THE 2023 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE REPORT

THEME: Malawi 2063 One Year on: “Forging Concerted Efforts on

the Journey to Wealth Creation and Self-reliance”

February 2023
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Table of Contents

LIST OF ACRONYMS 3

1. INTRODUCTION 5
1.1 Background 5
1.2 Conference Objectives 5
1.3 Expected Outcomes 5
1.4 Methodology 6

2. OPENING CEREMONY 8
2.1 Speeches, Remarks and Keynote Address 8
2.2 Presentation on the Malawi 2063 First 10-year Implementation Plan (MIP-1)
Progress Report 9
2.3 Priority Interventions for 2023/24 Fiscal Year 12
2.4 Documentary on the Ndizotheka Initiatives 15
2.5 High Level Panel Discussion on Defining Quick Wins to Attaining food
Security, Jobs and Wealth Creation En-route to Malawi 2063 15

3. TECHNICAL SESSIONS 18
3.1 Panel Discussion on MIP-1 Implementation Progress: Graduating Malawi
into a middle-income Economy (Challenges, opportunities and Solutions) 18
3.2 Panel Discussion on SDGs- Leaving No-one Behind
(Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions) 21
3.3 Panel Discussion on Sources of Financing MIP-1 and SDGS 23

4. CLOSING SESSION 28

5. ANNEXES 30
Annex 1: NDC Programme 30
Annex 2: NDC Communique 34
Annex 2a: NDC Communique (English Version) 34
Annex 2b: NDC Communique (Chichewa Version) 36
Annex 3: Conference Partners And Sponsors 38

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List Of Acronyms

ADC Area Development Committee

ADMARC Agricultural Development and Marketing Cooperation
AfCFTA Africa Continental Free Trade Area
AGCOM Agriculture Commercialisation
AIP Affordable Input Programme
ASWAp Agriculture Sector Wide Approach
BICC Bingu International Convention Centre
CAP Core Advisory Panel
CCDC Capital City Development Corporation
CONGOMA Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi
CSOs Civil Society Organisations
DFIs Development Finance Institutions
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
EDF Environmental Defense Fund
EP&D Economic Planning and Development
ESCOM Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi
GSDR Global Sustainable Development Report
GSED Governance to Enable Service Delivery
ICT Information Communication Technology
IMF International Monetary Fund
INFF Integrated National Financing Frameworks
KPI Key Performance Indicators
MAIIC Malawi Agricultural and Industrial Investment Corporation
MBS Malawi Bureau of Standards
MDAs Ministries, Departments and Agencies
MDC Malawi Development Corporation
MEC Malawi Electoral Commission
MIP-1 Malawi 2063 First 10 Year Implementation Plan
MITC Malawi Investment and Trade Centre
MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
MUST Malawi University of Science and Technology
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MW2063 Malawi 2063
NAMIS National Agriculture Management Information System
NDC National Development Conference
NEEF National Economic Empowerment Fund
NES National Export Strategy
NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations
NICE National Initiative for Civic Education
NPC National Planning Commission
NYCoM National Youth Council of Malawi
NYS National Youth Service
OPC Office of the President and Cabinet
PECGs Pillar and Enabler Coordination Groups
PPD Public Private Dialogue
PPPs Public Private Partnerships
PPPC Public Private Partnerships Commission
RBM Reserve Bank of Malawi
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SERP Malawi Covid-19 Social Economic Recovery Plan
SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme

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INTRODUCTION

Malawi 2063 One Year On

MALAWI 2063 ONE YEAR ON
INTRODUCTION
Background
The 2023 National Development Conference
(NDC) was held from 2nd to 3rd February 2023 at
the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC)
in Lilongwe. It was organised by the National
Planning Commission (NPC) in collaboration
with state and non-state actors. The theme of
the 2023 NDC was “Malawi 2063 One Year on:
Forging Concerted Efforts on the Journey to
Wealth Creation and Self-reliance.”
The NPC was established in 2017 by an Act of
Parliament with the mandate to coordinate
the development of long and medium-
term development plans as well as oversee
the implementation of these plans. Since
its establishment, the NPC has coordinated
the development of the long-term national
development blueprint for Malawi, the Malawi
2063 (MW2063), as well as its first 10-year
implementation plan, the Malawi 2063 First
Ten Year Implementation Plan (MIP-1) which
operationalises the Vision in its first ten years.
The NPC also coordinated the development of
the Malawi COVID-19 Socio-Economic Recovery
Plan (SERP) to help Malawi build back better
from the impacts of COVID-19. By 2063, Malawi
aspires to be an inclusively wealthy and self-
reliant industrialised upper-middle-income
country. The key milestones for MIP-1 are to
graduate Malawi into a lower middle-income
economy and to meet most of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. NPC also
coordinated the establishment of the Pillar
and Enabler Coordination Groups (PECGs) that
ensure the coordinated implementation of MIP-1
interventions.
The NDC is the largest development meeting
organised annually to examine the state of national
development in Malawi. It recognises initiatives
that are transforming the lives of Malawians and
are laying solid foundations for a prosperous Expected Outcomes
Malawi. Relatedly, the NDC offers a platform
for candid discussion around key development The expected outcomes from the 2023 NDC
issues that are retarding Malawi’s development were as follows:
and require immediate attention. The NDC • a renewed commitment from stakeholders to
also provides opportunities for networking,
partnership building and knowledge sharing
among technocrats, policy makers, international
development partners, Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs), citizens, and other key
stakeholders in national development.
The inaugural NDC was held in August 2020
at the BICC in Lilongwe under the theme
“Beyond inclusive envisioning to getting things
done” as the focus was to ensure inclusivity of
all stakeholders and the masses in the design,
implementation and monitoring of the country’s
development plans. The 2021 NDC was held in
November 2021 where the MIP-1 was launched.
The 2023 NDC was organised one year after the
launch of the MIP-1, hence the theme “Malawi
2063 One Year on: Forging Concerted Efforts
on the Journey to Wealth Creation and Self-
reliance.” The 2023 NDC provided a platform for
policymakers, civil society organisations (CSOs),
development partners, private sector, academia,
traditional leaders, religious leaders and citizens
to review and explore ways for coordinated efforts
in the implementation of the MW2063 towards
the achievement of an inclusively wealthy and
self-reliant Malawi.
Conference Objectives
The main objective of the 2023 NDC was to
take stock of the progress made so far in the
implementation of MIP-1 priorities as well as
re-strategise on implementation modalities,
including reinvigorating stakeholders for
concerted efforts in accelerating the realisation
of the MW2063. Specifically, the conference
focused on the following:
• presentation of the 2021-22 MIP-1
Annual Progress Report;
• launch of the MW2063 Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) Dashboard;
• presentation and discussion of the 2023/24
Priority interventions; and
• challenges, opportunities, and solutions in
the realisation of the MW2063
implement and attain the MW2063 goals and
targets.
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• A more focused implementation of prioritised
interventions; and
• nuanced financing options for the realisation
of MW2063 and implementation of MIP-1.
Methodology
The 2023 NDC was organised by NPC with technical
and financial support from various stakeholders
including Government Ministries, Departments,
and Agencies (MDAs), Civil Society as well as
Development Partners who were part of a task
force team. The conference was presided over by
His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera,
President of the Republic of Malawi, who is also
the Chairperson of the MW2063 National Pillar
and Enabler Coordination Committee. The Vice
President of the Republic of Malawi, the Chief
Justice and the Speaker of the National Assembly
also attended the Conference. Various Ministers
including the Minister of Finance and Economic
Affairs who is also the Vice Chairperson of the
MW2063 National Pillar and Enabler Coordination
Committee were also present at the function.
The event was patronized by various heads of
His Excellency and Vice President with some of the delegates that attended the 2023 NDC
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Government MDAs who are organised within
the pillars and the enablers of the MW2063.
Captains of the business community, civil society
organisations, development partners, academia,
traditional leaders, religious leaders, the youth,
and many interested stakeholders were also in
attendance.
The event started with a showcase of various
innovations through pavilions to high level official
delegates led by His Excellency the President, Dr.
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera.
The innovations showcased included the
following: fertiliser manufacturing; smart egg
incubator; various locally manufactured products;
security system; Internet of Things based infant
health monitoring system; water light technology;
spectrometer; fuel energy production; braille to
alphabet converter; and manure digester and
heat and light production.
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OPENING CEREMONY

