Swiss Cooperation
Strategy Mozambique
2017– 2020
Table of content
Abbreviations and acronyms
4
Foreword 5
1 Development context
6
2 Swiss and international cooperation with Mozambique
8
3 Past achievements and lessons learned 2012–2016
9
4 Implications for the Swiss Cooperation Strategy 2017–2020
11
5 Priorities and objectives
12
6 Programme management and implementation
15
Abbreviations and acronyms
ARI Aggregated Reference Indicators BICA Agenda Nacional de Integridade nos
Negócios
CHF Swiss franc
CIP Center for Public Integrity
CPI Centro de Promoção de Investimentos CSO Civil society organisation
CSPM Conflict-Sensitive Programme Management
DFID Department for International Development
DNAAS Direcção Nacional de Abastecimento de Água e Saneamento
EC European Commission
SENAP Southern Africa, East and North Africa, Occupied Palestinian Territory Division
EU European Union
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FRELIMO Frente da Libertaçâo de Moçambique GDP Gross domestic product
GoM Government of Mozambique
GoTAS Governance, WatSan and Health Project SDC
HDI Human Development Index ICS Internal Control System IMF International Monetary Fund INE Instituto Nacional de Estatística INOVAGRO Private Sector Project SDC ItC Iniciativas de Terras Comunitarias LGMI Local Governance Monitoring Initiative MBFM Microbanco Futuro Mozambique MEF Ministry of Economy and Finances MERV SDC Monitoring System for
Development-Relevant Changes MISAU Health Ministry
MITADER Ministério da Terra Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural
MOPHRH Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources
MSD Market Systems Development Approach (former M4P)
MZN Mozambique, Metical
NGO Non-governmental organisation ODA Official Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OMR Observatorio do Meio Rural PES Annual Economic and Social Plan PESS Health Sector Strategic Plan PFM Public Financial Management PIPED Plano de Implementação de Política e
Estratégia de Desenvolvimento PQG Plano Quinquenal do Governo
2015–2019
PROGOAS Programa de Governação de Agua de Saneamento Rural
PROSAUDE Health Sector Common Fund P4H Social Health Protection Network QAD Quadro de Avaliação de Desempenho RENAMO Resistência Nacional de Moçambique SADC Southern African Development
Community
SAM Social Accountability Monitor SDC Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation
SECO Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
SERI Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
SME Small and medium-sized enterprises TA Technical Assistance
TVET Technical vocational education and training
UN United Nations
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICEF United Nations Children Fund WASH Water, sanitation and hygiene WatSan Water and sanitation
The development partnership between the govern-ments of Switzerland and Mozambique goes back to the mid-1970s. Since the first peace agreement in 1992, Switzerland has continuously increased its de-velopment cooperation. The combined competences and resources of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have helped national partners bring about important achievements in the areas of economic development, health, water and sanitation, governance and civil society empower-ment. Poverty has declined over time.
The new Federal Council’s Dispatch on Switzerland’s International Cooperation 2017–2020 reconfirms Mozambique as a priority country for Swiss devel-opment cooperation. Indeed, the deteriorating eco-nomic landscape, the rekindled conflict between the main political parties and the inability to cope with the rapidly growing population are obvious threats to social cohesion and stability, giving rise to inequali-ties, a growing mass of jobless youth, corruption, and unequal access to natural resources and public services.
The coming years are crucial for Mozambique’s peace and sustainable development. In line with the values of Swiss foreign policy and comparative advantages, Switzerland is ready to assist the government of Mo-zambique in fulfilling its responsibility to foster inclu-sive growth and to reduce poverty further.
To this end, guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sus-tainable Development and within the framework of Mozambique’s five-year plan, Switzerland will help strengthen governance at the local level. It will con-tribute to more equitable, efficient and accountable access to and use of financial and natural resources; it will help create market and income opportunities for young people and women and strengthen eco-nomic management; and it will strive to improve the health conditions of vulnerable people. Besides ac-tivities with a national reach, the focus on the rural areas of the three northern provinces of Niassa, Nam-pula and Cabo Delgado will remain.
This publication begins by providing an overview of Mozambique’s political, economic and social context. It subsequently discusses the rationale for Swiss-Mozambican cooperation and goes on to outline achievements during the previous strategy cycle and to identify lessons learned. Building on this analysis, implications for the new Swiss Cooperation Strat-egy are drawn. Chapter 5 describes the goals and expected outcomes for Swiss cooperation with Mo-zambique for the 2017–2020 period.
I am confident that the priorities set out in the pre-sent strategy are particularly relevant to peace, stabil-ity, sustainable development and the well-being of the Mozambican people.
Bern, February 2017
Manuel Sager Ambassador
SDC Director-General
Foreword
Mozambique faces its greatest test since the end of the civil war in 1992. Despite its enor-mous potential, Mozambique remains one of the poorest countries in the world, and one with significant economic, political, social and environmental challenges. Armed confronta-tions with the former rebel group, the poten-tially disastrous impact of undisclosed loans and debt on the macroeconomic conditions, and severe drought in the south and centre of the country threaten Mozambique’s stability and the well-being of its people.
Confrontational politics in an already
fragile and violent situation…
Mozambique is one of 56 countries and economies identified as having fragile situations, using the OECD’s States of Fragility Framework.1 Its fragility lies especially in the political dimension.
Two major and closely interlinked developments threaten the country’s stability, inclusive growth, and sustainable, socially equitable development: First, structural inequalities remain high due to weak rule of law, the way that natural, human and financial re-sources are managed, and the country’s vulnerability to external shocks. In particular, the divide between the prosperous city of Maputo in the far south and the rest of the country persists. Formal participatory spaces are largely controlled by the ruling party FRE-LIMO with limited access for opposition members, specifically at district and provincial levels. State in-stitutions remain highly centralised in spite of an on-going decentralisation process. Replication of roles and institutions at central and local levels is impeding efficiency. Government and state institutions at all levels are mainly accountable to the ruling party. The political and economic spheres overlap and the state
1 OECD States of Fragility 2016 HIGHLIGHTS.
remains vulnerable to corruption and other criminal practices. Formal oversight and control is limited. Second, tensions have persisted between FRELIMO and RENAMO, both struggling for power, since the General Peace Agreement in 1992. Decentralisation of political and economic authority to the provinces has been one of the fundamental disputes. In 2012, armed violence resurged and, in August 2015, dia-logue between the two parties broke off completely. Within weeks, the situation markedly deteriorated. The ruling party FRELIMO keeps holding on to its centralist and non-inclusive policy direction, which the opposition RENAMO considers a breach of key elements of the Peace Agreement and the more re-cent 2014 Cease Fire. Both parties have agreed to international mediation, but circumstances remain very tense with escalating rhetoric and violent con-frontations and assassination of political opponents. However, there are first signs of hope, as at the end of 2016 RENAMO announced a 60-day ceasefire and parliamentarians from both sides began appraising models of administrative decentralisation. A possible deal – at best only partial – will be fraught with chal-lenges.
Large and rapidly growing deprived
population…
The Republic of Mozambique has a population of 28 million; almost half of the people are below the age of 15. Projections indicate that the population will almost double by the year 2040, and that the pro-portion of working-age people will grow to around 60%. While life expectancy at birth has increased to 55, it is still ten years less than in neighbouring Tan-zania, for instance.
Mozambique belongs to the group of least developed countries despite massive aid flows from the inter-national community in the last 20 years. Poverty de-clined sharply from a very high 70% in 1998 to 54% in 2002. In 2014, still half of the population lived below the national poverty line. A national house-hold expenditure survey in 2015 revealed modest im-provements in living conditions, mainly in access to services and durable goods, but also demonstrated that inequalities in terms of wealth distribution have increased, as has the rural-urban gap.
