Figure 11. Structure of the Cabo Verde joint office

time for organizational change. However, the change plan has not been documented. A new organigram was approved, but management change was not developed due to the lack of joint office leadership after the delinking process.

The joint office is organized into operation and programme units, led by a Head of Office. For programme implementation, the office has six portfolios: (i) Governance, Public Administration and Justice; (ii) Education; (iii) SRH and Child Survival; (iv) Child Protection; (v) Environment Biodiversity, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management; and (vi) Employment, Population, Youth Employment and Inclusive Growth. Figure 12 summarizes the current organizational structure of the joint office.

FIGURE 11. Structure of the Cabo Verde joint office

Policy & Strategy

- Senior Economist/shared (P-5) - Programme Specialist for Development - 00150746 (P-3) Accelerator Lab Team

- Head of Exploration (NOB) 138120, So a Silva - Head of Exploration (NOB) 138117, Vladimir Fonseca - Head of Solutions (NOB) 138119 Samory Araujo Communications Analyst-14772(NOB) Natacha Magalhães

Programme Unit Head of the Joint O ce Steven Ursino (D-1)

DRR (P5) - Vacant Executive Associate- 14828-(G-6)* Adalgiza Silves

Internal Organizational Chart Join O ce January 2021

Operations Unit

Programme Specialist Governance, PA and Justice 14768 (NOC) Elisabete Mendes

Programme Specialist ECD, Education-127825-(NOC) Ana Cristina Pires Ferreira

Programme Specialist SRHR, Child Survival (Dev-14807 (NOC) Ana Paula Maxiamiano

Programme Analyst Child Protection-14808 (NOV) Jairson Gomes Police, Planning and Progtamme Integration

- Coordinator (Social Policy) - 127818- (NOD) Vacant - M&E Analyst -127818- (NOB) Carblos Brito - Strategic Planning Associate-127821-(G7) Edson Fernandes

Programme Associates 127822-(G6)- Dema Borges

127823-(G6)- Jean-Claude Borges Programme Specialist Environment Biodiversity, CC, NRM-14841-(NOC) Maria Celeste Benchimol

Programme Specialist Employment Population, Youth Emp., Inclusive Growth-14803- (NOC) Adelaide Ribeiro OPERATIONS MANAGER -34520- (NOC) Salette Bettencourt

HR & Administration

- Administrative Analyst -14784- (NOB) vacant - HR Associate -14838-(G6) Cristina Fernandes - Aministrative Assistant -14789-(G5) Teresa Correia - Senior Driver -14791-(G3) Edson Mendes* - Driver -14794-(G2) Cipriano Monteiro

ICT

- ICT Associate-14783- (G7) Cipriano Almada Finance

- Finance Analyst -14775- (NOB) Jean-Pierre Delgado - Fin. Associate-127826- (G6) Albertina Custodio - Fin. Associate- 127827- (G6) Ana Maria Evora

Procurement & Travel

- Proc. Associate- 14786-(G7) Pedro Gomes - Contracts Management Associate -14780- (G6) Debora Sousa - Travel Clerck- 14833- (G4) Ida Fernandes

Source: joint office

Projects

Obs * members have been made available by the Resident Coordinator *a) To be funded through project funding (if available) Common services Local Security Associate - 15146(G6) Carlos Fernandes

Two important developments have been the establishment of two key strategic intervention units: the Accelerator Lab and the Strategic Policy Unit. The Accelerator Lab was launched in Cabo Verde to explore, map and test innovative solutions to accelerate context-relevant development challenges and progress towards the SDGs and Agenda 2030. Given Cabo Verde’s main challenges and vulnerabilities as a SIDS country, they are working on three pillars: Blue Economy, Tourism, and Digital Economy. The Strategic Policy