Mozambique: MIREME opens Annual Planning Meeting for Mining and Energy Sector

The four-day meeting aims to strengthen coordination, planning, monitoring, evaluation and statistical information management within the Mineral Resources and Energy Sector, with a view to preparing the 2027 Economic and Social Plan and State Budget (PESOE) through a participatory and coordinated process. The opening session was led by MIREME’s Director of Planning and Cooperation, Marcelina Joel, who underscored the critical importance of the meeting in a decisive year for the sector’s public management, with particular emphasis on key legislative and structural reforms, including the approval of the new Local Content Law, the revised Mining Law and Petroleum Law, and the work under way to prepare their respective implementing regulations. In addition to the technical challenges, Joel stressed the need to adopt innovative planning strategies to address limited financial resources while ensuring the sector fulfils its commitments.

She urged participants to make the most of the topics to be covered during the four-day meeting, encouraging open, proactive discussions focused on identifying timely solutions to the day-to-day challenges of governance. “We are confident that, by the end of this meeting, we will have strengthened our skills to improve coordination and the performance of our daily work, fostering greater dynamism and speed in finding solutions to the challenges we face.” During the meeting in Ponta do Ouro, participants will discuss improvements to the procedures for preparing, budgeting and implementing the State Budget, as well as the application of technology in the management of sectoral information.