Resolution No. 20/2023 approving the Investment Directives of the Fundo MAIS Fund for the year 2023. Country/Territory Cabo Verde Document type Legislation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim Oficial, Série I, No. 31. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Special fund Food security Poverty Nutrition Social protection Geographical area Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Entry into force notes This Resolution enters into force on the day after its publication and takes effect on 1 January 2023. Abstract This Resolution, under art. 8 of Decree-Law No. 3/2023, establishes that the resources of the Fundo MAIS Fund are allocated in accordance with the attached table, considering that: a) 80% of the Fund are destined to social transfers of income to families classified in the Group I of the Social Registry, within the Social Inclusion Income Programme (RSI), under the terms of Decree-Law No. 41/2020 of 2 April, defining the National Strategy for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty 2022-2023; b) 20% of the resources of the Fund are allocated to care projects and reinforcement of social protection for families in situations of extreme social vulnerability, prioritizing children and adolescents. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 3/2023 creating the Social Fund called “Fundo MAIS”. Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2023 Keyword: Special fund, Food security, Poverty, Nutrition, Social protection, Gender Source: FAO, FAOLEX