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Mozambique: COTE and CTA prepare consultation conference for Inclusive National Dialogue
12:48 CAT | 22 Oct 2025
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The Technical Commission for Inclusive National Dialogue (COTE) and the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) have announced the holding of a joint conference scheduled for December, aiming to strengthen the active role of the private sector in the country’s peace and economic process.
The invitation was formalised by the Technical Commission during a meeting held this Monday in Maputo with the CTA, within the scope of the public consultation phase for a more inclusive national dialogue. The initiative is based on the understanding that “without peace there is no economic development, without economic development there is no peace”, stated the president of COTE, Edson Macuácua, following contacts between the two entities.
Macuácua said it is essential that the private sector participate actively in the process of national pacification and reconciliation and, in this context, the conference in December represents a crucial moment of dialogue between the state, companies and civil society.
The national public consultation, which began this month at provincial, district and diaspora levels, aims to gather contributions from various segments of society, including political parties, academics, religious confessions, professional organisations, the private sector, among others.
In this context, the CTA will take advantage of its upcoming Annual Private Sector Conference to prepare concrete participation proposals, explained CTA president Alvaro Massinga. The aim was to ensure that the forum serves as a catalyst for the integration of business experience into the political-economic dialogue tables, he said.
During the consultation conference, the CTA will present a set of business proposals for the Inclusive National Dialogue process, which follows an unprecedented period of crisis.
Meanwhile, the CTA announced that, during the meeting with COTE, it shared some “concrete private sector proposals” to “make the dialogue process truly transformative”, including:
The creation of permanent dialogue platforms between the government, political parties, civil society and the private sector, with a binding character and regular monitoring;
- Promotion of inclusive economic policies, focused on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the “engine of the economy”;
- Strengthening the rule of law with legal security and effective guarantee of property rights, essential preconditions to attract and retain investment;
- Strategic investment in human capital, through education, technical training and strengthening management capacity; and
- Encouragement of youth and female entrepreneurship, with programmes for access to financing, mentoring and markets to break cycles of exclusion and dependence.
Also this Monday, at the meeting with the Ministry of Justice, the Technical Commission extended an invitation to that institution to participate in the National Justice Congress scheduled for the first half of next year.
“At today’s meeting, in addition to the invitation extended for us to contribute to the Inclusive National Dialogue, we were invited to participate in the national justice congress. The invitation was made for us to be part of the organisation of the event, and we agreed to that; we will organise it with various colleagues,” said Minister of Justice Mateus Saize.
The Minister of Justice said he was satisfied with the meeting, adding that other activities would be undertaken with a view to achieving reforms in the justice sector in Mozambique.
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