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IMVF Annual Report 2016

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ANNUAL REPORT

2016


ANNUAL REPORT

2016


Title: Annual Report 2016 Edited by: Instituto MarquĂŞs de Valle FlĂ´r Design e layout: Matrioska Design Printing: Finepaper Print run of 30 copies

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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OPENING NOTE

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1. OUR YEAR AND THE FUTURE

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2. IMVF

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MISSION AND GOALS

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FACTS AND FIGURES

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3. OUR WORK IN 2016

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3.1 AREAS OF INTERVENTION

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Health

Education

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Rural Development

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Institutional Capacity Building

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Cultural Identity and Tourism

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Global Citizenship

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IMVF Municipalities

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Strategic Studies

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3.2 WHERE WE ARE

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3.3 EVENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS

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3.4 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA

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4. OUR PLAN FOR 2017

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5. FINANCIAL RESULTS 2016

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OPENING NOTE

2016 was a particularly complex and challenging year. It was marked by the persistent geopolitical and economic instability at global level, a context that clearly contributed to increase the difficulties faced by development cooperation programmes in accessing finance. In a global framework of uncertainty, the Institute Marquês de Valle Flôr sought to consolidate and renew its action without compromising lessons learned. We therefore carried out an internal restructuring process, aiming to capitalise on our experience and our human resources’ potential, as well as to open new windows of opportunity for our actions. Accordingly, we have kept a steady and cautious pace in the management of ongoing projects and in taking additional commitments, while systematically focusing on sustainability of the actions and never renouncing to our values and objectives. In addition, reaching out to citizens has remained a stated priority of IMVF, by promoting and disseminating information on key areas of International Development Cooperation and Global Citizenship Education. Looking at this report, I have to express great pride for the coherent and consistent work, as well as strong confidence on a dynamic and committed team, which has been able to put in place initiatives (in Portugal and in the field) that are fully aligned with the main Global Development’s priorities. I would also like to express gratitude to funders and partners for recognising the skills of this excellent team and making this work possible. In brief, during this year, IMVF has taken major and steady steps for an increased recognition as a renowned institution both at national and international levels. This was pursued by continuously improving its resources and means, and by valuing solid partnerships with the projects’ beneficiaries, with national organisations and international counterparts, towards a fair, sustainable and inclusive development.

Paulo Freitas Chairman of the Administration Board

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1 OUR YEAR AND THE FUTURE


OUR YEAR AND THE FUTURE

2016, A CHALLENGING YEAR WORKING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2016 was marked by the persistence of a difficult socio-economic situation and by the intensification of global challenges with disturbing impacts on international development, as the rise of nationalism and a worsening refugee crisis. In the current international context, IMVF has continued its work, strongly committed to the effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) approved in September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly. Therefore, special attention has been given to engage citizens in development issues, as well as focusing on one of the fundamental principles of this 2030 Agenda: “leaving no one behind” in this path towards a world that is increasingly fair, decent and sustainable. Despite the positive developments in its strategic framework, Portuguese development cooperation still faces significant constrains, not only due to financial and economic fragilities, but also to a generalised weak conviction about the short and long-term gains and reciprocal benefits arising from investing in development cooperation. Several issues could be highlighted in this regard. On first sight, a diversification of financing sources and modalities is needed, including by engaging more with the private sector as a relevant partner in development policies. The focus on new mechanisms as blending finance, however, requires that SOFID would be able to adapt to the requirements and complexity of these financing instruments. In addition, a reinforced focus on Delegated Cooperation can be particularly relevant in a context of limited resources, but the potential of these initiatives if not yet fully optimised by Portuguese development cooperation. It is urgently necessary to overcome many of the negotiating and operational constrains in this area. Similarly, the increasing participation in trust funds seems very promising, as these represent wide partnerships and multi-donor platforms of excellence. Despite the current organisational, strategic and financial constrains of Portuguese development cooperation, IMVF renewed its efforts to implement sound and coherent projects, seeking to put innovation at the centre of development without compromising lessons learned throughout its experience. IMVF continued its activities in Sao Tome and Principe, in accordance with the Strategic Cooperation Programme between Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe 2016-2020, through the programmes “Health for All” and “School +” Phase II. Two milestones in the “Health for All – Transition Phase” demonstrate the continuous efforts to improve healthcare provision in the country: the first mission of the medical specialisation in Gastroenterology, and the first medical appointment in Otorhinolaryngology through the telemedicine system. This Transition Phase also enabled a global external evaluation of the developed activities between 2005 and 2015, which will inform and reinforce the action in the new project phase, beginning in 2017.

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Regarding Guinea-Bissau, the Integrated Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PIMI, in Portuguese) included the construction of a surgery room and the expansion of the maternity in the Cumura Hospital, aiming to improve healthcare for pregnant women and extending the coverage of gynaecological and obstetric surgery to the entire Biombo region. A long-term training in Anaesthesia is also worth mentioning. Taking into account the positive outcomes, the project will be extended to the entire country in 2017. Also in Guinea-Bissau, 2016 marked the beginning of activities in the new EU-PAANE Fase di Kambansa, a project supporting the consolidation of good governance in the country, by reinforcing the participation, cooperation and leveraging capacity of Guinean Civil Society Organisations and Social and Community Media. In the framework of Strategic and Development Studies, the 2nd Lisbon Conference confirmed this event as an important space for debating, thinking and exchanging experiences on globalisation and development-related issues. This initiative gathered eight partner institutions and around 600 participants in the two conference days. The Lisbon Club was also launched, which will meet regularly and is composed of renowned national and international personalities, seeking to promote bridges of dialogue and global understanding on international development. Furthermore, in 2016, IMVF strengthened its focus and investment in technical assistance, namely through the support to the management and structuring of the Municipalisation of Health Services in the Benguela and Bié provinces (Angola), and through the implementation of public health and environmental awareness-raising campaigns in the Maio island (Cape Verde). In 2016, a project to promote and improve tourism was also initiated in Maio, which has been promoting and reinforcing entrepreneurship, as well as contributing to the preservation and revitalisation of the local cultural, environmental and tourist heritage. Regarding Global Citizenship Education, in Portugal, some highlights include the European tour on Social and Solidarity Economy that brought to Portugal two speakers from Brazil to share experiences and knowledge, and the collection of 80.000 petitions against the violation of labour rights of tropical fruit plantation’ workers and to support a more responsible and fair trade. Two new projects were initiated in partnership with national organisations, which continue the work already developed on two relevant issues: “Coerência.PT” about the importance of monitoring Policy Coherence for Development, and the “Coordinates for Global Citizenship” that intends to reinforce the skills of young adults through a creative and innovative approach that includes the establishment and facilitation of tourist educational routes, having the city of Lisbon as background. Regarding Inter-Municipal Cooperation, the international seminar “Local Authorities towards 2030: Dialogues for Development” was held in November at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and it was a privileged space for sharing experiences and best practices. It contributed to the debate on the current challenges faced by several development actors in implementing the SDGs. Several policy and strategic approaches to decentralised cooperation in the European Union and at global level were also presented. 9


The presentation of the book “Bijagós: Património Arquitetónico”, published by Tinta da China, was held in the CPLP headquarters, in Lisbon. It was a significant moment of sharing between the authors, the team that implements this project and an interested audience. This is the first inventory of the architectural heritage in the Bijagós islands, which may contribute to the future definition of public policies and actions that look at the preservation and enhancement of architectural heritage as an integral part of the human development process in the region. Furthermore, IMVF has actively participated in various forums, conferences, debates and working groups during this year, at national and international level, in the framework of the Portuguese NGDO Platform and the European Confederation of Relief and Development NGOs (CONCORD).

INTERNAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE INSTITUTION In executive management, the Executive Board that took office moved forward with the internal reorganisation process in order to adapt the institutional structure to a streamlined functioning, and defined an internal regulatory framework suited to the features, nature and reputation of the Institute Marquês de Valle Flôr. In 2016, this Executive Board had the opportunity to propose to the Administration Board a “Strategic Plan for 2016-2018”. This proposal was approved and subsequently ratified by the Board, which was a necessary condition to its implementation. This Strategic Plan intended to provide strategic guidance to the mandate of the Executive Board, appointed for this three-year period.

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, AN UNDENIABLE STRATEGIG OBJECTIVE TO BE PRESERVED Despite the demanding limitations, we are convinced that the IMVF team achieved a significant and remarkable performance during this year. It has implemented all the projects within the timeframes and budgets, as a result of a rigorous management policy, therefore preserving a healthy economic and financial situation. This is a fundamental element for the Institute’s financial sustainability, which is an undeniable and permanent strategic objective to be preserved. The demanding macroeconomic context in Portugal undoubtedly requires additional efforts from IMVF to improve its capacity and efficiency of its actions, as well as in resource management.

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FINAL REMARKS In sum, IMVF favoured a comprehensive vision of development challenges and constrains, and sought to express the 2030 Agenda in concrete realities in the field. For this purpose, it pursued an approached focused on partnerships with communities, Civil Society Organisations, national and international counterparts, and (increasingly) the private sector, in order to go beyond assistencialism and focusing on strong capacity building of target-groups in the implemented projects.

The Executive Board:

LuĂ­s Marques Bento Ahmed Zaky Executive Director Executive Director Director General Project Director

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Jorge Morais Executive Director Director of Finance and Planning


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2 IMVF


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MISSION AND GOALS

The Institute Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF) is a Non-Governmental Development Organisation (NGDO) which undertakes Humanitarian, Cooperation, and Development Education related actions, towards economic, cultural and social Development. It elaborates studies and academic papers in different fields of knowledge, and also fosters and disseminates the culture of the Portuguese-speaking countries. We believe that innovation in the Education, Health, and Food Security sectors is key to create hope for a better future for the people we work with. We act as facilitators in the creation of Decentralised Cooperation networks, with the municipalities of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). We work daily with diligence, rigour and ethics, in order to build a sustainable future that is fairer and more inclusive for thousands of people.

PORTUGAL

Cape Verde GUINEA-BISSAU BRAZIL SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE

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ANGOLA


FACTS AND FIGURES

127.558 medical appointments of child

3.603 appointments of specialised medicine within missions

monitoring and nutritional surveillance

More than 4 millions beneficiaries of the actions implemented in the

24 facilitators

in the Health sector and 26 facilitators in the Environmental sector trained

280 health professionals and 42 targeted health

areas qualified on maternal and child healthcare

HEALTH sector

75% of municipalities with

19 trips by the Bor Mobile Clinic (90 medical appointments

established committees for maternal, neonatal and child mortality (BiĂŠ)

per trip, on average)

52 supervisors of pre-school, basic and secondary education successfully completed the training on Pedagogical Supervision

15 Portuguese teachers/cooperation agents are members of the project’s team

Around

16 inspectors and district delegates from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Communication (MECCC) of Sao Tome and Principe successfully completed the training on School Inspection

20.000

beneficiaries of training and

EDUCATION

271 teachers successfully

completed multidisciplinary and specific training

programmes

49 MECCC high officials, technical staff 408 supervision initiatives held

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from central services and district delegates have successfully concluded the training on Organisational Planning


FACTS AND FIGURES

More than 1.000

17 production/transformation units created, 13of which are concluded and 4 in conclusion phase

Quilombolas farmers trained in production techniques

More than

500.000

18,5 tons of locally

14 paraveterinarians trained and actively involved in the provision of animal healthcare

beneficiaries of RURAL DEVELOPMENT activities

produced animal feed

18 crops were the subject

4.323 participants in 1.279 tabankas from the 3 regions participated in the

of a climate and soil study

elaboration and the validation of the Regional Agricultural Development Plans

305 participants in the training programme

1.254 participants in the advanced training

for Media and Community Media

59 grant contracts and

19 service provision contracts, to support several initiatives

for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), in a total of 849 hours of training

Around 2.000 beneficiaries

38 training manuals elaborated and distributed

from the actions on

INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING

1 djumbai held with 72 participants

87 CSOs and media registered in the project’s website

58 registered for using the EU-PAANE Resource Centre 17


FACTS AND FIGURES 36 people received microcredit to implement income generating activities

40 surveillance missions carried out by CMPA and 2.327 hours at sea

More than

40.000

13 artisans and 14 artistic pavement workers (“calceteiros”) trained

beneficiaries from activities promoting

CULTURAL identity AND TOURISM

1 socioeconomic mapping of the

products created

Participation in 13 events to present the project “Challenging the Crisis” and the campaign “Change the Economy, Think Social!”

provided by the project “Facilitating Global Learning”

of honey and chilli supported

22 new handicraft

beneficiaries of improvements in house-fronts initiated

44 participants in the trainings

1 processing unit for land and sea products built, 71 producers of salt flower and 25 producers

41 installations on the MDGs and SDGs implemented in European museums

More than

70 innovative partners

1 European tour in 4 countries, during 39 days, with 2 speakers and more than 15 events held in Portugal

of

More than 490 participants

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND IMVF MUNICIPALITIES

in the debates on Social and Solidarity Economy

More than 1.200

awareness raising materials about the project “Make Fruit Fair” distributed 18

More than 1.000 participants in the street action “Banana Day”

20 Portuguese municipalities – 19 of which are members of RICD – actively engaged in the project “Networking for Development”


3 OUR WORK IN 2016


3.1 AREAS OF INTERVENTION


HEALTH Although we witnessed positive results in the main health indicators during the last decades, the World Health Organisation (WHO) points out in a recent report the urgent need to diminish the existing asymmetries (both within and between countries) in access to health. While a child born in Angola has an average life expectancy of 52 years, a child born in Japan can expect to live 83 years in average1. IMVF focused its action in 4 countries, in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In Sao Tome and Principe, the project Health for All – Transition Phase included an evaluation of the previous phase, the definition of new indicators and targets for the next phase, and the consolidation of the achieved results. The main focus was the reinforcement of technical and medical skills of the local healthcare professionals. In parallel with the missions of medical specialities, the telemedicine proved to be a good option, by contributing to increase the immediate response to more complex medical cases and to fight the need for sanitary evacuations. In 2017, the project “Health for All – Towards Sustainability” will begin. In Guinea-Bissau, the Integrated Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PIMI, in Portuguese) entered the final year of implementation and continued its action in maternal and child healthcare. The action focused on the improvement of the health structures (with equipment, technical and human capacity) in order to increase the response capacity to the existing needs in the targeted regions. Taking into account the PIMI positive outcomes, the project initially implemented in 4 regions will be extended to the entire country in 2017. In Cape Verde, awareness-raising campaigns on Environment and Health were planned and started to be implemented. These are mainly targeted to the population in the riverside areas 22

of Praia, but also aim to change the attitudes and behaviours of the general population. The campaigns and trainings for the prevention of STDs’ transmission and pandemics, and for the promotion of good environmental practices, will continue to be held in 2017. The municipalities in Angola still have many insufficiencies, both on human resources and on technical expertise in public health management. IMVF intervention is focused on planning, budgeting and monitoring of annual plans, on defining and updating the municipal health maps and the regular reports, on capacity building for implementing the general regulation of health facilities, integrated supervision in the Municipal Health Directorate, among other issues. The aim is to contribute to institutional development and capacity-building in the framework of political and administrative decentralisation.

World Health Organisation (WHO), Observatory for Global Health, Health statistics by country, region and global, 2015.

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FINANCING AND PARTNERS

Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Ministry of Health of Guinea-Bissau


HEALTH FOR ALL – TRANSITION PHASE JAN 2016 – DEC 2016 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

BeneficiARIES Direct: approximately 590 healthcare professionals of the National Health System (60 physicians, 348 nurses, 50 laboratory technicians, 53 pharmacy technicians; 42 experts in microscopy, 11 statisticians, 6 nutrition technicians and 23 other health practitioners benefiting from training in the country and via telemedicine; Indirect: the entire population of Sao Tome and Principe (around 187.500 residents) as users of the National Health System; and the Ministry of Health through the support to healthcare provision services in the country.

