Transcript Science and Technology Strategy of Mozambique

South-South Learning Exchange Visit
21-26 June 2009
Skills and Knowledge for Sustained
Development in Mozambique
Mozambique Team:
Victor Bernardo- Head of the Delegation
Carlos Simango
Odete Tsamba
Cláudio Massingarela
Carlos Rojas
Tazeen Fasih
Celso Xerínda
Country Background
Basic Indicators
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Area: 798.000 sq. Km
Population (2007 Census): 20,530,714
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Life expectancy (2007): 36.9
Governance
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Democratic elections
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11 Provinces, 128 Districts, 352
Administrative Locations and 43
Municipalities
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Illiteracy Rate (2007): 47.0%
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GDP – average economic growth rate
(2001-2007): 7%.
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GDP – per capita (2007) U.S. $900
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FDI: US$7.5 billion (2007) – which
generated 20,000 jobs
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Skills and Knowledge for Sustained
Development: experience of Mozambique
 Efforts have been done aiming at
achieving the universal primary
education;
 The PRSP emphasizes the need to improve
and increase the access to technical and
professional education;
 Creation of the Ministry of Science and
technology to lead the process of R&D
initiaves;
Skills and Knowledge for Sustained
Development: experience of Mozambique
However:
 There is a need to continuosly putting
emphasis
in
the
vocational
education
throughout all the levels of the national
education system;
 Education has to be more relevant and
oriented to market demand;
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Skills and Knowledge for Sustained
Development: experience of Mozambique
Business environment focus
 There has been established simplified
procedurers for enterprise registration and
licensing- “one-stop shop”;
 Free economic zones are beeing established;
There is more space for dialogue between
the public and the private sector
 Recently was established the small and
medium enterprises promotion institute;
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Skills and Knowledge for Sustained
Development: experience of Mozambique
Governance:
 In Mozambique good Governance is
recognized as a key of sucess and is highly
considered in Government plans;
However:
 There is still a need to improve the efficiency
of human and financial resources ;
 Red Tap still in place in public sector.
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Study visit lessons to be taken
 Consolidate the national vocational education
system to strenghten the human capital ;
 Invest more on integrated infrastructure:
roads, energy, ports ,communications (ICT
included) for the industrialization of the
country;
Consolidate the free economic zones to
attract more National and FDI flows
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