Ministro Baloi anuncia a realização da Conferência Internacional TICAD em Maputo com mais de mil participantes
O Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação, Oldemiro Baloi, anunciou que a cidade de Maputo vai acolher a Conferência Internacional de Tóquio para o Desenvolvimento de África (TICAD), de 23 a 25 de Agosto corrente, que conta com mais de mil participantes registados. Revelou igualmente que estão confirmadas as presenças de 24 ministros dos Negócios Estrangeiros, 7 ministros de outros pelouros e 13 vice-ministros.
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About TICAD
The TICAD Ministerial Meeting is to be held from the 24 to the 25 of August 2017 and will be preceded by a Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) which shall take place on the 23rd of August at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre in Maputo. Japan launched the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in 1993 in order to refocus international attention on the importance and urgency of African development issues as well as to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.
About Mozambique
Area: 801 590 km² Population: 25,930,150 Capital: Maputo Administrative division: 11 provinces (Maputo City, Maputo Province, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Sofala, Zambézia, Tete, Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa). Official language: Portuguese Currency: Metical Time Zone: GMT+2 Telephone code: 258 Religions: Roman catholic 28.4%, Muslim 17.9%, Zionist Christian 15.5%, Protestant 12.2% (includes Pentecostal 10.9% and Anglican 1.3%), other 6.7%, none 18.7% and unspecified 0.7%. Climate: tropical Temperature in Maputo (August): Average maximum: 26oC / Minimum average: 17oC Rainfalls: 10 mm3
Media
The media will be allowed to cover the opening and closing sessions as well as the press conference after the Ministerial meeting. Those who wish to cover the meeting, including the official media and photographers should register online by 15 August 2017. The journalists must register on-line (https://comm.stage.ac/ticad_maputo/press_initial/) and submit a letter (request) from their media agencies to the following e-mail (gabinfo.dic@gmail.com), attaching a copy of their passports (press professional ID card for Mozambican journalists), digital photo and a form (attached to this document) duly completed. Those who are part of the official delegations need to register online first and then will have to send their details, including passport copy, a photo, the duly completed form to GABINFO (Mozambique Information Office), via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique. The request for the use of audiovisual material in Mozambique should be attached to the above mentioned documents, along with the detailed list of the respective instruments for customs clearance. A room with internet connection and other necessary facilities for media activities will be available at the meeting venue. Details of the program and content of the meeting will be made available in the room provided for media professionals. For more information, please contact the following officials at GABINFO in Mozambique: Mr. João Manassés, Director of Information and CommunicationMobile: +258 82 5589132 or +258 82 4355200, E-mail:manassesjoao@yahoo.com.br Ms. Túnia Macuácua, OficialMobile +258 84 1060226 or +258 82 9884677, Email: tuniasabete@yahoo.com.br
Important addresses
Coordination Mr. José António Nhalungo, Permanent-Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; E-Mail: nhalungo@gmail.com Mr. Belmiro Malate, Director for Asia and Oceania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. E-mail: bmalate24@gmail.com Mr. Joel Sele, Deputy Chief of the State Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Mobile: +258 82 3962302, E-mail: fjoel.sele@gmail.com Liaison officers Mr. João Xirinda, Head of Department/ Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Mobile: + 258 84 7494494, E-mail: jxirinda2000@gmail.com Mr. Erasmo Matimbe, Protocol Officer, State Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Mobile: + 25882 392 1616, E-mail: cintya_erasmo@yahoo.fr
Safety and security
The Government of the Republic of Mozambique will make all necessary security arrangements during the meeting. In case the security officers need to carry firearms and radio communications equipment, the respective Government should obtain the “Firearms registration form” and the “Radio communication equipment form” from the liaison officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique and fill in and submit them by 15 August 2017. Formore information, please contact Mr Afonso Pinto: E-mail: afonsopnt91@gmail.com; Mobile: +258 82 5155763.
Assistance during arrival at the airport
At Maputo International Airport, a TICAD Desk will be provided to assist all delegates participating in the meeting, as follows: Upon arrival in Maputo, from private as well as from commercial flights, all delegations will be assisted by protocol officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairsand Cooperation of Mozambique; The Ministerial Heads of delegation will be entitled to transport as specified in the preceding point. Their luggage must be collected by members of each delegationwith the assistance of the Protocol officials; Delegations wishing to come to Mozambique on private planes must submit an application for overflight and landing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs andCooperation of Mozambique, providing the details of the aircraft, points and hours of entry into the Mozambican territory and call sign, through a note verbal, notlater than a week before the date of arrival in the country. For more information, please contact Mr. Marcelino Pinto: E-mail: augustopinto@gmail.com; Mobile:+258 82 5241915.
Transport
The Government of the Republic of Mozambique will provide transportation from Maputo International airport to the designated hotels, as well as, from the designated hotels to Maputo International airport, as follows: Heads of delegations of African countries (ministerial level) will be provided with protocol vehicles and respective protocol officers. The same shall apply to theHeads of Delegation representing ministers from their respective African countries as well as the Heads of Delegation of the Co-organizers. For the purpose of confirmation of the rank of the representation, the Heads of delegation are requested to send in advance a note verbal to the Ministry ofForeign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique through the following addresses: acreditacao@ncs.org.mz and jxirinda2000@gmail.com. The Heads of Delegation of African countries and of the Co-organizers will be provided with necessary transportation from the designated hotel to the venue of meeting and vice versa. For other delegates, the Government of the Republic of Mozambique will provide bus services from the designated hotels to the venue of the meeting and vice versa. The schedule will be announced by the Mozambican authorities in due course. There will be no bus services from hotels that are not included in the attached list of hotels of accommodation. Vehicles with diplomatic registration number plates including from neighboring countries will be accepted and authorized to enter the territory of Mozambique by submitting a request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, which must mention the number of vehicles, the registration number and the names of the respective drivers.