© Enabel - Isabel Corthier

Enabel in Mozambique
Belgium - Mozambique cooperation programme 2023-2028
The Belgian cooperation has been active in Mozambique for more than 20 years. Enabel focuses on improving
the living conditions of the population through close collaboration with the Mozambican public institutions,
private sector, civil society and communities.

Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in Africa. In recent years, Mozambique
has seen increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events compromise the country’s development
ambitions. Belgium’s cooperation programme aims to link different areas of climate-related activities, from
delivery of climate-proof public services to the most vulnerable populations in Mozambique, to transitioning
to low-carbon energy pathways. In doing so, the cooperation programme will contribute to the National
Development Strategy 2015-2035.

Institutional Climate-resilient Gender transformative

Just energy transition Climate finance
strengthening public services approach
Priorities

The cooperation programme aims to consolidate the lessons learned of the Belgian cooperation in
Mozambique, while expanding the support to new emerging themes. The EUR 27,4 million is designed
around two actions:
• a project which will further develop the local experience and expertise in climate-proof public
services related to access to water, energy, waste management and circular economy, as well as
losses and damages to improve the living conditions of the local communities and to feed the
overarching policy dialogue;
• a study, expertise and preparation facility for the mobilisation of climate finance for national
priorities.
Additionally, Belgium and Mozambique have signed an innovative debt-for-climate swap amounting
to EUR 2.4 million, with a focus on losses and damages. It will focus on early warning systems and
building capacity of government and communities for improved resilience against climate disasters.

1 A just energy transition – Policy

dialogue and access 2 Disaster risk reduction
and management

The diversification of the energy mix and the pursuit Mozambique has experienced several climate disasters
of a low-carbon energy pathway for a climate-resilient in the past few years with a significant impact on the
future is at the heart of Mozambique’s sustainable economy (losses and damages of extreme weather
development agenda. However, about 95% of the events estimated at EUR 2.8 billion in 2019).
population still relies on traditional biomass for daily
energy needs, and 60% of the population lacks basic Through the cooperation programme and the debt-
access to modern energy services. for-climate swap, Enabel will support the National
Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
So, providing universal energy access and ensuring and other relevant stakeholders with a budget of
cleaner, reliable and affordable energy solutions to approximately EUR 4.4 million to enhance the
its population are equally vital for Mozambique to effectiveness of efforts to reduce and manage the risks
facilitate its energy transition. Enabel aims to leverage of losses and damages related to climate change. It will
its expertise and its relationship with Mozambique to focus on what can be done to improve anticipation,
work on viable solutions for sustainable energy access prevention and preparedness to climate risks and
and to support the country to consolidate its efforts promote an approach involving central, provincial,
and resources to take inclusive, coordinated and district and community levels.
pragmatic steps towards a low-carbon and climate-
resilient future.

Cross-cutting issues

Triple anchorage Inclusion and gender equality

Triple anchorage will be sought while implementing Inclusion and gender equality will be placed at the
actions at the level of the people (‘operational’ heart of the programme. The programme attempts
level), national level (public institutions) and to go beyond reaching and benefiting women and
international level (level of fostering dialogue/ girls and moves to challenging negative social
collaboration with global initiatives/actors). This norms, values and power structures that lie at the
principle is aimed at ensuring a continuous feeding heart of gender injustice. Projects will aim to create
of constructive dialogue between stakeholders a gender-responsive environment in all institutions,
at both the normative, regulating level and the including partner organisations, to address the
operational level. entrenched inequalities.
 3 Sustainable access to drinkable
and productive water
develop a network of purchase points, called ‘eco-
points’, for recoverable wastes, starting with the ones
that are most valuable like PET, HDPE, PP and metal
cans. The alignment with MAF support to ValoRe –
Enabel has been active in the water sector for almost the national programme that aims at the development
ten years, providing innovative ideas and techniques of waste-infrastructures and the streamline of waste
to solve Mozambique's water access and management value-chain activities – marks a first approach that
difficulties and contributing to the introduction of interlinks investment at central and local level in the
new technologies to irrigation systems. The water waste sector, together with capacity strengthening.
component of the cooperation programme, with a
EUR 3.5 million budget, will build on the lessons
learned of projects on access to drinkable water and in
the solar powered irrigation sector, whilst introducing 5 Climate finance
innovations linked to renewable energy, gender
mainstreaming approaches, digitisation and income-
generating opportunities for communities, including Unlocking international climate finance to help
women and youth. While working within the water- tackle the impacts of climate change and promote
food-energy-ecosystem nexus, the above activities not inclusive and sustainable development pathways
only reinforce institutional capacities and delivery of remains a challenge for Mozambique. Enabel’s ‘STEP
public services, but also improve people's well-being Facility’ will aim at strengthening capacities and
and provide livelihoods and income. act as a catalyst for the mobilisation of finance for
national priorities by providing long-term technical
assistance and strategic advisory services on climate