ObjeCtivES Overall: contribute to maintaining universal access of the population of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe to quality healthcare. Specific: ensure the permanence of support in the provision of preventive, primary and specialised healthcare in the country during a transitional phase of 12 months.

BUDGET € 1.135.768 FinanciNG Camões - Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

ParTNER Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

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GLOBAL ACTIVITIES • Continuation of short-term missions of Portuguese specialised doctors to Sao Tome and Principe. Inclusion of Gastroenterology in the range of 24 medical specialities covered by these missions; • Extension and consolidation of regular clinical support at a distance, through medical appointments and exams via Telemedicine between Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe; • Inclusion of Otorhinolaryngology in the Telemedicine system and one experimental telemedicine appointment on Oncology between Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe; • On-job, theoretical and practice trainings, in the course of short-term specialised missions; • Acquiring and providing medicines, equipment and complementary means for diagnosis, according to the most urgent needs; • Activities of preventive healthcare and initiatives of school health and health education; • Support to National Programmes against major endemic diseases (Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis) in planning and implementing their strategic plans; • Support to the revitalisation of the National Programme against Non-Communicable Diseases; • Reinforcement of the Reproductive Health Programme.


Facts AND FIGURES

97.386 medical appointments of maternal and child protection and family planning 127.558 medical appointments of child monitoring and nutritional surveillance

27.909 de-worming treatments for children

248 Urology screenings performed in all districts

3.603 appointments of specialised medicine within short-term missions 577 surgical operations within specialised short-term missions More than 10.000 clinical files and examinations registered in the Telemedicine platform

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INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOR THE REDUCTION OF MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY (PIMI) – STRENGHENING THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHCARE IN HEALTH REGIONS OF CACHEU, BIOMBO, FARIM AND OIO JUL 2013 – NOV 2016 GuinEA-Bissau Cacheu, Biombo, Farim and Oio

GlobaL ACtiviTIES • Drafting and adaptation of the Instrument for the Quantification of Needs of Medicines and Medical Consumables; • Acquisition of essential medicines and medical consumables, as foreseen in the free-of-charge list; • Strengthening the logistics of distributing medicines and medical consumables to health structures; • Implementation of the Minimum Package (MP) and Complementary Package (CP) in Maternal and Child Healthcare;

BeneficiARIES Direct: 90.341 children under 5 years of age and 116.911 women of reproductive age in the target regions, 255 health professionals in 45 targeted health areas (Health Centres and Hospitals). Indirect: at least 531.415 residents in the 4 health regions.

ObjeCtivES Overall: contribute to the reduction of maternal, neonatal and child mortality in the 4 health regions and, in particular, for the achievement of the adjusted targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); decrease of maternal and child mortality rates to 777/100.000 and 108%, respectively. Specific: ensure and sustain a better access to quality healthcare for pregnant women and women who have recently given birth (up to 45 days after childbirth) and children under 5 years of age, in the 4 target regions.

BUDGET € 3.980.340 CO-FinanciNG European Union, Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P. and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

ParTNERS Ministry of Health of Guinea-Bissau, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Entraide Médicale Internationale (EMI)

• Revitalisation of the blood transfusion services within the Complementary Obstetrics and Neonatal Urgency Services (CONUC); • Revival of the “Verbal Autopsy” sessions, in order to determine the cause of maternal and neonatal deaths; • Developing an effective system for reference and counter-reference in Health Centres and Regional Hospitals; • Theoretical and practice trainings on key areas of maternal and child healthcare, such as: Basic and Complementary Obstetrics and Neonatal Urgency Services (CONUB/CONUC), Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Bio-safety, Obstetric Ultrasound, C-section, Anaesthesia , Child Tuberculosis, and other specific trainings; • Guarantee of in-job follow-up, in order to consolidate the medical practices acquired; • Development and continuous adjustment of a Health Information System in the targeted health structures; • Implementation of the Initiative for Improving the Quality of Maternal and Child Healthcare in Health Centres and Regional Hospitals; • Incentives based on assiduity and performance of health professionals; • Rehabilitation and maintenance of health infrastructures in the 4 targeted health regions; • Provision of drinking water supply systems and electric power through photovoltaic energy, in Hospitals and Health Centres; • Provision of medical and surgical equipments, and ensuring its maintenance; • Support to health structures in case of out-of-stock medical consumables and others.

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Facts AND FIGURES

280 health professionals and 42 targeted health areas qualified on maternal and child healthcare

99% newborns receiving immediate postnatal healthcare, with registration on the APGAR1 98% blood transfusions performed 94% of the targeted health areas providing a Minimum Basic Package and 91% offering a Complementary Package of Maternal and Child Healthcare in 2016 (progress from the 30% baseline registered in 2010) 1.926 medical evacuations due to obstetric complications

75% of maternal deaths subject to clinical audit Extension of the maternity and construction and equipment of a surgery room for caesarean sections, in a area of 260m2

19 trips in 2016 by the Bor Mobile Clinic (90 medical appointments per trip, on average) 1

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Assessment of the newborn vital signs on the first, fifth and tenth minute after birth, with a score given to each sign from 0 to 2.


SUPPORT TO MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION OF THE MUNICIPALISATION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA, BENGUELA AND BIÉ MAY 2016 – MAY 2018 (Bié) JUL 2016 – JUL 2018 (Benguela) ANGOLA Province of Benguela: Benguela, Lobito and Ganda Province of Bié: Kuito, Andulo and Camacupa

Activities in 2016 • Seminar of Municipalisation held on 27-28 October in Bié, with the team from the Ministry of Health of Angola, the Planning, Studies and Statistics Office (GEPE, in Portuguese), and the Municipal General Directorates of Cuito, Andulo and Camacupa. This meeting highlighted the importance of drafting and updating the municipal health maps; • Support the targeted Provincial and Municipal General Directorates in drafting the documents for the planning, budgeting and monitoring process, including tools as the model for the Annual Budget Plan and the Implementation Monitoring Plan;

BeneficiAriES Direct: the health network of Benguela, which includes 187 heath infrastructures, and the health network of Bié, with 102 heath infrastructures. Indirect: residents in Benguela (around 2.036.662 people) and residents in Bié (around 1.338.923 people).

ObjeCtivES Overall: the legislative reform, health financing and the relations with the private sector, the reinforcement of information systems, and human resources management and planning/training , are among the axis of the ongoing concrete actions. The municipalisation of the health sector comprises a process of partial administrative and fiscal decentralisation, through transferring some of the funds to the Municipal Administration, in the framework of an ongoing global decentralisation process within State Administration. Specific: support the organisation and management of the municipalisation process in 3 municipalities per province: in Benguela, the municipalities of Benguela, Lobito and Ganda, and in Bié, the municipalities of Kuito, Andulo and Camacupa.

BUDGET € 875.000 (Bié) € 875.000 (Benguela)

CO-Financing European Union and EDF National Authorising Officer in Angola

Partners AEDES - European Agency for Development and Health

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• Weekly meetings in all municipalities for the preparation of planning, budgeting and monitoring processes of the implementation of annual budget plans; • Organising meetings for updating the health map and drafting a document with the municipal and provincial data; • Elaboration of a training proposals for statisticians and meetings with human resources’ managers, as well as support to the systematisation of data collection procedures and their validation; ensuring compliance with desired standards and the respect of information flows to higher levels; • Training course on the importance of regular filling of the Health Activities Register Book in all the covered municipalities; • Supervision action with local authorities for the evaluation of procedures regarding service records, medicine prescriptions, gynaecology appointments, HIV-Aids and malaria, in order to assess the impact of trainings; • Drafting of the supervision plan for 2017 and 2018; • Support to the establishment and functioning of maternal, neonatal and child mortality committees, with municipal meetings, quarterly analysis of information and reports, and monitoring of achieved progresses.


Facts AND FIGURES

66% of technical staff from Municipal and Provincial Health Directorates qualified to implement monthly and annual budget plans (Bié)

74,2% % in Bié and 80% in Benguela of the monthly reports on routine data collected and sent to a higher-level, in relation to those foreseen

75% of municipalities with established committees for maternal, neonatal and child mortality (Bié) 85% of maternal deaths investigated by the institutional committees, in relation to those reported (Bié)

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CONCESSION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AWARENESS-RAISING CAMPAIGNS FOR THE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITIES, ON THE ENVIRNOMENT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (SUCH AS HIV/ AIDS) AND OTHER PANDEMICS JUN 2016 – MAY 2017 Cape Verde Praia

Beneficiaries Direct: residents in the communities of Achada Grande Frente, Achada Grande Trás, Sao Tome and Jamaica. Indirect: Population of Cape Verde.

ObjeCtivEs Overall: prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, promotion of good practices on public healthfor the prevention of pandemics such as typhus and cholera, and environmental protection especially in riverside areas. Specific: contribute to change the attitudes and behaviours of the general population, in particular the residents in the beneficiary communities of this project, about sexually transmitted diseases and other pandemics (zika, malaria and dengue), as well as about environmental protection and preservation; and to reinforce the knowledge of businesses and institutions responsible for public health and the environment, about the concerns and challenges faced by the beneficiary communities in these two sectors, while ensuring a greater engagement of all in the search for continuous improvement.

BUDGET € 256.452 CO-Financing African Development Bank and the Government of Cape Verde

Partner Ecovisão Cape Verde

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ACTIVITIES IN 2016 • Study with the description of the Health and Environmental sectors in Cape Verde (including the identification of constrains and challenges), focusing on sexually transmitted diseases as the HIV/AIDs and other pandemics; • Identification of the implemented and on-going projects in these sectors; definition of the implementation strategy for the awareness-raising and communication campaigns, as well as the beneficiary communities and the public and private partnerships to be carried out; • Drafting of a training plan and manual for social facilitators; training of social facilitators in the two targeted sectors, with the participation of several communities; • Selection of the companies that will develop the awareness-raising and communication campaigns; and presentation of the first outline for the campaigns.


Facts AND FIGURES

1 description study on the Health and Environment sectors produced

1 development strategy for the awareness-raising and communication campaigns approved

1 training plan and 1 training manual elaborated 2 trainings for social facilitators on Health and Environment held

24 facilitators in the Health sector and 26 facilitators in the Environmental sector trained

2 awareness-raising and communication campaigns launched

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EDUCATION

Education is an essential cornerstone for development. Better educated populations have better health indicators, are more prepared for the demands of the labour market in a globalised world, and become more responsive to good governance and environmental issues. The role of education as a driver for development is recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has long guided IMVF actions. In parallel with access to schooling, we consider that is necessary to ensure the quality and inclusiveness of education. In Sao Tome and Principe our action in this sector goes back to 2009 and it is currently on the second phase. The project School+ Phase II was started in September 2013 and will be implemented until August 2017. It is presented as a flagship project in the Indicative Cooperation Programme Portugal - Sao Tome and Principe 2012-2015, and it is part of the strategic pillar “Sustainable Development and the fight against poverty” and the intervention area “Education and Basic Social Services”, aiming at improving secondary education in the country. Throughout its third implementation year, the project School+ Phase II has reinforced its collaboration with local authorities by supporting the implementation of public education policies. The project was requested to extend some activities to pre-school education and basic education, namely on training technical staff, therefore enabling the multiplication of the achieved outcomes within an integrated approach to the educational system.

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The project was indicated as a partner of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Communication (MECCC, in Portuguese) in the Programme to Raise Educational Performance 2015-2018 (“Acelerar o Desempenho Educativo”), and this expresses a recognition of the work developed so far. The quality of the implemented actions has been a systematic concern, and this is reflected in a highly proficient team that ensures a prompt response to new priorities and carries out a constant review of methodologies in a reflective approach, therefore seeking for success in achieving the proposed goals. Also with the purpose of responding to local needs and specificities, the project has increased its presence in the Autonomous Region of Principe during this third year of implementation, by integrating 2 new Portuguese language teachers, among other initiatives.

FINANCING AND PARTNER

Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Communication of Sao Tome and Principe


SCHOOL+ PHASE II SEPT 2013 – AUG 2017 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES YEAR 2015/2016 • Teaching of 3 subjects - Speaking and Writing Techniques of the Portuguese Language II, Probability and Statistics I, Probability and Statistics II – in the Bachelor degree of the University of Sao Tome and Principe (USTP), in the Autonomous Region of Principe; • Teaching the subjects of Biology, French, Physics, Descriptive Geometry, History, English, Social Integration, Portuguese and Mathematics, to 25 classes of 10th, 11th and 12th school years; • 2 continuous trainings on General Didactics, addressed to Sao Tome teachers;

Beneficiaries Direct: teachers, school managers, technical staff of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Communication of Sao Tome and Principe (MECCC). Indirect: students attending secondary education in Sao Tome and in Principe, and bachelor students in the Autonomous Region of Principe.

ObjeCtivES Overall: contribute to the economic growth of Sao Tome and Principe, augment of the employability and return of private investment in education, as well as to the generalised improvement of the population’s living conditions. Specific: promote the improvement of secondary education in Sao Tome and Principe.

BUDGET € 2.891.605 Financing Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

Partner Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Communication of Sao Tome and Principe

• 1 continuous training on Writing Practice I, addressed to teachers of the Autonomous Region of Principe; • 2 editions of the new training on Writing Practice II – The Text, addressed to Sao Tome teachers; • 19 initiatives of specific continuous training, with the objective of fostering scientific and pedagogical knowledge of educational programmes, of which 11 are new editions; • Elaboration of 4 new module-based trainings to implement in the 2016/2017 school year: Portuguese Language, To be a teacher… Improving teaching practices, Problem Solving and English; • Seminars on Assessment of Learning on Mathematics and on Portuguese Language; • Workshop on Realistic Math Education; • Training on Classroom Management and Organisation, certified by the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuous Training in Portugal, addressed to cooperation teachers, supervisors of pre-school, basic and secondary education, and other MECCC technical staff; • On-job training for Education Inspectors, addressed to inspectors from MECCC; • 2 editions of the training on Organisational Planning, organised and certified by the National Administration Institute of Portugal, attended by MECCC high officials and technical staff of central services and district delegates; • 2 trainings on Pedagogical Supervision, attended by night course supervisors and coordinators of the Secondary Professional Courses, secondary education supervisors of Portuguese Language and Mathematics, pre-school and basic education supervisors. This initiative was certified by the MECCC;

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• 3 meetings of the Technical Committee for Continuous Monitoring (CTAP, in Portuguese) and 1 meeting of the Technical Committee of Extended Monitoring (CTAA, in Portuguese), advisory bodies that foster project monitoring and include the MECCC, the Embassy of Portugal and other local partners, such as the USTP; • Delivery of computer and copying materials to the MECCC central services, contributing to institutional reinforcement: 8 desktop computers, 4 laptops, 12 software “Office 2013”, 5 printers, 2 photocopiers, 1 multi-copier, 8 UPS, 1 scanner and 2 projectors; • Elaboration of 3 curriculum for French subject (2nd cycle of primary education and 1st and 2nd cycles of secondary education); • Participation in activities of the Programme to Raise Educational Performance 2015-2018 (“Acelerar o Desempenho Educativo”), promoted by MECCC; • Joint Mission (MECCC and School+) of educational supervision to secondary schools (253 supervision meetings and 155 class observation).

Facts AND FIGURES

15 Portuguese teachers/cooperation agents are members of the project’s team 271 teachers successfully completed multidisciplinary and specific training

16 MECCC inspectors and district delegates successfully completed the training on School Inspection

49 MECCC high officials, technical staff from central services and district delegates have successfully concluded the training on Organisational Planning 11 new plans of continuous training implemented and 4 plans elaborated to be implemented in 2016/2017

408 supervision initiatives held 52 supervisors of pre-school, basic and secondary education successfully completed the training on Pedagogical Supervision

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT

To end hunger is the second goal of the 2030 Agenda aiming to guarantee that everyone has access to sufficient, safe and nutritive food, namely the most vulnerable. To achieve this target, the agricultural production and the income of small producers needs to be increased by 60%, in order to respond to the increase of the global population, and to promote resilient agricultural practices that strengthen the adaptation to climate change and the access to services, maintaining the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plant species and farmed animals. The challenge is to respond to the growing demand by increasing production whilst preserving biodiversity and reducing the pressure over the natural resources and ecosystems.

In Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, the project Nô Fia Na Crias produced more than 6 000 chickens and sold 550 eggs, contributing to a reduction in food imports whilst promoting the development of animal feed. It mobilised local producers and promoted an initiative to improve laying hens, therefore enabling an increase in productivity. In order to respond to the challenges related to animal health, a network of 14 paraveterinarians is now working directly on the ground. In the Bafatá, Quinara and Tombali regions, project EU-ACTIVA – Axis 1: Territorial Governance has initiated the agricultural diagnosis of the target regions, namely an agroecological zoning and the participative elaboration and validation of Regional Agricultural Development Plans (PDAR, in Portuguese).

Despite the global efforts, approximately 800 million people still suffer from chronic hunger and more than 150 million children under the age of 5 are undernourished. In comparison, in the developed countries we face the issue of obesity, which has doubled since the 80s. Currently, there are 1.9 billion obese adults and 41 million obese children under the age of 5, thus increasing the public health expenditure. In the food security and rural development sectors, IMVF has been working to reinforce the acting capacity of producers’ associations and local organisations, the trade of agri-foods and the implementation of food security networks in a broader sense and, more recently, also in regional agricultural planning. In Brazil, in the framework of the Ká Amubá project, aquaculture production has reached 2 tons of fish. Cooperquilombola connects the producers directly with the consumers and supplies food for school meals. The 14 production and transformation units are contributing to reduce food insecurity, allowing for access to food during the whole year and for a considerable improvement in the quality of the final product. 34

FINANCIng and PartnerS

Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau


KÁ AMUBÁ – PROMOTION OF TECHNOLOGIES OF SOLIDARITY ECONOMY IN THE AREAS OF QUILOMBOS, MARANHÃO ApR 2013 – MAR 2017 BRAzIL Maranhão State (Maranhense dos Cocais, Baixo Parnaíba, Lençóis e Munin and Vale do Itaperucu)

Activities in 2016 • Conclusion of the intervention in 13 of the 17 production units of solidarity economy: continued technical assistance to 7 community vegetable gardens implemented in 2015 and producing with the PAIS system (integrated agroecological sustainable production); 4 agribusinesses producing cassava flour and babassu oil ready and in continuous production; 2 fish farms ready and in production; 1 fish farm currently filling the tanks, and 3 agribusiness being concluded (São Francisco, Matões dos Moreira and Monte Alegre); • In July, visit by the EU Ambassador in Brazil, João Cravinho, with the inauguration of the Transformation Unit for Cassava Flour in the Felipa community;

Beneficiaries Direct: 300 Quilombolas (farmers, livestock farmers, and extractivists) from 4 regions in the state of Maranhão, and 20 Quilombolas that are beneficiaries of the axis on capacity building of agricultural and social technicians. Indirect: 1.500 households and their respective communities of approximately 5.390 people.

ObjeCtivEs Overall: contribute to poverty reduction and the promotion of the socioeconomic development of the Quilombolas communities in the Maranhão state, with the aim of achieving the targets established by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Specific: promote the increase of households’ income and the improvement of health conditions of rural Quilombolas communities from Maranhão, by reinforcing the local productive activities based on the principles of solidarity economy and social inclusion.

BUDGET € 971.842 CO-Financing European Union, Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P. and IMVF

Partner Associação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas do Maranhão (ACONERUQ)

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• 3 units of the Farming Techniques Course were held for 17 Quilombolas integrating Cooperquilombola and acting as cooperative’ multipliers; • 7 meetings with Quilombolas, both members and non-members of Cooperquilombola with the aim of identifying means of production, available inputs and improving the production system in Itapecuru, Códó, Brejo and Buriti de Inácia Vaz; • Promotion of daily monitoring and capacity building activities in the communities (workshops, encounters, and meetings) targeting direct and indirect project beneficiaries that integrate ACONERUQ; • Usage of Cooperquilombola packaging in the processed agricultural products, therefore reinforcing the identity of the products sold by the communities and the cooperative; • Trading the products from community vegetable gardens and from flour and tapioca producers in traditional local markets; fish is sold directly to the communities; • Training sessions on the efficient management of the Quilombos’ production units, taking into account the existing natural resources: water, inputs, electric power needed for the equipment and machinery; • Construction of 35 sanitary kits in the remaining 10 communities; whist during the first year of the project, 30 kits were installed in 7 communities.


Facts AND FIGURES

7 regional meetings held 17 production/transformation units created, 13 of which are concluded and 4 in conclusion phase 17 Quilombolas communities are part of Cooperquilombola that has 89 associates in total 20 agricultural technicians trained 17 training sessions in agroecological production techniques held

20 Quilombolas per community benefit from the production units More than 1.000 Quilombolas farmers trained in production techniques

1 stamp for the Quilombolas products and 1 stamp for Cooperquilombola created 2 interchanges held

(1 on agroecological projects and 1 on fish farm)

17 Quilombolas community associations supported in the area of associativism

65 sanitary kits bought and installed 17 health education sessions held in 14 communities

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NÔ FIA NA CRIAS – INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE AND COMMUNITY SYSTEM FOR POULTRY, GOAT FARMING AND BY-PRODUCTS FOR THE CACHEU REGION JUL 2015 – JUN 2018 GuinEA-Bissau Cacheu (Canchungo, Cacheu, Bigene, Calaquisse, Caió and Bula)

Activities in 2016 • Chicken farming in a cooperative system in a 38day cycle (locally, the usual cycle is between 60 and 70 days); • Direct sale of chicken to the merchants and consumers in Bissau, with a refrigeration system; • Delivery of laying hens for community and family production, and marketing of eggs; • Training and mobilisation of paraveterinarians with the aim of supporting poultry and goat farmers in the Cacheu region; • Trainings about poultry farming for the families of farmers, namely on food and sanitary management, accommodation of animals, increase in productivity and profitability of poultry and goat farming;

Beneficiaries Direct: 150 women dedicated to poultry farming, 30 feed producers, 12 women focal points in the sale of chickens, 15 goat farmers, 30 paraveterinarians, 80 farmers/producers that are cooperative associates and 10 employees involved in the production and processing of poultry, totalising 327 households that represent a total of 2.289 people. Indirect: 192.010 residents in the Cacheu region.

Objectives Overall: contribute to food and nutritional security with the aim of achieving food sovereignty in the Cacheu region through the implementation of sustainable poultry and goat production. Specific: develop an integrated cooperative and community system for poultry, goat farming, and by-products that increases the availability and access to protein sources and that contributes to the improvement of living conditions of livestock farmers.

• Mobilisation of the farmers in the Cacheu region for the production of traditional crops, namely corn, enabling the production increase of local poultry feed. • Organisation of the first breeders’ meeting “Nô Cuida Crias: Vamos Cuidar das Crias” on 7-8 December in Canchungo, with discussions about the hygiene and sanitation of short life cycle animals, accommodation, phytosanitary treatment, water and nutrients; • Meetings and debates focused on the importance of improving the effective of goats with veterinarians from the Directorate-General of Livestock in GuineaBissau, breeders, and external experts, as well as an exchange visit to Senegal that allowed for the acquisition of 15 goats and he-goats from improved breeds (crossbreeding between local breeds and higher yielding breeds of meat and/or milk);

BUDGET € 620.387

• Mobilisation of 8 goat breeders to propagate within the communities;

COFinancing

• Construction of 2 goat stables, in a sustainable model that uses local materials, namely adobe bricks and straw and cibe.

European Union and Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

Partners Cooperativa Agropecuária de Jovens Quadros de Canchungo (COAJOQ); Acção para o Desenvolvimento (AD) and Instituto Piaget, Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento Humano, Integral e Ecológico CRL

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• Building of 4 henhouses with simple materials for tests and crossbreeding – this is a pilot initiative with the aim of increasing the production of meat and eggs;


Facts AND FIGURES

6.260 farmed chicken 2.739 chicken sold 590 laying hens delivered to the community

550 eggs sold 14 paraveterinarians trained and actively involved in the provision of animal healthcare in the Cacheu region

59 farmer households trained in poultry farming 18,5 tons of locally produced feed

40 participants in the 1st Breeders Meeting 290 minutes of radio emissions about poultry and goat farming

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EU-ACTIVA – INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY ACTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT – AXIS 1: TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE JUL 2015 – JUN 2019 GuinEA-Bissau Bafatá, Tombali and Quinara

Beneficiaries Direct: producers’ organisations and other key actors of the value chains and dynamic strategic commercial circuits; communities and/or organisations of producers benefiting from the renovated and/or built facilities and empowered for their sustainable management; civil society organisations (CSOs) from the target regions that will benefit from mentoring for the elaboration of projects; CSOs benefiting from technical and financial support to the partial implementation of Regional Agricultural Development Plans (PDAR, in Portuguese); CSO members of RESSAN-GB (Civil Society Network for Food and Nutritional Sovereignty in Guinea-Bissau). Indirect: the population of the target regions (352.750 residents), particularly women and young people, key players in the regional agricultural sector engaged in the participatory process of drafting the PDAR (public and private).

Objectives Overall: contribute to improve the social and economic conditions of the population of Guinea-Bissau, in particular in the regions of Bafatá, Quinara and Tombali. Specific: promote the improvement of the territorial governance in the regions of Bafatá, Quinara and Tombali.

BUDGET € 4.444.444 Financing European Union and IMVF

Partner RESSAN-GB

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Activities in 2016 • Creation of a capacity building programme for the RESSAN-GB members, which comprises 16 units; the training initiatives included the following units: Management and Implementation of Networks, Strategic Planning for CSOs, and Communication for Development for CSOs; • National meeting in partnership with the NGO ACTUAR aiming to create a Common Policy on Family Farming for Guinea-Bissau within the framework of the participatory mechanism of the Council for Food and Nutritional Security of the Community of PortugueseSpeaking Countries (CONSAN-CPLP, in Portuguese); • Creation of the legal framework for the statutes and the decree-law for the creation of a Council for Food and Nutritional Security in Guinea-Bissau (CONSANGB); • Participation of RESSAN-GB in the international workshop of the SUN movement (“Scaling Up Nutrition”) on Public Funding and Performance Management, held 22-25 August in Nairobi, Kenya, aiming to improve nutrition in the African SUN countries; • Joint organisation of the meeting for the mid-term evaluation of the 14th Regional Nutrition Forum of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that took place in November in Bissau; • Elaboration of the study on Custom Procedures for the Agri-food Sector at national and sub-regional level in Guinea-Bissau; • Agroecological zoning that includes agroecological aptitude letters (that combine information on climate and soil) and crop charts for the Bafatá, Quinara, and Tombali regions, developed by the company RSeT/ ISA;


• 4 trainings supporting the work of agroecological zoning, addressed to the technical staff of the project, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and of the Regional Directorates of Agriculture: 1 training on “Geographical Information Systems” (GIS), 2 trainings on “Participative Socioeconomic Diagnostic Procedures “and 1 training on “Agroecological Zoning at 1 km distance: Concepts and Applications”; • Regional diagnostic reports to identify the development projects or investments (ongoing or foreseen), stakeholders intervening in the regions, and infrastructures, equipment and support services for the agricultural value chain; • Beginning of the works for the participative elaboration and validation of the Regional Agricultural Development Plans (PDAR, in Portuguese) with the consultation of 1.960 people from 743 tabankas in Bafatá; 983 people from 247 tabankas in Quinara and 1.278 people in 426 tabankas in Tombali, and also including the participation of all the Regional Directorates of Agriculture, the State Committees and other key actors of the agricultural sector from all the regions; • Information collection for the drafting of an agroeconomic diagnosis to identify the main strategic products in each region; • Launch of the first call for proposals from Flexible Fund, to support the mobilisation of communities for the rehabilitation of growing areas (bolanhas) through the conduction of a technical study and the support of the project’s team in the rehabilitation works; • First Steering Committee of the EU-ACTIVA, with the aim of sharing and coordinating the work developed within the 3 axis of the project; First Inter-regional Steering Committee and 2 Regional Steering Committees, both with the objective of promoting a broad participation in the project’s implementation and its ownership by the main actors at regional level.

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Facts AND FIGURES

48 participants in 3 units of the capacity building programme for the RESSAN-GB members

38 participants in the national meeting on guidelines for developing a Common Policy on Family Farming

35 participants in the trainings on Agroecological Zoning

30.000 € available for supporting the rehabilitation of growing areas (bolanhas) 1 study and 3 reports on regional diagnosis

18 crops were the subject of a climate and soil study

4.323 participants in 1.279 tabankas from the 3 regions participated in the elaboration and the validation of the PDAR


Institutional Capacity Building

The strengthening of local governance institutions continues to be a priority for the European Union, as it is a crucial factor to the successful implementation of sustainable development processes. That premise is inextricably linked to the need for safeguarding a civil society with critical thinking and with access to information and mechanisms of political participation that allow a close proximity with the decision-making processes. In this context, the role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in political processes is essential for the creation of inclusive and efficient policies. The media are also particularly important, as they are a key pillar in building the rule of law and have a key role in awareness-raising that contributes to social and democratic cohesiveness.

plementation of a differentiating strategy for institutional strengthening and capacity-building of Non-State Actors (NSA) – carried out by combining the training sessions (different for each target group, in accordance to their needs and, when possible, accompanied by practical training); in the promotion of spaces for coordination and reflection about the different important issues such as governance, the role of NSAs and the media in Development, gender equality and the environment. In 2016, a new phase started – the EU-PAANE - Fase di Kambansa – aiming to continue the programme for two years, with highlight for the launching of the Permanent Support Office (GAP, in Portuguese) and for the first thematic djumbai about health in Guinea-Bissau, in 2016.

A guiding priority of IMVF action on Guinea-Bissau has been to contribute for a more active and conscious participation and action of the civil society, the state actors and the media in the definition and implementation of coherent and effective policies, as well as in good governance. The technical assistance for the implementation of the Support Programme for Non-State Actors (EU-PAANE) – Nô Pintcha Pa Dizinvolvimentu has finished the first implementation phase. For 5 years, the Programme has had a key role in institutional strengthening of Guinean civil society and the media. This includes the importance it had in facilitating the access of the Guinean CSOs and media (namely the smaller and less experienced ones), the diversified training and the financing of initiatives and projects; in the im-

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FINANCIng and PartnerS


TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR NON-STATE ACTORS (PAANE) – “NÔ PINTCHA PA DIZINVOLVIMENTU” maY 2011 – JUl 2016 GuinEA-Bissau

GLOBAL ACTIVITIES • Publication of the studies “Civil Society and the State in Guinea-Bissau: Dynamics, challenges and perspectives” and “The Media in Guinea-Bissau”; • Implementation of 2 training programmes to reinforce OSCs’ knowledge: 1 initial training programme with 4 units on project cycle management, organisational management, strategic planning, and community animation, and 1 advanced training course attended by CSOs enrolled in the advanced training scholarship, with 18 units at methodological, thematic and cross-cutting levels;

Beneficiaries Direct: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from Guinea-Bissau, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs), human rights associations, unions, networks, platforms, and media.

Objectives Overall: contribute for the consolidation of good governance. Specific: ensure the reinforcement of participation, coordination and commitment of Non-State Actors (NSAs) towards development challenges.

