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Mozambique's Higher Institute of International Relations ISRI, in partnership with the University of Valparaiso in Chile, has launched a Masters Degree in Maritime Security. Photo: Notícias
Mozambique’s Deputy Minister of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Henriques Bongece, has stressed that the country needs senior staff able to respond to maritime challenges such as coastal security.
The Minister was speaking on Monday during the launch of a Masters Degree in Maritime Security at the Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI) in Maputo.
Bongece explained, “the Mozambican government took an important step towards promoting the sustainable exploitation of the sea and its living and non-living resources, by developing and approving the strategy and policy relating to the sea”.
In recognition of the strategic importance of the sea and the benefits it can bring to the national economy, in January 2015 the government created the Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters, and Fisheries, with the mission to promote good governance for sustainable development and security.
In his contribution, the Vice-Chancellor of ISRI, Jose Magode, noted, “this year, taking into account that our country has a coastline that extends from north to south over a distance of 2,515 kilometres, ISRI, in partnership with the University of Valparaiso in Chile, has launched a Masters Degree in Maritime Security”.
Dr. Magode said the course is of great importance to Mozambique due to various factors including the sea’s many valuable resources whose exploitation should be part of the country’s sustainable development.
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