UTEKA - Partnerships between cities and territories in dialogue for integrated and resilient urban development

About this project

The initiative called ‘UTEKA - Partnerships between Cities and Territories in Dialogue for Integrated and Resilient Urban Development’ is part of the history of relations and cooperation that links the city of Reggio Emilia to Mozambique and the city of Pemba. The first act of the relationship between the city of Reggio Emilia and the city of Pemba dates back to 1975. Since 2012, the two cities have been linked by a twinning pact. A pact that, renewed in April 2024 through the signing of a new protocol, defines the new priorities of the collaboration, mainly related to the sustainable development of the cities and the adaptation to climate change. The initiative is being implemented in Pemba, a city in the north of Mozambique, which has experienced a very rapid growth in its population over the last five years, partly due to the ongoing conflict in the Cabo Delgado Province, doubling it compared to the official data of the last census in 2017. The rapid and uncontrolled growth of the last few years, as well as the scarce resources in terms of technical skills and competences of the Municipality of Pemba, have accentuated problems and needs already present at the urban level such as: land management in terms of planning and control for the development of sustainable urban development processes, resilient and guarantor of citizens' safety; environmental protection and management of the process of collection and disposal of municipal solid waste and the creation of virtuous pat…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Mozambique

Sectors

Waste management/disposalUrban developmentHousehold food security programmes

Focus

Disaster risk reduction · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Main focusBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

COMUNE DI REGGIO EMILIA

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 23 Jan 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-01-6.

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