3.4.1 Overview of main structures and trendsInternational
cultural co-operation has mainly focused on the promotion of
Portuguese language and culture. Hence the extensive co-
operation with countries whose official language is Portuguese,
through both the Camões Institute and international platforms
such as the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries
(Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa - CPLP), which
includes Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde,
Guiné-Bissau, S. Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor). In November
2008 this organisation issued a Declaration following an
Extraordinary Meeting of CPLP Education and Culture ministers.
The objective: to encourage the appreciation and use of the
Portuguese language internationally, starting out by appealing
to member states to implement the Spelling Agreement signed in
Lisbon in December 1990. Portugal began applying the Spelling
Agreement in 2010, the aim of which is to encourage the use of
the Portuguese language internationally and implement a