Projects

Project: increasing the number of available health personnel in Mozambique Beneficiary: WHO Duration: 2005-2011 Budget: 587.600 euro  The Human Resources for Health programme (HRH) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) aims to reinforce the Mozambican Ministry of Health. By doing so, the WHO gears towards increasing the number of available health personnel, in order to offer better health services to the community. With its 0.03 doctors and 0.21 nurses per 1000 people, Mozambique has one of the lowest densities of health workers in Africa.

Summary: The objective is to amend, for the second time, the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,  to enhance the effectiveness and quality of the ACP-EU partnership. Signed: 22/06/2010 Sanctioned and promulgated: 01/07/2011 Entry into force: 01/04/2017 pdf file884_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (2.11 MB) pdf file884_Decreet.pdf (47 KB)  

Summary: The fourth ACP-EP Convention has been amended in the context of major economic and political changes in ACP countries (democratization process, structural adjustment), in Europe (enlargement, increasing attention to East European and Mediterranean partners), and in the international environment (Uruguay Round Agreement).

Summary: The overriding objective of revision process was to enhance the effectiveness and quality of the ACP-EU partnership. By this amendment ICC, WMD and non proliferation clauses were inserted.

Summary: The Parties wish to strengthen their economic cooperation by creating favourable conditions for investments by investors from one Contracting Party in the territory of the other Contracting Party Signed: 18/07/2006 Sanctioned and promulgated: 08/06/2007 International ratification: 19/06/2009 Entry into force: 01/09/2009 pdf file676_Agreement in English.pdf (185 KB) pdf file676_Decreet.pdf (70 KB)    

Duration: 2010-2013 Budget: 319.709,77 euro Through this agroforestry project the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) will develop a sustainable, cost-efficient way to contribute to greater food security and poverty reduction for millions of farming families in Sub-Saharan Africa. Duration and budget In 2010, a grant of 319,709.77 euros was allocated to the project "Community Agroforestry Tree Seeds Banks (CATS Banks): Building Agroforestry Scaling up Platform for Diversifying Livelihoods Opportunity in Malawi and Mozambique".

Duration: 2012-2014 Budget: 689.755 Through this aid, the Government of Flanders wants to take the development of health care further on the basis of evidence-based medicine (EBM).

Project: strengthening the Mozambican technical education by supporting the building of instruction rooms Beneficiary: Society of the Salesians of Don Bosco Duration: 2009-2011 Budget: 1.800.000 euro At the end of the Mozambican civil war, the Salesian society, among others, devoted itself to help develop the country’s technical education. In 1994, a Salesian network for professional education was created (“Rede Salesiana de Formaçao Profissional em Moçambique”).

Duration: 2012-2014 Budget: 3.000.000 In 2011, the Government of Flanders decided to extend the aid to the World Food Programme (WFP) structurally.  Since 2008, the Government of Flanders has already granted specific support to the country programmes of WFP in Malawi and Mozambique. The current aid covers the period from 2012 to 2014. Duration and budget The contribution for the period 2012 to 2014 amounts to three million euros. Problem definition Between 2007 and 2009, the number of undernourished people rose sharply, reaching the sad peak of more than one billion people in 2009.

On 21 April 2016, the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Development Cooperation between Flanders and Mozambique was approved by the Government of Flanders. The health sector will remain at the heart of cooperation with Mozambique; the Government of Flanders aims to commit annually € 5 million to this cooperation. However, both governments have agreed to place an additional focus on adolescents (10 – 19 years) and more specifically on adolescent girls, as Mozambican teenage girls are very vulnerable in terms of sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Summary: Declaration on strengthening the relations between the Government of Mozambique and the Government of Flanders  Signed: 16/04/2016 pdf file1136_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (66 KB)

Project: demining the province of Gaza in Mozambique  Beneficiary: APOPO Duration: 2009-2013 Budget: 1.200.000 euro Each year, more than 15,000 people worldwide fall victim to anti-personnel mines. Most mines are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

Summary: Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are trade and development agreements negotiated between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partners engaged in regional economic integration processes. Signed: 10/06/2016 Sanctioned and promulgated: 02/02/2018 Agreement in English: https://publications.europa.eu/nl/publication-detail/-/publication/30b46d96-7bd5-11e6-b076-01aa75ed71a1/language-en pdf file1175_Decreet.pdf (70 KB)      

Project: An education and training programme is set up to bring improvements in the nutrition (health) sector. Beneficiary: Danish Development Cooperation Duration: 2011-2012 Amount: 1.000.000 euro Chronic malnutrition still is a major concern in Mozambique.

Project: a financial expert for MISAU to improve the dialogue between the Ministry and the donors Beneficiary: The Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) Duration: 2013-2014 Budget: 358.323 euro The Government of Flanders decided to make a contribution towards BTC (Belgian Technical Cooperation) for the project “Focussed contribution to the health system strengthening of Mozambique”. With this support, a financial expert will be able to assist the working group administration and finances (GTAF) within the SWAp in the health sector.

Project: Health, Education and Adolescents Rights in Mozambique Beneficiary: Ariel Glader Foundation and União a Vida Amount: 880 366 euro Duration: 2020 - 2023 Strengthen the health system and its human capacity, and the service and development of education and health programs, both with strong involvement of adolescents. Via a mobile “adolescent-friendly” health service, both health workers are trained and direct health services are offered.

Project: Leaving no adolescent behind: improving access to inclusive, gender sensitive and quality sexual and reproductive health care services in Mozambique Beneficiary: Doctors for Africa and ICHR-Mozambique Amount: 1 500 000 euro Duration: 2020 - 2023 Strengthening the link between health facilities, communities and schools, with specific attention to excluded young people.

Project: An Inclusive, Positive Deviance Approach to improving Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Services and Communications in Mozambique Beneficiary: PCI Media,  ICHR-Mozambique and TV Surdo Amount: 1 499 795 euro Duration: 2020 - 2024 Increase motivation and sharpen the skills of health professionals who provide information to adolescents about Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through an innovative communication toolkit. There is special attention for young people who live with a disability.  

Project: Strengthening the health system in Mozambique Beneficiary: Population Services Internatonal Amount: 1 500 000 euro Duration: 2020 - 2023 Strengthen the capacity and motivation for delivering Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights services to adolescents. Through training, data analysis to support decisions in health posts and by increasing the demand for SRHR services through a communication campaign.  

Partner: Belgian Red Cross - Flanders Duration: 2013-2014 Budget: 147.840 euro The Belgian Red Cross - Flanders intends to strengthen the first aid activities of 10 national committees in southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) via the International Red Cross. In order to bring this to a successful end, however, the idea is to carry out a baseline study first. For this purpose, the needs, legislative frameworks, policy plans and ongoing activities of each of the different countries will be recorded.