In 2015, Mozambique ranked a very low 180th out of 188 countries on the United Nations Development Programme – UNDP Human Development Index. Equitable access to quality health, water and sanita-tion services is at the core of poverty reducsanita-tion, espe-cially in the vast rural areas, but remains an enormous challenge. The percentage of the population using safe sources of drinking water and adequate sanita-tion infrastructure has increased, but still only reaches 49% and 21%, respectively. HIV prevalence among adults is the eighth highest worldwide, namely an es-timated 10.6%. Despite comparatively high female representation in the national parliament (39.6% in 2015), women and girls remain confronted with manifold disadvantages and violations of their rights, particularly in rural areas. Mozambique is among the countries with the highest percentage of child mar-riage and there is a lack of respect for women’s pow-er ovpow-er their own lives. The numbpow-er of primary and secondary schools tripled between 1992 and 2010, but illiteracy remains comparatively high at 21% for males and 42% for females. Since 2003, maternal mortality has persisted at 408 deaths per 100,000 live births, which is among the highest in the world and the second highest in the region.
Liquidity crisis and a
downward-spiralling economy…
Mozambique has been one of the most rapidly grow-ing economies in Africa. Annual GDP growth rates surpassed 7% over the past five years, enabled by large-scale foreign investments in the capital-inten-sive industrial sector as well as significant ODA. This impressive economic expansion was not inclusive, however. The major part of the rapidly growing pop-ulation did not experience tangible benefits in terms of public services or income opportunities. Official unemployment stands at 23% (25% for women); youth unemployment at a staggering 41%. Tens of thousands of Mozambicans migrate each year to South Africa to find work. The low skills level of the labour force remains a significant concern: employ-ers cannot hire qualified workemploy-ers; a critical mass for promoting a culture of entrepreneurship is lacking. Three quarters of the population (87% of whom are women) work in smallholder farming, which is under great pressure from land concessions for industrial farming and from frequent natural disasters. The in-dustrial sector employs a mere 6% of the workforce. Mozambique suffers from extreme climate events. It endures adverse impacts of droughts in the centre and south while devastating floods regularly hit in the north. Even if climatic conditions were favourable, the government’s interest in commercial agriculture distracts from much-needed efforts to improve the productivity and resilience of smallholder farmers. The economic growth rate recently declined to 3.7%. In 2016, the revelation of previously undisclosed ex-ternal public loans seriously undermined donors’ trust, led to a suspension of vital ODA, and plunged the economy in a downward spiral. Mozambique’s already existing high debt burden is estimated to reach 112% of GDP, compared to a regional aver-age of 41% according to the IMF. Mozambique faces significant budget shortages and risks losing its cred-it-worthiness, with an expected negative impact on public services and importation of goods such as fuel and medicines. Positive IMF expectations of 8% and more growth in the long-term, based on an assump-tion of massive investments in natural gas extracassump-tion and higher coal production, are compromised. Nev-ertheless, they are still within reach if Mozambique, together with its partners, manages to improve pub-lic funds management and fiscal transparency and restore economic stability.
2 Swiss and international
cooperation with Mozambique
Switzerland has been active in Mozambique since the mid-1970s; formal development cooperation started in 1979. During the peace process, which led to the 1992 General Peace Agreement that ended the 16-year civil war, Switzerland made significant contri-butions to the demobilisation and rehabilitation of the war-torn country. Since then, it has continuously increased the level of its international development cooperation. Combining the competences and re-sources of the Swiss Agency for Development Coop-eration (SDC), the State Secretariat for Economic Af-fairs (SECO), and the Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs’ Directorate of Political Affairs, its focus has been on economic development, health, water and sanitation, and gov-ernance and the strengthening of civil society. Mozambique is among Africa’s largest recipients of ODA. The donor landscape is complex with more than 60 bilateral and multilateral agencies. In 2014, ODA represented 25% of the national budget or 13% of GDP. The USA (18.8% of ODA) and the World Bank (15.1%) were by far the largest donors, followed by the European Union and UKAID. Switzerland (2%) figured in the midrange segment of donor contribu-tions. During 2012-16, it channelled around 60% of its ODA through the public system.
Several Swiss NGOs and research institutions are also present in Mozambique: Helvetas, Swiss Intercoop-eration and Swisscontact are among the SDC’s main implementing partners.
The future role and form of ODA to Mozambique is unpredictable for various reasons. First, OECD donors are cautious because of a series of disclosures around mismanagement of public funds, lack of fiscal trans-parency and corruption scandals. Second, the influ-ence of traditional donors is gradually declining: an increase in importance of non-traditional donors who invest in the economy and infrastructure and operate outside coordination mechanisms can be ob-served; alternative income from natural resources is anticipated.
Represented by an integrated embassy, Switzerland is a recognised convenor and opinion leader, espe-cially in decentralisation, health and public finance management. Government authorities and civil so-ciety organisations alike perceive Switzerland as an honest broker.
Swiss cooperation with Mozambique will continue to emphasise poverty reduction in line with the values of Swiss foreign policy and with the Federal Council’s Dispatch on Switzerland’s International Cooperation 2017–2020. Assistance will be guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and provided within the framework of Mozambique’s five-year plan. Mozambique is an SDC priority country. The SDC will implement a full-fledged programme formu-lated as part of the present strategy and within the framework of SDC regional and global programmes. SECO will pursue complementary measures, includ-ing support for global initiatives implemented by in-ternational financial institutions.
An evaluation of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy 2012–2016 generally concluded that it was highly aligned with country priorities and policies and with the priorities of the Federal Council’s dispatch, and that the Swiss portfolio demonstrated relevant achievements in all priority areas. At the same time, it pointed out important threats to sustainability, nota-bly fragile political support for decentralisation, con-tested space for public deliberation and civil society engagement, and severe capacity constraints within the public sector and civil society.
Achievements in local governance
Switzerland has supported decentralisation and pro-moted accountability at municipal and district levels in the areas of public administration, land rights, and water and sanitation service delivery.Swiss social accountability initiatives have contrib-uted to greater citizen participation in decision-mak-ing. Participatory spaces supported by Switzerland at district and municipal level showed higher female participation than the national average. Furthermore, today’s most renowned Mozambican civil society or-ganisations were built up and supported by Switzer-land. Their impact and relevance for policy dialogue on transparency, anti-corruption, natural resource and land management is heavily due to Swiss invest-ments in their institutional capacities. In all 153 dis-tricts of Mozambique, Swiss support contributed to more efficient and transparent management of re-sources for service delivery. Addressing not only sup-ply and demand sides, but specifically also working on the interface between the two, was relevant and led to higher tax revenues and better public service delivery.
Furthermore, promoting land governance, commu-nity land delimitation and land titling has increased land security for parts of the rural population. Special attention to land rights and gender equity increased public awareness about specific difficulties women and girls face in gaining access to and use of land. Land governance will gain additional relevance in the context of foreign investments in agricultural land and the extraction of natural resources.
Support for local water systems, including through common funds CFs, was more successful than for the sanitation sector. While more citizens of Cabo Delga-do province now have access to safe water (60% in 2015 compared to 35% in 2011), and the spread of cholera was halted, sanitation coverage throughout the country remains low.
Achievements in economic
development
In the area of economic development, Switzerland has developed a relevant and coherent portfolio at the local and national level.
In the north of Mozambique, where the private sec-tor has traditionally been very weak, Switzerland fa-cilitated the development of agricultural and horticul-tural value chains that have increased the income (by an average of 50% p.a.) of 18,000 poor smallhold-ers, a quarter of whom are women, through access to quality inputs and services. In a complementary ef-fort, a multi-stakeholder national association for the seed sector was established. In Nampula province, Switzerland supported the creation of one of the first fully-fledged regulated microfinance banks in Mozambique. Opened in September 2014, the Micro Bank Mozambique MBFM has served over 10,000 low-end clients, 90% of whom were women. This pioneering but challenging project has great poten-tial to accelerate local private sector development.
