Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries

The Subject “Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters (MIB): International Business, Sub-Saharan Africa

Doctorate (DIB): American Business, African Business

Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries:

Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP):

1. 230 million people;
2. 7.2 of the world's area;
3. Four continents: Europe, America, Africa and Asia;
4. The gross domestic product of all the CPLP countries, together, exceeds 1,950 trillion dollars.

Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries:

The Member States of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and East Timor.

Observer member countries: Andorra, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Namibia, Mauritius, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay.

Main areas of intervention of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP):

1. Agriculture and Food Safety;
2. Science and Technology;
3. Sport;
4. Education and Human Resources;
5. Youth;
6. Environment and Renewable Energies;
7. Migrations;
8. Strategic Plan for East Timor;
9. Health;
10. Telecommunications and Electronic Government;
11. Labour and Social Solidarity.

Portuguese.

Spoken by 230 million people, Portuguese is the language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau and East Timor. There is a movement to make Portuguese one of the official languages of the United Nations.

Portuguese is spoken by 190 million people in South America, 16 million of Africans, 12 million of Europeans, 2 million in North America and 330,000 in Asia.

International Organizations in which Portuguese is used:

1. African Union;
2. European Union;
3. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR);
4. MERCOSUR;
5. Organization of American States;
6. Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries;
7. Latin Union.

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