About UNICEF

Vision

By 2026, more children, adolescents, and women in Mozambique, particularly the most vulnerable, will have their rights realized and live in a safer environment.

The Programme of Cooperation between the Government of Mozambique and UNICEF aims to support the country in accelerating efforts toward achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The programme strives to meet its commitment to respect, protect, and fulfil children’s rights, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action.

UNICEF’s Programme of Cooperation derives from the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), 2022–2026 and aligns with the Government Five-Year Plan 2020–2024, the National Development Strategy 2015–2035, and relevant sector policies and programmes.

Within the UNSDCF, UNICEF is uniquely positioned to support the achievement of national development targets and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for children in Mozambique and contributes to the following Strategic Priorities (SPs): SP 1 on human development, SP 3 on climate resilience and sustainable use of natural resources, and SP 4 on peacebuilding, human rights, and inclusive governance. UNICEF will also contribute to a lesser extent to UNSDCF SP 2 on economic diversification and sustainable livelihoods which remain critical to addressing multi-dimensional and monetary poverty affecting children.

UNICEF’s Country Programme (2022-2026) responds to key learnings from the previous Country Programme (2017-2021) by prioritizing:

• Greater focus on convergent programming
• Tighter geographic focus on defined provinces, based on identified criteria
• Strengthening of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
• Greater gender integration in emergency preparedness, response and recovery planning and programme implementation, as well as monitoring and evaluation

SDG targets to which UNICEF’s Country Programme contributes:

• SDG 1: No Poverty
• SDG 2: Zero Hunger
• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
• SDG 4: Quality Education
• SDG 5: Gender Equality
• SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
• SDG 13: Climate Action
• SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

UNICEF builds on its humanitarian response programme to enhance social cohesion and equity through strengthening systems. Humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding programmes are interlinked through shared analysis, planning, and joint and convergent results to address vulnerabilities and strengthen community recovery and resilience.

Integrated packages of interventions with inclusion and gender equality are at the heart of programming. UNICEF promotes intersectoral approaches through coordinated and multisectoral efforts to ensure safe, responsive, and nurturing caregiving.

UNICEF partners

Partnerships and collaborative relationships are critical to delivering results for healthy children and realizing their rights. For more than 60 years, UNICEF has been engaging with a broad range of organizations from both public and non-public stakeholders, including children, government entities, civil society organizations, celebrities, academia, foundations, and faith-based organizations, among others. UNICEF Mozambique works hand in hand with the following institutions:

• The Government of Mozambique: Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action (MGCAS); Ministry of Health (MISAU); Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources (MPOPRH); Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN); Secretary of State for Youth and Employment (SEJE)) Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH); Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MINESS); Ministry of Defence (MOD); Ministry of Justice (MJCR), Supreme Court (TS); Ministry of Interior (MINT), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Instituto Nacional de Gestão e Redução do Risco de Desastres (INGD); National Institute of Social Action (INAS); Ministry of State Administration and Public Service; National Institute of Statistics; Office of the Ombudsperson; the National Assembly; Provincial Assemblies 
   
• Public partners: Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Government of Canada, Government of Finland, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Government of Italy, Government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Government of the Netherlands, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Government of the United Kingdom, United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
   
• Multilateral partners: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, European Union, The World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), Central Emergency Response Fund,
   
• Private sector, Foundations and UNICEF National Committees: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Vodacom, TMCel, Movitel, the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, UNICEF Polish National Committee, Japan Committee for UNICEF, National Committee of UNICEF of Spain, UNICEF Sweden National Committee, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Hilton Foundation, Helmsley Charitable Trust, Rotary International
   
• International and National Non-Governmental Organizations (as of December 2022): Action contre la Faim, Helpo, Linha Fala Crianca, Nweti- Comunicacao para a Saude, Associacao Socio Cultural Horizante Azul (ASCHA), Associacao  Coalizao da Juventude Mocambicana, Associacao Mocambicana de Pediatras, Caritas Diocesana de Pemba, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Cruz Vermelha de Mocambique, Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security Dalhousie University, Food for the Hungry Association, AVSI Foundation, Fundacao para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade, Grupo de Teatro os Retratistas, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation MOC, International Child Development Programme, ForAfrika, Kukumbi Organizacao de Desenvolvimento Rural, KULIMA Organismo para o Desenvolvimento Socioeconomico, Malaria Consortium, Medicos Com Africa CUAMM, OLIPA-ODES Associacao para o Desenvolvimento Sustentavel, PCI Media Impact, PIRCOM, Plan International Inc., REDE para o Desenvolvimento da Primeira Infancia, Save the Children Norway, SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL, Terre Des Hommes Italy, World Vision International
   
• UN Agencies: FAO, WHO, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, UNOPS, ILO, WFP, IOM, UNODC