About UNDP Malawi

Our Mission

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

UNDP in Malawi sees its role as supporting government to use development resources effectively and accountably to achieve the objectives of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Government of Malawi came up with the MGDS aimed at promoting sustainable economic growth and wealth creation in order to improve the lives of Malawians and address the achievement and sustainability of the Millennium Development Goals.

Our programmes are defined by these national development priorities drawn in the MGDS and focused on supporting Malawi achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UNDP Malawi is structured into three broad programme clusters, namely: Capacity Development, Millennium Development Goals and Governance

UNDP Malawi is committed to delivering development and advisory services in an efficient and timely manner. To do this we draw upon expertise and resources from UNDP Global networks and wide range partners internationally, in the region and within Malawi. The expertise is drawn from the UN family, the broader development community, academia, civil society and the private sector.

Working with these partners, UNDP supports the government economic planning, monitoring and evaluation capacity and responds to other priority areas such as the fight against corruption, decentralization of governance and public sector reform.

Our Accomplishments

Democratic Governance

In the field of democratic governance, the UNDP is currently supporting the Government of Malawi through the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to organise and implement free and fair elections in Malawi. UNDP is supporting the reform programme of the MEC as well as the organisation and implementation of free and fair elections through institutional capacity development, establishment of a new voters roll, support to elections and civic and voter education.

The UNDP is also working with the media in Malawi to build their capacity to report on the elections responsibly and ethically. UNDP has supported the publication of an Elections Media code of conduct for the May 19, 2009 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Millennium Development Goals

UNDP is currently managing two Millennium Villages Projects in Zomba and Mchinji where communities are benefiting from the projects intervention in food security, poverty reduction, education, water and sanitation and health.

The MVP has recruited 35 Health Surveillance Assistants who are under government payroll but their salaries will come from the project for the next two years

Crisis Prevention and Recovery

UNDP is currently building the capacity of government of Malawi to adequately respond to disasters through the office of the Director of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA). UNDP has conducted a study on the economic and financial management in disaster risk reduction, conducted training in disaster risk reduction for DoDMA staff and the media in Malawi and supported contingency planning for DoDMA.