ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA APROVA NOVA LEI DO SISTEMA NACIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO

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No dia 01 de Novembro 2018, foi aprovada por consenso pela Plenária da Assembleia da República a proposta do MINEDH para a revisão da Lei do Sistema Nacional de Educação. 

Esta lei propõe a escolaridade obrigatória da 1ª à 9ª classe. Altera a actual lei nº 6/ 92 de 6 de Maio, segundo a qual a escolaridade é obrigatória até a 7ª classe, ciclo conhecido como Ensino Primário Completo (que inclui o primeiro ciclo – da 1ª à 5ª classe, e o segundo da 6ª a 7ª classe).

A nova lei introduz dentre outras alterações a redução do Ensino Primário de 7 para 6 classes, com um plano curricular contínuo e em regime de mono docência. Propõe a passagem da 7ª classe para o Ensino Secundário Básico que, por sua vez passará a ser de apenas 9 classes com carácter obrigatório, para que todas as crianças do país concluam o nível em tempo útil. Para tal, as crianças devem ser obrigatoriamente matriculadas na primeira classe no ano em que completam 6 anos de idade. A Nova Lei mantém a gratuitidade do ensino primário.  

Segundo Sua Exª Conceita Xavier Sortane, Ministra de Educação e Desenvolvimento Humano, a revisão da lei do SNE visa garantir uma educação básica, inclusiva a todos os cidadãos nacionais, com alargamento da escolaridade obrigatória. “Com esta Lei pretende-se ainda promover o acesso à educação, a salvaguarda do princípio de equidade de género, igualdade de oportunidades e erradicação do analfabetismo; pretende-se ainda a garantia de uma educação equitativa e inclusiva bem como a modernização e ajustamento da sua estrutura de funcionamento”. 

De entre outras mudanças, a nova lei estabelece que o SNE passa a ser constituído por seis subsistemas nomeadamente:

    Educação Pré-Escolar; 
    Educação Geral; 
    Educação de Adultos; 
    Educação Profissional; 
    Formação de Professores 
    Ensino Superior.   

A revisão da lei do Sistema de Educação surge da necessidade de alinhar e harmonizar a Lei do SNE com as convenções internacionais sobre a Educação e Formação de que o país é subscritor, preconizando um ensino básico de 9 e 10 classes que está consagrado no protocolo da comunidade de Desenvolvimento da África Austral (SADC) sobre a Educação e Formação.    

Oil Explorers to Spend ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in Mozambique

By 

Borges Nhamire

 and 

Matthew Hill

8 de octubre de 2018 16:16 CEST Updated on 8 de octubre de 2018 18:20 CEST

Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg

Companies exploring for oil and gas in Mozambique will spend at least $900 million, boosting the nation’s hopes of becoming a major exporter, Mineral Resources Minister Max Tonela said.

Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos, the state-owned oil company, will have stakes of 15 percent to 30 percent in the projects, Tonela said Monday at a ceremony where the hydrocarbons regulator signed an exploration agreement for oil and gas with Exxon Mobil Corp. The government had previously put the total exploration spend at $711 million.

The offshore concessions are part of the southeast African nation’s fifth licensing round, which Exxon and its partner Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC won in 2015. The companies will spend “hundreds of millions” of dollars in exploration, Jos Evens, Exxon’s country head, told reporters in the capital, Maputo, after signing the contracts. The company is analyzing seismic data and will start a “drilling campaign in the coming few years,” he said.

Mozambique is thought to have enough gas to become the world’s fourth-largest exporter of the fuel. The country hopes companies will start producing from 2022, providing much-needed revenue for a government that has been in default on its commercial external debt since announcing it wanted to restructure in 2016.

The national oil and gas regulator said in 2015 Exxon and its partners would spend $527 million drilling five wells in the three blocks.

The country will probably sign agreements with Sasol Ltd. and Eni SpA of Italy later this month, Tonela said.

Exxon is already developing a floating liquefied natural-gas project together with Eni, and plans to reach a final investment decision on the much larger Rovuma LNG project by the middle of next year, Evens said.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., based in Woodlands, Texas, also plans to make a final decision on its Mozambique gas project next year, which will be similar in size to Exxon’s.

Mozambique government forecasts 4.7% growth in 2019

Mozambique government forecasts 4.7% growth in 2019

The Mozambican government expects the economy to 4.7% in 2019 in relation to this year, according to the proposed Economic and Social Plan (PES) approved by the Council of Ministers yesterday.

“PES 2019 is based on the following macroeconomic assumptions: economic growth of 4.7%, annual average inflation rate of about 6.5%” and “reaching US$ 5.16 billion in exports of goods”, the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy said.

