Portuguese-speaking Countries

1. Introduction to the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries CPLP
2. Portuguese in the world
3. Camões Institute

The Subject “Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Sub-Saharan Africa

Doctorate: 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 GDP of all the CPLP countries, together, exceeds 1,950 trillion dollars

Observer member countries: Andorra, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Namibia, Mauritius, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, UK, 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, Guinea-Bissau and East Timor. There is a movement to make Portuguese one of the official languages of the UN.

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. The 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