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Mozambique: EU inks €148.2M for development programmes in country
5:24 CAT | 31 Oct 2022
Photo: Twitter / @dubravkasuica
The European Union (EU) today signed six financing agreements with Mozambique worth €148.2 million to support development programmes in the country.
“It is really important to stand together these days and provide assistance to people affected by insecurity,” said Dubravka Suica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography after the signing ceremony in Maputo.
“For this reason, the package includes a set of measures specifically dedicated to the north of the country,” which complement EU actions “in the field of building peace and security” in Cabo Delgado, a province affected by terrorism since 2017, she explained.
On the Mozambican side, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Manuel Gonçalves, highlighted the role of the European Union as “one of the biggest bilateral cooperation partners, providing its valuable contribution so that Mozambicans can face their challenges.”
The agreements are intended to fund activities in six areas: education, water and sanitation, energy efficiency and digitalisation, entrepreneurship, culture and resilience in the north of the country.
“Before the end of the year, two additional programmes on nutrition and climate change resilience will be adopted, with a budget of €45 million,” Dubravka Suica added.
I am delighted to sign today a package of 6 Financing Agreements in total of 148.2 million EUR for the benefit of people of 🇲🇿.
Covering ⤵️
✔️Education
✔️Water & sanitation
✔️Energy efficiency & Digitalisation
✔️Digital entrepreneurship
✔️Culture
✔️Resilience in the North pic.twitter.com/ms9xicuDCZ— Dubravka Suica (@dubravkasuica) October 31, 2022
It was a pleasure to meet President of 🇲🇿 @FNyusi.
Mozambique is high on the EU’s political agenda. 🇪🇺 will step up support to youth entrepreneurship in Mozambique to help address rising youth unemployment. #YouthActionPlan pic.twitter.com/IqrRtLNde1
— Dubravka Suica (@dubravkasuica) October 31, 2022
The signing ceremony took place on the same day as the opening of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which meets for three days in Maputo.
The body brings together members of the European Parliament and 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
In Maputo 🇲🇿 for the 42nd Session of ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. This afternoon we will be discussing the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine on food supplies in OACPS countries & beyond, #GlobalGateway & #YouthActionPlan. @EUinMoz @_AfricanUnion @EU_Commission pic.twitter.com/sEGlvBbM97
— Dubravka Suica (@dubravkasuica) October 31, 2022
UE🇪🇺 assina com Moç🇲🇿 Acordos de Financiamento no valor de 148,2 milhões💶 p/ implementação de projectos na Educação, Cultura, Água &Saneamento, Energia,Digitalização e Resiliência no norte.O apoio visa criar impacto transformacional e tangível p/os moçambicanos e futura geração pic.twitter.com/vbD9VZTeLc
— European Union in Mozambique (@EUinMoz) October 31, 2022
42ª Sessão da Assembleia Parlamentar Paritária ACP-UE em curso em Maputo, um exemplo do reforço da cooperação interparlamentar. Presidente🇲🇿 Nyusi, Presidente da Assembleia Nacional E. Bias, e o Deputado @czorrinho abriram a sessão em que participou a VP/Comissária @dubravkasuica pic.twitter.com/SGZqkxQ1ZX
— European Union in Mozambique (@EUinMoz) October 31, 2022
“Global problems that are reflected locally must be resolved through multilateral partnerships, as the case of Cabo Delgado exemplifies, in which the role of the ACP/EU partnership is very important. “ @EP_Development @PressACP @kenilorea pic.twitter.com/fx5MQSUsdq
— Carlos Zorrinho (@czorrinho) October 31, 2022
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