‘A tiger that wants to become a lion’: Violent forms of agency among youth in Cape Verde

Cape Verdean prison population raised 100% in the last ten years: in this paper I offer an interpretation of this disturbing figure, addressing the issue of young offenders and children in conflict with the law, the perception of youth crime in Cape Verde, and how the government has recently dealt with these issues. Cape Verde currently deploys a repressive approach to the issue of youth crime: in this draconian context, I will follow the application of policies and laws targeting juvenile delinquents as well as the public and media discourse on the issue. At the same time, through interviews with younger inmates in prisons and institutions, I will relocate young offenders’ behavior and activity within their wider social context, providing urgently needed data on the cultural and social dimensions of juvenile offending and violence.

Aplicação da Teoria de Filas na Análise da Capacidade Operacional de um Sistema - Estudo Caso BCA Porto Novo

O presente trabalho tem como objectivo demonstrar a importância da teoria de filas de espera para avaliar a capacidade de atendimento da agência do Banco Comercial do Atlântico da Cidade do Porto Novo em Santo Antão. A procura de clientes que utilizam os serviços da agência é considerado grande, sendo comum entre esses clientes a insatisfação pelo tempo esperado na fila. O objectivo da teoria das filas de espera consiste em obter modelos adequados de situações que envolvem filas, de modo a prever o seu comportamento. Esse comportamento é expresso por diversas medidas de desempenho, designadamente, a taxa de chegada dos clientes e taxa de atendimento do sistema de fila. Com a realização deste estudo de caso foi possível identificar a capacidade de atendimento e simular e analisar o comportamento do sistema, quanto ao tempo de espera na fila e no sistema, tamanho da fila e do sistema. Para a resolução do problema foram então construídos dois cenários a fim de propor melhoria no sistema. The present task has as aim to show a study research based on the queue line to evaluate the capacity of service at the agency of Banco Comercial do Atlantico of Porto Novo City in Santo Antão. The search of the clients who use the agency services is considered enormous, and this clients have in common the dissatisfaction with the time that they wait in the queue line. The aim of the queue line theory is to acquire appropriate model of the situations in which thequeue lines are formed, in order to forsee its behaviour. This behaviour is expressed by diverse measures of performance, relatively the cllients’ comimg rates and the service rates found at the line system, and it was possible to identify the capacity of service and simulate and analise the system’s behaviour considering the time of waiting in the queue line and in the system, the queue line and system’s size To solve the problem were built 2 scenes so that to propose an improvement in the system.

Building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change in the water sector in Cape Verde

Purpose of the evaluation This is a scheduled standard mid-term evaluation (MTR) of a UNDP implemented GEF LDCF co-financed project. It is conducted by a team of an international and a national independent evaluator. The objective of the MTR, as set out in the Terms of Reference (TORs; Annex 1), is to provide an independent analysis of the progress of the project so far. The MTR aims to:  identify potential project design problems,  assess progress towards the achievement of the project objective and outcomes,  identify and document lessons learned (including lessons that might improve design and implementation of other projects, including UNDP-GEF supported projects), and  make recommendations regarding specific actions that should be taken to improve the project. The MTR is intended to assess signs of project success or failure and identify the necessary changes to be made. The project commenced its implementation in the first half of 2010 with the recruitment of project staff. According to the updated project plan, it is due to close in July 201410 with operations scaling down in December 2013 due to funding limits. Because of a slow implementation start, the mid-term evaluation was delayed to July 201311 The intended target audience of the evaluation are:  The project team and decision makers in the INGRH  The GEF and UNFCCC Operational Focal Points  The project partners and beneficiaries  UNDP in Cape Verde as well as the regional and headquarter (HQ) office levels  The GEF Secretariat.