3 Past achievements and
lessons learned 2012–2016
Selected accomplishments
Governance
Higher than usual female participation in local decision taking in Swiss-supported districts and municipalities
More influential Mozambican civil society organizations
Agricultural land secu-rity increased
Increase in access to safe water in Cabo Delgado province from 35% in 2011 to 60%
Increased efficiency and transparency in public financial management in all 153 districts leading to higher tax revenues
At the macroeconomic level, the Swiss contribution to capacity building for the National Tax Adminis-tration has led to a twofold increase in nominal tax revenues since 2011. General Budget Support (GBS) combined with technical assistance, provided Swit-zerland an important entry point to engage in policy dialogue at the highest level, contributing in par-ticular to strengthening Public Finance Management (PFM) systems. In 2014, an independent evaluation2 found that GBS had contributed to macroeconom-ic stability and an expansion of publmacroeconom-ic spending on high-priority issues; however, despite increasing ac-cess to public services, it had so far not translated into significant poverty reduction.
Achievements in health
An important accomplishment in the health sector is an increase in institutional birth rates in Cabo Delga-do province from 66% in 2010 to 76%, also thanks to Swiss support for better public finance manage-ment in the health system. The availability of 15 es-sential medicines in Cabo Delgado increased from 52% in 2011 to 60%, but missed the ambitious 90% target due to challenges with the medicine logistics system. On the downside, the performance of the sectoral common fund and the health sector-wide approach in Mozambique was found to be behind expectations in terms of financial weight, impact on overall systemic change and accountability. This has led concerned development partners, including Swit-zerland, to initiate joint revisions of this particular aid mechanism.
2 Independent Evaluation of Budget Support in Mozambique Final Report Volume I 2014. Jointly managed by the European Commission, the Ministry of Planning and Development of Mozambique, and the evaluation departments of Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands and France.
Lessons learned
The evaluation of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy 2012-16 and the consultation process leading up to the present strategy have identified important les-sons.
Overall, work in health, economic development and local governance was and remains highly relevant. Switzerland’s long-term support and persistence, especially in light of political challenges; its partner-ships with state institutions, local communities and civil society; and its knowhow and technical exper-tise were all highly valued. Its parallel work at the national level and in the districts and municipalities facilitated valuable knowledge transfer and central-level policy dialogue. Its careful choice and mix of aid modalities greatly helped to achieve desired results at the national and local level.
Switzerland’s presence in Mozambique has been more significant than its relatively modest ODA contribu-tion. It has been able to leverage its support thanks to its involvement in coordination mechanisms, gen-eral budget support (GBS) and common funds. How-ever, the recent debt-crisis scandal and clear violation of underlying principles for the provision of budget support have once more demonstrated the need for a stable context, sound macroeconomic policies and an adequate regulatory oversight mechanism. Given the size of Mozambique, the unpredictability of overall ODA, and the volatile political and eco-nomic situation, Swiss activities and resources need more strategic targeting. There is scope for Switzer-land to work more on the underlying causes of con-flicts and inequalities to strengthen social cohesion. Selected
accomplishments
Economic
development
Income of over 18,000 smallholders in the north of Mozambique increased by an average of 50% p.a. Access to microfinance for over 10,000 low-end, mainly female, clients in Nampula province National Tax Adminis-tration doubled nominal tax revenues
Strengthened public financial management systems
Allocation of more public funds to high-priority issues
Selected accomplishments
Health
Increase in institutional birth rates in Cabo Delgado province from 66% in 2010 to 76%
Increase in availability of 15 essential medicines in Cabo Delgado from 52% in 2011 to 60%
Mozambique faces a critical period of political, eco-nomic and social transition. The most likely scenario is that tensions between FRELIMO and RENAMO will persist. Structural inequalities will remain high or even increase. Living conditions will stagnate or fur-ther deteriorate for the majority of the population. Four factors therefore significantly affect the design of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy 2017–2020: the changing economic landscape, the conflict between the main political parties, the role of the government, and the rapidly growing population.
The sheer size of the country, insufficient institu-tional capacities, political distractions and insecurity, and the low-skilled labour force will make it an enor-mous challenge for the government of Mozambique to respond to the projected population growth and accompanying increased demand for public services. Thus, further conflict-sensitive efforts to strengthen good governance, decentralisation and social ac-countability are called for, as is a dedicated engage-ment in peace- and state building. Building on its experience, the Swiss embassy is ready to play a fa-cilitating role in the conflict between political parties should the opportunity arise.
A young dynamic workforce and better economic inclusion of women are opportunities to put the economy on a broader and solid footing. To harvest this potential and reduce unemployment, increased improvements to the business environment, employ-ment opportunities, skills developemploy-ment, access to finances and productivity are in high demand. Ag-riculture lends itself as an ideal sector for creating widespread benefits and narrowing disparities, spe-cifically gender inequalities.
Good governance will remain a priority area and at the heart of all Swiss support. Policy dialogue and
technical assistance for decentralisation, public re-source management and social accountability will be intensified, with a stronger emphasis on change at the local level and for poor and vulnerable popula-tion groups. Support for civil society empowerment and participation in policy processes will be strength-ened and include the private sector.
Switzerland will allocate considerably more funding to creating employment and raising incomes in the agricultural sector in the northern provinces. To this end, it will pay more attention to skills development than until now. It will also address the resilience of smallholder farmers and SMEs to climate change, environmental degradation and natural hazards, thereby also contributing to better food security.
De-pending on progress in responding to and manag-ing the debt crisis, Switzerland will continue to work with central-level partners to improve transparency in public financial management, including domestic revenue management, especially in view of increas-ing challenges related to taxation of natural resourc-es wealth. It will explore possibilitiresourc-es for supporting fiscal decentralisation.
Future Swiss cooperation will aim to improve the health situation of the growing population, and especially rural women and young people. Striving for greater impact, the health programme will be implemented through multi-sectoral interventions in health and sanitation. Through the revised health sector common fund, Switzerland will continue to engage in results-oriented policy dialogue and coor-dination where it will focus on primary healthcare, governance and decentralised service delivery. Seeking to maximise impact and scale, Switzerland will use lessons learned at the local level to feed na-tional policy dialogue in all its areas of work.
4 Implications for the Swiss
Cooperation Strategy
2017–2020
Overall goal
The overall goal of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy Mozambique 2017–
2020 is to contribute to poverty reduction by building a more equitable
society and facilitating inclusive growth.
The three Swiss portfolio priorities are: (1) good gov-ernance, by contributing to equitable, efficient, trans-parent and accountable access to and use of financial and natural resources; (2) market and income op-portunities, in particular for youth and women, and economic management for inclusive growth; and (3)
improved health conditions. National policy dialogue and decentralised interventions will reinforce support for service delivery in districts and municipalities with a focus on the three northern provinces where Swit-zerland is already active.
Governance
Switzerland will contribute to national cohesion and stability by improving capacities to manage financial and natural resources at national and local levels. To this end, it will pursue two closely interlinked ap-proaches in partnership with other development ac-tors. On the one hand (outcome 1), it will:
› Strengthen the competences of municipalities and districts in public financial management to ensure efficient and transparent management of resources at the local level;
› Strengthen the organisational capacities of Mozambican CSOs to improve their internal governance and their capacities to advocate for equitable resource management;
› Engage with private sector stakeholders on due diligence measures and generate understanding of conflict-sensitive business management as well as business integrity.
