This compares with German aid of 68.5 million euros in the 2005-06 period.
The aid announcement came at the ceremony to sign the minutes of a two day meeting between Mozambican and German government delegations, reviewing cooperation between the two countries, and drawing up perspectives for the future.
Signing the agreement were Elias Zimba, director for Europe and America in the Mozambican Foreign Ministry, and Ralf Schroeder, director for southern Africa, in the German Federal Ministry of Development.
The German government will also disburse a supplementary figure of 20 million euros to support basic and technical education, in order to encourage the Mozambican government's efforts in this area.
The number of children studying in Mozambican schools has doubled (rising from two to four million) over the past seven years, a fact which the German delegation praised.
A million euros of the German aid will be allocated to the Mozambican relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC) to strengthen management questions and preventive measures ober the long term.
The Germans made a point of praising the work down by the INGC in managing the current crisis in the Zambezi Valley, where over 120,000 people have been rescued from flooded areas.
Schroeder told the signing ceremony that the noteworthy progress made by Mozambique in implementing its anti-poverty strategy was among the reasons for the increase in German aid.
Zimba said that the priority areas where the German aid will be used include education, rural development, economic reform (market development), and support for micro-credit initiatives.
SOURCE: AIM
