CPLP Executive Secretariat welcomes partnership

Angola, Luand  - The representative of the Secretariat of the Executive Commission of  the Portuguese Speaking Community (CPLP), Manuel Clarote Lapão, said Friday in Luanda that the formalisation of the partnership network takes an extremely important role in the construction of bridges for the process of development of the community. The official was speaking at the opening of the meeting of CPLP ministers of Sea Affairs.According to Manuel Lapão, the connection the community has been establishing with the entities with which it interact has been permitting to ensure a number of strategic partnerships of great relevance for the community. To him, partnership within the framework of the community must be established taking into account the political vector, through the definition of public policies that abide by the organisation. He said that being a young organisation with scarce resources, the possibility of working as a network is a relevant function as it enables to build the bases for the various parties with different roles in seeking the same goal. The official also spoke of the need to improve the level of communication among the CPLP members and political and diplomatic concert at international meetings, like the Rio-20 Summit, taking information to the community.