On the other hand (outcome 2), Switzerland will continue to promote inclusive and efficient spaces for governmental and non-governmental actors to engage in dialogue on transparent, accountable and inclusive management and use of resources. Switzer-land will continue its successful support for equita-ble access to and use of land, which will reinforce interventions and results in the area of income and economic development.
Analyses of the realities of women and young peo-ple will ensure that their needs are better included in programme planning and implementation as well as multi-stakeholder dialogue. Research and analyses will also provide a better understanding of particular inter-group tensions and divisions with potential for conflict.
5 Priorities and objectives
Governance
More equitable, efficient, transpar-ent and accountable access to and use of resources
Governance outcome 1:
Decentralised, equitable and trans-parent management of resources by local government/state institutions and civil society organisations as well as enhanced business integrity
Governance outcome 2:
Socially accountable, inclusive and transparent access to and use of resources thanks to constructive multi-stakeholder dialogue between government/state institutions, citi-zens/CSOs and private sector stake-holders
Income and economic development
Switzerland through the SDC and SECO will con-tribute to inclusive growth and equitable sustainable economic transformation. To this end, it will consid-erably expand its support for market opportunities and services. (outcome 1) Following a market system development approach, Switzerland will improve employment and skills development, productivity and competitiveness in agriculture (including access to land, financial services, improved agricultural in-puts and irrigation). It will target skills development interventions in agriculture, financial education andother relevant areas. Given their particular vulnerabil-ity, interventions will benefit young smallholders and women in northern Mozambique. The resilience of farmers facing adverse weather conditions and cli-mate change will also be addressed.
To enhance synergies between the economic mi-cro- and macro levels, Switzerland will promote a sustainable and balanced macro-economic environ-ment (outcome 2), with a strong focus on improving the business environment and growth opportunities for micro- and small enterprises. To sustain previous development results, and complementary with the governance pillar, the focus on public financial man-agement reforms will be maintained - both at the central and decentralised levels - in particular in the area of tax policy and administration to support do-mestic revenue mobilisation. In addition, Switzerland will support economic research and advocacy work by CSOs and academic institutions in critical areas of economic management with a focus on the main determinants of inclusive growth, such as managing natural resources wealth.
Health
Switzerland is well positioned to make a difference in the health sector. At the national level (outcome 1), Switzerland will lead the finalisation of a revised MoU between development partners and the ministry of health with the objective to strengthen the sector-wide approach mechanism. It will actively contrib-ute to policy dialogue in support of a more effective
national health system. It will back decentralisation efforts by promoting decentralised systems that are capable of delivering equitable, efficient and inte-grated quality basic health services that respond to the needs of the population.
At local level (outcome 2), Switzerland will contrib-ute to improved health of vulnerable people living in rural areas of Mozambique by supporting supply and creating demand. It will achieve this through a new multi-sectoral approach to health and its deter-minants (water and sanitation). To influence access to and the quality of health and water and sanita-tion services, Switzerland will empower communities in the northern provinces - especially women and young people - to know and voice their rights and demand accountability.
Income and economic development outcome 1: Small farmers, with a
par-ticular focus on women, and other SMEs, increase their incomes through improved market opportunities, skills development and access to services
Income and economic development outcome 2: Public resources are
mobilised and managed for more inclusive and sustained public service delivery and economic policies
Income and eco-nomic development
Improved market opportunities and economic manage-ment for inclusive growth, for people to benefit equitably from sustainable economic transfor-mation
Health outcome 1:
Sub-national systems deliver more equitable, efficient and integrated health, including WASH, basic ser-vices of high quality that respond to the needs of the vulnerable and dis-advantaged population
Health outcome 2:
Rural communities in the Northern provinces are able to voice their needs and rights, and demand accountability from local govern-ments and basic service providers
Health
Improved health of vulnerable people living in rural areas of Mozambique
Transversal themes
Governance and gender will be strengthened as crosscutting themes. Besides targeted programmes within the governance domain, good governance will be also a fundamental feature of the health and the income and economic development and economic development domains. Governance as a transversal theme will emphasise transparency, anti-corruption, social accountability as well as (financial) decentrali-sation and local governance. A gender analysis of each priority area will be conducted and key gender issues/ challenges will be part of the overall monitor-ing and reportmonitor-ing system.
Due to its relevance and highly negative bearing in Mozambique, HIV/AIDS remains the third transver-sal theme. Support will be provided for implement-ing the SADC HIV/AIDS Strategy in close coordina-tion with the SDC Regional Programme Southern Africa as well as the SDC’s global and multilateral programmes.
In addition, reflecting risks and opportunities of the development context, Switzerland will apply a con-flict-sensitive approach and address climate change and disaster risk reduction, the latter particularly in the income and economic development pillar.
Culture
The Swiss Cultural Programme in Mozambique aligns itself with the Swiss Strategy for Culture and the Mo-zambican government’s plan to strengthen national identity and unity and promote (self-) employment. The Cultural Programme builds on the acknowledge-ment that values, beliefs, arts and cultural practices are key influences on political, economic and social development processes and more generally vectors of societal dynamism. Arts and culture matter for development. The programme aims to involve youth in cultural activities as a means to boost their self-esteem, confidence, sense of responsibility and initia-tive.
Gender
objectives
Switzerland will contribute to closing the gender gap in Mozambique by: Ensuring that quality water and sanitation and health-related services and care are offered to men and women without discrimination
Increasing support for women to overcome difficulties they have in accessing land, finance services and markets Strengthening women’s access to information and the voice of women and girls in formal and informal decision-making processes Ensuring that social accountability processes and the media better reflect women’s needs and concerns
Aid modalities and partnerships
Switzerland will apply a mix of aid modalities. While continued attention will be given to central level policy dialogue, the need for external funding of sector common funds is expected to decrease given anticipated growing domestic revenues. Switzer-land will pay more attention to strengthening local government institutions. Similarly, it will intensify its work with CSOs at the local level. In addition, it will initiate spaces for multi-stakeholder dialogue, includ-ing entrepreneurs. To achieve its objectives, Switzer-land will coordinate and work with selected national and international organisations and Swiss partners, through strategy-relevant formal working groups and other types of alliances. It will lead those sector groups linked to its priority areas of engagement. It will scale up and seek new synergies with multilateral organisations and multi-stakeholder initiatives such as UNFPA, P4H and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). It will increase the level of interaction and collaboration with the SDC global programmes for food security and health and the SDC Regional Programme Southern Africa.Geographical orientation
Beside activities with a national outreach, the cur-rent focus on the three northern provinces of Niassa, Nampula and Cabo Delgado will be maintained and even intensified. Extending parts of the programme to a central province (Zambezia) remains an option depending on how the context evolves.
Swiss integrated embassy in
Mozambique
Switzerland benefits from a privileged and credible position in Mozambique thanks to a trustful and long-lasting relationship. The integrated embassy is active on the political stage where it makes efficient and effective use of opportunities to increase political coherence, create synergies with Swiss international development cooperation and other foreign priori-ties, and to safeguard Swiss interests. The embassy of Switzerland also engages in the economic sphere where it promotes the principles of fair economic de-velopment. The interest of the Swiss private sector in doing business with Mozambique, with some ex-ceptions, is modest, but growing. In 2013, the Swiss embassy supported the foundation of the Swiss Mo-zambican Business Network.
Human resources
The current embassy staffing is adequate for man-aging and implementing the Cooperation Strategy 2017–2020. Cost-effective management will be em-phasised, including the option of increasing the re-sponsibilities of local staff and a possible reduction of the number of expatriates. An active involvement in the political process may require additional resources.
