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Following the research on the reading practices of Portuguese students, PNL2027 [National Reading Plan] started in 2022 the study on Reading Promotion Practices among the young population. The new study aims to characterize reading mediators, as well as the census, analysis and discussion of reading promotion practices among the school-age population, between 6 and 18 years old. The universe of the study is made up of a wide range of players who, in different contexts, share the responsibility for encouraging reading: primary school teachers, teachers of Portuguese in the remaining primary and secondary school cycles, librarian teachers, librarians and curators of PNL2027 projects or other reading promotion projects. This study is conducted by OPAC - Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities, a structure of CIES-Iscte and has the collaboration of the National School Libraries Network [RBE] and the Directorate General of Education and Science Statistics [DGEEC]. Funding is provided by McDonald's. 

This action is organized around the general objective (G.O.) to strengthen the mechanisms for the integration of immigrants into Cabo Verde society, while reinforcing the contribution to the priorities defined in the cooperation framework between Portugal and Cabo Verde. This objective is achieved by carrying out several activities oriented towards practical and accurate results, based on the exchange of experiences between both countries to improve the services provided, considering the following specific objectives/outcomes: • S.O.1. – To improve instruments and operating procedures regarding immigrant integration in Cabo Verde, by implementing four local units for immigrant support, a multichannel platform to support and strengthen public services available to immigrants and developing instruments for local approaches. • S.O.2. – To develop capacity-building actions for Cabo Verdean authorities (at national and local level), civil society organizations and ACM key staff, in legal migration management and integration. • S.O.3. – To provide certified professional training of immigrants to promote their professional qualification. • S.O.4. – To produce and disseminate knowledge about migration in Cabo Verde, by developing studies, awareness-raising campaigns, and setting up a Migration Observatory in the country.

The Sai da Caixa Bensaúde project (BIPZIP2016 #37) brought a greater diversity of activities to the community, particularly children and young people. Regular activities, focused on sport and music, were a good vehicle for transmitting personal and social skills. There was a concern to reduce the cultural differences evident in this community, promoting the participation of different ethnicities in the activities carried out. Also worth highlighting is the mobilization of the population that took place within the scope of participatory budgets and community festivals. (Final Assessment Report, ISCTE-IUL Oct2017) According to the work that AJP has been developing in the Armador neighborhood, it appears that the best results achieved in terms of improving socio-territorial cohesion were obtained with the practice of recreational-pedagogical and socio-sporting strategies supported by the support of local structures. The lack of monitoring of children and young people by families, who are left to fend for themselves and school, school dropout/failure, unemployment, consumption and risky behavior, the not always civic and conscious use of public spaces and the cleaning continue to be mentioned as the main concerns. By replicating the project, we seek to develop skills, respect for others and their surroundings, allowing the promotion of inclusion, cooperation and community cohesion among younger people in an informal and socializing context.

The TIS - Teatro de Inclusão Social project will develop artistic work for social inclusion, with adults with mental illness alongside various situations of social vulnerability, through involvement in cultural and artistic manifestations improving their self-esteem and self-concept enriching and providing the bip/zip neighbourhoods with culture and new experiences.