BUDGET € 1.128.435 Financing European Union

Partner CESO

• Implementation of a training programme for Community Radios including theoretical and on-the-job training, and of a training programme for media and community media that includes training for journalists about the electoral process, a conference on media and elections, Portuguese language workshops, thematic workshops and technical trainings facilitated by CENJOR – Professional Training Centre for Journalists; • Elaboration of a practical guide about media laws in Guinea-Bissau; • Support to the creation of the Association of Women Media Professionals (Associação de Mulheres Profissionais de Comunicação Social - AMCS) and financing of initiatives, training, computer equipment and furniture for the National Network of Community Radios in Guinea-Bissau (Rede Nacional das Rádios Comunitárias da Guiné-Bissau - RENARC); • Institutional support and training on Administrative Management and Secretarial Course tailored for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities (the ministry responsible for the EUPAANE programme) through the General Directorate for the Coordination of Non-Governmental Aid (DGCANG, in Portuguese), as well as the support for the organization of other activities implemented by this Directorate; • Institutional support and training on Administrative and Financial Management tailored for the Ministry of Media and to public media through the General Secretariat for the Media; • Organisation of spaces for reflexion and collaboration such as thematic djumbais in Bissau and other regions, as well as cine-djumbais; support to other CSOs and media initiatives, namely 2 conferences, 1 round of presidential debates, the 13th Meeting of Community Radios and Televisions, and 7 regional forums; • Elaboration and distribution of training manuals: 4 manuals for the initial training units, 18 manuals for advanced training for CSOs; 11 manuals for training for the media and 5 manuals for institutional support to the DGCANG and to the General Secretariat for the Media;

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• Financing of OSCs and the media though the launch of 5 calls for proposals, 2 specific funds and 2 direct awards in the total amount of 2.339.798€ through grant contracts and provision of services;

Facts AND FIGURES

• Meetings at the EU-PAANE headquarters and field missions for monitoring and support the conclusion of the financed actions;

60 CSOs enrolled in the advanced

• Support to the implementation of the 1st edition of the Ubuntu Academy in Guinea-Bissau, in the framework of the service agreement awarded to Institute Padre António Vieira, and 23 training sessions for the reinforcement of technical and leadership skills of young people in the country;

136 CSOs benefited from

• Launch and update of the Civil Society Organizations and Media Platform in Guinea-Bissau (www.sociedadecivilgb.org), and functioning of the EU-PAANE Resource Centre, a workspace dedicated to civil society; • Production of the summary document analysing the outcomes of the EU-PAANE programme during 5 years of implementation, including interviews to beneficiaries, conclusions and remarks for the future, and a strong visual component with infographics.

training scholarship

the initial training programme

533 participants in the initial training 1.254 participants in the advanced training for CSOs, in a total of 849 hours of training 305 participants in the media training programme

32 local radios empowered 2 studies on Guinean civil society and the media published

19 thematic djumbais and 2 cine-djumbais held 38 training manuals produced and distributed 2.339.798 € allocated to initiatives promoted by CSOs and the media

59 grant contracts and 19 service provision contracts, to support several initiatives 698 meetings and 165 field missions for monitoring and support the conclusion of the financed actions

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EU-PAANE – SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR NON-STATE ACTORS “NÔ PINTCHA PA DIZINVOLVIMENTU” – FASE DI KAMBANSA JUl 2016 - JUN 2018 GuinEA-Bissau

Activities in 2016 • Thematic djumbai on “the Right to Health in Guinea-Bissau”, held in December with the objective of promoting understanding about citizens’ rights in what relates to health and the issues faced by the health system in Guinea-Bissau. The representative of SPONG - NGO platform of Burkina Faso also participated in this meeting; • A workshop on “Monitoring Public Policies” in the health sector, facilitated by the SPONG representative, with the objective of widening the space for reflection, deepening the understanding on this issue and informing the participants about the monitoring process and tools;

Beneficiaries Direct: Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Media and Community Media, and General Directorates/ Secretariats of the engaged Ministries: General Directorate for the Coordination of Non-Governmental Aid (DGCANG, in Portuguese) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities, and the General Secretariat of the Media of the Ministry of Media.

Objectives Overall: contribute to the consolidation of good governance in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Specific: ensure the reinforcement of participation, collaboration and leverage of the Guinean CSOs and the media.

BUDGET € 777.778 Financing European Union

• Meetings with the project’s institutional partners, namely with the DGCANG and the General Secretariat of the Media; • Dissemination of the website dedicated to CSOs and the media operating in Guinean territory (www.sociedadecivilgb.org), which was created in the previous phase of EU-PAANE; • Keep the EU-PAANE Resource Centre working, a work space where CSOs and media staff can use computers with internet access, photocopier and scanner. This centre also has a library and facilities for meetings, training sessions and films; • Launch of the Permanent Support Office, an innovative activity of this EU-PAANE phase that intends to support CSOs and the media through customised training based on the specific demands; • First information session about the application financing process of the Permanent Support Office, addressed to the concerned CSOs and media; • Providing support to CSOs and Local Authorities through the Permanent Support Office for registering or updating the project registration in the PADOR (Potential Applicant Data Online Registration) from the European Union; • Updating and reorganising the information about the new implementation phase of EU-PAANE in the website (www.ue-paane.org) and creation of a facebook page (www.facebook.com/uepaane), currently with 111 followers.

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Facts AND FIGURES

1 djumbai with 72 participants with

1 workshop 29 participants

1 information session with 49 participants about the application financing process to the Permanent Support Office

29 organisations requested support for registering or updating the project registration in PADOR

87 CSOs and media registered in the project’s website

58 registered for using the EU-PAANE Resource Centre and 21 visited the centre between July and December

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Cultural Identity and Tourism

Acting for Development entails an increasing attention to cultural identities. They are more than just something to be preserved; they embody a space for dialogue, transformation and innovation, which means they are a significant resource to be mobilised. In this context, IMVF puts great emphasis on participatory development processes. The engagement of beneficiaries enables a better understanding of on-going socioeconomic trends, the elaboration of more effective strategies for change and, finally, to foster the ownership and sustainability of actions and outcomes. In partnership with the NGO Tiniguena since 2009, we operate in Guinea-Bissau in one of the central areas of the Bolama-Bijagós Biosphere Reserve, the Community Marine Protected Area of the Urok Islands. In this location, we implement an approach in which the preservation and exploitation of natural resources (maritime and terrestrial), and the economic growth and social welfare improvements are deeply rooted in community management and in mobilising cultural resources, in order to guarantee the ownership of the current actions. Considering that cultural identities are in continuous reconstruction, the community management bring different generations together and stimulates dialogue, which simultaneously fosters preservation and innovation accordingly with new trends in a globalised world. This was the challenge of the project “Bijagós, Bemba di Vida! Civic Action to Recover and Enhance a World Heritage”, ended in 2016, and will also be a challenge for the project “Etikapun n’ha – Urok, Resilience Lab of the Bijagó Culture”, started in June 2016.

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IMVF has been working continuously since 2001 in Cape Verde and has kept a close look on the development of the archipelago and its constrains and potential, specifically in the Maio island. The Tourism Revitalisation and Requalification Project of the Maio Island seeks to combine environmental and cultural heritage with entrepreneurship (as a means) and Tourism (as an end), within an integrated approach with the communities and local stakeholders, as a driver for socioeconomic growth and development, while simultaneously reinforcing cultural identity and territorial cohesion. The promotion of the necessary conditions for developing the tourism sector goes hand in hand with the improvement in the living standards of the population. The adoption of urban regeneration and environmental preservation measures will enable the creation of a more attractive context for tourism and, consequently, an effective improvement of the living conditions at the local level.

FINANCING AND PartnerS


BIJAGÓS, BEMBA DI VIDA! CIVIC ACTION TO RECOVER AND ENHANCE A WORLD HERITAGE JAN 2013 - MAy 2016 Guinea-Bissau Bijagós, Urok Islands

GLOBAL ACTIVITIES • Support to initiatives of the Urok Houses of Environment and Culture, which are centres for promoting the Bijagó culture and for interlinking the diverse cultural expressions of local communities; • 4 cultural djumbais held in the tabankas of Abu, Acoco, Caminhate and Ambo; • Organisation of the “Competition of Bijagó gastronomy” in the 3 Urok islands, in which 7 traditional dishes of the bijagó cuisine were presented; • Organisation of 3 Urok carnivals, in Chediã, Nago and Botai, including the presentation of 4 traditional costumes and bijagó dance by the Kampuni, Kadeni and Kamabi groups;

Beneficiaries Direct: 200 producers involved in the production unit of the brand “Produtos da Terra e do Mar”; 200 producers engaged in activities to support the local economy; 8 organisations are members of the working group on the enhancement of local products; governance structures of the Community-based Marine Protected Area (CMPA), covering 100 people; 300 young people engaged in cultural and knowledge production activities; and 200 students from CMPAs and from the CMPAs’ communities in the Urok islands, with approximately 3.080 residents. Indirect: 34.000 residents in the Biosphere Reserve of the Bolama-Bijagós Archipelago (BRBBA), in Portuguese).

Objectives Overall: contribute to greater ownership by local communities of the process of preservation and durable development of BRBBA, and to attract sustainable investments to the archipelago. Specific: enhancement of the BRBBA heritage as a way to promote integrated and long-term development in this region and in the country.

BUDGET € 858.240 Financing European Union and Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

Partner Tiniguena – Esta Terra é Nossa!

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• VI Girls Forum and X Youth Forum, in 2015; • Organisation of the 1st Youth Cultural Forum “Separados pelo Mar, Unidos pela Cultura”, in March 2016; • Organisation of the debate-cinema session about the film “Mortu Nega”, from the Guinean film-maker Flora Gomes, at Casa Ambiente e Cultura, in December 2016; • Publication of the studies “Inventário sobre Artesanato, Dança e Cantiga Bijagó” (about Bijagó handicraft, dance and songs), “Os Sítios Sagrados no Arquipélago dos Bijagós”(about the sacred places of the islands) and “Viabilidade comercial de produtos de Urok”(about commercial viability of Urok products); • Publication of the study “Bijagós, Património Arquitetónico”, which resulted in a book published by Tinta da China, authored by Rodrigo Rebelo de Andrade and Duarte Pape, photographs by Francisco Nogueira, launched on 27th October 2016 at CPLP headquarters, in Lisbon; • 10 workshops of cultural revival in the Formosa community schools, with the participation of 106 students and 9 artisans; • Construction of a Processing Unit for Land and Sea Products, for transformation and processing of honey, salt flower and chilli, including the packaging, labelling, storage and sales area; • Creation of the brand “Produtos da Terra e do Mar” and establishment of a participatory certification scheme that involved 6 local organisms, and development of new labels for the honey, salt flower and minced chilli packs; • Organisation of a Meeting with 50 young women on governance issues, namely their role in the management and enhancement of resources and services of community forests, behavioural issues (juvenile crime), family planning and STD;


Facts AND FIGURES

105 people attended the book launch

• 2 interchanges: one with the Urok Management Committee, in Casamance, Senegal, in the framework of the partnership with other CPMA (Kapak-Dlae and Pete-Cassa); and the other held in Urok, with 10 participants from the 2 CPMA in Senegal (Kapak-Dlae and Pete-Cassa);

“Bijagós - Património Arquitetónico”; 1.500 were made available to the public in general and to main stakeholders of the project

3 edited studies, available online, about Bijagó handicraft, dance and songs, sacred places and commercial viability of Urok products

• Visit to the project by José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize, as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau; and by the EU Ambassador in Guinea-Bissau, Victor Madeira dos Santos.

40 surveillance missions carried out by CMPA and 2.327 hours at sea,

© Emanuel Ramos

with the observation and registration of 45 manatees, 94 dolphins, 33 sea turtles and 5 crocodiles

36 people received microcredit to implement income generating activities 1 processing unit for land and sea products was built and 71 producers of salt flower and 25 producers of honey and chilli were supported

927 followers of the facebook page to promote Urok products

28 masks and sculptures of the bijagó tradition recovered and used in exhibitions

680 participants in 3 Urok carnivals (Chediã, Nago and Botai)

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11 radio programmes broadcasted


TOURISM REVITALISATION AND REQUALIFICATION PROJECT IN THE MAIO ISLAND MAR 2016 – FEB 2019 Cape Verde Maio Island

Activities in 2016 • Choice of location for the construction of the intensive saltpan and request of authorisation to the National Directorate for the Environment in Cape Verde, in order to start this intervention. The authorisation was granted at the end of 2016 for a twelve-month period; • Definition of Terms of Reference for the launch of the public tender to select the company that will be responsible for executing these tasks; • Visit to two saltpans in Portugal to exchange experiences; • Construction work to improve the Salt Cooperative facilities, which will be concluded with the painting;

Beneficiaries Direct: 20 women members of the Salt Cooperative, 10 local artisans and small producers, 6 municipal civil servants, 20 young trainees and 13 community associations. Indirect: population of the Maio island (8.000 residents).

Objectives Overall: improve the living standards of the population in the Maio island. Specific: promote local entrepreneurship and urban regeneration as drivers of sustainable socioeconomic, touristic and cultural development in the Maio island.

BUDGET € 806.982 Financing European Union, Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P. and Tourism Development Society of the Boavista and Maio Islands

PartnerS Maio Municipality and Loures Municipality

• Design of the architecture project for the Interpretation Centre and launch of the public tender to the execution of the construction work; • Promotion of the urban regeneration by mapping the training needs with the technical office of the Maio Municipality, with the dissemination of several awareness-raising campaigns about this issue in the community radio (in partnership with the Maio Biodiversidade Foundation); a training course on artistic street pavement with the support of the Artistic Pavement and Gardening School of the Lisbon Municipality, held in August; the identification of the houses that need painting in the Nhu Dam and Fontona areas, in October; and the beginning of the street pavement in the street of Nhu Dam; • Incentives to local communities for adopting solidarity tourism practices and environmental protection practices; • Promotion of local products and providing support to artisans, through a training on handicraft held in Calheta village, in August; • Revitalisation of the tourist routes; the Maio Biodiversidade Foundation and the Loures Municipality are jointly working on designing flyers and signs for these routes; • Project design for the construction of the Bird Watching Station; • Construction of the nursery to protect turtle eggs, which took place from June to July.

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Facts AND FIGURES

13 artisans and 14 artistic pavement workers (“calceteiros”) trained

22 new handicraft products created

1 action plan in the saltpans’ area elaborated

1 architecture project for the Interpretation Centre designed

1 socioeconomic mapping of the beneficiaries of improvements in house-fronts initiated 1 street pavement initiated 1 rehabilitation of the Salt Warehouse started 1 nursery for turtles fenced 1 project for the construction of a Bird Watching Station elaborated

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Bijagós, Urok Islands

Beneficiaries Direct: 100 women and 150 young people engaged in creative and cultural activities; 350 students and 15 teachers from community schools covered by socio-cultural activities and by the cultural and environmental education programme; 100 local producers will benefit from actions to support entrepreneurship, and grouped in production and processing units; 134 members of the management structure of Urok Community-based Marine Protected Area (CMPA), which include Tabanka Committees, Assemblies of the island, the Urok General Assembly, the Council of Elders and the Urok Management Committee. Indirect: local administrative authorities and regional authorities from Bolama-Bijagós, who will be engaged in the participatory management process; and the population of Urok and the archipelago, specially young people.

Objectives Overall: contribute to preserve the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Bijagós archipelago; and to contribute to build sustainable development models based on community participation and on the enhancement of culture and natural resources. Specific: reinforce the experience of the Urok islands as a resilience lab for the Bijagó culture, as an instrument for socioeconomic development and for the connection between the communities and their natural environment.

BUDGET € 932.302 Financing European Union and Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

Partner Tiniguena – Esta Terra é Nossa!

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Activities in 2016 Launch and Planning phase of the project’s activities, also including: • Regular surveillance missions of the marine protected areas; • 3 meetings of the Urok Management Committee; • Regular functioning of the production units of salt flower, honey and chilli.


