Launching of the draft process of the 2012 National Human Development Report

draft process of the 2012

Maputo, September 2011 – The UNDP has published Global Human Development Reports since 1990. The first Mozambican National Human Development Report was published in 1998. These reports have contributed to and informed the public debate on critical development issues in Mozambique. On September 23rd, the process of drafting the 2012 Mozambican Human Development Report was launched. The topic for the 2012 Report is “Employment”. In her speech at the launch ceremony, the Resident Representative of the UNDP in Mozambique, Ms. Jennifer Topping, encouraged an inclusive and participatory drafting process of the report to ensure its high quality and relevance for the Mozambican context.

Since the first Global Human Development Report was published by the UNDP in 1990, the publication of both Global, Regional and National Human Development Reports have provided intellectually independent and empirically well grounded analyses of development issues, trends, progress and policies. It has stimulated discussions and policy making in areas critical to promoting human development and alleviating poverty throughout the world. Mozambique published its first National Human Development Report (NHDR) in 1998, with the topic Peace and Economic Growth. Since then, the production of a number of NHDRs has contributed to stimulating debates on important development issues in Mozambique. The last NHDR to be published in Mozambique was the 2008, entitled “The Role of the Information Communication Technologies in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”.

The topic for the upcoming NHDR is “Employment”. It is an issue of crucial relevance to the Mozambican development agenda. One of the main goals stated in the government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PARPA 2011-2014) is employment promotion. This is also in line with the Government’s commitment towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). MDG 1 calls for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, through, amongst other things, the achievement of full employment for all, including women and youth above 15 years. The NHDR will contribute to raising awareness on the issue of employment among policy makers and stakeholders, and facilitate a broad policy discussion.

Inclusive and participative process

To insure its high quality and independence, the UNDP has given the Centre for Policy Analysis (CAP) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) the responsibility to produce the 2012 Report under the leadership of Professor Eduardo Sitoe.

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The topic for the upcoming NHDR is “Employment”. It is an issue of crucial relevance to the Mozambican.

One of the main principles of the NHDR’s is national ownership through an inclusive and participatory process. At the public launch at UEM on 23 September, Ms. Topping explained that the broad based participation in the drafting process will be ensured in the following ways: “Participation will be ensured through the contribution of a Consultative Committee of the NHDR, which consists of individuals selected to represent a broad specter of the society, including the Government, Academia and Civil Society. The Consultative Committee will be the main consultative forum for the report authors. In addition, the team of authors will organize several consultative seminars on national and provincial levels, with the aim to collect feedback and input to the process .” The Consultative Committee is Co-chaired by Professor Brazão Mazula and Ms. Jennifer Topping.

The UNDP Human Development Reports

The UNDP has produced Global Human Development Reports on a yearly basis since 1990. With its Human Development Index, these reports have been vastly influential in shaping development and contributing to national dialogue over the past decades. In addition to the annual Global Human Development Reports, UNDP also develops Regional and National Human Development Reports. The reports are commissioned by the UNDP, but developed by independent specialists, to ensure high quality and independence of analysis. The National Human Development Reports are normally published every few years focusing on topics of specific relevance to the national development discourse.

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