The Ministry advocates improving credit strength, creating banking projects and bringing together climate finance, capital markets and national priorities.
The Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) aims to transform the consensus reached at the National Workshop on Credit Solidity and Innovative Financing Solutions into a national roadmap to strengthen sustainable development funding.
The position was presented this Wednesday (23 September 2026), in Maputo, by the National Director of Climate Financing, Albano Manjate, representing the Permanent Secretary of the MPD – Isabel Sumar, at the close of three days of debate with public institutions, financial sector, capital market, cooperation partners and experts.
According to Manjate, Mozambique’s challenge is not only to mobilise more resources, but also to ensure adequate, predictable and sustainable funding, aimed at investments capable of generating productive capacity, employment, future revenue and greater economic and social resilience.
The MPD considers that sovereign credit soundness should be strengthened through macroeconomic stability, debt sustainability, discipline and fiscal transparency, data quality, institutional credibility and quality of public investment. The person responsible also advocated a more regular and strategic relationship with rating agencies, investors and partners, stressing that improving Mozambique's credit position should allow better financing conditions to be negotiated, rather than simply increasing debt.
The ministry also highlighted the need to incorporate natural capital into economic planning, including forests, biodiversity, water resources, fisheries and coastal and marine ecosystems.
Among the next steps, the MPD points to the urgent creation of a pipeline of banking projects, linked with national planning instruments and capable of attracting funding under sustainable conditions.
The roadmap should define short- and medium-term actions, institutional responsibilities, technical assistance needs and coordination and monitoring mechanisms.
The MPD has expressed readiness to contribute to this process and to ensure the link between funding proposals and national development priorities.
The agenda also includes the strengthening of climate finance, the development of the capital market and the responsible use of instruments associated with carbon markets, biodiversity credits and nature-based solutions.
Also in the intervention, the MPD reaffirmed the importance of cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), defending the continuity of technical support, exchange of experience and strengthening national capabilities.
For the Ministry, the ultimate objective is not the financing itself, but the development that it should allow: a more productive and resilient economy, stronger institutions, opportunities for young people and more protected communities.