According to Cabinet spokesman Sousa Fernando, it is also expected that Mozambique will maintain Net International Reserves (RIL) sufficient to cover six months of imports of non-factor goods.

At the same meeting, the 2019 state budget draft amounting to 324 billion meticais (EUR 4.64 billion) was approved, and will be discussed in parliament by the end of the year. The State Budget approved for 2018 amounted to 302.9 billion meticais (EUR 4,3 billion).

“In the 2019 State Budget, the allocation of public resources will continue to be directed towards consolidating the democratic process and complying with strategic and priority actions defined in the Government’s 2015-2019 Five-Year Plan for the economic and social sectors that provide basic services to the population,” the document reads.

Although approved by the Council of Ministers, the draft 2019 Economic and Social Plan and State Budget have not yet been disclosed by the government.

Mozambique on Track to Become a World Leading Gas Supplier – One Project at a Time.

Mozambique are looking to establish the country as a world leader within the LNG sector through heavy investment in multi-scale projects. Foreign energy giants such as ExxonMobil and Eni are investing heavily on billion-dollar projects such as the Rovuma LNG Export project, the Mozambique LNG project and the Coral Sul project.

Rovuma LNG Export project:

US-energy giant ExxonMobil has in partnership with Eni and CNPC submitted development plans to the Mozambican government for the first phase of the Rovuma LNG export project.

ExxonMobil intend to design and build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains which will each produce 7.6 million tons of LNG per year.

The Rovuma project’s gas field is located in the Mamba field in block four offshore Mozambique and production is expected to commence in 2024.

The joint venture is also backed by its partners Galp, Kogas and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos, each of which hold 10 percent interest in the project. A final investment decision (FID) is expected in 2019.

Mozambique LNG project:

Another major player for the development of LNG in Mozambique is Anadarko Petroleum. Anadarko is leading a consortium consisting of Japan’s Mitsui and India’s ONGC and the national oil company of Mozambique, ENH, as well as Bharat PetroResources, PTTEP and Oil India Limited for the Mozambique LNG project.

Mozambique LNG is located offshore Mozambique in Area one and is estimated to have reserves at about 75 cubic feet with an initial production rate of 12.88 million tonnes of LNG per year when completed in 3023/24. However, the consortium is planning on expanding the plant every five years to add more capacity.

EDF of France has recently signed a 15-year contract to buy LNG from the Mozambique LNG plant, whilst Tokyo Gas of Japan and UK based Centrica early in June 2018 signed a 20-year purchase agreement.

A final investment decision for the Mozambique LNG project is scheduled for the first half of 2019.

Coral Sul Project:

A third large investment for the country is a consortium led by Eni of Italy whom last year gave the go-ahead to th US$8 billion floating LNG project, Coral Sul. The Coral Sul LNG project has a capacity of around 3.4 million tonnes per year and are targeted to start production in 2022. The Coral Sur filed is located offshore Mozambique in block four.  Construction of the hull began on the 6th of September whilst construction of the floating platform began last March in Singapore.

Cahora Bassa em Moçambique opera abaixo da capacidade

Barragem de Cahora Bassa em Moçambique a operar abaixo da capacidade por falta de água

Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), empresa que explora a barragem de Cahora Bassa no rio Zambeze, em Tete, Moçambique, obteve um lucro de 7,2 mil milhões de meticais (cerca de 118 milhões de dólares) em 2017, apesar de aquela infra-estrutura não poder operar na sua plena capacidade devido ao baixo nível de água na albufeira escreve a Agência de nOtícias de Moçambique (AIM) 

Falando em Maputona reunião anual sobre o desempenho da HCB, Moisés Machava, director técnico da empresa, explicou que uma ‘seca cíclica’ registada em 2016 reduziu a quantidade de água na albufeira para 41,8 por cento da cota ideal.

Em Dezembro de 2016, a cota na albufeira de Cahora Bassa atingiu o mínimo de 312,22 metros, cifra que corresponde a 41,8 por cento, ou seja oito metros abaixo da curva guia. Este foi o menor nível registado desde a construção da barragem. 

Face às medidas de gestão da albufeira adoptadas pelo Conselho de Administração e dos níveis de precipitação acima da média registado em toda a extensão da bacia do Zambeze, o ano de 2017 foi marcado pela recuperação significativa da cota da albufeira em relação a 2016.

A administração do HCB concluiu que a cota não era suficiente para manter a barragem a operar a plena capacidade e, por isso, decidiu desactivar uma das cinco turbinas gigantes (com uma capacidade individual para gerar 415 megawatts). 

