Government of Timor-Leste

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• 03 of May of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on May 3rd, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - first amendment to the Statutes of the National Commission for Trade Facilitation (CONFAC);
  
  2 - Municipal Land Management Plans (PMOT) of Bobonaro and Ermera;
  
  3 - 2023-2028 Readjusted Strategic Development Plan.

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• 27 of April of 2023Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 27th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - National Secretariat for Accession to the World Trade Organization;
  
  2 - authorise expenses for the transfer of funds from the General State Budget, Program "401 Management of Petroleum and Mineral Resources" from the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (MPM), to the public company TIMOR GAP, E.P., in the amount of US$ 54 million; and
  
  3 - procurement procedures OCB/001/MTC-2022 and RFP/066/MTC-2022, concerning, respectively, the design and construction of the runway, taxiway, control tower, and aircraft parking area of the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, and the project management of the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Development Project.

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• 26 of April of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 26th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) National Commission of Timor-Leste;
  
  2 - Protection Measures for Timorese Citizens Abroad;
  
  3 - exceptional procedure for military recruitment;
  
  4 - expenditure in the amount of US$ 21.1 million for the acquisition of shares of Timor Telecom, S.A., and credits thereon, from TPT - Telecomunicações Públicas de Timor, S.A., PT Participated, SGPS, S.A., and Portugal Telecom International Finance BV.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - state of play of the full accession process of Timor-Leste in ASEAN.

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• 18 of April of 2023Day off on April 20th and 21st, 2023

  Day off on April 20th and 21st, 2023

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• 12 of April of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 12th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - extraordinary payment to the former workers of the commercial company "Lorosa'e Segurança, Lda";
  
  2 - procurement of surveillance and security services to critical infrastructures;
  
  3 - National Ocean Policy of Timor-Leste;
  
  4 - procurement procedure for the rehabilitation of the Municipal roads, Laclo - Laclo Vila, Lot 1: Manatuto Laclo section (ICB/086/MOP-2022);
  
  5 - National Land-use Plan (PNOT-TL – Portuguese acronym).

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• 05 of April of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 5th, 2023

  Approved:
  1 - first amendment to Law no. 14/2008, of October 29th, known as “The Education Framework Law”;
  
  2 - Organic Structure of the National Maritime Authority;
  
  3 - set of support measures for micro, small and medium-sized companies;
  
  4 - first amendment to Decree-Law no. 16/2017 of May 17th and the first amendment to Decree-Law no. 7/2017 of March 22nd, concerning the Commercial Registry and the Business Registration and Verification Service, I.P. (SERVE, IP), respectively;
  
  5 - Statute of the National Intelligence Service Staff;
  
  6 - 2024 Major Planning Options.
  
  Analysed:
  1 - Cost-Benefit Analysis Report for the Accession of Timor-Leste to the Interim Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) with the European Union (EU).

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• 04 of April of 2023Day off on April 6th and 10th, 2023, all day

  Day off on April 6th and 10th, 2023, all day

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• 29 of March of 2023Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 29th, 2023

  Approved:
  
  1 - Tourism Activities Framework;
  
  2 - Tourism Authority of Timor-Leste, I.P.;
  
  3 - second amendment to Decree-Law No. 28/2014, of September 24th, approving the Special Procurement Regime of the RAEOA;
  
  4 - second amendment to the Organic Law of the Ministry of Defence;
  
  5 - regime for hiring personnel to support the activities of Timor-Leste's accession to ASEAN;
  
  6 - staffing and exercise of management and leadership of the Technical and Administrative Support Services of the Attorney General's Office and the staffing of the Technical and Administrative Services of the Offices of the Attorney General’s Office of Appeal, the Attorney General’s Office of First Instance and the Administrative and Tax Attorney General’s Office;
  
  7 - 2023 for personnel integrated into the Labour Inspectors Regime and in the General Regime for Civil Service Careers;
  
  
  8 - extraordinary extension of the validity period of e-passports in Timor-Leste, was approved;
  
  9 - presentation of Dr Zacarias Albano da Costa's reapplication to Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries for another two-year term;
  
  10 - ballot papers for the parliamentary election of May 21st, 2023;
  
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - rpresentation on the response to the IPC's Acute Food Insecurity classification (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification).

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