Global Citizenship

Partnerships. This is a concept that embodies the action of the Global Citizenship department in 2016. We have reinforced old partnerships and established new ones, at national and European levels. We have approached Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in museums, advocated for Social and Solidarity Economy as an alternative model to be adopted, designed and promoted a curriculum of Non-Formal Education, and promoted tropical fruit through the awareness-raising of citizens for fair trade practices in this sector. We’ve done all this through partnerships, in a spirit of learning, understanding and sharing. We have been challenged to explore new paths of Global Citizenship Education and to develop new learning routes. We participated in working groups, meetings and debates about several issues related with Global Learning, having realised that only through synergies can we effectively contribute to a fairer, more decent and inclusive world. We believed it is possible to innovate without compromising the principles of Global Learning: to ensure social justice for all, everywhere. We have worked closer to people and for the people. We listened more and established new communication channels. 2016 was also the end of a cycle: the end of European projects with a limited number of partner countries – which favoured the development of closer trust-based relationships and deeper knowledge exchange – as well as the implementation of projects focused on national realities. The situation has changed, and we perceive this change as an opportunity to reach new audiences and to test new approaches and methodologies that can take Global Learning even further.

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In fact, we are currently stronger in our conviction that Global Citizenship Education is the pillar for a sustainable human development. It is an assertive response for eliminating social inequalities, eradicating poverty, ensuring gender equality, fostering decent work, responsible consumption and full respect of the environment. Global Citizenship Education is a guarantee for Sustainable Human Development.

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CHALLEGING THE CRISIS – PROMOTING GLOBAL JUSTICE AND CITIZENS’ ENGAGEMENT IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY APR 2013 – MAR 2016 PORTUGAL European Partnership: Greece, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia and Spain

GLOBAL ACTIVITIES • Elaboration and dissemination of a survey to collect opinions and perceptions from Portuguese young people (15-30 years of age) about Global Development and Social Justice. The analysis of these responses resulted in the publication “Survey on young adults’ stances towards Global Development and Social Justice”; • Competition and selection of the Youth Ambassadors for Global Social Justice; • Organisation of a Global Youth Forum in Brussels, 5-9 July 2014, resulting in a Youth Declaration;

Beneficiaries Direct: 3,600 young adult citizens of the European Union; 20 experts in Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGDOs); 15 journalists and 270 policy makers.

Objectives Overall: contribute to a fairer and more sustainable world through awareness-raising and empowerment of European citizens in advocating for global development. Specific: engage citizens of highly-indebted countries in understanding the interdependence of national and international issues of social justice, and in supporting the reinforcement of development policies, despite the austerity measures implemented at national level.

BUDGET € 170.370 COFinancing European Union, Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P., and Action 2015

Partners IDEA, Fair Trade Hellas, FCRE, CIPSI and SLOGA

• Dissemination and participation in 7 webinars about Collaborative Economy, Microfinance, European Citizenship Initiatives and Social Justice, with the participation of CSO experts from several countries; • Development and implementation of the awarenessraising and advocacy campaign “Change the Economy: Think Social!” at European level; • Engagement of members of the European Parliament: Carlos Coelho and Sofia Ribeiro (Aliança Portugal), João Ferreira and João Pimenta Lopes (CDU), Liliana Rodrigues (PS) and Marisa Matias (BE) through face-to-face meetings, and exchanging emails about the project and the campaign with the Youth Ambassadors for Global Social Justice; • Participation and presentation of the campaign in various national and international events dedicated to Social Economy and Solidarity Economy, including: • I Forum of Ethical and Solidarity Finance, Porto; • Event on Social and Solidarity Economy organised by GUE/ NL Group at the European Parliament, Brussels; • Forum on Social Economy and Entrepreneurship, Lisbon; • Meeting with the Portuguese Ambassador of the European Year for Development, Cláudia Semedo, on “Sustainable Growth, Entrepreneurship and Decent Work”, Lisbon; • I National Cooperative Meeting “Ritmos de Mudança”, Abrantes; • International Conference of the Centre International de Recherches et d’Information sur l’Economie Publique, Sociale et Coopérative (CIRIEC), Lisbon; • Lecture “Social Economy: the richness of diversity. Concepts and Practices”, Porto; • European Forum of Social and Solidarity Economy, European Parliament, Brussels; • II Forum of Ethical and Solidarity Finance, Faro.

• Promoting a petition to put Social Economy and Solidarity Economy at the centre of political and economic agendas in the European Union and its member states, and to indicate 2018 as the European Year for Social Economy and Solidarity Economy;

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• Creation and updating the project’s website (www.challengingthecrisis.com/pt) and facebook page (www.facebook.com/challengingthecrisis); • Production of information materials and the animated film “A story about Social Economy and Solidarity Economy”; • Organising the event “Light the Way – Portugal”, within the international coalition Action 2015, with more than 240 participants who left their wishes for the world in 2030 on a wall specifically created for this event; • Facilitation of 6 face-to-face and 3 online meetings with Youth Ambassadors for Global Social Justice; • Presentation of the project as a good practice in Global Citizenship Education in several international events: • Annual Conference of the One World Network (Eine Welt Net), Munster; • DEAR Fair organised by the European Commission, Brussels; • DEAR Cluster Meeting organised by the “DEAR Support Team” of the European Commission, Dublin; • European Congress on Global Education at the NorthSouth Centre of the Council of Europe, Zagreb.

• Elaboration and publication of an Advocacy Manual, based on the experience of Youth Ambassadors in promoting the campaign “Change the Economy: Think Social!”; • Organisation of the Social and Solidarity Economy Week in 15 libraries in Portugal; • External evaluation to the project though an innovative system that enabled a continuous improvement of activities and several brainstorming moments about the project’s outcomes; • Participation in partners’ meetings, monitoring and planning meetings foreseen by the project, via webex.

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Facts AND FIGURES

7 partners involved in 6 countries 83 applications for Social Justice Youth Ambassadors received

16 Youth Ambassadors actively engaged in the implementation of activities

50 partners’ meetings (on-site and online) held 410 validated responses to the survey on Development and Social Justice

53 participants in the Global Youth Forum in Brussels

6 members of the European Parliament engaged in the project Participation in 13 events to present the project and the campaign

5.596 signatures collected in the petition 4.000 bookmarks about the campaign distributed in 15 national libraries

1.927 views of the movie “A story about Social Economy and Solidarity Economy”

More than 27.000 visits to the project’s website

1 Advocacy manual on the campaign “Change the Economy: Think Social!” published


FACILITATING GLOBAL LEARNING – KEY COMPETENCES OF MEMBERS FROM EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS APR 2013 – MAR 2016 PORTUGAL European Partnership: Germany and Romania

GLOBAL ACTIVITIES • Elaboration and dissemination of a survey on Global Learning Practices in Portuguese CSOs, whose results were published in the study “Global What? – Facts and Needs of Global Citizenship Education in Portugal, Germany and Romania”; • Participation in the workshop on theories and practices of Global Learning, Germany, in 2013; • Participation in the congress “WeltWeitWissen”, 1618 January 2014, in Germany, in which the results of the study on Facts and Needs of Global Citizenship Education in Portugal were presented; IMVF was part of the congress’ evaluation panel;

Beneficiaries Direct: 50 members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and 400 CSOs.

Objectives Overall: contribute to an improved quality of Global Learning within non-formal education through building skills, knowledge and understanding about theory and practice of Global Learning; to increase the numbers of multipliers for Global Education in Europe; to contribute to the active engagement of European citizens as advocates towards a fairer and sustainable globalised society. Specific: develop, assess and disseminate an innovative, state-of-the-art training course geared towards civil society representatives from Germany, Romania and Portugal and encompassing Global Learning approaches as well as actions challenging the social dimension of globalisation.

BUDGET € 101.419 COFinancing European Union and Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

Partners AIDGLOBAL, DEAB, EPIZ, Fine+p and Agenda 21

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• Introduction Course “Being a Global Citizen in a Changing World”, 13th November 2014, with the objective of knowledge-sharing and reflection about issues pertaining Global Citizenship; • Training of trainers (on-site and online) “Global What? - Training on Global Citizenship Education”, with participants from several CSOs; • Facilitating a round table on methodologies and practices of Global Learning; • Organisation of the dinner-debate “How to engage youth in the causes of Global Citizenship?”, March 2016, within the European Youth Forum; this debate resulted in a document with recommendations about how to engage young people in Global Citizenship issues, which was sent to decision-makers and actors engaged in Global Citizenship Education; • Publication of the trainers’ guide “Global How? Awakening for Global Learning”, which resulted from the training; it intends to support trainers for capacity development of multiplier agents in initiatives of Global Citizenship Education; • Meetings with experts to elaborate and evaluate the training curriculum Global Citizenship Education in Non-Formal Education; • Planning meetings in Portugal with AIDGLOBAL, Portuguese partner of the project; • Meetings by Skype to prepare the activities; • Participation in partners’ meetings.


Facts AND FIGURES

44 participants in the project’s trainings

100 hours of training (on-site and online)

39 meetings (on-site and online) about the project

2 publications on Global Citizenship Education and Non-Formal Education 100 validated responses to the survey on Global Learning practices

31 participants in the round table with 15 Portuguese municipalities 42 national and European participants in the dinner-debate

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“MUSEO MUNDIAL”: GLOBAL LEARNING IN EUROPEAN MUSEUMS APR 2013 – MAR 2016 PORTUGAL European Partnership: Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany

Beneficiaries Direct: Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGDOs), museums technicians, museum visitors, population of Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries.

Objectives Overall: to contribute to the dissemination and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Specific: an innovative approach of embedded Global Learning in European museums motivates 90.000 visitors of museums in Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany and Portugal to support the MDGs. .

BUDGET € 185.465 CO-Financing European Union and Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

ParTNERS Loures Municipality, IPL-ESEL, Fine+p, Natural History Museum of Nuremberg, DEAB, National Agriculture Museum of Prague, EDUCON, Hungarian Railway Museum, Baptistaid and History Museum of Budapest

Atividades Globais • Collection, analysis and dissemination of best practice examples on Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in exhibitions of world museums; • Design and dissemination of one methodology of Global Learning to be incorporated in the museums; • Creation and implementation of 10 interactive, creative and innovative tools about the MDGs and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Portugal, in the Municipal Museum of Loures/ Quinta do Conventinho, which are part o f the permanent exhibition of the museum: “Every child counts”, “Knowledge is power”, “Saving a mother is to save the world”, “Health for all”, “Zero Hunger”, “Fair Purchases, Worthy Lives”, “For every woman, for all of us”, “Green planet, sustainable future”, “Water is life” and “Our food planet”; • Development of an educational activities’ guide that contributed to the creation of educational and interactive tours for students, teachers and visitors in general, at the Municipal Museum of Loures/Quinta do Conventinho; • Organisation of the official opening week of these installations at the Municipal Museum of Loures/Quinta do Conventinho: creative, educational and training activities on GCE addressed to municipal civil servants, museum visitors, policy makers, teachers, students, NGDO staff and cultural mediators; • Elaboration and dissemination of 1 e-book including all installations created by partners and the common learning process throughout the project; • Elaboration and dissemination of 1 manual on incorporating Global Citizenship in museums; • Project presentation in several national and European conferences; • Training events with museums’ technicians, in order to disseminate and implement GCE in museums.

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Facts AND FIGURES

1 motivated, engaged and innovative team in promoting Global Citizenship

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installations on the MDGs and SDGs implemented in European museums

20.000 flyers elaborated and distributed 10 photo albums online with 25.000 views 4 trainings to the educational service staff from the museums of Loures municipality

1 opening week of the installations, with 9 activities and more than 1.000 participants 1 website in 5 languages, with more than 10.000 views 14 presentation sessions of the project, targeted to 43 museums’ technicians 2 round tables with 5 speakers and 35 participants 6 coordination meetings in-person, 10 by Skype and more than 6.000 minutes of debate and reflection

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SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY feB 2015 – jan 2018 portugal European Partnership: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom.

Activities in 2016 • Interactive Mapping of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) initiatives, in Portugal and in the in the partner countries of this project in Europe; • Elaboration of studies about two ESS best practices in Portugal (MONTE-ACE, Desenvolvimento Alentejo Central and ADREPES - Associação para o Desenvolvimento Rural da Península de Setúbal) and the corresponding videos, available online, and the study “Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis” about a ESS best practice in Brazil (COOPAMARE - Cooperativa dos Catadores Autónomos de Papel, Aparas e Materiais Reaproveitáveis, São Paulo); • Participation in the training of multipliers, 16-18th February, Florence; • Meetings with national cooperatives, universities, NGDOs and other stakeholders of the SSE sector;

Beneficiaries Direct: NGDOs working on Development Education (DE) and International Cooperation (IC); Social and Solidarity Economy Committees; Local Authorities with DE and IC activities.

Objectives Overall: contribute to a coherent and comprehensive response to the universal challenges of poverty eradication and sustainable development, ensuring a Decent Life for All by 2030. Specific: enhance the competences of Development Networks and Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Networks in 46 territories concerning the role that SSE can play in the global fight against poverty and to promote a sustainable way of living.

BUDGET € 123.141 (Global: € 4.454.981) Financing European Union

PARTNERS COSPE, Südwind, INKOTA, DEŠA, KOPIN, CERAI, PGN, EAP, Fair Trade Hellas, NGO Mondo, BILSP, CARDET, PETF, RHSF, Co-operative College, Think Global, Cromo Foundation, DemNet, Fundatia Terra Mileniul III, Slovak Centre for Communication and Development, Peace Institute, SOS Faim, Green Liberty and Waterford One World Centre

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• Participation in the event Portugal Social Economy 2016, FIL, in Lisbon, by promoting the stand “Towards a fairer and more sustainable economy” and organising the debate “Alternatives in practice: Examples of Social Economy and Solidarity Economy”; • Co-organisation of the 2nd edition of Encontro Cooperativo – Ritmos de Mudança, in Abrantes, by organising the workshop “Debating Practices of Social and Solidarity Economy: from local action to global fight”, promoting a stand to disseminate the project at the Social and Solidarity Market, and visiting local SSE initiatives; • Participation in Manifesta 2016 – XI Assembly, Market and Festivity on Local Development, in Vila Nova de Gaia, by organising the workshop “What is my role in implementing the SDGs?” and the Cinema Cycle on Social and Solidarity Economy, with the exhibition of 2 international films (this initiative included contacts with 83 media and 10 news published); • Concluding the international research on SSE initiates and best practices; • Organisation of the European Tour on SSE, with two speakers from Brazil (Edlisa Peixoto and Elisabeth Grimberg): Portugal (19-23 May and 19-24 June), Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Croatia, including the distribution of 4 press releases and 22 published news in national media; • Organisation and facilitation of the debate “Alternatives in practice: Examples of Social Economy and Solidarity Economy” in Grândola, Palmela, Évora and Lisbon (School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa) within the European tour;


Facts AND FIGURES • Updating the project website in Portuguese; the website is available in more than 22 languages and it is part of the European communication and visibility plan;

26 European partners in 23 countries 2 workshops, 4 training days, 2 local events, 6 days promoting SSE and more than 350 participants in Portugal

• Participation in the European coordination meeting of the project, 4-5th October, Sofia; • General coordination of the project at national level: monitoring, media coverage, planning, biannual narrative and financial reports, submission of applications for financing at national level;

3 studies elaborated and 2 videos with best practices at national level disseminated 27 hours of debate in the European training of trainers, 19 panels, 51 participants, 23 countries, 18 languages

• Participation in several webinars promoted by the project’s European coordinator.

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More than 490 participants in the SSE debates

3.000 copies of the project’s dissemination materials

1 European tour in 4 countries, during 39 days, with 2 speakers and more than 15 events held in Portugal 4 press releases distributed and 22 news published in national media 1 facebook page created, in Portuguese, with 1359 members 1 coordination meeting,

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16 hours of debating, planning and reflecting, 26 European partners of 23 EU Member States

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Make Fruit Fair! A Boost for Fair Tropical Fruits in the 2015 European Year for Development and beyond mar 2015 – feB 2018 portugal European Partnership: Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and United Kingdom.

Beneficiaries Direct: 23 million EU citizens and consumers (specifically young people and women with children); 150 activists and staff from civil society organizations (CSOs) in EU Member States; 200 corporate decision makers (such as staff and shareholders of supermarkets and fruit companies); 1.300 political decision makers from the EU and the Member States; and 5.000 journalists.

