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Camões, I.P. promotes, finances, co-finances and operates dozens of programmes and projects in a variety of areas in different partner countries, particularly in Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) and East Timor. Such interventions are the result of the advantages and benefits of Portuguese co-operation in response to the strategies outlined by partner countries.

According to the best international practices, identifying projects and their components ensures full support for relevant projects consistent with the policies of the partner country and the problems that need to be solved in order to make the proposed intervention viable, yield benefits and be managed effectively.

The implementation of projects is done systematically in order to effectively solve any identified problems and achieve the expected results, thus ensuring that each intervention is fully appropriated and sustainable.

In light of that, many integrated development programmes have been implemented in places like Cabo Delgado in Mozambique and Maubara in East Timor, for instance. A good example are the projects that have been supported in the areas of education which involved a total restructuring of the system, the creation of new curricula and textbooks and the training of teachers, managers and other professionals working in the industry. Health is another project area, incorporating the provision of care, sexual and reproductive health, health research and the use of technology like telemedicine. The environment and combating climate change have also been the focus of development programmes. Interventions conductive to reinforcing governance and the rule of law have also been introduced and directed at strengthening institutional functions, modernising legal and institutional frameworks and training professionals in the areas of internal security, justice and auditing institutions.

Conselho Diretivo

Presidente do Conselho Diretivo

Embaixador Luís Faro Ramos

Fax: (+351) 213 143 987

Vice-Presidente do Conselho Diretivo

Dr. Gonçalo Nuno Teles Gomes

Fax: (+351) 213 143 987

Vogal do Conselho Diretivo

Dra. Paula Pedro Loureiro

Vogal do Conselho Diretivo

Mestre João Laurentino Costa Pinho Neves

Direção de Serviços de Cooperação Multilateral e Europeia (DSCME)

Diretor de Serviços – Mestre Pedro Oliveira

Divisões

Divisão de Assuntos Multilaterais (DAM)

Chefe de Divisão - Dra. Paula Pereira

Divisão de Assuntos Europeus (DAE)

Chefe de Divisão - Dra. Maria Leticia Bairrada

Divisão de Parcerias Estratégicas (DPE)

Chefe de Divisão - Dra. Carolina Estróia

Direção de Serviços de Cooperação Bilateral (DSCB)

Diretor de Serviços - Dra. Sandra Magalhães

Divisões

Divisão de Ação Humanitária, Sociedade Civil e Cidadania (DAHSCC)

Chefe de Divisão - Mestre Sérgio Guimarães

Divisão de Programação e Cooperação (DPC)

Chefe de Divisão - Dra. Odete Serra

Direção de Serviços da Língua (DSLC)

Diretora de Serviços - Dr. Rui Vaz

Divisões

Divisão de Programação, Formação e Certificação (DPFC)

Chefe de Divisão - 

Divisão de Coordenação do Ensino Português no Estrangeiro (DCEPE)

Chefe de Divisão - Mestre Pedro Miguel de Oliveira Alves Carlos

Direção de Serviços de Cultura (DSC)

Diretora de Serviços - Dra. Cristina Caetano

Divisões

Divisão de Ação Cultural Externa (DACE)

Chefe de Divisão – Dra. Ana Azemel

Divisão de Programas e Acordos Culturais (DPAC)

Chefe de Divisão - Dra. Natália Campbell

Direção de Serviços de Planeamento e Gestão (DSPG)

Diretor de Serviços - Dra. Carla Teresa Rodrigues

Divisões

Divisão Planeamento e Recursos Humanos (DPRH)

Chefe de Divisão - Dr. Hugo Almeida

Divisão de Gestão Financeira e Patrimonial (DGFP)

Chefe de Divisão  - Dra. Ana Cunha

Divisão de Apoio Jurídico e Contencioso (DAJC)

Chefe de Divisão -  Mestre André Soares

Gabinetes

Gabinete de Avaliação e Auditoria (GAA)

Chefe de Divisão - Dra. Manuela Afonso

Gabinete de Planeamento, Programação e Estatística (GPPE)

Chefe de Divisão - Dr. Miguel Girão de Sousa

Gabinete de Documentação e Comunicação (GDC)

Chefe de Divisão - Mestre Vera Sousa

Camões, I.P. provides the initial training of teachers of Portuguese abroad, whether as a foreign or a second language.

For Portuguese as a foreign language, Camões, I.P. provides support to 225 courses. Teachers with Portuguese as a second language can find Camões, I.P. lectureships interacting with 14 courses in this area, teaching on average about 5,000 students per year.

Camões, I.P. also runs on-site or hybrid continuous training of Portuguese language teachers in Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, at 49 training nuclei, with a total average per year of 125 trainers and 1,800 trainees who teach Portuguese to a universe of about 350,000 students at primary and secondary level.

Camões, I.P. runs specific training for:

• Public administration officers and security and defence forces, in co-operation programmes between Portugal and other countries;
• Permanent staff, technical and administrative personnel working for international and regional bodies, namely the African Union, Southern Africa Development Community, West Africa Economic Community and, in the financial context, the African Development Bank;
• Diplomats;
• Permanent staff from companies with Portuguese capital and with Portuguese as a working, legal, diplomatic and business language.

Camões, I.P. co-operates with European, African, Asian and American universities, as well as international organizations in training programmes for translators and interpreters, contributing to the status of Portuguese as a language of global communication in its own right.

Secretariat

Advisor to the Board

Maria Inês Castelo Branco

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Tel: (+351) 213 109 122

In Portugal, there are several educational institutes offering Portuguese courses for foreigners working or studying in Portugal.

Inter-ministerial Commission for Co-operation

Mission

The Inter-ministerial Commission for Co-operation (CIC) is a sectorial body for government support in the area of development co-operarion policy, working together with Camões, I.P..

Duties

The CIC’s main responsibilities are to:

• Provide support to the government in defining co-operative policies with developing countries;
• Promote the specific planning of programmes and projects of public development aid;
• Implement the activities of the various ministries regarding co-operation and public development aid, with a view to establishing concerted guidelines and strengthening the co-ordination and coherence of development policies;
• Promote and co-ordinate the execution of publicly-driven co-operative programmes;
• Promote the collation and sharing of information and statistical data among its members relating to the implementation of co-operation activity.

Advisory Council for the Portuguese Language and Culture

The Advisory Council is the official body for consultation, support and participation in the definition of the general performance of Camões, I.P., meeting at least once a year according to its internal regulations.

The Advisory Council consists of:

• The President of Camões, I.P. who presides over its affairs, along with the vice president and board members;
• A representative from each member of government responsible for the areas of foreign affairs, the economy, education, higher education, science and technology, culture, youth and the media;
• The director-general of foreign policy, the director-general of European affairs , the director-general of consular affairs and Portuguese communities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• Five people of a recognised level of expertise in the fields of education, research, the arts and science;
• By a representative of each of the teaching staff unions, incorporating the trade union confederations represented in the permanent commission for social dialogue.

Roles

The Advisory Council is responsible for:

• Expressing its opinion on the activity plan and report of Camões, I.P., in the area of the Portuguese language and culture;
• Providing an opinion on training plans relating to the teaching of Portuguese overseas;
• Providing an opinion on the planning relating to the Portuguese teaching network abroad;
• Providing an opinion on the setting up of Portuguese cultural centers and the co-ordination structures of the Portuguese teaching abroad;
• Providing an opinion, on its own initiative or at the request of the President, on initiatives relevant to Camões, I.P’s roles regarding the Portuguese language and culture;
• Interfacing Camões, I.P. with governmental bodies and public services with which the Institute is involved in order to fulfil its duties in the area of the Portuguese language and culture.