Ministro da Planificação e Desenvolvimento, Salim Valá, (segundo da esquerda para a direita)
Maputo, 14 Mar (AIM) – The Budget Monitoring Forum (FMO), a consortium of Mozambican non-governmental organizations, believes that the National Development Strategy (ENDE, 2025-2044) does not present an ambitious vision towards structural changes for the next 20 years.
The ENDE, a document which will be debated next week at the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, was presented on Saturday by the Minister of Planning and Development, Salim Valá, to four parliamentary committees.
The FMO was invited to take part in the hearing on behalf of civil society organizations.
According to FMO representative Fátima Mimbire, the ENDE does not present an ambitious vision for structural changes for the next 20 years, given that it will be implemened over four parliamentary terms.
“It presents a perspective of maintaining the status quo, with only slight improvements expected in some indicators. For example, we are concerned about an indicator that is central to the quality of governance and even to the receptiveness of investments and the quality of life of citizens, which is political stability”, she said.
For his turn, Valá claimed that when the preparation of ENDE was launched in September 2021, the government consulted all public and private entities, including civil society organizations.
According to the minister, since last October, the ENDE has been revised and it has changed some assumptions.
“This is a new strategy that builds on the previous ENDE for the 2015-2035 period, which was not approved by parliament. It will have to take into account that a 20-year strategy cannot be seen as a static document, a rigid document. There may be changes over the 20 years, and we will always have parliament to oversee government action but the government itself will have to make adjustments with civil society, the private sector, academia, and cooperation partners”, he said.
He added that ENDE 2025-2044 cannot be seen as a government instrument, “this is the country’s instrument, and the various development actors must be actively involved in its implementation.”
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