Padil Salimo

Padil Salimo possesses extensive expertise in governance and institutional reforms, digital transformation, political economy analysis, natural resource management, sustainable development, decentralization and capacity building. His professional experience of more than 20 years spans from academia to public sector and civil society. He holds extensive working experience with international development agencies including the World Bank, USAID and EU funded projects, and international NGOs. He is an Assistant Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, and Executive Director of MAP Consulting. Padil holds a joint Ph.D. in social science, major on natural resource governance in Africa (oil and gas), from the University of Roskilde (Denmark) and the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). He obtained a Master's degree in Social Policy and Sustainable Development from the University of Bologna (Italy) and completed Master's coursework in Governance and Public Administration at University of Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique). He is currently DBA fellow in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from Walsh College in USA. Padil is well equipped with robust knowledge of the country's political and socioeconomic context as solid understanding of the paths toward digital transformation and challenges, as he has been engaged at the higher level of coordinating the designing of the country's terms of reference for digital transformation strategy as well as, conducting the designing of the digital inclusion multisectoral plan. Apart from his extensive professional experience, Padil is a senior consultant, highly qualified, with almost two decades of consistent track-record of engagement in hundreds of consultancy service to governments, development partners, including the World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, ILO, UNHCRI, AfDB, European Union, FCDO, GIZ, Norad, Sida, various national and international NGOs, and private companies like Sasol and Shel, either within the country and in the southern Africa region.

• Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability, University of Groningen Summer Schools Training - Maputo, 2016

• Botswana, 07/01/07, 08/31/07, Reform of state governance exchanging experience in collaboration with the office of Permanent Secretary to the President.
• Kenya, 10/01/11, 10/31/11, Capacity building on monitoring and evaluation under the Global Fund programmes.
• Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique, 09/01/17, 12/31/17, Study on the trade union building power alongside the value chain transport and logistic.
• Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DRC, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe), 01/01/25, 05/31/25, Final evaluation of the Southern African Migration Management (SAMM) Project.

• LNG investments in Mozambique: compensation deals and the dynamics of local state making, 2023, Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa
• Institutional Reform and Pockets of Effectiveness in the Mozambican Gas Sector, 2022, Working Paper, No. 2022:2, Socio Economic Research Centre (SECO)
• Governing petroleum in Mozambique: Contentious governance reforms and deal-making, 2022, Doctoral research thesis, Roskilde Universitet
• The politics of domestic gas: The Sasol natural gas deals in Mozambique, 2020, The Extractive Industries and Society
• The politics of LNG: Local state power and contested demands for land acquisitions in Palma, Mozambique, 2018, Extractive industries and changing state dynamics in Africa