OPENING CEREMONY
Speeches, Remarks and Keynote Address
The 2023 NDC was officially opened by His
Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera,
President of the Republic of Malawi, but prior to
that there were statements made starting with
Professor Richard Mkandawire, Chairperson of
the Board of the NPC.
In his statement, Professor Richard Mkandawire
highlighted that the 2023 NDC was special as it
was meant for retrospection on the first year of
the implementation of the MIP-1 and checking
the development trajectory that the country
has taken. Professor. Mkandawire informed the
NDC that the MIP-1 2021-2022 Progress Report
highlights the achievements made and challenges
encountered in the first year of implementation
of the MIP-1. He highlighted that the report also
presents progress on the SERP which was one of
the supporting documents for the MIP-1 aimed
at building back better from the socio-economic
shocks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
He emphasised the need of fast-tracking MIP- 1
implementation as we are fast approaching mid-
way to 2030 since the launch of the MIP-1.
Professor Mkandawire further emphasised the
need for the nation to be resilient, disciplined
and steadfast on its commitment towards
the implementation of priorities and quick-
win interventions. He urged all development
stakeholders to expeditiously learn from
experience and organise their development
efforts around a high sense of collective urgency,
which is consistent with the MW2063 mindset
paradigm that emphasizes the importance of
getting things done. He also emphasised the
need to allocate adequate financial resources to
productive sectors, including the social sector,
in addressing the various shocks that Malawi is
facing. He emphasised that the country’s major
interest should be to generate forex, improve
the fiscal space and sort out the debt distress
situation at the shortest possible time. He further
pointed out that the implementation of quick
wins in the MIP-1 such as mega farms, review of
the visitor visa system, and the speedy review and
execution of outstanding mining agreements
should be given much attention and requested
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the non-state actors to embark on them. He was
also quick to mention that a growing economy
that benefits a few due to corruption and
inefficient resource use makes the realization
of the MW206’S aspirations of inclusive wealth
creation and self-reliance attainable.
The keynote speech for the 2023 NDC was
delivered by Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, who
observed that the NDC gave an opportunity
to stakeholders to review the progress in the
implementation of the MIP-1 and the SDGs.
He,however stated that one year of the MIP-
1 implementation may not be long enough
to make a candid, reasonable and meaningful
assessment of where we were in achieving the
MW2063 aspirations and SDGs especially due to
the challenges that the country had faced. Dr.
Mkwezalamba noted that towards “the Malawi
that we want” Malawi has encountered so many
challenges ranging from COVID-19, the Russia-
Ukraine conflict, unsustainable public debt,
power outages, inflation which has increased to
double digits (25.4% as of December 2022), and
depleted gross official reserves to 1.5 months of
import cover. He further said that Malawi’s growth
performance in the first year of implementing the
MIP-1 has been way below the average growth
rate of 6% that the country needs to attain the
2030 milestones. Dr. Mkwezalamba emphasized
the need to address the challenges the country
was facing if we were to attain macroeconomic
stability, characterised by high economic growth
and low inflation. To attain this, he made the
following recommendations:
• for effective implementation and realisation
of the MW2063, the authority accorded
to NPC needs to be understood by all
institutions that are working with the NPC.
There should be no duplication of efforts
from NPC and the Department of Economic
Planning and Development (EP&D), but
collaborative efforts to help in the realisation
of the national aspirations;
• Malawi should take advantage of the
existence of the Africa Continental Free
Trade Area (AfCTA) for its international and
trade relations;
• Government should, as much as possible,
avoid domestic borrowing;
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• Government must take a more progressive take stock of what was working and what was
approach through regular consultations not, and to regularly review whether the’re right
with the private sector to identify products people to push for the implementation of our
for which Malawi has competitive advantage nation’s development are in place. The President
and use prudent fiscal and monetary policy also indicated that his administration’s focus
to encourage their production; for the 2023/24 fiscal Year is implementation
• the private sector should get into the exportand delivery. He, further, stated that in the
generation drive and should not wait for pursuit of the nation’s development efforts,
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and there is no luxury of time and that development
Government to pump forex in the economy; practitioners and all Malawians must always
• there is a need for serious investment in deliver. He commended both state and non-
economic infrastructure such as roads, state actors for their serious involvement in the
and Information Communication and implementation of the nation’s development
Technology (ICT), which can significantly agenda. The President encouraged all Malawians
contribute to economic growth; and the use to take note of the recommendations from the
of Government bonds and Public Private MIP-1 2021-2022 progress report and join hands
Partnerships (PPPs) should be enhanced for in translating them into actionable interventions
infrastructure development; and for visible progress. He called for a performance-
• law enforcement agencies need support based contract system for easy tracking of civil
to address corruption, tax evasion and servant’s performance. The President further
mispricing which disrupts the progress of indicated that he had directed that the budget
economic infrastructure development; and should be aligned to MIP-1’s focus areas. He also
ensure that the fight against corruption expressed concern with the slow implementation
should be the duty of everyone. progress in all the Pillars and Enablers of the
MIP-1 and requested both state and non-state
Honorable Sosten Gwengwe, MP, the Minister actors to put more effort in the implementation
of Finance and Economic Affairs, stated that of the MIP-1. Further, the President made a
the PECGs are the main source for harnessing commitment to continue prioritizing effective
priorities since they bring together all actors. engagement with the private sector to ensure
He encouraged all state and non-state actors fast economic development in the country.
to actively participate in the PECGs meetings
to ensure that as a nation, we are focused on Presentation on the Malawi 2063 First 10
achieving the MIP-1 interventions. Honorable year Implementation Plan (MIP-1) Progress
Gwengwe emphasised the need for reflecting Report
together on progress, keeping in mind the
assumptions behind the aspirations of the The Director General of the NPC, Dr. Thomas
MW2063. He then made a commitment that Chataghalala Munthali, presented the progress
the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs made on the MIP-1 and highlighted that 80
will continue to align the national budget to percent of the interventions in all the Pillars
the MIP-1 priorities, especially the quick wins. and Enablers of the MW2063 that were due to
Lastly, Honorable Gwengwe stated that the start in the period 2021-22 had commenced,
Government is creating a harmonised resource although around 60 percent were either off track
framework aimed at pooling resources together or registering slow progress. A documentary
for proper project financing, and he called upon on the progress made under the MIP-1 was
all development partners to come on board in shown to showcase success stories and ongoing
this arrangement. interventions which were presented according to
the Pillars and Enablers of the MW2063 as shown
In his Official Address, His Excellency the in the Table below:
President stated that the 2023 NDC was another
occasion for the nation to track progress on the
MW2063. He emphasised that if the country is
to attain the MIP-1 milestones there was need to

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Pillar # Name of Pillar Key Successes

