This document introduces the PPP legal and institutional framework of Cape Verde.

The focus of the AICD country reports is on benchmarking sector performance and quantifying the main financing and efficiency gaps at the country level. These reports are particularly relevant to national policy makers and development partners working on specific countries. 

The Republic of Cape Verde (Cape Verde) is a small island country comprised of an archipelago of ten islands, located off the coast of Western Africa. Unlike many of its neighboring countries, Cape Verde is known for being a stable country, with no history of political coups or social conflicts. Despite its recent graduation from the list of the United Nation’s Least Developed Countries, the government of Cape Verde continues to face great challenges due to the country’s insularity and high vulnerability to exogenous shocks.

The law, Decreto-lei nº 63/2015 13 de novembro de 2015, defines the general rules applicable to the State's performance in prioritizing, designing, preparing, hearing and consulting public, tender, adjudication, alteration, inspection, global monitoring and extinction of public-private partnerships, PPP. 

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The Unit for State Business Sector Monitoring (UASE) results from the merger of the Unit for Privatizations and Public-private Partnerships (UPPPP) and the State Subsidiaries Service.