4 Waste management and

circular economy
finance-related processes and opportunities. With a
budget of EUR 2.5 million, the facility will operate in
close articulation and synergy with the main project
and include support for studies, consultancies and
The waste component of the Belgian cooperation expertise as well as for piloting innovative climate
programme (EUR 2 million), with an additional financial mechanisms such as carbon credits and
EUR 18,6 million of the ValoRe project (financed debt swaps.
by the Mitigation Action Facility-MAF), is aimed
at supporting the transition to a sustainable waste
management system in the municipalities of
Nacala and Nampula. To this end, it focusses on
strengthening the capacity of local actors involved in
the waste collection system, including municipalities,
waste pickers, neighbourhood associations, and

Human rights-based
Innovation
approach

The promotion of innovation and leveraging new By adopting a human rights-based approach
technologies is actively sought throughout the (HRBA), the cooperation programme aims at
programme, whereby inclusion is ensured by targeted reducing inequalities and the vulnerability of
initiatives to close the digital divide, as well as the certain particularly vulnerable groups (right
promotion of innovative financing particularly in the holders), including climate-displaced people
area of climate financing and circular economy. New and refugees and the elderly. The obligations,
technologies will also be leveraged to close the gender commitments and strategies taken by Mozambique
digital divide, accelerate the energy transition, and in terms of human rights, inclusiveness and gender
improve the quality of public services. equality shall be integrated.
Other actions for Enabel in Mozambique
Enabel has partnered with:

Brussels Capital Region Mitigation Action Facility

•  Duration: 2024-2026 •  Duration: 2024-2029
•  Budget: EUR 900,000 •  Budget: EUR 18.6 million
Support renewable-powered water supply systems, Support improved waste management practices
which will be complementary to the Access to in Mozambique and lay the foundations for
Water component of the governmental cooperation the development of a circular economy. This is
programme. complementary to the Waste Management and
Circular Economy component of the governmental
Green Climate Fund cooperation programme.
•  Duration: 2023-2025
•  Budget: EUR 800,000 The Government of Flanders
•  Duration: 2024-2027
Implement a readiness programme to support the
•  Budget: EUR 900,000
Government in strengthening institutional capacities
and coordination mechanisms for accelerating and Support the Ministry of Health with a reinforced
scaling up the mobilization of climate finance in public financial management for the delivery of
Mozambique. efficient health services so communities and citizens
receive the care they need.

About Enabel
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency
also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers
solutions to address pressing global challenges - Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and
Security, Economic and Social Inequality - and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages
about 170 projects in 21 countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Since 2000, Mozambique is one of the 14 partner countries of the Belgian governmental cooperation.

Managing editor: Jean Van Wetter, Rue Haute 147, 1000 Brussel - 05/2024

Belgian development agency

in Mozambique
Av. Kenneth Kaunda, 762
Maputo, Mozambique
T + 258 21 483 453
[email protected]
enabel.be