1 Agriculture
productivity and
Commercialisation
2 Industrialisation
3 Urbanisation
Enabler # Name of Enabler
1 Mindset Change
2 Effective Governance
Systems and
Institutions
3 Enhanced Public
Sector Performance
4 Private Sector
Dynamism
• Shire valley transformation project;
• Mega-farms, such as, macadamia nuts plantation by
Old Mutual;
• Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) II for
improved availability of legume seeds, banana
suckers;
• Agriculture Commercialisation Project; and
• Development of an integrated web-based
management information system known as the
National Agriculture Management Information
System (NAMIS)
• Groundnuts processing plant by Pyxus Limited
• A new wheat processing plant by Bakhresa Grain
and Milling Company
• Various new industries financed through the Malawi
Agricultural and Industrial Investment Corporation
(MAIIC) and the Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund
• Secondary cities plan through the secondary cities
master plan.
Key Successes
• National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) and
the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Education
nationwide campaign on the MW2063 in local
councils, radio, and TV programmes to promote
citizen participation
• Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is rolling out a
secure digital electoral and elections management
device (EMD) system to improve its registration,
register inspection, candidate nominations and
results management functions
Reforms by various MDAs and local councils have
started bearing fruits including:
• trade development which includes one border posts
at Mchinji, Dedza and Mwanza border posts;
• improved waste management in Balaka and
Mangochi; and
• financing and capacity building under the GSED
project
• Malawi electronic trade licensing systems. Making
it easy to apply for, and process different licenses
issued by the Ministry of Trade

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Enabler # Name of Enabler Key Successes

5 Human Capital
Development
6 Economic
Infrastructure
7 Environmental
Sustainability
• Construction of schools at primary, secondary, and
tertiary levels and including technical colleges;
• STI- Online distance education and learning (ODEL)
enhanced with education videos and radio airing at
different stages of operationalization;
• Malawi National Examinations Board has rolled out
E-registration and payment for examinations to
eliminate challenges such as wrong capturing of
candidates’ information and misappropriation of
candidates’ fees; and
• Ministry of Youth and Sports at an advanced stage
to complete the sports complex at Kamuzu Institute
for Youth and the Griffin Sayenda In- door Netball
Court in Lilongwe.
• The Kenyatta driveway, six lane and dual carriageway
are taking shape while toll gates have been
constructed at Kalinyeke in Dedza and Chingeni
in Ntcheu, where 4 billion Kwacha will be collected
annually for road maintenance.
• Solar Power Plants, commissioned at 60 Megawatts
in Salima and 20 Megawatts in Golomoti, Dedza;
• Lilongwe Water Board is in the final stages of
constructing a new dam at Malingunde to improve
water supply in the capital city
• New Fiscal incentives of environmentally friendly
cooking equipment and tax waivers on renewable
energy system components will reduce the country’s
over reliance on charcoal and firewood

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Under the SERP, on the other hand, progress was
shown on the following:
• front loading of resources by various donors
to stimulate economic growth;
• vaccination uptake for COVID-19 vaccines
by 3 million Malawians;
• construction of 55 health posts;
• Process to construct infectious disease
control;
• establishment of the 1.6-Billion Kwacha
Emergency Drug Fund and;
• the recruitment of 3500 primary school
teachers and 2272 secondary school
auxiliary teachers.
The MIP-1 2021-2022 Annual Progress Report
revealed that several SDGs are also progressing
well, including zero hunger, good health and
well-being, quality education, clean water and
sanitation, and life below water. While others are
on the borderline showing slow progress such
as gender equality, affordable and clean energy,
decent work and economic growth, Industry,
innovations and infrastructure, climate action
and partnerships for the goals.
The slowness in MIP-1 implementation has
largely been due to two main reasons, namely: (i)
the impacts of exogenous shocks like COVID-19,
cyclones and the Russia-Ukraine conflict that
have disrupted production and trade value chains,
leading to huge forex shortages and a sharp rise
in prices of food and raw material commodities
such as fertiliser and (ii) low implementation
capacities (technical and financial) in the
executing MDAs and local councils.
The presentation recommended that authorities
should ensure that minimum capacities are built
around the institutions that have the roles of
executing catalytic interventions that are key
in meeting the MIP-1 milestones of graduating
the country into a middle-income economy and
meeting most of the SDGs by 2030.
Priority Interventions for the 2023/24 Fiscal
Year
Priority interventions in the MIP-1 that will be
implemented during the 2023/24 fiscal year
were presented by the Government Leads of the
PECGs. The priorities were collectively arrived at
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through consultations with stakeholders in the
PECGs, confirmed by Government sector leads,
and modelled by the NPC. The priorities for the
2023/24 fiscal year were agreed for prioritisation
by both state and non-state actors; and have
a high probability of advancing the country
towards meeting the two MIP-1 milestones. The
following are the priorities by Pillar and Enabler:
Pillar 1: Agriculture Productivity and
Commercialization – Led by Ministry of
Agriculture
• Support the establishment of mega-
farms (with anchorage) that connect with
surrounding smallholder farmers in the
production of localized agricultural products
(livestock, crops, including horticulture,
beekeeping, and fish) across the country.
• Legislate for the establishment of structured
markets for all existing National Export
Strategy (NES) prioritised strategic crops,
livestock and fisheries.
• Reform Agriculture Development and
Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) into a fully
functional agriculture-produce commercial
entity and aggregator with international
market linkages.
• Implement the farm machinery and
equipment hire and ownership scheme,
especially targeting cooperatives and the
youth.
• Build the institutional, technical, and human
resource capacity in the institutions that
will be coordinating agriculture productivity
and commercialization (with adherence to
minimum requirements).
Pillar 2: Industrialisation – Led by Ministry of
Trade and Industry
• Establish a national single window for trade.
• Support the creation of long-term
development financing instruments in the
existing commercial banks and other financial
institutions.
• Promote rural-based agricultural value
addition infrastructure development to
enable women, and youth participation in
industrialisation.
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• Develop support infrastructure for the Special will be coordinating the mindset change
Economic Zones and Export Processing interventions.
Zones.
• Facilitate the re-commissioning and Enabler 2: Effective Governance Systems and
development of the Kayerekera Uranium Mine Institutions- Led by the Ministry of Justice
in Karonga, rare earth mining in Phalombe,
Kanyika Niobium in Mzimba, Malingunde • Protect budgetary allocation of governance
Graphite and Kasiya Rutile in Lilongwe. and accountability institutions to enhance
• Build the institutional, technical and human operational independence.
resource capacity in the institutions that • Enforce a public expenditure tracking system.
will be coordinating industrialisation (with • Develop a policy and legislative framework for
adherence to minimum requirements). the adoption and use of DNA technologies
and evidence in criminal investigations and
Pillar 3: Urbanisation – Led by the Ministry of proceedings.
Local Government • Build the institutional, technical, and human
resource capacity in the institutions that will
• Implement innovative, cost-effective valuation be coordinating effective governance (with
and billing of all city properties to significantly adherence to minimum requirements).
spread the property tax burden and improve
revenue. Enabler 3: Enhanced Public Sector Performance
• Implement the Tourism Master Plan starting – Led by the Office of the President and Cabinet
with the identified quick wins that include
developing the creative industry. • Enforce adherence to the Public Service
• Develop and review laws and policies for Regulations in recruiting, rewarding and
urban land use and urban development. sanctioning public servants.
• Enforce adherence to the physical master plans • Develop and publicise annual Key Performance
in all councils, including the development of Indicators (KPIs) for Cabinet Ministers, heads
ecological corridors. of MDAs and statutory bodies.
• Develop master plans for secondary cities. • Roll out the devolution and decentralisation
• Build the institutional, technical and human process in full to allow service delivery that
resource capacity in the institutions that will is closer to the people and capacitate local
be coordinating urbanization (with adherence councils to manage the decentralisation
to minimum requirements). process.
• Digitize the documentation, procurement,
Enabler 1: Mindset Change – Led by The Ministry and operations of all relevant Government
of National Unity and Civic Education services.
• Build the institutional, technical and human
• Revise school curricula to include ethics, resource capacity in the institutions that will
integrity and positive values. be coordinating public sector performance
• Establish the National Peace and Unity (with adherence to minimum requirements).
Commission.
• Develop and implement an integrated Enabler 4: Private Sector Dynamism – Led by
national Mindset Change Programme that the Ministry of Trade and Industry
brings together initiatives of both state and
non-state actors. • Facilitate the enactment and gazetting of the
• Establish and sustain local hubs and/or Special Economic Zones Bill.
platforms (pabwalo) as discussion forums • Support the completion of strategic economic
for the communities to discuss public issues, infrastructure such as power, transport
including at Area Development Committee network and ICT while ensuring a sustainable
(ADC) level. macroeconomic environment that beats
• Build the institutional, technical, and human regional averages;
resource capacity in the institution that