Budget
The total indicative budget (excluding operating expenses) for the four-year Cooperation Strategy 2017–2020 amounts to about CHF 94 million. The SDC budget of CHF 89 million will be almost equally allocated between the three pillars. The income and economic development domain will see a doubling of its share to scale up interventions. The health pil-lar, despite the integration of WASH interventions, will decline, reflecting the anticipated reduced im-portance in financial terms of sector common funds. SECO’s complementary measures will contribute to the income and economic development pillar (ap-proximately CHF 5 million). Moreover, Mozambique will benefit from additional Swiss funding - i.e., through SDC global and regional programmes as well as Swiss contributions to international and mul-tilateral organisations/initiatives and Swiss NGOs ac-tive in the country.
6 Programme management
and implementation
The Swiss Cooperation Strategy is subject to regular monitoring in order to keep track of the effective-ness and relevance of the Swiss programme portfo-lio and to decide on corrective measures. The results frameworks and the monitoring system are built on a perspective of emphasizing national objectives while achievements of the Swiss Cooperation are under-stood as a contribution to achieving these results. The approach aims to integrate the observations at country and Swiss portfolio level and to focus on monitored results at outcome (effect level) in all op-erations.
Monitoring the Cooperation Strategy serves the three-fold objective of (1) programme steering for ensuring relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the Swiss programme; (2) accounting for results (for SDC headquarters and stakeholders); and (3) con-tinuous learning.
Monitoring of the Cooperation Strategy is within the responsibility of the Swiss cooperation office (SCO). The implementation of the Cooperation Strategy for Mozambique 2017–2020 will be monitored at four different levels:
› Development of the wider country context and sector-specific relevant contexts on a (bi-) annual basis to cover context changes with the MERV instrument
› Relevant changes at the level of national objectives: progress made in achieving expected results as stipulated in the framework plans for Mozambique and other national sector strategies
› Swiss portfolio results per domain of intervention to keep track of achievements in the different domains, including using Aggregated Reference Indicators (ARI) that allow the SDC to communicate on achievements across different countries
› Portfolio management of the embassy to verify performance in terms of application of aid modalities, cooperation with partners, allocation of financial resources, gender and other management dimensions
7 Programme steering
Level Focal Area Instrument Periodicity
Country context
› Overall country context relevant for the Swiss Cooperation Strategy › MERV › Political report, › Economic report › HR-report › At least annually: September/October › (more frequently if required) Country development results › Country development results per domain of intervention
› Overall context changes relevant for the Swiss programme
› Specific domain context changes
› Annual report › Every year in autumn
Swiss port-folio results
› Effectiveness of interventions in achieving (annual) targets and contributing to country objectives
› Annual report › Domain and/or
programme reviews, evaluations and studies
› Mid-year review (May) › Annual review (October)
Portfolio management › Effectiveness and efficiency of the Swiss Cooperation Office in supporting the programmes to reach the stipulated cooperation strategy objectives
› Annual report › Office management
report (OMR)
› Financial reports / audits › ICS Report
› Gender Mainstreaming Plan – GEMP and SENAP (Gender)
Annex 2: Financial planning in Swiss francs
The table shows only project fund expenses. Operating expenses are not included.Domain/ Financial Year: 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-20 in %
Income and economic
development (SDC and SECO*)
5 750 000 1 250 000* 7 000 000 1 250 000* 7 500'000 1 250 000* 8 000 000 1 250 000* 28 250 000 5 000 000* 33 250 000 35% Governance 7 000 000 7 000 000 7 500 000 8 000 000 29 500 000 31% Health 8 000 000 7 500 000 7 000'000 6 500 000 29 000 000 31% Other interventions
Culture programmes; small
credits, etc. 750 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 2 250 000 3%
Total indicative SDC Budget
Allocation 21 500'000 22 000'000 22 500'000 23 000'000 94 000 000 100%
General Overview of the projected funds by Swiss Federal Offices:
Financial Year: 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 2017-20 in %
Federal Department of Foreign
Affairs FDFA-SDC 21 500'000 22 000 000 22 500'000 23 000'000 89 000 000 94,5% SECO* (complementary
measures) (approx. 5m)* 5,5%
Total funds by Federal Offices 94 000 000 100%
Besides funds reported in the table, Mozambique will benefit from additional Swiss funding - i.e., through SDC global and regional programmes as well as Swiss contributions to international and multilateral organisations/initiatives and Swiss NGOs active in the country.
A
nn
ex
3:
R
es
ul
ts
fr
am
ew
ork
1
G
ov
er
na
nc
e
Do m ai n o bj ect ive: M or e equi tabl e, ef fic ient , t rans par ent and ac co unt abl e ac ces s t o and us e of res our ces that cont ribut e t o nat ional cohes ion and sta bilit y. Sw iss por tfol io out com es Cont ribut ion o f S wi ss pr ogr am m e Count ry de ve lopm en t out com es Out com e st at em en t 1: d ece nt ral isat io n Dec ent ral ized, equi tabl e and t ran spar ent m anagem ent of res our ces by loc al gov er nm ent /st at e i ns titut ions and c ivi l s oc iet y or gani sat ion s as w ell as enhanc ed bu sines s i nt egr ity Loc al gov er nm ent 1. 1 % of a nnual inc re as e i n muni cipal rev enue s f ro m muni cipal ity ’s ow n res our ces in 2 6 S DC suppo rted m uni cipal ities So ur ce: Pr od em (R epo rtin g N -1) Bas eli ne 20 15: 11 out of 26 m uni cipal ities w ith l es s t han 5% an nu al i nc re as e Tar get 20 20: at leas t 2 1 o ut of 26 m uni cip ali ties w ith a m ini mum an nu al incr eas e of 5% Ref er enc e ARI GO2 /S DG 1 6, 17 : B ud get res ou rc es Civ il s oc iet y 1. 2 Numbe r of S DC sup por ted Moz am bic an civ il so cie ty or gani sat ions wi th inc reas ed c apac ity to f os te r t rans pa rent and gende r eq uit abl e r es our ce manage ment at the n at ional lev el an d i n C abo Del gado , N ampul a an d Ni as sa ( capac ity lev el 3 or mo re ac co rdi ng t o S DC C SO capac ity bui ld-ing c onc ept .) So ur ce : LG M I, La nd -us e r ight s, S A i n h eal th, W iw an an a, Bas eli ne: 0 o ut of /10 Tar get : 20 20 8 o ut of 10 Ref er enc e AR I GO3 /S DG 16, 17 : I llic it f ina nc ial f low s- capac ities Bus ines s i nt egr ity 1. 