In recent years, HLSP has carried out a series of short-term
consultancies in Mozambique.
Listed below are a few examples of our growing experience in the
region.
Evaluation of the Spanish Cooperation Programme in Mozambique,
AECI
In 2004 the new Spanish government signalled a change in the way
Spanish Development Cooperation is planned and delivered, with a
view to making Spanish Official Development Assistance (ODA) more
poverty focussed and aligned with individual countries' needs.
As part of this process HLSP was commissioned to carry out an
evaluation of the Spanish Cooperation in Health's work in
Mozambique over the last 4 years. This case study covered 4 key
projects. From our findings, HLSP proposed:
- changes in the way policy is defined
- more responsibilities devolved to national representative
offices
- increased interaction with other donors and with the recipient
government
- and a more transparent allocation of resources in competitive
tendering.
Review of Health Progress in Mozambique, DFID
On behalf of DFID and Finland, HLSP carried out an assessment of
the health sector in Mozambique to ascertain:
- what changes in outputs and outcomes have been occurring in the
health sector over the last 3-5 years, and why
- what the prospects for further improvements are
- and what could (and could not) reasonably be claimed about the
contribution that external aid has made to these changes.
HLSP provided the commissioning bilateral agencies with an
up-to-date, balanced assessment of the sector.
Taking the health SWAp to the next level, Mozambique, DFID
Mozambique’s health SWAp has been hailed as one of the most
successful health sector partnerships in Africa. Yet, government
and external partners felt the need to review its functioning
structures and mechanisms and prepare it for the challenges ahead.
This HLSP consultancy aimed at facilitating this process and
delivered revised terms of reference for the health SWAp.
Evaluation of the Common Funding Arrangements in Mozambique,
NORAD
As part of plans to streamline common funding arrangements in the
health sector of Mozambique, HLSP was requested by the Government
of Norway to evaluate the performance of two common funds: the
Provincial Common Fund and the Pharmaceuticals Common Fund.
The review looked at the history of the funds, defined performance
indicators, evaluated the funds against these and reviewed ways for
the funds to become fully managed by the Ministry of Health.