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• Develop the key import substitution sectors
such as pharmaceuticals.
• Implement the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) Policy and establish and
sustain a Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) forum,
especially for Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs) and Cooperatives;
• Provide tax incentives to firms (both local and
foreign) investing in priority sectors of the
economy as guided by the MW2063.
• Build the institutional, technical and human
resource capacity in the institutions that will
be coordinating private sector dynamism
(with adherence to minimum requirements).
Enabler 5: Human Capital Development – First
Led by the Ministry of Education
• Build decent housing for teachers especially
in primary and secondary schools.
• Recruit and deploy more primary and
secondary school teachers.
• Fully develop and implement the National
Youth Service (NYS).
• Rehabilitate and upgrade Community Skills
Training Institutions and ensure they are well
equipped;
• Provide of integrated platforms of care at all
levels of the health system;
• Upscale sexual reproductive health rights
services as well as women economic
empowerment programmes and educate the
girl child (without neglecting the boy child)
as part of effective population management
strategies.
• Construction and Rehabilitation of existing
health and education infrastructure and
promotion of online learning;
• Support catchment protection measures,
especially main river sources.
• Construct/install and/or upgrade well-
serviced sanitation facilities (such as toilets,
washrooms, dust bins) in all public places
such as markets and bus terminals);
• Rehabilitate existing sports facilities and
supply sports equipment materials for all
targeted sport disciplines to all learning
institutions; and
• Build the institutional, technical and human
resource capacity in the institutions that will be
coordinating the human capital development
interventions (with adherence to minimum
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requirements).
Enabler 6: Economic Infrastructure – Led by the
Ministry of Transport and Public Works
• Undertake systematic maintenance and
rehabilitation of road infrastructure including
in rural areas.
• Complete the upgrading works of urban
roads to bitumen standards.
• Expand railway coverage to international and
local routes for cargo and passengers and
intercity railway system (including Completion
of the Marka-Bangula railway);
• Develop more clean energy and Hydro-
power plants (such as Mpatamanga);
• Legislate the utilization of pension funds for
development/infrastructure projects.
• Train the relevant MDAs and parastatals in
acquiring bankable projects and Public Private
Partnership (PPP) negotiating skills; and
• Build the institutional, technical and human
resource capacity in the institutions that will
be coordinating the economic infrastructure
interventions (with adherence to minimum
requirements).
Enabler 7: Environmental Sustainability – Led by
Ministry of Forestry and Public Works
• Review existing laws and policies related to
economic and fiscal instruments to raise
revenues for sustainable conservation and
management of natural resources and the
environment.
• Build capacity for accessing local and
international climate change financing
including the Climate Change Adaptation
Fund and Green Climate Fund.
• Enforce land related legislation, especially on
land use.
• Scale-up forest regeneration and land
restoration plans in highly degraded areas
(wildlife, forestry, and fisheries).
• Build the institutional, technical, and human
resource capacity in the institutions that will be
coordinating the environmental sustainability
interventions (with adherence to minimum
requirements).
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Documentary on the Ndizotheka Initiatives
Achieving the MW2063 aspirations is possible if all
stakeholders work together with Government in
contributing towards the common vision. Various
stakeholders, institutions, groups and individuals
are contributing towards the achievement of the
MW2063 goals, by implementing interventions
that are in line with the Pillars and Enablers of the High-level Panel on Defining quick wins to
vision. During the NDC, a documentary of such attaining food security, jobs, and wealth
interventions was showcased as follows:
Pillar 1: Agriculture Productivity and
Commercialisation – Innoceria Green Belt
Greenhouse Limited, an Israel company in
partnership with the Malawi Government Green
Belt Project, growing various crops like green,
red, orange and yellow peppers; lettuce; onion;
cauliflower; watermelons; Irish potatoes; and
broccoli. If this is done at a large scale it can
contribute to food security, job creation and
promotion of economic growth through exports.
Pillar 2: Industrialisation – Mach Milk Company
in Blantyre is producing powdered milk and
yoghurt locally from fresh milk produced from
the local dairy breeds. This is helping to improve
nutrition, job creation and economic growth.
Pillar 3: Urbanisation – Construction of small
cities in rural and urban areas by Farm Cities
Africa through the proceeds made from fish and
tomato farming.
Enabler 1: Mindset Change – Mr. Chanisanga
Kamanga, a farmer who constructed two
teachers’ houses in Mzimba district using the
proceeds from his farming; depicting that some
development projects in our communities can
be done by Malawians themselves rather than
waiting for the Government or development
partners.
Enabler 2: Enhanced Public Service Performance
– Through the Governance to Enable Service
Delivery (GSED) Project which is giving out
funding to well performing district councils,
Mulanje district council, which turned out number
1 in the local authority performance assessment,
has received 774 million Kwacha.
Enabler 6: Economic Infrastructure - JCM
Company has constructed a solar power plant
at Golomoti in Dedza which is producing
electricity through radiation, giving out 20 Mega
Watts to the Electricity Supply Commission of
Malawi (ESCOM).
creation enroute to MW2063
The high-level panel discussion was chaired by
Professor Address Malata, the Vice Chancellor
of Malawi University of Science and Technology
(MUST). The chairperson summarised the
contents of the MW2063 and MIP-1, which
define the catalytic interventions, quick wins,
and flagship projects that will help the country
graduate to a low middle-income status by 2030
and achieve most of the SDGs. The discussion,
however, centered on the quick-win interventions
needed to attain the MIP-1 milestones, amidst
external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic
and cholera. The Chairperson emphasised on
doing business unusual in driving the MW2063
which has attaining food security, job creation
and wealth creation at its core. The panelists
views are summarized below;
Question 1: What is the Government doing to
ensure that the MW2063 is achieved and what
should be done to attain food security, create
jobs and wealth?
Ms. Colleen Zamba – SPC, Office of the
President and Cabinet (OPC)
• Civil service needs to develop policies,
rules and legislation that would create a
conducive environment for all other sectors
of the economy to implement quick wins.
For instance, Private Sector Labs provide a
platform for engagement between the public
and private sector. Civil service is seen to be at
the center of achieving MW2063 aspirations.
• There is a need to improve civil service
performance through capacity development.
This can be achieved through digitalisation
and issuance of quarterly performance
indicators. Again, youth empowerment on
both hard and soft skills would help civil
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service delivery. Expert
• Mega farms and anchor farms would
industrialise and develop our country while • There is mutual enforcement between hunger
AIP delivery needs reform as smallholder and poverty, and the hungry population
farmers are observed to be selling the input cannot innovate beyond food.
coupons. • There is a need to improve land and labor
productivity for local food production
Mr. Kondwani Kachamba Ngwira – Chief through Agriculture Input Programme (AIP),
Executive of Project Innovation Center irrigation, mechanisation, and other good
alternatives.
• There is need to speed up coordination • Food accessibility is a challenge in Malawi,
between strategic (OPC), tactical teams there is a missing link in the functionality of
(MDAs) and private sector. Private sector is the market and food distribution. ADMARC
not being included in the realisation of the needs to be revamped.
MW2063. • There is a need to improve post-harvest
• Corruption is a major challenge impeding technologies to reduce wastage.
Malawi`s progress and it requires a shift in
mindset to meet the MIP-1 milestones. Question 2: As a country, we are attempting
• Malawi is endowed with several natural to achieve the SDGs; what should Malawi do
resources and need not import products to expedite this process?
such as salt. Government, through
universities, needs to support private sector Ms. Rabecca Adda-Dontoh – United Nations
manufacturing drive, e.g., fertiliser for import Resident Coordinator
substitution. Again, the Malawi Bureau of
Standards (MBS) needs to reduce the cost for • Citizen engagement in achieving quick wins
certification of standards and there should is important in meeting SDGs. Legislature
be political will for import substitution to be need to engage grassroots and support
realised. The Russia-Ukraine conflict needs initiatives which have a game-changing
to teach us a lesson. potential.
• The media should portray Malawi as an • She emphasised that engagement of women
attractive investment destination. and the youth is essential to the achievement
Mr. Tamani Nkhono Mvula – Agriculture of SDGs and realisation of MIP-1 milestones.