3 Qual itat ive obs er vat ion of a dhe renc e and ado pt ion of b us ines s i nt egr ity ins trument s by com pani es (n at ional a nd l oc al l ev el) and i mpr ov e t hei r moni tor ing a nd r epo rti ng by bus ines s as soc iat ions So ur ce: CIP , T ra ns pa re nc y I nt er nat ional , C onf ed er at ion of E co no m ic As soc iat ions of M oz am biqu e CT A, Swi ss e mb assy Bas eli ne 20 15: BI CA Bu sin es s i nt egr ity S cor e: 25 Tar get 20 20: BI CA B us ines s I nt egr ity S cor e: 50 or m or e Gender e qui tabl e r es our ce mana gem ent 1. 4 % o f land -us e t itles at tri but ed to the S DC land -us e r igh ts pr ogr am me t o women i n Cabo Del gad o, N ampul a a nd N ias sa So ur ce s: La nd -us e rig ht s pr ogr am m e Bas eli ne 20 15: 40 % of 450 l an d d eli m itat ions /dem ar cat ions at tribut ed t o wom en Tar get 20 20: 53 % of 180 0 l and del im itat ions /de m ar cat ions at tribut ed t o wom en − Impr ov ed gov er nment /st at e c apac itie s t o manag e f inanc ial res ou rc es at dec ent ral ised lev el as an i mpor tant di mens ion of go od gov er nanc e. − Inc reas ed o rga nis at ional capac ity of Moz ambi can c ivi l s oc iet y or gan i-sat ions to adv oc at e a nd l obby fo r eq uit abl e r es our ce mana gemen t. − Enhanc ed b us ines s i nt egr ity and t ran spar enc y of p riv at e s ec tor stak ehol der s in t he mana gement of n at ur al r es our ces . − Impr ov ed nat ional pol ici es and s trat egi es rega rdi ng dec en tral isat ion and r es our ce m anage ment to gua ran tee democ rat ic r ule o f law an d good gov er nanc e. − Mor e sus tai na ble and t rans pa rent ma nagemen t of n at ur al r es ou rc es and env iron ment . As sumpt ions − The gov er nm ent cont inu es to i mpl em ent dec ent ral isat ion pol icy and str at egy ac cor ding t o t he es tabl ished and app rov ed ac tion pl an. − Cont inuous ex ist enc e a nd pol itic al s pac e for m anoeuv re fo r d riv ers o f dec ent ral isat ion w ithi n g ov er nment . − Impr ov ed bus ines s i nt egr ity suppo rts at the s ame time p ro -p oor and pro -pr of it d ev elopment . − At leas t s tat us quo o f s pac e f or ci vil soc iet y at nat ional and loc al lev els regar ding f ree dom of ex pr es sion, fr eedom of as soc iat ion and freedo m of p eac ef ul as sembl y. − Pr ivat e s ec tor st ak eh older s r ec ogni se that cor rupt ion i s a maj or chal lenge and a n obs tac le t o good b us ines s. Ri sks − No pol itic al s olut ion t o t ens ions bet ween RE NA M O and gov er nment and c ont inuous es cal at ion of a rmed c onf lic t. − Reduc tion of sp ac e f or ci vil soc iet y or gani sat ions at nat ion al and l oc al lev els due t o ar m ed c onf ront at ions a nd i nc reas ed pol itic al t ens ion s. − No or lit tle i nt er es t of p riv at e s ec tor st ak ehol der s t o c ompl y w ith bas ic pr inc ipl es of bus ines s i nt egr ity . − Dec ent ral isat ion i s one of the i ss ues spur ring t he c onf lic t bet ween t he pol itic al par ties . Count ry de ve lopm en t out com e 1 Sus tai nabl e and t rans par ent m an agem ent of nat ur al r es our ces and the env ironm ent Cons oli dat ion of dem oc rat ic r ule of law , good gov er nanc e and dec ent ral isat ion Loc al gov er nm ent 1. 1 No. of m uni cipal ities w her e h ar mo nis ed muni cipal financ ial manag e-ment syst em is us ed So ur ce: PI PE D ( DND A - Di rec ção N ac ion al de D es env olv im ent o Aut ár qui co ) Bas eli ne 20 15: 0 Tar get 20 19: 15 Civil s oc iet y 1. 2 Qual itat ive obs er vat ion of spac e f or ci vil soc iet y and freed om of the pr es s at the loc al l ev el and at the nat ional lev el: − Fr eedom of ex pr es sion a nd opi nion/ freedom of the p res s − Fr eedom o f as soc iat ion/ peac ef ul as sembl y − No n-dis cr imi nat ion ( bas ed on O HC HR pr ac tic al gui de f or C SO spac e) So ur ce s: Qu ali ta tiv e: U N Co un try re po rts (O HC HR ), Int er nat ion al N on -Gov er nm ent al O rg ani sat ions - IN GO re po rts (H um an R ight s W at ch - HR W ) Qu an tita tiv e: fre ed om ho us e.o rg / rs f.o rg Bas eli ne 20 15: Fr eed om ho us e: 44 / Rep or ter s w ith out bo rder s: 85 Tar get 20 20: Qu ali tat ive: Inc reas ed s pac e f or civ il s oc iet y Qu ant itat ive: A nnu al i m pr ov em ent of fr ee do m of th e pr ess sco re s Bus ines s i nt egr ity 1. 3 Rank and sco re of Moz ambi que in C or ru pt ion P er cept ion I ndex of Tr ans par enc y I nt er nat ional So ur ce s: Tr ans par enc y I nt er nat ion al C PI re por t Bas eli ne 20 15: Ra nk 11 2 o ut of 18 7 / S cor e 3 0 o ut of 10 0 Tar get : Im pr ov em ent of R ank an d a nn ual im pr ov em ent of C PI sc or es Po lic ies 1. 4 Qual itat ive obs er vat ion of p oli cy impr ov ement an d el abo rat ion a nd impl ement at ion o f ac tion pl ans in t he themat ic ar eas of dec ent ral isa-tion and ge nde r equi tabl e res ou rc e m anageme nt So ur ce s: Gov er na nc e P lat for m , D ec ent ral izat ion w or king gr ou p, G en der wo rki ngst at em en t 2: S oci al A cco un tab ili ty count abl e, inc lus ive an d t rans par ent ac ces s t o and us e thank s t o c ons truc tiv e m ult i-s tak ehol der di alogue er nm ent /st at e i ns titut ions , c itiz ens /C SO s and pr ivat e ehol der s el r and qual ity of mul ti-s tak eh older conf er-alogues /pl at fo rms on k ey d ev elopment is sues for M oz ambi que te d/ ini tiat ed di rec tly by S wi tzer land SD C M apu to 1 p er year m ini mum 2 p er year el ( ur ban s pac es ) qual ity of int er ac tions (pu bli c audi tions ) bet ween loc al go v-nt /st at e i ns titut ions , c itiz ens /C SO s and pr ivat e s ec to r s tak ehol d-nic ipal ities in c ent ral and nor th er n Moz ambi que M uni cipal S oc ial A cc ount abi lity P ro gr am me - M un iS-am /P rod em 6 o ut of 26 21 out of 26 Ref er enc e AR I GO1 /S DG 16 : C itiz en par tic ipat ion inc es (r ura l a reas ) r of com muni ties in C ab o D elg ado, N ampul a an d N ias sa ben e-rom t ax rev en ue s es tabl ished by law (20 % ) on f or es try a nd f au-tat ion ( com muni ty-g ov er nm ent ) a nd num ber of comm uni ties in gado, N amp ula and Ni as sa s uppor te d i n t he n egot iat ion w ith ec tor st ak ehol der s ( commu nit y-p riv at e se cto r) La nd -us e r ight s p rogr am me IT C R ep orts No . o f c om muni ties be nef itti ng f ro m tax re venu es : 61 out 11 5 No . o f c om muni ties su pp or ted i n n eg ot iat ion wi th pr ivat e S ec-tor st ak ehol der s: 03 o ut 15 No . o f c om muni ties be nef itti ng f ro m tax re venu es : 24 4 o ut 244 / N o. o f c om