state migration service, especially with regard to the ongoing mission of a national plan of action on migration. Bilateral cooperation initiatives The international action of the Ombudsman also involves the establishment and strengthening of relations with counterparts and counterparts, with which he shares the mission of promoting and defending human rights. The Ombudsman participated in a project on the Functioning and Strategy of Communication and Expansion of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Angola, promoted by the Ombudsman of Angola and the United Nations Development Program, which had the following main objectives : i) to provide the Ombudsman’s services with technical criteria and positive experiences in the field of institutional promotion and communication; ii) to promote the relationship between civil society institutions and State institutions by holding a seminar to share knowledge and experience. The first initiative, developed within the scope of this project, was attended by a representative of this state body that, from September 19 to 30, was part of the working group, composed of elements of the Ombudsman of Angola and the Program United Nations Development Program. This group held several meetings with the central services, as well as with the provincial authorities and local representatives of the Ombudsman of Angola in the provinces of Cunene, Cabinda and Huambo. In the last two provinces, there were further enlightenment sessions with civil society. This activity culminated in the holding in Luanda, on September 29 and 30, of a workshop on the theme «Transversality of the Ombudsman’s Role versus Pragmatism – The Decisive Power». This meeting brought together representatives of various transnational regions and subregions, with the presence of the Ombudsman of Angola, the Ombudsman of Cape Verde and the Ombudsman of Portugal, the latter having delivered the communication ‘The Ombudsman of Portugal: mission, powers and challenges’. This event was also attended by the Ombudsman of Namibia and President of the International Ombudsman Institute and the Ombudsman of Kenya. In continuation of the cooperation between the Ombudsman of Portugal and the Ombudsman of Cape Verde, this State body received, on June 7, and from 11 to 14 July, a delegation of the Ombudsman of Cape Verde, aiming to provide information on the system for the promotion and protection of human rights, on collaboration with the United Nations and on the institution’s international accreditation procedure. As in previous years, this state body received from November 22 to 25 a delegation from the office of the Ombudsman of Mozambique, in the framework of cooperation between the two institutions, which he was able to hold in loco to know the good practices | 95