Objectives Overall: contribute to more coherent and sustainable development policies of the EU, its Member States and the private sector integrating human rights, decent work and trade, thereby ensuring better living and working conditions for small farmers and workers in the tropical fruit sector. The action contributes to establishing the post-MDG agenda aiming at providing a Decent Life for All by 2030. Specific: by 2018 to raise the awareness of 23 million consumers and citizens in at least 20 EU Member States on the interdependencies between the EU and developing countries exporting tropical fruits, and to mobilise 200.000 citizens to take action and urge corporate and political decision makers to ensure fair conditions in the tropical fruit sector.

BUDGET € 252.968 (Global: € 5.882.353) Financing European Union PARTNERS Oxfam Deutschland, Buy Responsibly Foundation, Peuples Solidaires, ACC, Mai Bine, BanaFair, BananaLink, EAP, FAWU, Fine+p, GVC, KKĠ, PSO, SINTRAINAGRO, COLSIBA, FTAO, Südwind, TVE, Urocal, WINFA, Green Liberty, PGN, Focus, Mondo, FWC, Alianza por la Solidariedad, Živica, Green Action and Žali.LT

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GLOBAL ACTIVITIES • Participation in the international training on Campaigning and Advocacy, from 29th February to 1st March, in Prague; • Organisation of several awareness-raising campaigns, public events and conferences in municipalities and schools. A special emphasis on street actions in Lisbon, in Banana Day, with the objective of pointing out unfair trade practices in the tropical fruit sector; and in the Vogue’s Fashion Night Out 2016 (informal and unofficial participation), to raise awareness about responsible consumption and collect signatures for the petition “Lidl, we want a fair game!”; • Participation and dissemination of the European campaign “Lidl, get ready to play fair!” that gathered 75.782 signatures on 4 months, in several partner countries, in the framework of the petition “Lidl, I want you to play fair!” • Advocacy meetings with retail companies and advocacy actions targeted to members of the European Parliament; • Organisation and participation in the project’s European Tour (31st October to 4th November) in Portugal, with the activist Kozel Fraser coordinator of the Windward Island Farmers Association (WINFA). She participated in 8 meetings with Portuguese entrepreneurial groups of the retail sector, trade unions and consumer organisations, in a international conference, in a video and in several news/articles; • Dissemination of the study “Sweet Fruit, Bitter Truth”, resulting from a research the demonstrates the dramatic social and environmental costs of tropical fruit production; • Elaboration and distribution of questionnaires to supermarkets, including questions on the sales volume of tropical fruit in a fair way, purchasing practices and codes of conduct; • Dissemination of a video campaign including the production of 3 videos: “The dark side of a banana”, “The good, the bad, and the ugly consumer”, and “The terror story of a banana”, which highlight the poor working conditions in banana plantations and pledge for the adoption of more responsible behaviours in consumption; • Design and dissemination of several awareness-raising, graphic and audiovisual materials, such as infographics (“Banana at a fair price” and “What Tropical Fruits contain”, videos (“Fair Bananas”), posters, flyers, bookmarkers, pencils, recyclable cloth bags, etc.;


• Communication campaign to the media, by sending briefings, press releases and documents with background information on the theme;

Facts AND FIGURES More than 1.000 participants in the street action “Banana Day”

• Dissemination of Calls for Action to defend the workers’ rights in the tropical fruit sector, by encouraging all stakeholders to join these pan-European initiatives;

More than 1.200 awareness raising materials about the project distributed

• Participation in the international meeting of European Network f Civil Society Organisations EUROBAN, held on 24-25th October, and in the European coordination meeting of the project, 26-28th October, in Vienna;

More than 10.000 views of digital infographics

• Project management and monitoring: 2 narrative reports and 2 financial reports; 10 coordination meetings by Skype; and participation in the project’s working groups and coordination meetings.

More than 1.888 views of the campaign videos More than 16 hours of European training on campaigning and activism,

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36 hours of thinking and debating the campaign with European partners 14 hours in meeting EUROBAN, 48 participants, 33 organisations and 3 working groups 1 media campaign developed 3 press releases distributed 71 media contacted and 12 news published 1 image database online with 200 available photos 1 website www.makefruitfair.org updated and disseminated in 19 languages

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COERÊNCIA.PT: THE PILLAR FOR A FAIRER, MORE DECENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT sePt 2016 – aUG 2018 portugal

Beneficiaries National and European policy makers, government officials, Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGDOs), networks of local actors and the general public.

Objectives Overall: raise the awareness and critical understanding of glocal interdependencies, and to strengthen the value of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as a cornerstone for development policies, towards a decent life for all. Specific: contribute to awareness-raising and mobilisation of citizens and local networks on thematic areas in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through their active participation in advocating and fostering PCD; to reinforce the understanding and implementation of PCD among policy makers, ministerial officials and local actors’ networks, in particular on the issues of food security, migration, security, climate change, and finance and trade.

Activities in 2016 • Definition of the key words that marked the first months of implementation: Planning, Partnership and Commitment; • Drafting of a management handbook, a guiding document for good practices; • Structuring of the project’s communication and visibility, namely by defining the graphic identity and the communication plan; • Mapping the local actors involved on PCD; • Definition of the logo and facilitation of a “PCD Green Line”, a resource that provides an email to address the project’s team with questions about PCD; • Beginning of the awareness-raising campaign targeting the members of the Portuguese Parliament; • Planning the thematic sessions on PCD; • Definition and implementation of a peer review system; • Creation and implementation of a continuous evaluation system for the project.

BUDGET € 206.483 Financing Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

ParTNERS FEC - Fundação Fé e Cooperação and CIDSE - Together for Global Justice.

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COORDINATES FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: SEE, ACT AND TRANSFORM sePt 2016 – aUG 2018 PORTUGAL

Beneficiaries Direct: 30 young adults from 20 Civil Society Organisations Indirect: 90 representatives of Civil Society Organisations; approximately 100 national and foreign citizens as the audience of the organised tourist educational routes; and more than 1.000 people with access to project information through the online platform.

Objectives Overall: contribute to an active engagement of national citizens as co-creators of a more sustainable, decent and fairer society, through fostering new communication channels for Global Citizenship Education (GCE). Specific: reinforce the life skills of young adults, within a creative and innovative GCE approach, through the development and dissemination of tourist educational routes.

Activities in 2016 • Creation of the project’s graphic identity. The graphic materials and the communication plan and timeline are fundamental tools to ensure an effective visibility strategy, which includes a manual of graphic styles and contents for the website, in accordance with the project’s objectives and target-groups; • Definition of an internal management model based on the principles of good governance, transparency and accountability; • Implementation of a peer evaluation system, which will allow to identify the potential and constrains in implementing the activities, on a quarterly basis.

BUDGET € 111.722 Financing Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

ParTNER PAR - Respostas Sociais and Associação Renovar a Mouraria

Facts AND FIGURES

1 quarterly journal of the project elaborated and disseminated

1 manual of administrative procedures developed

4 peer reviewers identified 4 coordination meetings held

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IMVF Municipalities

The Sustainable Development Goals entail the need for citizens to be engaged and integrated in its implementation, and call for decentralised initiatives and decentralised ways for financing and providing institutional support to development projects. In that sense, municipalities are key actors for implementing the SDGs, due to their collaboration capacity with the communities and to the specificity of skills and services provided. Accordingly with an approach focused on partnership and complementarity, IMVF has been working in the framework of inter-municipal cooperation, by fostering the networking among municipalities. The project Networking for Development aimed at promoting Development Education initiatives carried out by municipalities and other local actors; it has therefore supported these authorities in the creation of strategies focused on these issues, namely by facilitating access to information about sustainable development. The Inter-Municipal Development Cooperation Network (Rede Intermunicipal de Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento - RICD) was created within this project and it is currently composed of 19 municipalities, which have gathered their efforts to promote a broader and common perspective on fighting poverty and responding to the development challenges. In 2016, it is worth mentioning the inauguration of the SGDs’ exhibition at Futurália and the International Seminar “Local Authorities towards 2030: Dialogues for Development”. During two days, this conference contributed to the debate about the current challenges facing various development actors in implementing the SDGs, and has also presented several policy and strategic approaches to

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decentralised cooperation at global level. The various Working Groups include municipal technical staff engaged in the project, and their dynamics continued to be fostered. The focus on Global Citizenship Education also resulted in the elaboration of several educational materials. All the developed activities contributed to stimulate the networking among diverse municipalities that are members of RICD. The aim is therefore to continue fostering the cooperation not only between national municipalities, but also at international level, and this is why the project is not limited to Portuguese local authorities. This project intends to continue as a platform for exchanging experiences, being able to engage the municipalities and to create synergies in order to improve the conditions for an effective SDGs’ implementation.

FINANCING AND PartnerS


NETWORKING FOR DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL LEARNING FOR NA EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION mar 2014 – mar 2017 portugal European Partnership: Germany, Spain and The Netherlands

Activities in 2016 • Strengthening the networking of the municipalities involved in the Project; • Promotion of closer relations and synergies among municipalities, through biannual coordination meetings (10th May and 14th September) with the participation of local officers designated as focal points, for discussing and monitoring the project’s activities; • Development of the Working Groups (WG) of the RICD technical forum, composed by local officers engaged in the project: 1 WG on Global Citizenship Education and 2 geographic WG (Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe), and within the latter a project application was elaborated;

Beneficiaries Direct: in Portugal, 30 municipalities and respective officers and elected representatives; in Germany, 15 municipalities and respective officers; in Spain, 1 Association of local authorities with 95 municipalities; in the Netherlands, 1 Association of local authorities with 13 municipalities and respective officials; citizens (particularly school communities) of the municipalities involved, Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and private sector, in all countries.

Objectives Overall: promote Development Education actions of Local Authorities and Local Authorities Associations able to support a constructive and active dialogue in their communities and to foster the accomplishment of international development commitments. Specific: promote Local Authorities’ capacities as effective actors of Development Education and Cooperation; to create opportunities for communities and citizens to engage in actions promoted at local level, through greater access to information on global development issues; to support a closer cooperation and multi-country synergies among Portuguese, German, Spanish and Dutch Local Authorities and Non-State Actors.

BUDGET € 897.442 CO-Financing European Union and Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

ParTNERS Loures Municipality, Seixal Municipality, Fine+p, FGCS, LBSNN, Municipalities of Erlangen, Helmond, Zoetermeer, Maastricht, and RICD

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• 1 international workshop on “Development Education Practices and Decentralised Cooperation”, organised by Fondo Galego on May 3rd, in Pontevedra, Galicia; 1 international conference “Local Authorities towards 2030: Dialogues for Development “, on 3-4 November, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon; • 3 workshops organised by municipalities of Grândola, Loures, Matosinhos and Ourém; • Elaboration and implementation of Global Learning materials: educational cubes and an exhibition on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This was the first national exhibition about SDGs. It was inaugurated at Futurália, Lisbon International Fair, in Lisbon, where it was open to the public from 16th to 19th March, and was also in 8 municipalities, members of RICD; • Implementation of the winning projects in the “Networking for Development” Award: “Promoting Global Citizenship Education – UN17” of COI Foundation, Palmela, and “The Others – Representing Global Citizenship”, of Rato – Association for Cultural and Scientific Dissemination, Seixal; • Presentation of the project and RICD in national and international events, aiming at debating intermunicipal and decentralised cooperation with partner countries, at national and European level; as example, the meetings with representatives of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities and with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Portugal; • Updating the website (www.redesparaodesenvolvimento.org), with regular posting of news and events related to the project and to the municipalities involved.


Facts AND FIGURES

20 Portuguese municipalities – 19 of which are members of RICD – formally and actively engaged in the project

30 local officers trained on strategic planning for drafting the RICD Strategic Plan, on projects’ elaboration and on the SDGs 4 working groups created © GLP Âmago

2 SDGs’ exhibitions designed and disseminated

2 projects received the award “Networking for Development” 1 workshop and

1 international conference held 26 municipalities e 16 non-state actors registered on the website

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STRATEGIC STUDIES The Department of Strategic and Development Studies has been reinforcing IMVF’s role as a think tank, with production of knowledge and policy analysis on relevant issues to the understanding and debate on Development and Internacional Cooperation. In 2016, most activities were focused on holding the 2nd edition of the Lisbon Conferences, entitled “The Globalisation of Development” and in the preparation of its publication, to be launched in the first quarter of 2017. In the framework of this project, regular contents continued to be elaborated for the facebook page and website (www.conferenciasdelisboa.com), for which IMVF is responsible as coordinator of the project’s Executive Commission. The 2nd course on “Global Challenges” took place in late September, as result of a partnership agreement signed by IMVF and ISCTE-IUL in 2015. The seminar “One Belt, One Road” was held in October, having the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry as partner. During this year, several activities were prepared within the award “Research for Development”, awarded to IMVF in partnership with ISCTE-IUL. Also worth mentioning is the fact that the Cooperation Agreement between Camões, I.P. the European Centre for Development Policy Management - ECDPM and IMVF was not renewed. This agreement was created by the initiative of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation since 1996. The partnership was subject to various positive evaluations and contributed to strengthening the research, discussion and public dissemination of Development Cooperation issues. IMVF website provides a summary of several achievements of the successive two-year agreements; the last output was the publication of the study “The role of Portugal in the Global Development Architecture: options for the future of Portuguese Cooperation” in December 2015, which was distributed in March 2016.

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LISBON CONFERENCES 5-6 MAY | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation The 2nd edition of the Lisbon Conferences, entitled “The Globalisation of Development”, took place over two days with the participation of 38 personalities and experts, from 11 countries, namely Portugal, Belgium, Canada, Pakistan, India, USA, Holland, Nigeria, Colombia and Egypt. It was attended by around 600 people. The Lisbon Conferences are the outcome of the collaboration between the following organisations: Institute Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF), Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP), Municipality of Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal-Africa Foundation, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, Development Finance Society (SOFID) and Lusophone Countries Capitals Union (UCCLA). IMVF coordinates the Executive Committee of this project. Besides the partner – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – this edition was financially supported by the following institutions: Camões, I.P., Representation of the European Commission in Portugal, EDP Foundation, Millenniumbcp Foundation, Bank BIC and Fund Investimoz, Estoril-Sol and the Luso-American Development Foundation. The Conference was held for the first time under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Portugal. In this 2nd edition the following themes were discussed: sustainable development, geo-economic reconfigurations, bilateralism versus protectionism, North-South dichotomy, security threats, and the European project. Is was also debated the establishment of the Lisbon Club, to act as a forum to project Lisbon as a reference for innovative thinking, debate and promotion of initiatives about relevant issues in the international agenda. More information, videos and summary of the debates are available at the project’s website.


Live Sketching at the opening session of the 2nd Lisbon Conference

SEMINAR: ONE BELT, ONE ROAD 26 OCT | Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry This seminar aimed at debating the Chinese geostrategic initiative of investment in a infrastructural and services network to connect, by land and sea, the China Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It was presented by Dr. Baige Zhaoo, member of the permanent committee and vice-president of the foreign relations committee in the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. The speaker chairs the Advisory Council of CASS-RDI (Research and Development International, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), she is special

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representative of the Chinese President Xi Jinping to disseminate the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, and has been playing an active role in promoting this initiative among the business community. The session was organised through a partnership with the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and was held in Lisbon on the 26th October, with approximately 100 participants.


RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Research for Development

The first edition of the award “Research for Development”, organised by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Camões I.P., was awarded to IMVF’s project “Policy Coherence for Development: the challenge of an active citizenship in Cape Verde”. The objective was to organise and disseminate the project’s outputs in a scientific manner, through a partnership with ISCTE-IUL. The activities included the drafting of an article to be published in an international scientific review and the elaboration of a special dossier in the Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, to be published in 2017.

SUMMER SCHOOL: GLOBAL CHALLENGES 26-30 SEPT | ISCTE-IUL

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The course was held through a partnership between IMVF and ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, to analyse and debate the global opportunities and threats. It was a 20-hour course with 37 students and 14 national and international speakers, with the following panels: Geopolitics & Global Economy; Oil and Sustainable Growth, Security Threats; Development Challenges and Global Values; Global Actors. This Summer School was also made available by ISCTE as an optional curricular unit within the Masters in International Studies.