• 12/12/2024 - 07/30/25, Mozambique, Peace and Conflict Expert, European Union, Strategic evaluation of the EU partnership with Mozambique (2014-2023), to identify key lessons and to produce recommendations in order to better inform the decision makers, notably in the European Commission Services (DG INTPA and EU Delegation) and in the EEAS on how to improve the ongoing and future EU strategies, instruments, tools for planning and design interventions targeting Mozambique. The main focus of the evaluation is a depth analysis of the root causes and dynamics of conflict and fragility in the Northern Mozambique and the path for social cohesion and peace building.
• 02/12/25 - 06/30/25, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region, Evaluation Expert, ILO, A final independent evaluation of the Southern African Migration Management Project (SAMM), implemented by the ILO, UNODC, UNHCR and the IOM in 16 countries of the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Regions.
• 07/02/24 - 09/30/24, Mozambique, Governance and Democracy Expert, NDI, Youth focused political engagement in political and electoral process in Mozambique. The study aimed at investigating the social, political and economic dynamics shaping youth, women and people with disability political engagement and participation in electoral processes, political decision-making and country policy development and implementation.
• 08/01/23 - 11/30/23, Mozambique, Sole Consultant, IESE, Mid-term evaluation of the Project “Civil Society Action for Social Cohesion in the Northern Mozambique” funded by Swiss Embassy and implemented by a consortium of civil society organisations. The project aims to build social cohesion, consolidate space for Mult-stakeholders dialogue on service delivery improvement, civil society capacity building for civic engagement, and human rights in the context of humanitarian crisis and internal displacement in Cabo Delgado.
• 03/15/21 - 23/21, Mozambique, Team Leader, Chemonics-Potenciar, A political economy study of Northern Mozambique, which analysis the country’s historical, political, social and economic dynamics and power relations and the drivers of fragility and violent extremism in Cabo Delgado.
• 12/01/20 - 03/31/21, Mozambique, Sole Consultant, Humanitarian and Emergency Expert, HelpAge International, Analysis and recommendations on the management of Cyclone Idai appeal and COVID 19 response.
• 06/10/20 - 08/18/20, Mozambique, Sole Consultant, UNICEF, An assessment of the relevance and effectiveness of UNICEF’s Budget Briefs series as a child-sensitive advocacy tool to inform policy, planning and budgeting process in Mozambique to ensure solid foundations for advocating social protection initiatives and children’s rights.
• 01/03/20 - 04/30/20, Mozambique, Institutional Support and Decentralisation Expert, EU Delegation, Design of the EU programme 2021-2026 to support the process of implementation of new decentralization policy agenda, as part of the EU support to the consolidation of peace in Mozambique local governance and early economic recovery. The purpose of the programme was to support the European Union (EU) and the National Authorising Officer (Gabinete do Ordenador Nacional) (NAO) in identification and formulation of support programme to the peace process though supporting the decentralization process reforms and local governance.
• 03/04/19 - 06/29/19, Mozambique, Senior Governance and Extractive Industries Expert, Ministry of Foreing Affair of Finland, An assessment of project “improving oversight in Mozambique’s governance” (2016 – 2019). This assessment offered an overview of the project implementation focused on the governance of extractive industries and the role of the oversight democratic institutions (National Assembly of the Republic and the Provincial Assemblies) with regard to extractive sector, the challenges faced by local communities in obtaining just benefits from the extraction of natural resource.
• 09/05/17 - 12/28/17, South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique, Independent Researcher, ITF-FES South Africa, Research study, “Building trade union power along transport corridors value chains: Maputo and Trans-Kalahari” aims to explore how trade unions can build power along the transport corridor value chain in the southern African sub-region. This research analysed the opportunities and constraints faced by the logistic and transport manpower to organise into syndicate and the challenges to protect migrant labour in the three countries, including Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.
• 03/01/17 - 07/20/17, Mozambique, Natural Resource Specialist, ASCUT, Research study on land profile and land governance in Mozambique. An analysis of how land is allocated, what kind of investments are prominent on land occupation, how land rights to smallholders are negotiated and what are the implications for land tenure to local communities. https://foprosa.org/_files/200000070-63f4c64f31/Perfil%20de%20Terras%20em%20Mocambique%20%20ASCUT-Estudo.doc.pdf.
• 07/2013, Mozambique, Energy and Political Economy Expert, Sasol, Socio-political analysis to Sasol’s Gas Project in Mozambique. The study aimed to provide a deep understanding of the political and social conditions in Mozambique and the main impact on Sasol´s operations in the country.
• 01/10/13 - 05/30/13, Mozambique, Governance Expert, Control Risk, Stakeholders mapping and analysis of Tete mining sector and the Nacala Corridor economic and social development. A study commissioned by Vale Mozambique.
• 06/2012, Mozambique, Energy and Political Economy Expert, Sasol, A political risk assessment analysis of Mozambique's petroleum sector prepared for Sasol's executive leadership, analyzing potential impacts of the post-Guebuza presidential transition and evolving regulatory environment.

• Portuguese, Native, Native, Native
• English, Fluent, Fluent, Fluent
• Italian, Fluent, Intermediate, Intermediate

• Number of Children: 3
• Nationality: Mozambican
• Marital Status: Married
• Place of Birth: Mozambique