November 28th, 2009 - Visit of AFD Africa Department Director to Mozambique
November 23rd, 2009 - Small-Scale Initiatives PROGRAMME - French Global Environment Facility (FFEM)
July 16 & 17, 2009 - Training seminar on environmental economics
June 17th, 2009 - Financing agreement for shrimp farming development
June 5th, 2009 - World Environment Day - World wide release of the french movie HOME
13 April 2009 - AFD signed a financing agreement for Gilé reserve
April 2nd, 2009 - Meeting between the Environment Minister and Donors
February 24th, 2009 - Seminar "Natural ressources and sustainable growth"
February 23th, 2009 - “Sustainable Development: from theories to action”
January 2nd, 2009 - Approval a € 1.5 M for shrimp farming
December 18th, 2008 - Approval of € 1.25 M for vocational training
December 08th, 2008 - Rehabilitation of the POLONA hotel
November 27th, 2008 - Approval of € 1 M for Gilé reserve
November 12th-14th 2008 - Seminar on Investment & Finance for EDM executives
November 3rd-4th - Seminar on conservation areas
October 31st, 2008 - Meeting Ministry of Environment / donors
September 11th, 2008: AFD Press Conference at the CCFM
June 19th, 2008 - AFD signed a € 9M financing agreement with the Ministry of Health
May 14th, 2008 - Visit of the drinking water supply project in Maputo
Visit of AFD Africa Department Director to Mozambique
J.M. Gravellini’s visit to the country, which was intense and operational, concentrated on two keys sectors of AFD activities in Mozambique: infrastructure and support to private and financial sectors.
J.M. Gravellini first visited the Limpopo National Park (contiguous to the South African Kruger Park), which benefits from an AFD € 11 M grant. Then, he got the opportunity to visit projects financed by AFD in the water sector (access to drinking water, € 7 M grant) and in the energy sector (access to energy, € 20 M very concessional loan to the State), during his visit to Maputo's peri-urban areas.
This mission was the opportunity for J.M. Gravellini to focus on the energy sector, which is strategic in this country of huge energy potential, but remains slightly developed (with an electrification rate of 14% in 2009), while the regional context offers a lot of possibilities. He attended meetings with the Minister of Energy and the CEO of EDM (Electricidade de Moçambique, Energy Public Utility) to discuss issues regarding ongoing needs and future activities in the light of international debates about climate-related issues.
He also had meetings with private companies and Mozambican main banks representatives, private and financial sectors' support being one of AFD’s key activity in the country. From the contacts made, it results that, with a high and stable economic growth (more than 5% in 2009) and an improving business environment, the country’s perspectives in terms of economic development are positive and promising. J.M. Gravellini reminded the availability of AFD Group to support the development of public and private companies, banks as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), thanks to its wide range of financial instruments.