The Director General of the NPC bidding farewell to His Excellency after the opening ceremony of the
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TECHNICAL SESSIONS
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TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Panel Discussion on MIP-1 Implementation Progress: Graduating Malawi into a Middle-

income Economy (Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions)

The panel discussion was chaired by Oxfam Malawi Country Director, Ms. Lingalireni Mihowa. The
Chairperson asked the panelists to share their views on how Malawi can graduate into a middle-
income economy by looking at challenges, opportunities and solutions.

Question 1: What are opportunities for

Malawi to attain middle – income status? Malawians use parastatals to loot public funds.
What are the critical challenges? He therefore, urged the Government to put in
place a strong system to provide checks and
Dr. Winford Masanjala – University of balances on how parastatals are managed.
Malawi
Question 2: Explain about the opportunities
• Dr. Masanjala highlighted the for youth and challenges for youth in the
developmental state philosophy which implementation of the MW2063.
anchors the MW2063, as an opportunity,
and emphasised the need to interrogate Mr. Asharn Kossam – Youth Core Advisory
whether the model that we are pursuing Panel Co-Chairperson
is indeed the developmental state model.
To pursue this model, we need to create • He proposed that we need to strengthen
an equivalent of the Malawi Development coordination and accountability in the
Corporation (MDC) to cover up for the development space at all levels. He
market failure. In addition, we need to observed that at national level, there
establish many regulatory authorities and are structures such as PECGs; but at
state mining companies that must own sectoral level, there is an absence of such
shares in mining ventures. The challenge coordinating structures. He also mentioned
was that these state-owned enterprises that there is a lack of coordination between
that will drive the developmental state Government and development partners
philosophy are yet to be established. in implementing development projects.
• On the issue of development finance, He cited an example of Agriculture
he observed that funding for the Commercialisation (AGCOM) where there
implementation of quick-wins in the is no clear picture of how AGCOM has
MIP-1 is inadequate, hence the need contributed to specific components of the
to explore and implement different MW2063.
innovative financing mechanisms such as • He also observed that there is a lack of
PPP, including the need to establish long- interaction between the national and local
term financing mechanisms for long-term levels in implementing the MW2063; the
projects, e.g., 30 years. need to find mechanisms for engaging
• On the issue of political settlement, he institutions that are implementing the
reiterated the fact that in Malawi there are MW2063 at local levels, i.e., involving
groups of people that wield power, but it is local authorities in the implementation of
not clear if they wield the power to further tourism interventions. At local levels, we
the interests of all Malawians by promoting need to engage the youth in initiatives
the realisation of the MW2063. He such as tree planting because they already
lamented about the parastatal institutions have structures on the ground.
that are not effective and observed that
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• He observed that there is a lack of drive to
leverage existing opportunities for youth
participation.
• He urged all development practitioners
to embrace existing opportunities such as
Kondwani Ngwira’s initiative on product
processing to kick start economic zones
that can lead to the development of
manufacturing industries in Malawi.
Question 3: How best can we get non-state To strengthen economic governance, he
actors to align to the MW2063?
Question 4: How can we achieve better
coordination among non-state actors • there is a need for institutional and systems
and how do we make sure that Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
interventions are graduating people
economically to independent levels?
Ms. Pamela Kuwali – Country Director, • there is a need to improve and manage
ActionAid
• Emphasised the need to have an effective
coordinating body; and commended the
NGO Board for great work it is doing
so far but suggested that the NGO
Board can do more by going beyond
collecting revenue to collecting data
and information of interventions by the
CSOs to assess how they are contributing
to the MIP-1 implementation.
• Proposed that the NGO Board should
work with the NPC to ensure that CSOs • He observed that the current anticorruption
are integrating MIP-1 interventions in
their programming.
• Highlighted the need to direct substantial
investments into women cooperatives
to improve their access to finance and
markets, apart from the promotion of the
mega farms.
• Proposed that we need to intensify
on addressing corruption and
mismanagement of finances to improve
service delivery at various levels.
Question 5: What are some of the
governance issues that must be dealt with
for the Malawi economy to graduate to a
middle income status?
Dr. Henry Chingaipe – Economic
Governance and Development Expert
He emphasised the primacy of politics; and
observed that in whatever field we operate,
those fields are intrinsically connected with
politics.
suggested that:
strengthening of resource husbandry. He
observed that there has been a significant
amount of resources in the country but
what we see is a lot of pilferage and
corruption.; and
these resources properly. It is possible to
graduate this country to a middle- income
economy, but we are allocating resources
based on political patronage instead
of letting patronage flow from a good
governance system. We are dedicating
resources to institutions and programmes
that may not deliver long- term benefits
for the economy.
Specifically on corruption:
strategy focuses more on investigation
and prosecution. He proposed that going
forward, the anti- corruption strategy
should focus more on prevention than
investigations. We need to develop a
corruption strategy that aims at instilling
discipline, ethical conduct and promoting
prevention of corruption; and incorporate
these aspects in our curriculum and
enforce them.
• Currently, corruption is normalised, and
there are so many cases to investigate with
limited resources to the extent of tolerating
some corruption cases as normal and
only focusing on those involving huge
sums of money.
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• He also proposed that there should be a
strong oversight system in the civil society
because it was noted that the cash-gate
started in the civil society long before it
was revealed in the Government system.
Plenary
After the discussion by the panelists, the • The need to emphasise on corruption
Chairperson requested for contributions from
the audience on the topic based on the views
expressed by the panelists on graduating the
economy to middle-income level. Some of
the views included the following:
• The National Youth Council of Malawi
(NYCOM) does not have a programme
for young people, yet it is an entity for
the young people. NYCOM should not be
reduced to just an entity for implementing
sexual reproductive health programmes.
It needs to be empowered so that it can
also start empowering the young people.
There is need to start investing in young
people.
• The implementation of the MW2063
should also involve local leaders who are
the custodians of our culture. We need
to work with them to identify the type
of culture which we want the traditional
leaders to champion. For example, a leader
should be able to stand out and say, in my
village, I do not want to see handouts, etc.
• There is a need for the country to capitalise
on the quick wins such as exports of the
legumes.
• On Eminent Speakers Series activities, it was
suggested that we pick rural champions
like Chanisanga Kamanga of Mzimba, a
citizen who is building teachers’ houses in
his community using his private resources,
not Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and
Professors only.
• On establishing the mining regulatory
authority, a proposed Bill has been
developed and submitted to Cabinet for
its consideration before being presented
in Parliament.
• We need special purpose vehicles to be
