On the 26th and 27th of November, the shop “Pateo” hosted an exhibition of East Timorese typical products. It is a way to promote local products and to disseminate their properties and different ways to be used. The flower of papaya – a good...
On the 29th and 30th November, 34 participants gathered in Maubara, East Timor, for a teaching session designed to strengthen knowledge and skills for the analysis of management tools, researching information and ways to use these sources of information for advocacy....
The reality of development has changed radically since the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) was created in 1961. Today, policy makers are aware that global problems can only be solved with more and better development cooperation. This was the theme for the last...
Preventing domestic violence in Sao Tome and Principe was the big subject of the play “Mal me quer”, presented to the public last November by a group of children from the San Toméan District of Guadalupe. This initiative, which IMVF joined through the...
A new database with geographic information on Food security and Nutrition in Guinea-Bissau will allow organisations and their partners coordinate their work better. The result of an agreement signed between IMVF, FAO – Food and Agriculture Organisation of the...
It was an IMVF initiative part of the Project “Networking for Development”. Between January the 30th and February the 1st, 22 representatives of various municipalities met in Tomar for a training session on Strategic Planning for Cooperation and...
Positive results in one more ophthalmological mission to Sao Tome and Principe. “We can transform big problems in small problems” said Doctor. Luis Dias Pereira, coordinator of the team, not denying the difficulties that are still present in the country....
To promote greater social justice and a more balanced future is the goal of the World Day for Social Justice, an event that IMVF celebrated with the international edition of an educational DVD. “Action for Social Justice” is the motto of the educational...
The 1st Call for Theme Proposals of the Programme to Support Non State Actors (PAANE) addressed to Non State Actors (NSAs) in Guinea-Bissau is now open. The PAANE – “NôPintcha Pa Dizinvolvimentu” – is a financial instrument of the European...
Fini Diak, the brand of local agricultural products created and promoted by IMVF, was present at the 1st Rural Business and Tourism Fair of Liquiçá, an event that took place the last weekend. The initiative, with the goal to improve the economy of that East Timor...