Dear Friends and Supporters of CVJHP,
We are delighted to present a CVJHP Video Update for 2016. Like Americans, Cape Verdeans were swept up in national and local elections during most of the year, which created some delays in cemetery restoration and signage work, but we still made solid progress, as you will see from our video below.
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The newly elected government led by Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva has pledged to expand the already robust partnership we enjoyed under the previous government. Minister of Culture,
Abraão Vicente, proposed an MOU (protocolo) between the government and CVJHP, which was signed in September. The MOU complements our agreements with three municipalities where Jewish heritage is most prominent. The MOU with the central government is key because it paves the way for legislation to classify the cemeteries and other places of Jewish memory as "National Cultural Patrimony," giving them legal protection and visibility on the world stage. The MOU also lays the groundwork for an integrated approach to heritage tourism.
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