m uni ties sup por ted i n ne got iat ion w ith pr ivat e se c-tor st ak ehol der s: 12 o ut 60 ive: O bs er vat ion of ef fec tiv enes s of w omen ’s pa rti cipat ion and rtuni ties fo r l eade rs hip at al l lev els of dec isi on -mak ing i n p o-onomi c and publ ic l ife i n C abo D elgado, N am pul a and N ias sa. ive: No . of suppo rted Moz ambi can C SO s w ith ge nder pol i-an i n i mpl ement at ion LG MI , land -us e r ight s, W iw anana 2 o ut of 10 w ith ge nd er pol icy / 0 i n i m ple m ent at ion 10 out of 10 w ith g en der pol icy in i m plem ent at ion − Impr ov ed qual ity of ci tiz en par tic ipat ion and i nc reas e qual ity and quant ity of ex chan ge of inf or mat ion b et ween gov er nment /sta te , bus i-nes s s ec tor and c itiz ens /C SO s. − Inc reas ed com muni ty ben ef its from nat ur al r es our ces th ank s t o mul ti-stak ehol der e ngage ment in i ts us e. − Dec reas ed tens ions thank s t o c ons truc tiv e di alogue bet ween al l inv olv ed par ties at the loc al and t he nat ional lev el. − Cit ize n par tic ipat ion i n dec isi on -mak ing pr oc es ses at muni cipal , dis tri ct and nat ional lev els wi ll be mor e ef fec tiv e and g ende r and age equi tabl e. − Mor e inc lus ive, tr ans pa rent and s us ta inabl e manag ement of nat ur al res our ces a nd env iro nment . As sumpt ions − Gov er nment ef fec tiv ely impl ement s l aw on ac ces s t o i nf or mat ion at al l lev els . − The gov er nm ent cont inu es to i mpl em ent pol ici es and s trat egi es rega rdi ng c omm uni ty par tic ipat ion a nd i nv olv ement in nat ur al r e-sour ce us e ( publ ic audi tions bef or e i nv es tment s et c.) . − Pr ivat e s ec tor st ak eh older s r ec ogni se that en gage ment w ith c omm u-nit ies inc reas es thei r ben ef it. − Communi ties int er es ted t o enga ge w ith bus ines s s ec tor . − Fur ther imp rov em ent of ex ist ing par tic ipat or y s pac es and o pennes s for di alogue and d ebat e at al l lev els (c ons ult at ive c ounc ils , dev elo p-ment obs er vat or ies , publ ic audi tion et c.) . − Communi ties cont inu e t o rec ogni se val ue added of pa rti cipat or y spac es and mul ti-stak eh older di alog ue . Ri sk s − No pol itic al s olut ion t o t ens ions bet ween RE NA M O and gov er nment and c ont inuous es cal at ion of a rmed c onf lic t/ar med tens ion and c on-flic t li mi ts c onf idenc e of st ak ehol de rs in ef fec tiv e, independ ent an d trans pa rent m ult i-s tak ehol de r di alogu e. − Par tic ipat ion f at igue of ci tiz ens or C SO s i n mul ti-stak ehol der di alog ue due t o l ac k of res pons es o r c onc ret e res ult s. − St at us quo rega rdi ng (s epa rat ion o f s tat e and par ty?) th e gov er n-ment . − Fur ther dec reas e of comm odi ty pr ice s. − Pol itic al i nt er fer enc e, co -opt at ion of spac es for di alogu e und er mi nes cr edi bil ity and pos sibi lity of voi cing di ver se opi nions . − Dec ent ral isat ion i s one of the i ss ues spur ring t he c onf lic t bet ween t he pol itic al par ties . Count ry de ve lopm en t out com e 2 Sus tai nabl e and t rans par ent m an agem ent of nat ur al r es our ces and th e env ironm ent Ens ur e ef fec tiv e par tic ipat ion of ci tiz ens in dec isi on -m ak ing pr o-ces ses on di str ict and m uni cipal d ev elopm ent Nat ional lev el: 2. 1 % o f r eques ts for ac ces s t o i nf or mat ion by ci tiz ens rec eiv ed sa tisf act o-ry res pons e wi thi n t he timef ra me es ta bli shed by law So ur ce : QAD Bas eli ne 20 16: 30% Tar get 20 18: 45% Muni cipal lev el ( ur ban sp ac es ) 2. 2 Numbe r of m uni cipal ities w ith publ ished budg et s and ex pendi tur e repo rts (26 muni cipal ities in the nor th ) So ur ce: Pr od em (R epo rtin g N -1) Bas eli ne 20 15: tb d Tar get 20 20: eac h m uni cipal ity publ ish es at leas t o nc e Di str ict s/p rov inc es (r ura l a reas ) 2. 3 Numbe r of p rov inc ial and u rban l an d-us e pl ans el abor at ed a nd i mpl e-ment ed So ur ce: PQ G ( M IT AD ER) Bas eli ne 20 14: Pr ov inc e 4 / M uni cipal ities 30 Tar get 20 19: Pr ov inc e 10 / M uni cip ali ties 53 Polic ies 2.4 Q ual itat ive obs er vat ion on pol icy impr ov ement fo r c itiz en’ s par tic ipat ion and i nc lus ive res our ce m anage ment w ith a f oc us on pol ici es fac ilit at ing women and us e par tic ipat ion a nd t hei r ac ces s t o r es ou rc es
3 (4) L in es o f i nt er ven tio n (S wi ss pro gra m m e) R ef. ou tco me 1: Nat ional lev el: − Sy stemat ic pol icy di alogue : a s l ead o f t he dec en tral isat ion w or king gr oup , t he SDC or gani ses at leas t 4 an nual meet ings of th e gr oup wi th par tic ipat ion of al l r elev ant gov er nment st ak eh older s and dono rs enga ged i n dec ent ral i-sat ion pr og ram me s i n or der to ex cha nge on i ns ight s f rom t he i nt er ven tions at the l oc al l ev el and pos sibl e ada pt at ions on nat ion al pol ici es and pol itic s on dec ent ral isat ion . − 2 annual st ee ring g roup meet ings of the muni cipal dev elopme nt pr ogr am me s c hai red by the Mi nis try of P ubl ic A dmi nis trat ion and w ith pa rti cipat ion of al l r elev ant nat ional a nd l oc al s tak eh older s w he re p rog res s of th e pr o-gr am me , pol ici es and pol itic s i n t he f ramew or k of dec ent ral isat ion at the m uni cipal lev el ar e di sc us sed. − The SD C p rov ides tec hni cal adv ice t o t he joi nt commi ss ion i n t he p eac e n egot iat ion on pos sibl e agr ee ment s a nd r ef or ms on dec ent ral isat ion . Loc al gov er nm ent : − Ur ban ar eas /muni cipal ities : inc reas e publ ic f inanc ial manageme nt capac ity of 26 mu nic ipal ities in c ent ral and no rther n Moz am bique t hr oug h c apac ity bui ldi ng of muni cipal pr oc ur eme nt uni ts i n 26 muni cipal ities and i nt rod uc tion of si mpl ified f inanc ial manageme nt sy stem c ombi ned wi th muni cipal gr ant s f or smal l and medi um s ize i nv es tme nt s. − Rur al a reas /d istr icts /p rov inc es : p rom ot e c ont inuous impl em ent at ion of di str ict per fo rmanc e moni to ring s ys tem ( Di str ict D ev elopment Moni to ring - S m odd) , impl ement at ion of nat ional st rat egy and pol icy for d ec ent ral isat ion an d i ts ac tion pl an ( PI PE D) , and s upp or t el abor at ion/ for m ulat ion of a nat ional p ro gr am for di str ict dev elop ment . Civ il s oc iet y: − Cor e c ont ribut ion to s tra tegi c pl ans of 8 Moz ambi can CS Os at nat ion al l ev el and 2 at pr ov inc ial lev el w or king i n the t hem at ic ar eas of nat ur al r es our ce and l and manag ement , gend er e qui ty, trans pa renc y and ant i-c orr up tion , Publ ic R es our ce Ma nagem ent . − Tec hni cal as sis tanc e t o Moz ambi can C SO par tner s i n t he el abo rat ion, a ppl icat
