Japan supports ILO and Mozambique in socio-economic recovery after cyclone Idai
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 545,454 to ILO’s response to cyclone devastation in Mozambique. This support will help restore damaged rural roads and create local jobs, providing better access and improving resilience in the Manica province.
Maputo, Mozambique – The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 545,454 to ILO’s response to cyclone devastation in Mozambique. This support will help restore damaged rural roads and create local jobs, providing better access and improving resilience in the Manica province.
In March and April 2019, Mozambique was hit by two consecutive tropical cyclones (Idai and Kenneth) that left a trail of death, damage and destruction in their paths. Overall, it is estimated that close to 2.2 million people were left in need of urgent assistance. The damage to the road network and drainage structures such as bridges, drifts and other water crossing structures has also been significant. In Manica, three bridges were badly damaged and 239 km of roads – or 10 per cent of the network – were affected, according to Mozambique’s National Road Authority (ANE).
With the support of Japan, the ILO will improve the resilience and road access of the affected areas of Manica, while creating jobs for the local communities that allow them to generate their own income. The intervention will bridge humanitarian and development interventions by engaging with communities and small-scale contractors to introduce innovative and cost-effective rural road paving and low-level bridge construction techniques in order to develop local capacities to restore and upgrade rural roads that are critical for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the reactivation of the local economy.
As part of the ILO’s Jobs for Peace and Resilience flagship programme and the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP), this action will build on ILO’s long experience in delivering quality infrastructure using employment-intensive methods around the world as well as contribute to both the humanitarian-development nexus and early recovery in support of Sustainable Development Goal 8 “Decent work and Economic growth.” The project is also aligned with the Yokohama Declaration of Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD) 7 and G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment.
The ILO capitalizes on its existing partnerships with key national stakeholders such as the Office for Reconstruction (GREPOC), the Road Training Centre (CFE), the National Road Administration (ANE) and the National Road Fund (FNE), while seeking to establish new collaborations with Japanese companies and specialists. The Government of Japan has long supported humanitarian action in Mozambique and been a key contributor to the Government and partners’ efforts to respond to the increased needs of vulnerable populations in the country. This support demonstrates the solidarity of the Japanese people, who have themselves experienced natural disasters on a large scale in recent years and personally understand the challenges of disaster recovery.
For further information, please contact:
Tomomi Ouchi - Embassy of Japan in Mozambique, (+258-21-499-219/20) tomomi.ouchi@mofa.go.jp
David Marcos-Technical Officer, ILO Mozambique, (+258-21-490305) marcos@ilo.org
In March and April 2019, Mozambique was hit by two consecutive tropical cyclones (Idai and Kenneth) that left a trail of death, damage and destruction in their paths. Overall, it is estimated that close to 2.2 million people were left in need of urgent assistance. The damage to the road network and drainage structures such as bridges, drifts and other water crossing structures has also been significant. In Manica, three bridges were badly damaged and 239 km of roads – or 10 per cent of the network – were affected, according to Mozambique’s National Road Authority (ANE).
With the support of Japan, the ILO will improve the resilience and road access of the affected areas of Manica, while creating jobs for the local communities that allow them to generate their own income. The intervention will bridge humanitarian and development interventions by engaging with communities and small-scale contractors to introduce innovative and cost-effective rural road paving and low-level bridge construction techniques in order to develop local capacities to restore and upgrade rural roads that are critical for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the reactivation of the local economy.
As part of the ILO’s Jobs for Peace and Resilience flagship programme and the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP), this action will build on ILO’s long experience in delivering quality infrastructure using employment-intensive methods around the world as well as contribute to both the humanitarian-development nexus and early recovery in support of Sustainable Development Goal 8 “Decent work and Economic growth.” The project is also aligned with the Yokohama Declaration of Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD) 7 and G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment.
The ILO capitalizes on its existing partnerships with key national stakeholders such as the Office for Reconstruction (GREPOC), the Road Training Centre (CFE), the National Road Administration (ANE) and the National Road Fund (FNE), while seeking to establish new collaborations with Japanese companies and specialists. The Government of Japan has long supported humanitarian action in Mozambique and been a key contributor to the Government and partners’ efforts to respond to the increased needs of vulnerable populations in the country. This support demonstrates the solidarity of the Japanese people, who have themselves experienced natural disasters on a large scale in recent years and personally understand the challenges of disaster recovery.
For further information, please contact:
Tomomi Ouchi - Embassy of Japan in Mozambique, (+258-21-499-219/20) tomomi.ouchi@mofa.go.jp
David Marcos-Technical Officer, ILO Mozambique, (+258-21-490305) marcos@ilo.org