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R 171401Z DEC 09
FM AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1108
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0578
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 001372 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL ECON SNAR EAID UK MZ
SUBJECT: COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM IN MOZAMBIQUE 
 
REF: SECSTATE 104670 
 
¶1.  (U) Summary: This cable is in response to the request for 
post input on promoting cooperation with the United Kingdom 
(UK) on Africa regional issues (reftel).  Mission Maputo is 
actively engaged with HMG in Mozambique and has longstanding 
cooperation efforts already underway.  These efforts include 
bilateral projects on trafficking in persons, migrant issues, 
the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), 
military assistance, and economic development.  Post 
continues to seek areas for bilateral cooperation with both 
HMG's High Commission and Department for International 
Development (DFID).  End Summary. 
 
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JOINT EFFORTS ON MIGRANTS, ANTI-TRAFFICKING 
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¶2.  (U) Mission Maputo has long been working collaboratively 
with HMG on Africa regional issues.  Post's Small Grant's 
Program is currently engaged in two bilateral projects with 
the UK High Commission in Maputo.  The first project has 
joint funding and participation in assisting Zimbabwean 
migrants in Mozambique.  This project includes a 
comprehensive survey of the migrants and the subsequent 
establishment of income-generating projects.  The second 
venture involves the production of an anti-trafficking in 
persons media campaign.  Post and its UK counterparts are 
working with local music artists to produce, record, and 
disseminate a music recording and accompanying video which 
features an anti-trafficking in persons message prior to the 
start of the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa. 
 
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COLLABORATION WITH DEVELOPMENT COUNTERPARTS 
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¶3. (U) Mission Maputo has also been pursuing collaborative 
projects with DFID.  The Millennium Challenge Corporation 
(MCC) has signed a code of conduct with DFID for the 
Community Land Initiative--a program that provides assistance 
to communities and local businesses to help them register 
their land rights.  This partnership has been essential in 
expanding the initiative to the provinces of Nampula, 
Zambezia and Niassa.  Also, post is working with DFID to 
assist in formulating a clear multinational approach engaging 
Mozambique on the Extractive Industries Transparency 
Initiative (EITI). 
 
¶4. (U) Both USAID and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) in Maputo are currently working with DFID on 
a variety of projects.  USAID signed a partnership with DFID 
for collaboration on governance issues, including support for 
the Electoral Observatory--a civil society organization--in 
advance of recent national elections and a program for 
funding new programs in the educational sector--a recent 
focus of post's Country Assistance Strategy.  USAID and CDC 
are both working with HMG on myriad components of Post's USD 
250 million PEPFAR portfolio. 
 
¶5. (U) Both the USG and HMG have committed to address the 
global health workers shortage.  Mozambique is one of four 
countries where there are both high HIV burden and 
significant health workforce shortages. As such, PEPFAR and 
DFID's International Health Partnership (IHP ) are 
collaborating to address the health workforce shortage within 
the country by leveraging existing initiatives (e.g. PEPFAR) 
and in alignment with an ambitious accelerated human resource 
development plan that has been developed by the government. 
 
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ONGOING MILITARY COOPERATION 
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¶6. (U) DAO is also engaged in ongoing collaboration with the 
UK to support regional security through the creation of a 
Mozambican Army capable of participating in international 
peace keeping operations.  In this project, both the USG and 
HMG are working to upgrade the Moamba military base to 
increase its ability to support base logistics activities. 
DAO has provided USD 150,000 for this project.  The DAO has 
also been working with its UK counterparts on establishing 
English language skills training for the Mozambican army in 
Maputo, Nampula, and Beira.  This project includes the 
installation of more than 40 computer-based language lab 
stations along with materials and training for two language 
instructors. 
 
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COMMENT: COOPERATION ROBUST, COLLABORATION EFFORT ONGOING 
 
MAPUTO 00001372  002 OF 002 
 
 
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¶7. (U) Post shares the strong desire to strengthen our 
partnership and increase collaboration with the UK in 
Mozambique.  Post has proactively reached out to both the UK 
High Commission and DFID and is currently engaged with them 
in numerous multi-level projects.  We will continue to pursue 
areas of cooperation with the UK and other donors here in 
Mozambique in hopes that our collaborative efforts will bring 
about positive change. 
CHAPMAN