The World Bank will evaluate, every three months, the post-tropical cyclone Idai reconstruction process in BeiraThe construction work is scheduled to start this May.

The decision was recently announced in this city by the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, João Machatine, who was accompanied by the director of that bank in Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, Idah Pswarayl-Riddihough.

To this end, he demanded the new executive board of the Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Office, based precisely in Beira, to, in a short period of time, present tangible results. Speaking at a meeting with the private sector, Machatine acknowledged that the Government is aware of the difficulties that the business sector is going through and that are aggravated by Idai.

Therefore, he recalled that after the storm there was a huge effort on the part of the Government and partners to assess the impact of the socio-economic damage, and long-term recovery interventions were targeted.

Thus, priorities were defined and a funding line of $15 million for credit and $5 million for donation was made available through the World Bank as well, although still insufficient.

"Looking at the contributions of the private sector it is unquestionable that small and medium enterprises employ more. Everything is mapped and identified because after two years we stopped and listened to everyone" - he recalled.

He stressed that in the internal aspects there has been progress in restructuring the Reconstruction Office, which can quickly restore everyone's expectations.

Still, the governor acknowledged categorically that "nothing is happening and we want to reverse this scenario.

To this end, it presented the new leader of that sector with a clear mission to make a difference and catch up.

Machatine noted, however, that the partners also have responsibilities. In this regard, he reminded that the World Bank has already made available about 200 million US dollars for post-cyclone reconstruction, hence the presence of his board at the meeting to be aware of the private sector's problems.

In another statement, the minister noted that many members of this sector were unaware of the real difficulties, which is why the need for there to be improvements in communication was also seen. "Communication is very important and we reiterated the issue in the grace period. It is true that the banks are sovereign, but we can put some pressure on them because they cannot take advantage of the emergency to bill," he warned.

About the rates, grace period, and mortgages, he promised to take the matter to banking institutions in order to, with the help of government experts, ascertain concrete data. Regarding the new director of the Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Office, Luis Manjate, Machatine said that he is a construction engineer who has already been in the private sector and has coordinated cooperation projects in the countries that, coincidentally, are part of the aid from that sector.

He added that he also worked in the Millennium Challenge Acount Mozambique project, in Nampula, valued at over 500 million US dollars, in the Massingir Dam, in Gaza, and coordinated the World Bank Wasis project, similar to the one taking place in Beira and Dondo in the supply of drinking water. Therefore, Minister Machatine, was hopeful, saying that he is up to the task of reviving the Reconstruction Bureau by producing results.