Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

Malawi

The NIMD programme in Malawi is helping political parties enhance the electoral process and democratic procedures.

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Programme News

Collective Learning on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

News Article - 16 February 2010

On 25 and 26 January, delegations from KID Indonesia, CMD Malawi and the NIMD Field Office in Guatemala came together with colleagues from NIMD in The Hague to kick-start the 'Collective Learning on Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PME)' project.

Accountability in Africa

Video - 2010

Politicians from Ghana, Malawi and Kenya discuss ways of improving accountability in African politics.

The Obama effect

Video - 2010

Discussion with African politicians on the impact of Barrack Obama's election and presidency in Africa.

Leadership in Africa

Video - 2010

Discussion with politicians from Ghana, Kenya and Malawi on political leadership in Africa.

Debate on political party financing intensifies in Malawi

News Article - 09 October 2009

NIMD Vice President Ruud Koole discusses money in politics with Malawian party leaders.

What we do: Malawi

Video - 2009

Malawian partners explain how the NIMD programme in Malawi contributed to free, fair and peaceful elections in 2009.

Ziwawa! Radio helps Malawi election

Audio - 2009

Listen to the radio jingle produced by CMD-K and played through the night of Malawi's general elections.

Live from Malawi: first reports of a free and fair election

News Article - 20 May 2009

Malawi held its presidential and parlimentary elections yesterday. As the returns trickle in Kizito Tenthani, Executive Director, CMD-M offers his thoughts on an election that has so far passed off peacefully.

Malawi Elections: Come to the debate

News Article - 19 May 2009

The Evert Vermeer Foundation (EVF), Cordaid and the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) will organise a debate on the elections in Malawi on the 26th of May in Felix Meritis (Amsterdam). All are welcome.

Programme information

Working with the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD-M), the NIMD programme in Malawi has helped political parties develop joint initiatives to make the electoral process more transparent, achieve agreement on conflict prevention procedures, and organize political education programmes to overcome voter apathy in the run up to the 2009 elections.

Political parties in parliament

• Democratic Peoples Party (DPP)
• Malawi Congress Party (MCP)
• United Democratic Front (UDF)
• Alliance for Democracy (Aford)
• Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (MAFUNDE)
• Malawi's People's Party (MPP)

Key achievements

• CMD-M has organised a series of meetings with the political parties and other electoral stakeholders, including the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), encouring them to achieve agreement on conflict prevention procedures.
• Regular interparty dialogue enhanced possibilities for political parties to find common ground on issues of mutual interest, most notably on the organisation of the elections.
• Radio programmes and newspaper inserts that informed the public on political parties’ positions has helped raise the public profile of political parties and CMD-M.

Key national partners

• Centre for Multi Party Democracy Malawi (CMD-M)
• Forum for Dialogue and Peace

Key international partners

• Royal Netherlands Embassy
• Ford Foundation, United States of America
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
• Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Heinrich Böhl Foundation, Germany
• National Democratic Institute (NDI), United States of America
• International Republican Institute (IRI), United States of America
• European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA)