Dili: The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) is preparing a new strategic framework for the period 2027-2033, replacing the current Strategic Vision 2016-2026, the organization's executive secretary, Maria de F¡tima Jardim announced on Wednesday.
According to Angola Press News Agency, Maria de F¡tima Jardim provided the information during an audience with the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmo. At the meeting, held at the Government Palace, in Dili, the official highlighted Timor-Leste's commitment to exercising the pro tempore Presidency of the CPLP for the period 2025-2027, especially in defining the community's future lines of cooperation.
Maria de F¡tima Jardim stated that the new strategic document is in the drafting phase and will focus on the organization's main lines of cooperation for the coming years. During the hearing, the parties also discussed the holding of the IV Meeting of CPLP Ministers of Maritime Affairs, scheduled for June 8, a meeting that should approve the Strategic Cooperation Plan for the Ocean 2026-2030.
Also highlighted was the XXXI Meeting of the CPLP Council of Ministers, scheduled for July this year, in Dili, considered an important statutory meeting to define the strategic orientation of the organization, deepen cooperation between member states and analyze the role of the community in the face of current global challenges.
On her first official visit to Timor-Leste as executive secretary of the CPLP, Maria de F¡tima Jardim was also received by the Timorese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Bendito dos Santos Freitas, who holds the presidency of the organization's Council of Ministers. The person in charge also participated in the XXV Meeting of Ministers of National Defense or equivalents of the CPLP, held on Tuesday, in Dili.
The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) is an international organization created on July 17, 1996, with the aim of strengthening friendship, political consultation, and cooperation between countries that have Portuguese as their official language. The organization comprises around 300 million citizens spread across four continents and is made up of nine member states: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and So Tom© and Prncipe, founding countries of the community, which were joined by Timor-Leste in 2002 and Equatorial Guinea in 2014.
CPLP's action is based on three fundamental pillars. The first is political-diplomatic consultation, which aims to coordinate common positions of Member States on international issues of shared interest. The second pillar focuses on multilateral cooperation, through the implementation of programs and projects in areas such as education, health, defense, science, technology, culture, and economy. The third pillar consists of the promotion and dissemination of the Portuguese language on a global level, a mission supported by the International Institute of the Portuguese Language (IILP), based in Cape Verde.
Over three decades of existence, the CPLP has consolidated itself as a space for political dialogue, cooperation, and rapprochement between the people of Portuguese-speaking countries.