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People-Powered Portfolio in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Sector: Trust and Government presence, Food security Country: Mozambique

ALC in partnership with UNDP Mozambique to coordinate and implement a portfolio approach in the province of Cabo Delgado.

Profiles and Narratives
Abudu
Armando
Eliana
Liana
Maria
Pedro
Zaina
Impact Levels
  • Community actions 6
  • Community actions 32
  • Large scale initiatives 13
  • New public services 7
  • New regulation mechanisms 2
NameAbudu
Age50
Key narrative

No hay apoyo para empezar de nuevo y esto está dañando la confianza

NameArmando
Age63
Key narrative

Podemos mejorar nuestra situación socioeconómica si nuestro sistema alimentario es más resistente y está mejor equipado

NameEliana
Age29
Key narrative

La juventud, y los grupos juveniles de cultura y deporte, tienen un valor en la sociedad. Si estos grupos pudieran ser apoyados estaríamos más cerca de sanar como sociedad

NameLiana
Age36
Key narrative

La reconstrucción facilita la presencia del gobierno, pero los programas deben estar alineados con los retos locales

NameMaria
Age40
Key narrative

Las mujeres necesitan un acceso seguro a las necesidades del hogar para poder invertir en actividades generadoras de ingresos

NamePedro
Age49
Key narrative

Las organizaciones más grandes tienen que apoyar a las organizaciones más pequeñas para maximizar el potencial de su presencia

NameZaina
Age18
Key narrative

Las mujeres no pueden salir de la pobreza extrema sin un apoyo económico 

Objectives and added value of the deep listening process for the Stabilisation program

 

Based on the learning obtained in the previous processes, a partnership was initiated between ALC and UNDP Mozambique to coordinate and implement a portfolio approach in the province of Cabo Delgado. The objectives of the partnership are (1) to reinforce internal capacities in systems mapping, deep listening and co-creation of activities within UNDP Mozambique, and (2) to identify and select a set of interconnected initiatives, informed by systems thinking, that can be delivered within the Stabilisation Programme or more broadly in the country office. 

Following the outbreak of conflict in the province of Cabo Delgado, UNDP's Stabilisation Programme has been set up to support the government to sustain essential governance structures to ensure a safe return of displaced populations, strengthening resilience and economic recovery. For this to happen, it is necessary to listen in real time to the immediate needs of the affected populations and leverage the human capital of this strategy. To this end, since its inception, UNDP has been implementing continuous feedback processes in the affected communities to improve and strengthen its interventions. In this context, the deep listening UNDP is carrying out with ALC constitutes an improvement compared to pre-existing consultations and allows UNDP to build a better understanding of the collective narratives operating in Cabo Delgado, by delving into the different ways of interpreting the same reality. By using established listening channels, but also incorporating new ones, UNDP is able to collect patterns of people's lived experiences and analyse how these are shaped by underlying values and behaviours. 

 

The deep listening exercise complemented by system mapping and sensemaking, enables UNDP's Stabilisation Programme to segment these perceptions and better understand whether the various (and sometimes contradictory) needs, challenges and opportunities of the displaced and host communities are being addressed in a way that is conducive to the development of a sustainable and equitable system. The results will allow UNDP to understand the stabilisation program as a portfolio of interconnected initiatives, in which pre-established interventions are complemented with new suggestions that emerge from the listening process.