MIREME-NVE Institutional Cooperation Phase II The second phase of the institutional cooperation program between the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), the Ministry for Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) and the Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE). Experts from NVE, including both back-office support seconded, resident advisers will work alongside partners in MIREME and ARENE to support their needs. The program aims to achieve a comprehensive management of the energy sector as a tool for long term economic development, with the ultimate target to support socio-economic development through increased access to sustainable electricity supply on- and off-grid. 

The targets are to be achieved through targeted efforts in the areas of development and implementation of the legal framework and capacity building in the administration, both in the ministry MIREME and the regulator ARENE. There are four components in the program, focusing on legal framework, governance of the power sector, strategy development in the regulator and skills anhancement in the regulator. The short-term outcomes include application of a complete revised legal framework for the energy sector in Mozambique; application of a new energy sector strategy and efficienty coordination of on- and off-grid electrification efforts in the ministry MIREME; and optimal operation and efficient casehandling in the regualtor ARENE. 

This is a continuation of a cooperation which started in 2017. the main achievements in the first phase, which was concluded in 2022, was the contributions to the new electricity law in Mozambique, adopted in 2022.