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Publications The publication “The role of Portugal in the Global Development Architecture: options for the future of Portuguese Cooperation” (in Portuguese) was distributed to over 100 institutions and participants in this study. The presentations and speeches in the 2nd Lisbon Conference were gathered, edited and adapted in 2016 to be published as IMVF Briefs and IMVF Policy Papers in the first quarter of 2017. The book of the 2nd Lisbon Conference will be available on paper and in the website.


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Facts AND FIGURES

1 international conference – 2nd edition of the Lisbon Conferences on “The Globalisation of Development”, with 8 partner institutions,

6 discussion panels and over 600 participants 1 seminar “One Belt, one Road” with approximately 100 participants 1 training – 2nd Summer Course on Global Challenges, with 37 participants

1 website and 1 facebook page systematically updated with news related to the Lisbon Conferences’ project, with 2.340 followers

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ANGOLA

0,532 (149 )

th 1

Human Development Index (HDI)

25.021.974 Population

4.101,47 US$ GDP per capita

52,3 years

Average Life Expectancy

Amount of current projects

₏ 1.750.000

45,5 births Birth Rate

(per 1000 people)

13,7 deaths Mortality rate

(per 1000 people)

70,6%

Literacy Rate 100% 1

Health

Ranking in 188 countries.

Source: http://hdr.undp.org (HDI; Life Expectancy and Literacy Rate) http://data.worldbank.org/country/angola?view=chart (Population ; GDP; Birth and Mortality Rates)

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DEVELOPMENT VOICES

I have been living in Angola for 10 months in the Province of BiÊ, in the municipality of Camacupa. I feel it is a challenging job, in a country where the war ended a few years ago and where the difficulties are endless. The Angolan people is strong, they have to be strong every day and live with shortage of basic services, as drinking water and electricity. My mission is to provide technical assistance in order to improve data processing and registration. This will have benefits on the local organisation of healthcare and life improvement for health services’ users, with direct impact on the currently provided healthcare. The residents in Camacupa are very welcoming and have helped me to surpass the normal constrains of those who live far from the family in a mission, as well as the challenges of everyday life that include limited access to basic services as water and electricity. The local community teaches me to face these challenges in a constructive way! Thanks to my colleagues and the IMVF. Melissa Mota, IMVF expert in Camacupa, BiÊ

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BRAZIL

0,755 (75 )

th 1

Human Development Index (HDI)

207.847.528 Population

8.538,59 US$ GDP per capita

74,5 years

Average Life Expectancy Amount of current projects

₏ 971.842

14,7 births Birth Rate

(per 1000 people)

6,1 deaths

Mortality Rate (per 1000 people)

91,3%

Literacy Rate 100%

Rural Development 1

Ranking in 188 countries.

Source: http://hdr.undp.org (HDI; Life Expectancy and Literacy Rate) http://data.worldbank.org/country/brazil?locale=pt (Population ; GDP; Birth and Mortality Rates)

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DEVELOPMENT VOICES

Ká Amubá came to improve the relations among the people in the community. The project is important because it focuses on the agro-ecological issue, which had not yet had a concrete opportunity here in the community. For example, the use of agrochemicals in plantations. With this project we learned to produce bio-fertilizer through a formula of organic fertilizer, which is made naturally and without chemicals, and there are already concrete results. We have also seen faster results arising from new technology of technical assistance. This project allowed us to learn how to plant food with no poison and to respect nature in a responsible way. Thus, we know that this will have an effect on our health and quality of life. Elinalva Moreira dos Santos, farmer of the Oiteiro Quilombo, Itapecuru Mirim

When I asked Mr. Manuel Moura of the Quilombola community in Jenipapo, Caxias municipality, how is the vegetable garden working, he replied: ’We are living from it’. And this excites us, to know the impact of the project. Maria José Palhano Silva, general coordinator of ACONERUQ

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Cape Verde

0,555 (143 )

rd 1

Human Development Index (HDI)

520.502 Population

3.080,18 US$ GDP per capita

73,3 years Average Life Expectancy Amount of current projects

21,4 births

₏ 1.063.434

(per 1000 people)

24%

Birth Rate

5,4 deaths

Mortality Rate (per 1000 people)

83,3%

Literacy Rate 76%

Health

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Ranking in 188 countries.

Cultural Identity and Tourism Source: http://hdr.undp.org (HDI; Life Expectancy and Literacy Rate) http://data.worldbank.org/country/cabo-verde?view=chart (Population; GDP; Birth and Mortality Rates)

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DEVELOPMENT VOICES

The training [on artistic pavement] was good and I was very keen to participate. It was much needed, because it has never been given on the island. I was very satisfied with this training and with the corresponding diploma. The streets’ construction work is progressing well. We’ll do our best and keep this pace until the end. Eurides Évora, trainee, Nhu Dam neighbourhood, Maio island

The work [with the street construction] is excellent! In my case, I use a wheelchair and I made a ramp but it was a bit far from the street. With the street construction, the ramp was better placed and integrated. I live with my son, but he goes to school and I am alone at home. If I need to take care of something outside the home, I will be able to move freely with this ramp and its connection to the street. I am very pleased! May God give us life and health so that we can all enjoy our street. Edmundo Monteiro, resident in Nhu Dam neighbourhood, Maio island

I was happy with this work, because before there was much dirt and car noise without any pavement. There was a lot of dust here. Now the street looks more beautiful, I am very happy. Alzira Frederico, resident in Nhu Dam neighbourhood, Maio island

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GUINEA-BISSAU

0,420 (178 )

th 1

Human Development Index (HDI)

1.844.325 Population

572,99 US$ GDP per capita

55,2 years

Average Life Expectancy Amount of current projects

₏ 12.741.926

Birth Rate

(per 1000 people)

14% 31% 15%

37,1 births 12,1 deaths

Mortality Rate (per 1000 people)

56,7%

Literacy Rate 40%

Health Rural Development Institutional Capacity Building Cultural Identity and Tourism

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Ranking in 188 countries.

Source: http://hdr.undp.org (HDI; Life Expectancy and Literacy Rate) http://data.worldbank.org/country/guinea-bissau?view=chart (Population; GDP; Birth and Mortality Rates)


DEVELOPMENT VOICES Guinea-Bissau faces great challenges and has a wonderful people that teaches us on a daily basis that it is possible to build and to do better, even with extreme difficulties. To work with a medical team as the one from IMVF, with engaged and experienced staff who has a remarkable sense of mission and commitment for change, has made the coordination tasks easier and most rewarding. Nevertheless, the most important was the effort from the Guinean health professionals, who integrated all the training and managed to significantly improve the quality of healthcare – particularly maternal and child healthcare. Alice Vilas Boas, medical coordinator of PIMI

We have participated in the EU-PAANE Programme through the initial training and the application to the 3rd tender phase I and II. With this funding we were able to establish a community store in Quinhamel to sell our products, and we currently also receive orders from Bissau. In addition to production, we began to process and pack the products. The financing granted by the Programme has enabled us to buy a generator, a refrigeration system and an electric pump. We don’t want EU-PAANE to end. At the end of the 3rd call for proposals, all the beneficiary organisations signed a letter to the EU pledging for the continuity of EU-PAANE support. We, women, have come from darkness into the light. Beatriz Seidi, executive secretary of the NGO Mers Bodjar

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SAO TOME and PRINCIPE

0,555 (143 )

rd 1

Human Development Index (HDI)

190.344 Population

1.669,06 US$ GDP per capita

55,2 years

Average Life Expectancy Amount of current projects

34,1 births

₏ 4.027.373

(per 1000 people)

28%

Birth Rate

6,9 deaths

Mortality Rate (per 1000 people)

69,5%

Literacy Rate 72%

Health Education

1

Ranking in 188 countries.

Source: http://hdr.undp.org (HDI; Life Expectancy and Literacy Rate) http://data.worldbank.org/country/sao-tome-and-principe?view=chart (Population; GDP; Birth and Mortality Rates)

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DEVELOPMENT VOICES

Every mission proves to be different, but equally challenging. Some factors are not easily manageable and its unpredictability makes each mission truly unique. We gradually gain a better understanding of the working context and also an increased engagement of the local health staff. It is worth mentioning the professionalism and commitment of all team members to achieve a maximum number of medical observations and operate as many children as possible in two weeks of mission at an intense pace. The required logistics to fulfil these objectives is very complex and it would not be possible without all the support provided by the IMVF field team. Sara Pereira, doctor participating in missions of Paediatric Surgery of the “Health for All� project

It brought me great satisfaction to participate in this project because I have realised that it is possible to dream and to achieve! The School+ project invests in Education and, consequently, in a more equitable and fairer future! The priority is to give young people the tools they need to transform their lives. The teachers of Sao Tome are key to the whole process, and therefore we work together on a serious and daily basis, in order to materialise an educational change that allows young people of Sao Tome to be on an equal footing with other young people, in relation to the challenges of the 21st century challenges. To work on this project is to never give up, and to have ideas and energy to always do more and better. Marta Gomes, History teacher in the framework of the project School+ Phase II

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PORTUGAL

0,830 (43 )

rd 1

Human Development Index (HDI)

10.348.648 Population

19.222,15 US$ GDP per capita

80,9 years Average Life Expectancy Amount of current projects

7,9 births Birth Rate

₏ 4.027.373

(per 1000 people)

2%

10,1 deaths

Mortality Rate (per 1000 people) 49%

49%

94,5%

Literacy Rate

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Strategic Studies

1

Global Citizenship

Source:

IMVF Municipalities

http://hdr.undp.org (HDI; Life Expectancy and Literacy Rate) http://data.worldbank.org/country/portugal?view=chart (Population; GDP; Birth and Mortality Rates)

Ranking in 188 countries.


DEVELOPMENT VOICES To be an Ambassador for Social Justice is both an ambition and a challenge. An ambition because it requires continuous work of reflection, debate and advocacy, as it brings an additional responsibility for participation and social democratic intervention. It is also a challenge because it gives me a constant need of questioning, in a time of rupture and social and humanitarian crisis. It is also an everyday responsibility. Tânia Neves, Young Ambassador for Social Justice in the project “Challenging the Crisis”

It became clear to me that the world is filled with people willing to think and build better collective conditions, better relations and living strategies for the common well-being, and that there are ‘possible paths’. With the implementation of new tours and common projects that engage culturally different countries (like the project of Social a Solidarity Economy), I believe that more local potential will be learned and connected in a complementary way. This will enable to question the differences and challenges that are faced locally, and create global significant solutions for the collaboration between countries, peoples and initiatives that can implement the objectives, projects and aspirations of a fairer and cooperative Europe. We have a long way ahead! Edlisa Peixoto, speaker of the Social and Solidarity Economy Tour

The project Networking for Development contributed to strengthening development education and cooperation implemented by municipalities, and engaged an increased number of technical staff and municipal areas. New local activities were held, based in the defined contents, and new outputs were created in some cases. The understanding, integration and dissemination of development cooperation initiatives are currently more valued at municipal/territorial level, and we are able to reach new development actors, such as local businesses. We have a general sense that this work has intensified the sharing of knowledge, responsibilities and experiences, including in other cross-cutting sectors to the project. Graça Sabugueiro, technical officer at the Amadora Municipality 85


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EVENTS and PARTICIPAtions

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HIGHLIGHTS 2016

IMVF becomes a member of the Social Council of the Creating Health Research and Innovation Funding, a cabinet to support fundraising in Research and Innovation (R&I) in the Health sector | 22nd February, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon

Co-organisation of the 2nd Lisbon Conference on “The Globalisation of Development” | 5th and 6th May, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

Inauguration of the 1st national exhibition on SDGs in Futurália, FIL, Lisbon Participation in the competition Sardinhas 2016 Festas de Lisboa, by creating 3 sardines: Fair Tropical Fruit, Lisbon Conferences and Health for All

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Display of projects funded by the European Union in Guinea-Bissau, in the framework of the Day of Europe celebrations | 10th May, Delegation of the European Union in Guinea-Bissau

Launch of the book “Bijagós: Património Arquitetónico”, by Duarte Pape and Rodrigo Rebelo de Andrade, photographs by Francisco Nogueira and published by Tinta da China | 27th October, CPLP, Lisbon

Presentation “Cooperation and Innovation –Telemedicine between Lisbon and Sao Tome”, jointly organised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal, and the CUF Infante Santo Hospital | 19th October, CUF Infante Santo Hospital, Lisbon

Panel “À Conversa Com” Eduardo Lourenço & Guilherme de Oliveira Martins, moderated by Mónica Ferro, within the seminar “Local Authorities towards 2030: Dialogues for Development” | 3rd November, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon


LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

REPRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS

• XVIII Regional Seminar on Education “Tomar a Aprender – Educação e Formação para o Sucesso Escolar” | 9th April, Municipal Library of Tomar

• Quiz and collection of donations to support the refugees | 8th January, IMVF, Lisboa

• Facilitation of the workshop “New Development Dynamics” | 4th May, FEC headquarters, Lisbon • Conference “Promoting Global Citizenship Education: the new 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals”, organised by COI Foundation | 6th May, Municipal Library of Palmela and 13th May, ISCTEIUL, Lisbon • XVII Week of Agricultural Sciences “An experience of rural development cooperation in tropical countries” | 9th May, Higher School of Agriculture, Polythecnic Institute of Bragança • Networking seminar between NGDOs and businesses – To promote Win-Win partnerships in the multilaterals market | 7th June, AICEP, Lisbon • Presentation session of 3 projects implemented by IMVF and financed by the European Union in Guinea-Bissau (PIMI, EU-ACTIVA e EU-PAANE), targeted to students in Journalism | 13th July, Delegation of the European Union in Guinea-Bissau • VII Congress of the Portuguese-speaking Medical Community | 1st and 2nd September, Cultural and Conference Centre of the Northern Regional Section of the Medical Association, Porto • Meeting “Global Challenges in Europe: the limitations of EU foreign policy and the possibilities in a federal Europe”, organised by the Union of European Federalists and Youth European Federalists | 17th October, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon • Activisms in Docs: “Neram N’Dok” film exhibition and debate | 20th October, Largo Café Estúdio, Lisbon

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• Session on the Refugee Support Platform (PAR Linha da Frente) | 11th January, Espaço Atmosfera M, Lisbon • International Meeting “Synergies for social change - dialogues about development” | 12th and 13th January, ISEG, Lisbon • Seminar “Sustainable Development Goals: Public Consultation and SDGs Alliance” | 20th January, Culturgest – CGD Foundation, Lisbon • Meeting of the CONCORD group on Financing for Development (FDR) | 26th January and 25-26 October, Brussels • Presentation of the DAC Peer Review to Portuguese Development Cooperation | 29th January, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon • Meeting on the initiative “Para uma CASA Comum!” about the refugee crisis | 10th February, Portuguese NGDO Platform, Lisbon • International Seminar “Museums: one object, many visions…” | 22nd February, National Archaeology Museum, Lisbon • Round Table “Migrations and Development: Human Rights and Security Issues put into perspective” | 22nd February, Palace of Marqueses da Praia and Monforte, Loures • Meeting “Academic Mobility in CPLP – A reflection for the present, a challenge for the future” | 11th March, CPLP, Lisbon • Meeting to support the refugees organised by the Portuguese NGDO Platform | 14th March, GRAAL, Lisbon


• Signing session of Protocols with the collaborating institutions of the Refugee Support Platform (PAR) | 21st March, Lisbon Municipality

• Debate on the External Evaluation of the National Strategy for Development Education | 13th July, Auditorium of Camões, I. P., Lisbon

• RICD Inter-Municipal Assembly | 23rd March, Seixal, and 17th October, Cascais

• INFO DAY H2020 - “ICT for Health and Wellbeing”, organised by GPPQ - Gabinete de Promoção do Programa-Quadro | 13th September, Auditorium of Microsoft, Lisbon

