Praia, 03 Nov (Inforpress) – The Chair of the Cultural Heritage Institute (IPC), Ana Samira Baessa, today highlighted the importance of training dedicated to inventorying and digitising collections, with the aim of strengthening national technical capacity in the management and preservation of cultural heritage.

The IPC, in partnership with Spanish Cooperation, is conducting, from today until Friday the 7th, in Praia, training in inventorying and digitising collections under the Acerca Programme – Capacity Building for Development in the Cultural Sector, involving professionals from several museum institutions.

In her speech at the opening ceremony, Samira Baessa stated that this is the fourth and final training financed by the Acerca Programme this year, marking “an important step in modernising and digitising the museum sector in Cabo Verde”.

“The Acerca Programme has been instrumental in strengthening the capacities of our national technical teams. Thanks to this training, we are introducing new methodologies and adopting practices already tested in other countries, which raises the quality of work carried out in our museums,” she added.

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Praia, 04 Nov (Inforpress) – Cabo Verde’s national cycling team today enters the sixth stage of the 4th edition of “Volta à Angola Pepino’2025”, a 180 km course from Porto Amboim to Quicama.

Angolan cyclists continue to dominate the event, with Dário António and Bruno Araújo sharing the lead across the first five stages.

Regarding the Cabo Verde squad, in the fifth stage held on Monday, Júnior crossed the finish line in 18th position with a time of 05:03:32, currently occupying 7th place in the white jersey classification.

Eliezer Soares finished 23rd with a time of 5:04:46, placing 13th overall, while Nélio Cruz finished 27th with a time of 5:04:09, currently 9th in the white jersey classification.

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Mindelo, 04 Nov (Inforpress) – The Prime Minister on Monday in Mindelo underlined the importance of continued investment in Cabo Verde Ocean Week (CVOW) as a driver of the maritime economy in its different strands, and to increase the country’s global visibility.

Ulisses Correia e Silva made the remarks to the press after presiding over the opening of the eighth edition of the event, at Laginha Beach.

The head of Government mentioned the various areas covered by Cabo Verde Ocean Week, from fisheries, coastal zone management, circular economy, small business creation, sustainable tourism, among others.

Hence, he stressed the importance of continuing to invest in the event, from which, every year, there are recommendations, exchanges of experience, networking, and opportunities to learn from best practices elsewhere in the world.

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Praia, 04 Oct (Inforpress) – The President of the Constitutional Court, José Pina Delgado, has assumed the presidency of the Executive Committee of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (WCCJ), at the 22nd meeting held from 28 to 31 October in Madrid, Spain.

The presidency assumed at the 6th WCCJ Congress is viewed as strengthening Cabo Verde’s international prestige and projecting its jurisdiction beyond the African and Lusophone space.

At the event, Pina Delgado reaffirmed, according to information accessed by Inforpress, the Constitutional Court’s commitment to active and effective participation in the leading global forums on constitutional justice.

“During the 22nd Meeting of the Executive Committee, Pina Delgado chaired proceedings, stressing the need for clear criteria for the admission of new groups to the WCCJ structure, which today brings together 125 courts from all continents,” the document highlights.

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