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[Resumen] El Kaya Clínica es un proyecto de base comunitaria que, aprendiendo de la realidad, percibe los problemas de la comunidad con la comunidad y parte de este conocimiento para desarrollar mecanismos técnicos para su resolución. Es una iniciativa innovadora en la medida que presenta nuevas maneras de encarar y resolver los problemas de la vivienda y de la didáctica. Kaya Clínica es una iniciativa de la Universidad para la Comunidad. Los niveles de receptividad del Kaya Clínica en la comunidad, inspiró a la UEM a iniciar el proceso de su institucionalización para continuar dando respuestas a las moradoras del barrio George Dimitrov y encontrar una plataforma para diseminar esta buena práctica dentro del municipio de Maputo y del país. El proyecto Kaya Clínica aúna cooperación e innovación educativa. Sólo por tratarse de un binomio poco frecuente, el desarrollo de este programa ya merecía el apoyo de las instituciones, tanto educativas de España y de Mozambique como las locales de Maputo y, por supuesto, de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional.

The authors examine partnerships as a policy strategy for climate change governance in cities in the Global South. Partnerships offer the opportunity to link the actions of diverse actors operating at different scales and, thus, they may be flexible enough to deal with uncertain futures and changing development demands. However, simultaneously, partnerships may lack effectiveness in delivering action at the local level, and may constitute a strategy for some actors to legitimate their objectives in spite of the interests of other partners. Engaging with the specific example of urban governance in Maputo, Mozambique, the authors present an analysis of potential partnerships in this context, in relation to the actors that are willing and able to intervene to deliver climate change action. What, they ask, are the challenges to achieving common objectives in partnerships from the perspective of local residents in informal settlements? The analysis describes a changing context of climate change governance in the city, in which the prospects of access to international finance for climate change adaptation are moving institutional actors towards engaging with participatory processes at the local level. However, the analysis suggests a question about the extent to which local communities are actually perceived as actors with legitimate interests who can intervene in partnerships, and whether their interests are recognised. Keywords: climate change adaptation, Mozambique, urban planning, collaborative partnerships, climate change governance