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Press Release
Meeting of the Council of Ministers on November 17th, 2021
The Council of Ministers met, at the Government Palace, in Dili and, approved the draft Decree-Law that aims to create the Ataúro Municipal Administration and proceeds to the third amendment to Decree-Law No. 3/2016, of March 16th, amended by Decree-Laws No. 9/2018, of April 9th and No. 54/2020, of October 28th, rectified by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Rectification Declaration No. 4/2020, of December 16th.
This Decree-Law was presented by the Minister of State Administration, Miguel Pereira de Carvalho, and proceeds with the creation and establishment of the Ataúro Municipal Administration, to which additional competences are transferred to add to those already delegated by the Statute of Municipal Administrations and Authorities, in the areas of environment and tourism, as well as defines a special regime for organizing the Ataúro Municipal Administration services.
The Council of Ministers approved the agreement project between Timor-Leste and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for digitization the Chega! National Centre, authorizing its signature by the Minister of Finance, Rui Augusto Gomes.
Under this agreement, KOICA will make a financial contribution in the amount of five million US dollars to build a sustainable management system for the Chega! National Centre.
The project aims to improve the archive preservation system and the management of the centre, by establishing a National Centre for quality Education on History and Peace. Training modules for history teachers will be developed. The project also aims to strengthen national and regional capacities and partnerships for conflict reconciliation, peace building and State building for sustainable development, by organizing national and international reconciliation and peace building meetings.
Lastly, the Council of Ministers decided not to object to the modification of the price and deadline for handover of the construction, provided that it is done in accordance with the law and the contract, regarding the contract for the execution of rehabilitation and maintenance works on the Ermera-Fatubesi road.. The draft deliberation was presented by the Minister of Public Works, Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires. END