• Evaluation Meeting of the National Strategy for Development Education - Focus Group | 6th April, Portuguese NGDO Platform, Lisbon • Meeting on the refugee crisis - Camões, I.P. project | 7th April, Portuguese NGDO Platform, Lisbon • Conference “Health: an European view” | 7th April, Health Sciences Institute of Catholic University, Lisbon • Presentation of the project “Educate to Cooperate: the historical route of Linhas de Torres and Global Citizenship” | 19th April, Vila Franca de Xira • Workshop “The 2030 Agenda on sustainable development” organised by Agrinatura, ISA and INOVISA | 21st April, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon • Meeting to prepare the 8th Congress of RSO-PT | 12th may, CIG, Lisbon • XIXª Plenary Session of the Development Cooperation Forum | 25th May, Camões, I.P., Lisbon • Advanced Seminars on Education, Cooperation and Development, in the framework of the PhD in Educational Sciences | 27th May, Minho University, Braga • IMVF “Open Doors: Initiative to Access Culture” | 17th June, IMVF headquarters, Lisbon • INFO DAY – Financial Opportunities H2020 “Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing” | 20th June, Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon

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• Portugal – Social Innovation: Funding Opportunities for Foundations | 15th September, Arpad Szenes and Vieira da Silva Foundation, Lisbon • 1st meeting to systematise experiences in the framework of the project Sinergias ED | 30th September, Gonçalo da Silveira Foundation, Lisbon • Meeting of the project Sinergias ED | 7th and 28th November, Gonçalo da Silveira Foundation, Lisbon • Debate about Journalism and Development within the project “Aquele Outro Mundo que é o Mundo – the Media World and the Development World” | 16th November, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon • Presentation of the results of the co-financing lines for NGDO projects, and a film about the work supported by these lines | 16th November, Auditorium of Camões, I.P., Lisbon • Seminar “Cooperate to Innovate: the added value and opportunities for bilateral cooperation with Portuguese NGOs” organised by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and EEA Grants | 24th November, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon • Participation in the Conference “Global Education: Towards a World of Solidarity”, organised by GENE - Global Education Network Europe | 28th November, Paris • Training on Project Design and Cycle Management – Logical Framework – EUROPEAID, facilitated by consulting Projects for Change | 21st and 22nd December, Cidade de Lisboa Foundation


SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND INTERNSHIPS • Facilitation of the workshop “Awareness for Citizenship” | 21st April, High school of Pinhal Novo • Facilitation of an information session about the SDGs | 27th April, High school Fernando Lopes Graça, Parede • Presentation class about the IMVF communication plans elaborated by students of the Graduation in Communication Sciences | 2nd June, European University, Lisbon • Participation in the presentation of a final dissertation by an IMVF intern, Graduation in African Studies | 11th July, Faculty of Arts of the Lisbon University

ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PORTUGUESE NGDO PLATFORM • Participation in the General Assemblies of the Portuguese NGDO Platform | 5th April and 19th December • Participation in the meetings of the Working Group on Ethics of the Portuguese NGDO Platform. • VI Knowledge Workshop “Partnerships and Synergies between NGDOs and other Development Actors: Myths and Reality” | 23rd February, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

• Participation in the meetings of the Development Education Working Group of the Portuguese NGDO Platform. • Workshop “Would a different world be possible with the SDGs?” | 2nd June, Cidade de Lisboa Foundation, Lisbon • Debate “Development Models and Perspectives” | 22nd September, Santa Maria da Feira

• Participation in the meetings of the Aid Watch Working Group of the Portuguese NGDO Platform.

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COMUNICATION AND MEDIA

In 2016, communication remained a strong commitment for Institute Marquês de Valle Flôr, as a way of informing about its action, both at institutional level and in the framework of the implemented projects. Communication is therefore perceived as an indispensable channel to disseminate internal and external information, and as a source for knowledge and recognition of the organisation.

also monitored the preparation, from design to printing, of all the project-related materials, therefore ensuring coherence of their messages (text and image). Finally, it has collaborated in the organisation of various initiatives and events, both at institutional level and within the several ongoing projects.

Internal communication is seen as a tool to share information among all the staff. In 2016, the internal institutional Newsletter was disseminated on a monthly basis; it was revised through the diversification of contents and a most appealing visual identity, and it is now sent via the MailChimp platform.

IMVF.ORG | In 2016, monitoring and upda-

ONLINE PRESENCE

ting the institutional website continued to be part of the daily communicational tasks, also by providing the translation into English of the published contents and taking into account the need to cover each and every one of our interlocutors. Throughout the year, 101 news were published on IMVF’s website (twice as many as in the previous year), in order to highlight all the activities and events (co)organised by IMVF. Interviews with staff at field level were published and several resources on Development issues were made available, as well as information about all the ongoing projects, clipping, press releases and publications highlights, photos and videos.

In 2016, the IMVF Communication and Image department has kept a consistent action and continued to support contents’ elaboration and editing, the preparation of graphic and audiovisual materials, and has

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SOCIAL MEDIA | The management of social media remained a part of the daily work of the Communication and Image department.


The facebook page sums up 4.701 followers, which represents an increase of 751 members since 2015. In 2016, 388 posts were published, with an average of 2 to 3 daily posts about IMVF’s activities, projects and issues related to the intervention areas.

IMVF account on Instagram was established in March 2016 and it was a new investment on social media. In this context, 77 images and videos were posted, which gathered more than 1.000 likes. Currently, @imvfongd has 92 followers.

IMVF Twitter had very positive developments in 2016, as a way of sharing information in an immediate and short format, namely on events in which IMVF participates. Several tweets were posted and shared on a daily basis, reaching 483 tweets during this year. IMVF page on this social media currently has 163 followers.

IMVF Youtube channel currently has 206 videos available, which in 2016 had about 65.000 views. In compa rison with the previous year, 48 more videos were posted and disseminated, and several thematic playlists were created. In total, since 2008, IMVF Youtube channel has 336 subscribers and 250.000 views.

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ISSUU proves to be an important platform to share publications and a very useful tool to disseminate the work carried out by IMVF projects. It has currently 237 publications available for viewing and download. During 2016, publications had about 42.000 views, more 12.000 than the previous year. IMVF account has 122 followers and the publications have been shared 253 times.


PRESENCE IN THE MEDIA External communication is the most visible component of the work carried out by IMVF, as it makes our action known to the public in general. In 2016, IMVF’s communication with the media remained of utmost importance, in partnership with JLM&A – João Líbano e Monteiro. In 2016, 330 news were published in various national and international media about IMVF action, including media reports, interviews, opinion articles and comments in Lusa, RTP, TVI, SIC, Público, Expresso, Diário de Notícias, Observador, Jornal I, Antena 1, RDP África, TSF. The official presentation on telemedicine in Otorhinolaryngology, with the first medical appointment carried out live in on the 19th October (between the CUF Infante Santo Hospital, in Lisbon, and the Dr. Ayres de Menezes Hospital, in Sao Tome), is also to be highlighted.

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Another initiative with media relevance was the presentation of the book “Bijagós: Património Arquitetónico”, by Duarte Pape and Rodrigo Rebelo de Andrade, photographs by Francisco Nogueira and published by Tinta da China, held on 27th October at Palácio Conde de Penafiel, CPLP headquarters, in Lisbon.


RECORTES DE IMPRENSA

16/01 – Expresso

25/02 – Impulso Positivo

16/03 – RTP África

For a new development cooperation policy

We all can challenge the crisis

Health in Guinea-Bissau: Cumura Hospital gains surgery room and an expanded maternity

01/04 – Revista da Ordem dos Médicos Investing in health is to invest in social and economic development

05/05 – Diário de Notícias

02/06 – Expresso

Turn Lisbon into the discussion forum of major international issues

“Sweet fruit, bitter truth”: NGOs report human rights violations in tropical fruit plantations

16/06 – Impulso Positivo

08/08 – Observador

15/08 – Jornal de Notícias

Social and Solidarity Economy Tour arrives to Portugal

Project to flight child mortality may be extended to the entire Guinea-Bissau

Development is more than a project

19/10 – Observador

20/10 – RTP 1

08/11 – RTP África

Portugal and Sao Tome hold Otorhinolaryngology appointments with telemedicine from Lisbon

Telemedicine Sao Tome – real-time Otorhinolaryngology appointments between Lisbon and Sao Tome and Principe

Bijagós Architecture: Portuguese architects study the architectural heritage of the Guinean islands

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NEW PROJECTS TO BE STARTED

Health for All – Towards Sustainability JAN 2017 – DEC 2020 COUNTRY: Sao Tome and Principe THEME (S): Health TARGET GROUP: Total population of Sao Tome and Principe and professionals of the National Health Service PARTNERS: Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe FINANCING: Camões – Cooperation and Language Institute, I.P.

More and Better EU Aid Volunteers: enhancing technical capacity of European organisations and improving opportunities for EU citizens to participate in humanitarian aid actions FEB 2017 – JAN 2019 COUNTRIES: Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain THEME(S): Volunteering in Humanitarian Aid TARGET GROUP: Volunteers PARTNERS: NGO SC, Sloga-national platform, APS, EEsti PtP, HAND-national platform, GVC, LAPASnational platform, JKC, and Bologna University FINANCING: European Union

Integrated Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PIMI II) – Follow-up of the Support for Reinforcing the Availability and Quality of Maternal and Child Healthcare in Guinea-Bissau MAR 2017 – MAR 2021 COUNTRIES: Guinea-Bissau THEME(S): Health TARGET GROUP: Children below 5 years of age and women of reproductive age in all health regions of Guinea-Bissau, health staff in the 117 health regions of the country, and residents of 11 health regions/ 9 administrative regions in Guinea-Bissau. PARTNERS: UNICEF and EMI FINANCING: European Union

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NEW APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND/OR PLANNED Quilombolas, People’s agents in their own right: Monitoring and Implementing Public Policies in Quilombos Regions DURATION: 36 months COUNTRY: Brazil TEMÁTICA (S): Social and human rights TARGET GROUP: Quilombola population and public managers PARTNERS: ACONERUQ FINANCING: European Union

Reinforcing the Quilombola Action in the Implementation of Public Policies and Cooperativism DURATION: 48 months COUNTRY: Brazil THEME (S): Civil Social Strengthening and Networking TARGET GROUP: National Coordination of the Quilombola Communities (CONAQ); Quilombolas Associations of Maranhão, Pará, Piauí, Bahia, Pernambuco and Ceará, associated communities and members of the Quilombola Cooperative of Maranhão. PARTNERS: ACONERUQ FINANCING: European Union

Project of Solidarity and Community-based Tourism in Maio island DURATION: 36 months COUNTRY: Cape Verde THEME (S): Sustainable tourism and income generation TARGET GROUP: Population of the Maio island PARTNERS: Maio Municipality and Loures Municipality FINANCING: European Union

Cria Balur Na Tabanka – Strengthening the Poultry Value Chain and Market Access in the Cacheu Region DURATION: 36 months COUNTRY: Guinea-Bissau THEME (S): Rural Development and Food Security TARGET GROUP: Poultry farmers, feed producers, para-veterinarians, members of the COAJOQ cooperative, merchants, ratio/TV animators, youth, consumers of chicken and eggs, in a total of 13.365 people corresponding to 2.673 households; 194.674 residents of the Cacheu region and 38.000 residents in Bissau. PARTNERS: COAJOQ FINANCING: European Union

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Design of Urban Structure Plans and General Urbanisation Plans DURATION: 11-15 months COUNTRY: Mozambique THEME (S): Technical Assistance, territorial planning, action plans, provincial description and assessment. TARGET GROUP: Population of Jangamo, Nhamayabue, Morrumbene, Inchope, Muxungue and Sussundenga village PARTNERS: Ecovisão, TPF PLANEGE, Abreu & Associados and CESO FINANCING: Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development of Mozambique

Contracting of Services for the drafting of the Territorial Development Provincial Plan in the Provinces of Gaza and Manica DURATION: 12 months COUNTRY: Mozambique THEME (S): Technical Assistance TARGET GROUP: Farmers from Zambézia PARTNERS: Ecovisão FINANCING: Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development of Mozambique

Biogas Project in Sao Tome and Principe DURATION: 24 months COUNTRY: Sao Tome and Principe THEME (S): Energy and food security TARGET GROUP: Population of Mé-Zochi PARTNERS: Ecovisão FINANCING: European Union

Rural Voices@2030 Agenda DURATION: 36 months COUNTRY: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Spain THEME (S): Sustainable Development Goals TARGET GROUP: Residents in rural areas, European citizens, educational multipliers and NGDOs PARTNERS: HBAid, Sudwind, ETEA, EDUCON, Article25, ISD, Land Frauen and Finep, GVC and Evan FINANCING: European Union

Global Learning Gardens - Innovative Outdoor Development Education to Support the Sustainable Development Goals DURATION: 36 months COUNTRY: Germany, Austria, Benin, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Peru, Poland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Romania THEME (S): Sustainable Development Goals TARGET GROUP: Visitors of gardens in 20 EU member states, European citizens, members of European NGDOs, educational multipliers and local authorities PARTNERS: Finep, GVC, HelpAge, HBAid, People to People, Climate Alliance Austria, Szczecin Article 25, Institute for sustainable development, CEFA, BananaLink, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Hermannstadt, Universidad Granada, INEX SAD, Afri, Lithuanian Consumer Institute, NEGO-COM and Waman wasi Centro para la Biodiversidad y Espiritualidad Andino Amazonica – Waman Wasi FINANCING: European Union

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FINANCIAL RESULTS

FUNDS RECEIVED

EXPENDITURE

BY ORIGIN

BY AREA OF INTERVENTION

1% 46%

5%

5% 3%

1%

6% 44% 12% 53% 25% European Union

Health

Portuguese State

Rural Development

Other institutions

Education Cultural Identity and Tourism

HUMAN RESOURCES ALLOCATED BY COUNTRY ORIGIN Nยบ Angola 2 Brazil 5 Cape Verde 2 Guinea-Bissau 61 Portugal / Headquarters 19 Sao Tome and Principe 158 TOTAL 247

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Institutional Capacity Building IMVF Municipalities Global Citizenship Strategic Studies


SIMPLIFIED BALANCE*

€

ASSETS

2016 2015

Fixed assets Accounts receivable Government and other public entities

RESULTS EXPENSES

1.024.615

1.060.573

174.284

432.440

Expenses with staff

External services and supplies

0

7.369

Depreciation

Co-financing

4.120.217 7.974.169

Closing of projects

Cash and Bank deposits

9.143.092

9.017.003

Accruals

5.023 5.386

TOTAL ASSETS

14.467.230 18.496.940

Other expenses Taxes TOTAL EXPENSES

€ 2016 2015 440.717

165.123

849.248

873.647

38.890 38.566 3.710.547

4 988.621

231.645

186.735

42.759 15.491 5.313.807

€ EQUITY FUNDS Funds Profit

2016

2015

5.268.553

5.268.553

1.164.971 1.089.170

€ REVENUES Provision of services Operating subsidies (Funds) Other revenues

TOTAL FUNDS

6.433.524

6.357.723

6.268.183

TOTAL REVENUES

2016 2015 313.234

0

4.767.526

5.431.535

308.849

871.288

5.389.608

6.302.823

75.801

34.640

€ PASSIVE Accounts payable

2016 2015 150.845

202.981

Government and other public entities 48.454

55.945

Provisions for risks/charges

137.523

271.472

204.598

323.501

Other liabilities Deferrals

28.888 12.444

Deferred subsidies

7.463.398

11.272.874

TOTAL LIABILITY

8.033.706

12.139.217

TOTAL FUNDS AND LIABILITY

14.467.230 18.496.940

NET RESULT

* Statements restructured as compared to the model of accounting, to allow easier reading by non-financiers

All projects implemented by the IMVF are subject to independent audits, the opinions and results of which are reported to the respective donors.

Please see our complete Annual Report and Accounts 2016 at www.imvf.org 105


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