ion and moni
to ring of thei r i ns titut ional dev elopmen t pl ans inc ludi ng s pec ific capac ity bui ldi ng on gender e qui ty, C SP M, and ri sk anal ys is. Bu sin ess int egr ity : − Pr omot e gr ow ing ad her enc e and the adopt ion of bus ines s i nt egr ity ins tru m ent s by compani es , a nd i mpr ov e t hei r moni tor ing and repo rti ng by bus ines s. − Cont inuous a nal ys is of the dr iver s, c ons trai nt s, ac tor s, oppo rtuni ties , inc ent ives and r isk s f or bus ines s i nt egr ity in Moz ambi que. Gender : − Pr omot e equal ac ces s t o and us e of land f or w om en − Adv oc ac y meet ings w ith w omen' s l ea gues , w om en l eade rs , w omen p ar lia ment ar ians and of fic e net wo rk of w omen may or s. − Roundt abl es on l eade rs hip, pol itic al par tic ipat ion and p ow er . R ef. out co m e 2 Nat ional lev el: − Pr omot e, financ e a nd ac tiv ely par tic ipat e i n t he o rga niz at ion of conf er enc es and deba tes on k ey dev elop ment is sues for the count ry (ant i-c or rupt ion, dec ent ral isat ion , t rans pa renc y, res et tlement , n atu ral res ou rc es et c.) . Muni cipal lev el: − Cr eat e, tr ain and ins titut ional ise muni cipal soc ial ac count abi lity moni tor ing commi ttees (S amC oms ) i n 26 m uni cipal ities in c ent ral and no rthe rn M oz ambi que. − Suppor t pr epar at ion and or gani zat ion of publ ic audi ts t o f ac ilit at e pa rti cipat or y debat e on muni cipal budget s pl an s and t hei r i mpl ement at ion in 26 mu nic ipal ities . Di str ict/ pr ov inc es : − Tr aini ng of pa ral egal s at comm uni ty l ev el t o ens ur e or gani zat ion of com m uni ty c ons ult at ion on l and and na tur al r es our ces ac co rdi ng t o the l aw . − Tr aini ng of di str ict admi nis trat ions on legal fr ame wor k o n l and, res et tleme nt and s oc ial ac compani men t of comm uni ty l and del imi tat ions . − Ci vic educ at ion and s tre ngt he ning of loc al s pac es for peac ef ul m ult i-s tak ehol der di alogu e. − Res ear ch and de bat e on t he i m pac t and c onf lic t pot ent ial of bus ines s, ex trac tiv e i ndus tri es , and r es et tlem ent . Gender : − Spec ific tr aini ng f or w omen in l eader shi p, pol itic al par tic ipat ion and mo nit or ing of publ ic pol ici es at loc al l ev el i n o rder to i nc reas e ef fec tiv e pa rti cipat
ion and equ
al oppo rtuni ties fo r l eade rs hip at al l lev els of dec isi on -mak ing i n pol itic al, ec onomi c and publ ic l ife. − Doc ument and r epl icat e bes t p rac tic e t o pr omot e dial og ue bet ween loc al gov er nme nt ins titut ions (d ist rict se rvi ce s f or ec on omi c ac tiv itie s - SD AE ) an d w ome n as soc iat ions in dec isi on -ma king pr oc es ses . − Doc ument and v isual ise w omen' s s uc ces s s tor ies in l eadi ng t he f ight fo r i mpr ov em ent of w ome n's liv es at loc al l ev el. − Roundt abl es w ith w omen o n l eade rs hip, pol itic al par tic ipat ion and po we r.
ces, p ar tn er sh ip s ( Sw iss pro gra m m e) n bud get : C HF 29, 5 m w ith: na tional D ev elopment A genc y ( DA NI DA ), I rel an d, S weden, F inl and, E duc aç ão par a o D es env olv iment o - IB IS , C IP , I ns titut e f or E co nomi c and S oc ial S tudi es - IESE, O M R, C ent ro d e T er ra V iva ( CT V) , F or um Mul her , o s upp or t a nd s tre ngt he n c ivi l s oc iet y i n Moz ambi que (MA SC ), It C, Mi nis try of S tat e A dmi nis trat ion and P ubl ic F unc tion - M AEF P, M IT AD ER , Mi nis try of P lanni ng & D ev elopment - MP D, ME F, 26 Muni cipal ities (c ent er A ss oc iat ion of Muni cipal ities of Moz ambi que AN NA M, P ro vinc ial gov er nment s. e-cent red, equi ty-or ient ed and r ight s-bas ed a ppr oac h. lev el/ syst em ic appr oac h (muni cipal ities , d istr icts /pr ov inc es and nat ion al l ev el) . on dec ent ral ised and s oc ial ly ac count abl e us e of res ou rc es . ar m, C SP M and w or king on conf lic t. n pa rtne rs hip w ith ot her d ev elopment ac to rs at loc al and c ent ral lev els . nan cing of gov er nme nt pr ogr am me s and c or e f un ding of C SO s. on Moz ambi can C SO s. em en t/p er fo rm an ce r esu lts, in cl ud in g i nd icat or s ( Sw iss pro gra m m e) hr ough a common fund or b as ket fund mo dal ity to mi tigat e pol itic al r isk s r elat ed t o s om e pr ogr am me s an d i nc reas es cos t bene fit t hank s t o a c oor dinat ed app roac h of sev er al d onor s w ith t he s ame obj ec tiv e. e p rope r and cont inuous int er nal know ledge m anage ment in k ey a re as of int er vent ion in or der to mai nt ain the SD C’ s gov er na nc e domai n as a pool of ex pe rts w ithi n t he dono r c om muni ty and w ell rec eiv ed adv iser fro m nm ent at al l lev els . dec ent ral isat ion w ork ing gr oup , t he SD C i s abl e t o i mpr ov e t he e ffic ienc y of the dono r c oor dinat ion an d di alogue on thi s s ens itiv e t opi c and inc reas es ef fic ienc y of par tner mi nis tri es . ral isat ion pr og ram me s ( m uni cipal d ev elopment ) w ill be up gr ad ed int o a nat ional d ec ent ral isat ion pr og ram me cons ider ing l es sons lear ned , a nd ex per tis e f or m l ongs tan ding ex pe rti se and c oll abor at ion i n t his ar ea. inue t o bui ld on t he S DC’ s s ys temi c appr oac h t o civ il s oc iet y c apac ity bui ldi ng as innov at ive appr oac h w ithi n Moz ambi que and p roac tiv e s ha ring of les sons lear ned and ex per ienc e wi th maj or ci vil soc iet y s trengt heni ng p ro-me s of ot her d onor s ( EU , D FID , U SA ID , A GI R, e tc.) . at e i nn ov at ive app roac hes a nd int er rel at ions bet we en bus ines s i nt egr ity and c onf lic t s ens itiv e l and and n at ur al r es our ces m anage ment . inue t o bui ld sy ner gies b et wee n the SDC ’s i nt er vent ions in land g ov er nanc e and pr ivat e s ec to r i nt er ve nt ion s i n agr icul tur e a nd ag ribus ines s ( IN OV AG RO ). inue t o bui ld sy ner gies wi th the Human S ec ur ity D ivi sion (H SD ), r egi onal gov er nanc e adv iser and S DC th emat ic net wo rk on c on flic t & human right s f or the SD C’ s i nt er vent ions a nd wor k on nat ional an d s oc ial cohes ion, lic t and s tabi lity . hen cohe renc e and s yne rgi es w ith ec onomi c dev elop ment d omai n; w ith the embas sy rega rdi ng b us ines s i nt egr ity and pol icy coher enc e. ar ex change on bes t p rac tic e a nd l es sons lear ned wi th S DC the mat ic net wor ks on gend er , democ rat isat ion , dec ent ral isat ion and Loc al G ov er nanc e N et wor k ( DD LG N) and c onf lic t & human r ight s. eque nt appl icat ion an d i nt eg rat ion of C SP M i nt o p rog ram me impl em ent at ion as w or king m odal ity .