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established to spearhead development
of secondary cities just as the country did
with Lilongwe City development using
Capital City Development Corporation
(CCDC).
• We need public institutions to grow start-
ups and to help entrepreneurs to convert
ideas into bankable projects.
prevention not investigations was
welcome by the audience. There are
institutions mandated with corruption
prevention already such as the Solicitor
General, Office of the Director of Public
Officers’ Declarations; but there is a need
to strengthen coordination of how these
institutions work together.
• The proposed Special Economic Zones Bill
is also at cabinet level for consideration.
• As part of mindset change, communities
are being engaged to inculcate the mindset
change agenda, but the main challenge is
the issue of handouts which they expect
when they are called for a meeting.
On issues of integrity, the proposal of
influencing the curricula in that regard is
being discussed by stakeholders. What
we need as a nation is to define mindset
change terms like patriotic and visionary;
i.e., what is to be patriotic and how do we
measure these terms with indicators?
• Tax incentives and illicit financial flows were
highlighted as some of the challenges. It
was indicated that Government is losing
revenue through tax incentives to foreign
investors where some of these investors
could still invest without some of the
incentives. Statistics from the Ministry of
Finance show that the country is losing
about K500 billion from tax incentives
annually.
• Malawi is an agro-based economy and
needs to invest in agriculture. Mega farms
are the way to go, and we need to pay
attention to how we can implement this.
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• On MW2063 being a youth-centric vision,
the conference observed that youth have
been provided with financial resources for
various investment and business activities,
but the funds are not accounted for.
Additionally, there is a need to invest in
Industrial hubs in the youth investment bid
for economic empowerment. The country is
looking for proactive youth that are already
doing something and are only waiting for
addition support through these hubs.
Final Words from the Panelists
• We need to re-think the model of the
National Economic Empowerment Fund
(NEEF) model, considering that it has
been struggling to recover funds from
the beneficiaries.
• Beyond tax incentives, we need to find
out how else the country is losing money.
For instance, most mining agreements
are badly negotiated, resulting in loss
of revenue. A lot of our agricultural
produce such as groundnuts, moves out
of the country in trucks without papers
and without forex benefits.
• The Agriculture Input Programme is
supposed to be for farmers; however,
it is also given to peasants who are not
farmers. We assume every Malawian is a
farmer. It is a very expensive and difficult
way of achieving food security.
• Local government is a key institution
for effective governance enablers.
We should, therefore, promote fiscal
devolution at the local level more
seriously.
• If we are to graduate the economy to
middle income, the growth rate should
be at 6% per year; but this will most
likely not be the case for some time.
We are failing to come up with public
institutions to support such growth. The
country should, therefore, capitalise on
key investment which can help stabilize
the economy such as the mining and
special economic zones initiatives.
Panel Discussion on SDGs – Leaving No-
one Behind (Challenges, Opportunities
and Solutions)
The panel discussion was chaired by Ms. Scader
Louis, Chairperson of the Malawi Human
Rights Commission (MHRC), who requested
the panelists to respond to a question on
what strategies could help accelerate the
achievement of all SDGs and ensure that no
one is behind?
Justice Zione Ntaba – The Judiciary
• She noted the need to empower the
citizenry through education and enhance
awareness of the tenets of the rule of law to
enable them to demand legal action and to
make duty bearers accountable.
• Called for more efforts to enhance capacity
building of the judicial system (both
financially and technically) to ensure timely
dispensation of justice. This could be
propelled by promoting the establishment
of traditional courts infrastructure at the
community level so that no one is left
behind.
• Emphasised the need to enhance service
delivery to promote peaceful and inclusive
societies for sustainable development;
provide access to justice for all; and build
effective, accountable, and inclusive
institutions at all levels.
Professor Kingstone Ngwira – Pentecostal
Life University
• Emphasised the need to have a shared
vision that is understood by everyone in
society for there to be a societal approach
in the implementation of the MW 2063.
• Emphasised the need for strategic and
catalytic investments that will help the
country achieve the MW2063 and the need
to have a positive mindset that helps the
nation overcome obstacles to development.
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Mr. Challa Getachew – Deputy Resident • Stressed on the 2023 Global Sustainable
Representative, UNDP Development Report (GSDR) and the key
recommendations which touch on the
• Stressed on the need to have effective importance of education, gender equality
targeting systems to identify those and capacity building to exploit low
that are left behind. Called for regular hanging fruits, science and technology,
vulnerability assessments to identify the business, and governance as important
most in need and deliberate efforts from levelers for transformation.
both state and non-state actors targeting • Emphasised governance, individual/
vulnerable populations with strategic and collective action, science and technology,
catalytic investments that could bring and capacity building to enable an
transformational change. integrated way of thinking as important
• Stressed on the need to use data for tools for achieving transformational SDGs.
evidence-based policy formulation
and decision making. Noted Malawi’s Ms. Roselyn Makhumula – Secretary for
policy rich environment and the lack of Gender
policy implementation which could be a
consequence of policies that do not speak • Noted that Gender financing is key to
to the conditions on the ground. accelerating the implementation and
• Highlighted the importance of the achievement of the SDGs in Malawi and
private sector in improving the country’s called on both state and non-state actors
productive capacity, increasing exports, to assist in providing adequate resources
and increasing Malawi’s potential to benefit to push the agenda forward.
from international markets, including the • Highlighted the importance of the
AfCTA. economic empowerment of women and
• Called for increased access to clean and the need to establish and operationalise
affordable energy and noted that energy an Economic Empowerment Fund for
is at the heart of addressing many of the Women. She demonstrated how village
strategic challenges that Malawi is facing. savings groups have been vital to women’s
economic empowerment.
Ms. Sharon Nkhwazi – Director for UN SDG • Stressed on the need to eliminate gender-
award winning Programme based violence in all its forms and violence
against children as key to achieving the
• Stressed the need to increase advocacy SDGs.
and awareness among the citizenry on the
SDGs by simplifying messages and putting Mr. Ronald Mtonga – Executive Director,
the SDGs in accessible formats, including CONGOMA
translation to local languages.
• Recommended the use of local creative arts • Highlighted agriculture as a key leveler
to promote the SDGs, especially among for transformational change in Malawi
children and young people to encourage and the need to make Malawi self-reliant
ownership and encourage the citizenry stressing that no nation has ever achieved
make duty bearers accountable. development relying on donations.
• Stressed the important role the Council for
Professor Nyovani Madise – Global UN Non-Government Organisations in Malawi
SDG Panel (CONGOMA) is playing in coordinating
NGOs to align to the MW2063 and the
• She highlighted some priorities that Malawi SDGs and ensure their respective results
can explore to ensure the achievement of frameworks directly contribute to the
the SDGs. She also emphasised that some MIP-1 targets and indicators.
priorities do not require a lot of resources.

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Plenary

Question 1: How do we take MW2063 to the people?

Response: NPC is working very closely with NICE which is already on the ground working
with district councils in sensitizing people on the MIP-1 and SDGs. NPC is also encouraging
both state and non-state actors to help in the popularisation and programming of the
same.

Question 2: Why do we not invest much in creative arts as a way of ensuring

achievement of SDGs?

Response: The Government is not investing enough to make sure that no one is left
behind. This also goes to everyone to reflect on themselves on whether they are doing
enough to make sure that art contributes to the achievement of the SDGs.

Question 3: Delays in concluding cases, combined with corruption, are some of the
most significant obstacles impeding the agenda of not leaving anyone behind. What
steps should be taken by the Judiciary to ensure that justice is delivered on time and
that corruption and financial crimes are prosecuted?

Response: The Government, through an amendment to the Courts Act established

judiciary established the Financial and Economic Crimes Division for the High Court, and
the Judiciary reconceptualized the jurisdiction of magistrate courts to enable the speedy
resolution of cases.

Panel Discussion on Sources of Financing of GDP by 2026, in a bid to support the

for the MIP-1 and SDGS
• The panel discussion was chaired by Mr.
Phillip Madinga, Standard Bank Malawi
CEO and Commissioner for the NPC,
who, in his opening remarks, shared the
following: - For the first 3 years we need
about 4.4 billion dollars according to the
MIP-1; hence the need for key financing
opportunities and policy framework that
supports resource mobilisation.
Before the panel discussion, a presentation on
sources of Financing for the MIP-1 and SDGs
was made by Ms. Catherine Chilima, Deputy
Director in the Revenue Department in the
Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs and
Mr. Nations Msowoya, Head of the National
Authorizing Office (NAO) for the EU. The
segment by Ms. Catherine Chilima focused
on Malawi’s Domestic Resource Mobilisation
Strategy (DRMS) which aims to increase
revenue to GDP ratio by 5 percentage points
country’s development plans. The segment
presented by Mr. Nations Msowoya focused
on diversified sources of sustainable financing,
zeroing in on the Integrated National Financing
Frameworks (INFF). The Malawi INFF (once
finalised) is expected to help the country to
strengthen and align its planning processes
with sustainable finance from various sources,
including domestic and international public
and private finance that can be leveraged
to support the implementation of the MIP-1
and the SDGs at the national and subnational
level. The Malawi INFF will clearly define how
the MIP-1 and SDGs will be financed, using
a variety of public and private domestic and
international financing sources.
According to the presentations made, there
are 75 financing initiatives in the four quadrants
of Public Domestic, Public International,
Private Domestic and Private International

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– these include proposed reform changes
in the areas of regulatory reforms, financial
instruments, policy reforms and business
reform processes.
Mr. Patrick Kabambe – CEO, Public Private
Partnership Commission (PPPC)
Highlighted the importance of PPPs; stressing
the efficiencies and access to advanced
technology that the private sector brings, • The need to de-risk investments to ensure
especially for infrastructure development.
Key examples cited included the Shire Valley
Transformation Project and the Mpatamanga
Hydro Project.
The Key challenges that were raised on PPPs • The need to ensure prudent financial
include:
• low capacity in the public sector to
effectively draft and negotiate contracts.
However, Malawi can use existing capacities
in the private sector and the diaspora to fill
in the capacity gaps.
• instability of macroeconomic fundamentals
makes it difficult for investors to commit • The need for consistency and stability
to long term projects – opting for short-
term investments instead. There is a need
to de-risk investments with public entities
by encouraging honoring of commitments
on time.
• Malawi should refrain from the politicisation
of development projects so that private
sector players should not get negative
public exposure due to their involvement
in PPPs.
Ms. Edith Jiya – CEO, Old Mutual
• She highlighted the importance of
pension funds to financing national
development projects and stressed that
the pension funds are already being • He also stressed the need to simplify
utilised by the Government through
Treasury bills and bonds. She stressed the
need for macroeconomic stability as a key
prerequisite to enhancing PPPs in Malawi. • He emphasised the need for better
• She highlighted the following as key to
enhance access and productive use of
pension funds:
• The need for more focused and bankable
plans and proposals from the Government
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to utilize available pension funds. The
proposals should focus on productive
investments that expand the market
and enhance Malawi’s competitiveness
while ensuring a reasonable return on
investment for the private sector. She
highlighted District Councils as having
great potential to attract PPPs especially in
the construction of infrastructure such as
markets and bus terminals.
effective return on invested capital over
the lifespan of the investment. This should
be followed by adequate incentives to
make the investments more attractive to
the private sector.
management within the public sector to
enhance investor confidence in the system
which in turn will attract more investments
through PPPs. She further stressed on the
need to curb corruption within the public
sector as a key prerequisite to enhancing
PPPs.
around development and implementation
of policies and regulations that affect the
private sector to avoid disadvantaging
investors. Inconsistencies in the policy
environment have the potential to affect
medium to long term investments that
can negatively affect the return on the
investment.
Mr. Paul Kwengwere – Malawi Investment
and Trade Centre (MITC)
• He stressed on the need to finance MSMEs
as one of the most viable options for
accelerating the implementation of the
MIP-1.
and streamline bureaucratic red tape to
encourage MSME’s to access financing
from the financial sector.
coordination and information sharing
among the key actors to ensure the
MSME’s access relevant information and
timely support.
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• MITC supports private sector investment
including working with banks, to ensure
that financing is available to the private • There is a need to reflect on the private
sector, including MSMEs.
Mr. Nations Msowoya – Head of NAO – SU,
Ministry of Finance and Economics Affairs
• Stressed the need for prudent utilisation
of available resources to ensure optimum
value from the investments that the
Government makes.
• Stressed the need to explore and expand • There is a need to establish a dynamic and
revenue generation base through new
approaches, tools, and instruments such as
carbon trading and philanthropy sources.
• Emphasised the need for policy reform
and macroeconomic stability as key to
enhancing development financing in • Fiscal devolution is key to enhancing
Malawi.
Ms. Catherine Chilima – Deputy Director,
Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance
and Economic Affairs
• Noted the need to break the vicious cycle
of borrowing that has led to acceleration of
Malawi debt stock and debt service which
in turn have contributed to the shrinking
of the fiscal space.
• Stressed on the need for policy enforcement • There is a need to focus on investments
and prudence in financial management
especially in public procurement.
Plenary
The Chairperson opened the session for
comments from the Audience, and these were
the issues that came out:
• Government is a key enabler in terms of
laws, regulations, and policies. Any changes
to the legal and regulatory frameworks
need to be thoroughly consultative to
protect investments.
• Investors are looking for a quick return
on investment – such as 5 to 10 years.
Government should offload short term
investments to the private sector so that it
can focus on long term investments.
• Effective coordination is key to
implementing the MIP-1 hence the need
to consider having the PEGs co-chaired by
the Government and the private sector.
sector’s contribution to financing MSME’s
and ensure the right balance between
investment financing and consumption
financing.
• There is a need to seriously enhance
performance and accountability systems
in the Government to curb corruption
and ensure non-performing officers are
promptly removed from the system.
independent team/entity comprising the
private sector and Government with the
active involvement of a special Committee
of Parliament to lead the implementation
of the MIP-1.
independence and performance of local
councils. It was noted that currently only
functions were devolved and not the
financial aspects.
• There is a need for financial sector players
to be more ambitious and proactive in
financing productive sectors by finding an
optimum balance between financing low
risk investments such as Treasury bills and
those investments with reasonable risk but
high development impact.
that enhance industrialisation and
development of necessary technologies to
facilitate the necessary growth, including:
• making public-private partnership
more attractive;
• Government creating a conducive
environment to attract new
investment into Malawi;
• prioritization of macroeconomic
stability by Government. It is
very essential to stabilise the
macroeconomic indicators so that
investment planning is easier; and
• arresting and nipping corruption in
the bud.
• Create a project to source funds and
implement actions. There is a need to
create a MW2063 committee on resource
mobilisation.
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• There was an assertion that 20 percent of
the national budget goes to corruption • Based on the presentations made and
(procurement processes are a major
culprit).
• There is a need to implement the domestic
resources mobilisation strategy and
National Export Strategy.
• MAIIC, Export Development Fund (EDF)
and others can-not play the role of
the Malawi Development Cooperation
(MDC). It has been observed that public
development financing institutions have
not done well in Africa. Therefore, there is
need to re-think the creation of new ones
and re-examine the roles of existing ones.
• Requirements for investment opportunities
are cumbersome hence the need to make
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them simple for easy accessibility by SMEs.
contributions from panel discussion and
audience, the following came out as key
sources of financing:
• Taxes and Government charges.
• Borrowing (loans) for productive
investments.
• Development partners grants.
• DFIs.
• Pension funds.
• Private investments (institutional
investors, impact investors, diaspora)
• PPP arrangements.
• Philanthropy.
• Blended financing.
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CLOSING SESSION

