Maputo, 30 May - 4 June 2017 - UNIDO ITPO Italy organized a mission to Maputo to coordinate the Steering Committee of the Project “Support to Mozambique’s SMEs in Investment Promotion” and to meet some local project’ stakeholders to present and discuss further activities to be implemented in the coming months.

UNIDO ITPO Italy took stock of the situation of the project, meeting the main counterparts in the implementing process and assessing the needs of some local relevant actors operating in agribusiness sector with the aim to pave the way for next coming activities and define future initiatives to benefit local stakeholders and foster international partnerships.

Namely, UNIDO ITPO Italy staff had the opportunity to met the new CEO of the FDA, Eusebio Tumuitikile, presenting the ongoing activities carried out in the framework of the project and some high level officers at IPEX the Mozambique Institute for Export Promotion, the organizers for the FACIM – the most important business event held in the country that will take place next late August.

Finally ITPO Italy participated to the Official celebration in occasion of the June 2^nd, presented the activities of the project to the new Italian Ambassador in Maputo HE Marco Conticelli, receiving his positive feedback and congratulations on the activities carried out during the first phase of the project implementation.