serving as a “guarantee for innovation” in the exercise of Cape Verdean municipalities’ professional activities, namely through the training of human resources.
www.asemana.cv /article.php3?id_article=20293   (295 words)

  
 newserver | All New Cape Verde Property Portal | Property sale in Cape Verde | Cape Verde Forum - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Portugal is the country with the biggest number of companies signed up to take part in the 10th International Cape Verde Fair (FIC), to be held on November 15 and 16 in the archipelago’s capital, Praia, officials said.
China plans to build a cement factory in Cape Verde at a total investment of US$55 million, as part of a package of trade agreements that China signed with ten African countries Sunday in Beijing.
The construction of the factory on Santiago Island is a “strategic objective” for Cape Verde as it will support the construction of infrastructures in the country, financed by the United States, the European Union (EU) and the World Bank.
www.capeverdeportal.com   (597 words)

  
 afrol News - Election fraud allegations in Cape Verde
Yesterday, the official results of Sunday's local elections in Cape Verde were presented and the opposition MpD came out as the clear winner.
The PAICV - the strongest political force in Cape Verde since independence in 1975 - had to note a humiliating defeat in several of its traditional strongholds.
The last elections arranged in Cape Verde - a presidential poll in February 2001 - were won by the PAICV's candidate Pedro Pires, who won beat his MpD rival Carlos Veiga with only 17 votes.
www.afrol.com /articles/11972   (574 words)

  
 Porto Novo, Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porto Novo (Portuguese for "new port") is officially the westernmost municipality in Cape Verde and all of Africa but not the mainland.
It is a town and a municipality in the island of Santo Antão of Barlavento.
Much of the municipality are grassy or bushy, a few forests cover the mountain area while farmlands are in the plain around Porto Novo and in valley areas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porto_Novo,_Cape_Verde   (265 words)

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