The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) is meeting in Maputo with the aim of designing strategies for bureaucratic procedures that make it easier for citizens of member states to obtain documents safely.

The CPLP is also seeking to make commercial transactions more flexible through this desire for facilities.

Those present at the meeting analyzed the creation of digital platforms to facilitate access to information and notarial services, the implementation of mechanisms for the mutual recognition of documents and the training of notaries.

"By investing in the modernization of our notarial services, we are investing in the future of our society, ensuring that citizens have access to the most efficient, secure and affordable services, boosting the social and economic development of the CPLP," said Erdman Capela, secretary-general of the CPLP conference of ministers of justice.

The official was speaking in Maputo on Tuesday (23), on the sidelines of a meeting of the community's Working Committee to discuss the strengthening of notary services, legal security of documents and legislative processes.

In Capela's view, new mobility strategies, based on digitalization, could facilitate and boost migration levels in the community.

The proposals come at a time when more and more young people from the CPLP are looking for growth opportunities in the member states.

The presidents of the parliaments of the Portuguese-speaking countries have also been meeting since Monday in Maputo, with an agenda that includes the theme of "Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law", according to the meeting's program.

The 13th Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (AP-CPLP) will assess "Electoral Processes in CPLP Member States" and hold meetings on "Strategy, Legislation, Citizenship and Movement, "Economy, Environment and Cooperation" and "Language, Education, Science and Culture".

Meetings of the women's and youth networks of the CPLP parliaments are also planned.

CPLP members include Mozambique, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor. (Sources: RM, AIM, O País)