The project

Why

The project will be active in Beira, the capital of the Sofala Province, one of the largest cities in Mozambique.

The city is divided into planned areas (hosting 45.45% of the urban population), which have better buildings, road networks and services (e.g. sewerage, water and electricity), and unplanned areas (50.46% of the population), with precarious buildings and infrastructures. The latter are more vulnerable to flooding and the impact of adverse events caused by climate change. Moreover, social and economic conditions in these areas are more precarious.

Due to the destruction caused by the cyclone Idai in 2019 and – to a lesser extent – by Eloise in January 2021, compounded by the effects of Covid-19, access of the Beira population to adequate socio-economic infrastructures has worsened, especially in already vulnerable neighborhoods.

In particular, the Macuti neighborhood, a settlement located on sandy and clayey soil that extends southwards along the coast, with a population of approximately 25,000, is one of the most challenging and representative examples of Beira’s problematic urban development.

The Municipality also faces several organizational challenges. In particular, given the limited financial and technical resources, CMB lacks an adequate number of properly trained human resources. MUDAR helps foster the transition of the Municipality by providing not only tools, but also skills and capacities to better administrate the Municipality and to deliver high-quality public services.

It is for these reasons that Provincia Autonoma di Trento (PAT), in collaboration with Conselho Municipal da Beira (CMB), Università degli Studi di Trento, Universidade Zambeze and Instituto de Formação em Administração Pública e Autárquica (IFAPA), set out to promote integrated urban development and better living conditions in Beira with the MUDAR project.