Ficha do projecto para 00080661

Título do Projecto / Programa

Support to the Electoral Process

Breve Descrição

Free and fair elections and human rights are the key principles of Democratic Governance, which are amongst the most important areas of development. Since the signing of the General Peace Agreement in 1992, which ended 16 years of war, Mozambique has made significant progress towards successfully undertaking multi-party elections with crucial support from its international partners. Since the first general elections in 1994, undertaken with significant support from the UN peacekeeping mission (ONUMOZ), the national mandate for managing the electoral processes has fallen on the National Election Commission (CNE) with the technical and logistical arrangements falling under the Technical Secretariat for the Administration of Elections (STAE). In all electoral cycles, the management of elections was generally considered to be free and fair by international and national electoral observation missions, although in the last cycle, there were administrative challenges that not having been addressed to the full satisfaction of all parties, were perceived as political exclusion of candidates. There were also procedural irregularities in some parts of the country. As part of essential measures to address the main issues, the electoral law is being revised by the Parliament to provide a clearer guidance to the electoral management for future elections. In efforts to consolidate its democracy, the country is entering its fifth electoral cycle (2013-2014) representing accumulated experience by the CNE dating back to the first election in 1994. Throughout all the previous electoral periods, UNDP has provided support to Mozambique including but not limited to coordinating technical assistance to electoral management and providing support for resource mobilization efforts through different funding modalities: multi-donor trust fund, cost-sharing projects and bilateral financing. Since the election process of 1994, Mozambique has seen its main electoral management body (EMB), the National Electoral Commission (CNE) undergoing important changes in its composition and selection, from 21 to the current 13 members with the other EMB, Technical Secretariat for the Administration of Elections (STAE) becoming permanently subordinated to the CNE (although its Director-General is still named by the Prime Minister on recommendation by the CNE). New voters’ lists have been produced and updated. The country has, however, experienced several challenges in its efforts to ensure credible and transparent elections. Despite the good work conducted by CNE and STAE, the voter turnout remains low having decreased from 87 % (1994) to 44,63% (2009). In order to improve the understanding and awareness of the electoral process, CNE and STAE should promote responsible practice of the Electoral Civic Education. Electoral civic education covers aspects of elections such as why and when to vote, addressing voters’ motivation and preparedness to participate fully in elections. It requires an extensive period of time, and not just around elections period, so that the civic responsibility in elections is well internalized within Mozambican population. The project will benefit from the expertise of UNESCO for the dissemination of civic education in the secondary schools and the use of community radios for electoral civic education in local languages. In order to achieve mentioned outputs, UN will work in strengthening EMBs management capacity to ensure free and fair election with inclusiveness of civil society.

Doador

PNUD

Agência Doadora / Agência ONU

UNDP

Código da Instituçao Beneficiária dos Fundos (UGB)

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Informações sobre o Projecto

Situação do projecto

Concluído

Código Moçambicano do Projecto

Código da Fonte de Recursos (FR)

Início - Conclusão Real

2012-01-01 / 2016-12-31

Início - Conclusão Planificado

2012-01-01 / 2015-12-31

Data da Assinatura do MdE/contrato de financiamento

n/a

Implementação Nacional/Regional

Nacional 

Tipo de Implementação

Multilateral 

Informação de contacto

Jose Macamo | +258 21481400 | jose.macamo@undp.org 

Ligação do projecto a Internet

 

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Informação de Financiamento

Modalidade de Ajuda

Cooperação Técnica

Moeda Utilizada

USD

Tipo de Financiamento

Donativo

Inscrito no OE/Fora do OE

Fora Orçamento do Estado

No/Fora da CUT

Fora da CUT

Totais de financiamento

Desembolsos

0 EUR

Compromissos

266.000.000 EUR

Fundos não desembolsos

266.000.000 EUR

Financiamento Histórico

Desembolsos

0 EUR

Compromissos

0 EUR

Financiamento 2012

Desembolsos

0 EUR

Compromissos

252.000.000 EUR

Desembolosos 1º Trimestre

0 EUR

Desembolosos 2º Trimestre

0 EUR

Desembolosos 3º Trimestre

0 EUR

Desembolosos 4º Trimestre

0 EUR

Previsões de Financiamentos 2012

Desembolsos

0 EUR

Compromissos

252.000.000 EUR

Previsões de Financiamentos 2013

Desembolsos

0 EUR

Compromissos

342.000.000 EUR

Classificação

Canal de Entrega

• STAE

Sector DAC

100.0%

15100 Governo E Sociedade Civil, Geral
15161 Eleições

ODM

• Não Aplicável

Provincías Focais

Nacional