A HCB espera que a recuperação no nível do Zambeze continue ao longo de 2018, e que até o final do ano a cota atinja 320,12 metros. No entanto a empresa revelou que  pretende operar apenas quatro turbinas ao longo do ano.

A HCB gerou 13.778 gigawatts-hora de electricidade em 2017, uma quantidade superior a meta inicial de 12.906 gigawatts-hora, mas menor que a quantidade gerada nos quatro anos anteriores (que atingiu um pico de 16.978 gigawatts-hora em 2015).

A companhia de electricidade sul-africana Eskom é o maior cliente, com quase 71 por cento da energia vendida pela HCB. A empresa pública moçambicana Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), absorve 24,5 por cento, e a companhia  do Zimbabwé  ZESA 4,7 por cento.

No total, a HCB pagou ao Estado moçambicano cerca de 130 milhões de dólares em 2017, na forma de impostos, taxas e dividendos.

As finanças da HCB foram aliviadas pelo pagamento antecipado da dívida que o governo moçambicano incorreu com um consórcio bancário franco-português quando comprou uma participação maioritária da HCB ao Estado português em 2007. 

O empréstimo de 700 milhões de dólares, que deveria ter sido amortizado com os lucros da HCB até Dezembro de 2017 – foi liquidado totalmente em Junho de 2016, ou seja 18 meses antes do prazo acordado entre as partes. (Macauhub)

Anadarko targets first half of 2019 for Mozambique LNG Final Investment Decision

Anadarko targets first half of 2019 for Mozambique LNG FID

Anadarko Petroleum expects to make a Final Investment Decision (FID) for its Mozambique LNG project in the first half of 2019.

Image courtesy of Anadarko

The Anadarko-operated Mozambique LNG project will be Mozambique’s first onshore LNG development, initially consisting of two LNG trains with total nameplate capacity of 12.88 MTPA to support the development of the Golfinho/Atum fields located entirely within Offshore Area 1.

The approval from the government of Mozambique for the Golfinho/Atum field development plan was received in March 2018.

Following the approval, during the second quarter of this year, Anadarko and its Area 1 co-venturers signed a Heads of Agreement with Tokyo Gas and Centrica for long-term LNG off-take of 2.6 MTPA.

In its report for the second quarter of 2018 releases on Tuesday, Anadarko said that it achieved significant advancements on the Mozambique LNG project, including new heads of agreements and expected cost reductions, with an anticipated Final Investment Decision (FID) during the first half of 2019.

Progress continues on converting the FID target off-take volume from non-binding commitments to long-term SPAs, Anadarko stated.

Al Walker, Anadarko Chairman, President and CEO, said: “Our Mozambique LNG project has made excellent progress, and we expect a Final Investment Decision in the first half of 2019.”

Additionally, the company and its contractors expect to realize substantial cost savings, with Anadarko now expecting to deliver the first two onshore liquefaction trains with 12.88 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity for less than $600 per tonne.

Aandarko also said that recommendations for award of the offshore contractor and equipment providers are progressing through internal, co-venturer and Government of Mozambique approval.

Activities at the Afungi onshore site, including resettlement, continue to ramp up as Anadarko positions the onshore area for construction. Subsequent to quarter end, Area 4 joined the Anadarko-led Resettlement project as a 50% participant.

Offshore Energy Today Staff

Coal-fired power project in Mozambique gets its wings

A new joint venture between two energy development companies may result in the potential development of a coal-fired power station in Mozambique.

This follows the signing of a joint venture (JV) agreement between Kibo Mining, the multi-asset Africa focused energy and resource company, and Mozambique energy company Termoeléctrica de Benga S.A. (Termoeléctrica) to form the Benga Power JV.

The JV agreement will allow both parties to participate in the further assessment and potential development of the Benga Independent Power Project (BIPP), including the right to construct and operate a 150-300 MW coal fired power station.

Kibo and Termoeléctrica shall hold initial participation interests in the unincorporated joint venture of 65% and 35% respectively.

The Benga Power JV is another step in advancing Kibo’s strategy to position the company as a leading regional energy player.

Subject to the successful outcomes of further and more detailed studies on the BIPP, Kibo Mining envisages being able to develop the BIPP in an expedited manner alongside its Mbeya Coal to Power project (MCPP) in Tanzania and the recently acquired Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power (Mabesekwa) project in Botswana.

The Benga Power JV will utilise Kibo’s experience in the  advancement and development of power projects in the East African region and its strategic relationships with international development partners such as Sepco III and General Electric.

As the BIPP has similarities with the MCPP and Mabesekwa, it is envisaged that considerable benefits could be realised in any potential power station development, including economies of scale in equipment, execution and project finance.