Mozambique

The Belgian cooperation has been active in Mozambique for over 20 years, focusing on improving living conditions through collaboration with Mozambican institutions, the private sector, civil society, and communities. Our programme addresses climate change impacts and sustainable development in alignment with the National Development Strategy.

Climate Finance

Unlocking international climate finance to help tackle the impacts of climate change and promote inclusive and sustainable development pathways remains a challenge for Mozambique.

Enabel’s STEP (Study Fund and Preparation Facility for Energy Transition and Climate Resilience​) plays a crucial role in assisting Mozambican partners to unlock international climate finance. By providing long-term technical assistance and strategic advisory services, the Facility supports the mobilisation of finance for national priorities.

It also pilots innovative financial mechanisms like carbon credits and debt swaps, ensuring that the financial resources are effectively used to promote inclusive and sustainable development across the country.

people sitting in panel on climate finance

Just energy transition

Enabel collaborates with Mozambique to facilitate a just energy transition, vital for the country’s sustainable development.

By supporting efforts to diversify the energy mix and promoting low-carbon solutions, Enabel helps ensure that all Mozambicans have access to cleaner, reliable, and affordable energy services.

The programme addresses the reliance on traditional biomass and aims to provide universal energy access, thereby contributing significantly to Mozambique’s climate-resilient future.

man standing in front solar panels

Sustainable access to drinking water

Enabel has been active in the water sector for almost ten years, providing innovative ideas and techniques to solve Mozambique’s water access and management difficulties and contributing to the introduction of new technologies to irrigation systems.

To do so, we build on the lessons learned of projects on access to drinkable water and in the solar powered irrigation sector, whilst introducing innovations linked to renewable energy, gender mainstreaming approaches and digitisation.

The activities not only reinforce institutional capacities and delivery of public services, but also improve people’s well-being and provide livelihoods and income.

man opening a dam

Disaster Risk Reduction & Management

In response to the frequent climate disasters that impact Mozambique, Enabel supports national efforts to enhance disaster risk reduction and management.

Through the debt-for-climate swap and cooperation programme, Enabel aids the National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, along with other stakeholders, to improve early warning systems and build resilience at all levels.

This approach helps communities better anticipate, prevent, and prepare for climate risks, ultimately reducing losses and damages from extreme weather events.

Risk management of climate emergencies in Mozambique.

Waste Management & Circular Economy

Through the ValoRe project, the cooperation programme supports Mozambican municipalities in transitioning to sustainable waste management systems.

By strengthening the capacities of local actors, including municipalities, waste pickers, and neighbourhood associations, Enabel facilitates the creation of a network of ‘eco-points’ for collecting valuable recyclable materials.

This initiative aligns with national strategies to promote a circular economy, enhancing both environmental sustainability and economic opportunities for local communities.

public worker picking up waste

Contact the Enabel team in Mozambique

Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 264
Maputo
Country Director: Sandra Galbusera

News & Events

News

27 November 2024

Enabel welcomes second mandate of its CEO Jean Van Wetter

Last September, Enabel’s Board of Directors extended the mandate of CEO Jean Van Wetter for a term of six years.

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22 November 2024

Le Prix Awa 2024 récompense 4 cheffes d’entreprises africaines inspirantes

L’Agence belge de développement Enabel a créé le prix Awa en 2022 afin de soutenir et mettre en lumière l’entrepreneuriat des femmes en Afrique et au Proche-Orient.

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20 November 2024

COP29: Enabel welcomes climate financing from the Walloon region for the preservation of lake Kivu and Tanganyika in Africa

The Tanganyika Kivu Water Management Project (TAKIWAMA), with a total budget of 31 million euro, is part of the Team Europe Initiative on Transboundary Water Management in Africa, which aims to improve cooperation between African countries for the sustainable management of shared water resources.

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Events

07 November 2024

EU climate policies and impact on youth in developing countries

In the framework of COP29, Enabel is co-organising a side event to discuss how EU climate policies impact low and middle-income countries.

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Events

25 October 2024

Delivering impact by strengthening collaboration in fragile low-income contexts

In the framework of the 2024 World Bank Group Annual Meeting, Enabel organised a side-event together with Expertise France, GIZ and SNV.

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09 October 2024

Belgium-Rwanda bilateral cooperation – Programme report 2019-2024

The 2019-2024 Belgium-Rwanda Cooperation programme contributed to the advancement of Rwanda’s sustainable development goals, enhanced socio-economic well-being, and fostered inclusive growth.

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