The NDC ended with the official closing ceremony which focused on the Communique. Ms. Natasha
Msamala, Commissioner for the NPC, read out the Communique in English and Chichewa.

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Honorable Simplex Chithyola, closed the NDC on behalf of the
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Honorable Sosten Gwengwe, MP. The Honorable Minister
commended His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi for
presiding over the opening of the NDC and unveiling the 2021/22 MIP-1 Annual Progress Report.

He reiterated the sentiments that the President made in his speech that we are all part of the solution
to Malawi’s development challenges and pointed to the need to improve coordination among
stakeholders. He emphasised that the PECGs is a structure that will coordinate stakeholders’ activities
in the implementation and review of MIP-1 priorities.

The Honorable Minister emphasised on the commitment by the Minister of Finance and Economic
Affairs to align the national budget to the MIP-1 and called upon all stakeholders to contribute towards
MIP-1 financing as the national budget alone cannot suffice. He further requested stakeholders to
freely engage the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs on this. The Honorable Minister also
encouraged the delegates to reach out to the NPC for further engagement since the one and half
days that were dedicated for the NDC may not be adequate for an exhaustive discussion.

The Minister also emphasized on the need to look at the MW2063 as being for the current generation
too since given the increase in life expectancy, a number of us will be there is 2063 and hence we may
regret our actions if we never deliver the best of ourselves today.

Lastly, the Honorable Minister gave a vote of thanks to all physical and virtual participants, and
encouraged all stakeholders to work together in implementing what had been agreed at the NDC. 

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ANNEXES
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ANNEX ONE: NDC Programme

PROGRAMME FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC)

2-3 February 2023

Theme: ‘Malawi 2063 One Year on: Forging Concerted Efforts on the Journey to Wealth Creation
and Self-reliance’

Moderator for the Mr. Thom Khanje - NPC

Opening Session
Moderator for Day 1 Prof. Levison Chiwaula –
MwAPATA
Moderator for Day 2 Mr. Salim Mapila – NPC

Time Activity Responsibility Duration

DAY 1: 2nd February
08:00 – 08:30 Registration Ms. Memory Nowa 1 Hour
08:30 All Invited Guests get
seated at BICC
09:00 – 09:30 Exhibitions Mr. Tayani Vincent Banda 30 Minutes
09:30 – 09:35 National Anthem Police Band 5 Minutes
09:35 – 09:40 Prayer 5 Minutes
09:40 – 09:45 Welcoming Remarks Mr. Thom Khanje - NPC 5 Minutes
09:45 – 09:55 Opening Remarks Prof. Richard Mkandawire – 10 Minutes
Chairperson of National Plan-
ning Commission (NPC)
09:55 – 10:15 Keynote Address Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba - 20 Minutes
Formerly African Union Com-
missioner for Economic Affairs
and Executive Director at the
IMF
10:15 – 10:20 Documentary of MIP- Dr. Thomas Munthali – Director 5 Minutes
1 Progress General for NPC
10:20 – 10:25 Demonstration of the NPC 5 Minutes
Dashboard for online
tracking of MIP-1
progress
10:25 – 10:30 Performance LUANAR students 5 Minutes

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10:30 – 11:00 Presentation of Priori- Leads of the Pillar and En- 30 Minutes
ties for 2023/24 Fiscal abler Coordination Groups
Year
11:00 – 11:45 High-level Panel on Chair: Prof. Address Malata 45 Minutes
Defining quick wins to – Vice Chancellor of Malawi
attaining food secu- University for Science and
rity, jobs, and wealth Technology (MUST)
creation enroute to
MW2063 Panelists:
1. Ms. Colleen Zamba - SPC,
OPC
2. Ms. Olimpia Wereko
Brobby - FCDO Director
and Chairperson of Heads
of Cooperation
3. Hon. Gladys Ganda, MP
- Chair of Parliamentary
Committee on Budget
and Finance
4. Mr. Kondwani Kachamba
Ngwira – Chief Executive
of Project Innovation
Center
5. Dr. Tamani Nkhono Mvula
– Agriculture Expert
6. Ms. Rebecca Adda-Don-
toh - United Nations
Resident Coordinator

11:45 – 11:50 Ndizotheka Docu- NPC/ LUANAR Students 5 Minutes

mentary/Performance
11:50 – 12:00 Statement Hon. Sosten Gwengwe, MP - 10 Minutes
Minister of Finance and Eco-
nomic Affairs and Vice Chair
of the National Pillar and
Enabler Coordination Groups
Committee
12:00 – 12:20 Official Opening of Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakw- 20 Minutes
the Conference era - President of the Repub-
lic of Malawi and Chair of the
National Pillar and Enabler
Coordination Groups Com-
mittee
12:20 – 12:25 Handover of MIP-1 Prof. Richard Mkandawire 5 Minutes
Progress Report to
H.E.
12:25 – 12:30 Group Photographs NPC 5 Minutes

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12:30 – 14:00 NETWORKING & I Hour 30 Minutes

LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 14:45 Panel Discussion on Chair: Ms. Lingalireni Mihowa 45 Minutes
MIP-1 Implementation – Country Director, OXFAM
Progress: – Graduat- Panelists:
ing Malawi into a mid- 1. Mr. Asharn Kossam –
dle-income economy MW2063 Youth Core Ad-
(challenges, opportu- visory Panel (Youth CAP)
nities, and Solutions) 2. Dr. Winford Masanjala –
University of Malawi
3. Ms. Pamela Kuwali
– Executive Director,
ActionAid
4. Dr. Henry Chingaipe –
Economic Governance
and Development Expert

14:45 – 15:30 Plenary on Graduating Ms. Lingalireni Mihowa - 45 Minutes

Malawi into a mid- Country Director, OXFAM
dle-income economy
15:30 – 16:15 Panel on SDGs - Leav- Chair– Ms, Scader Louis – 45 Minutes
ing no-one behind Chairperson of Malawi Hu-
(challenges, opportu- man Rights Commission
nities, and Solutions)
Panelists
1. Mr. Challa Getachew –
Deputy Resident Repre-
sentative, UNDP
2. Prof. Kingstone Ngwira-
Pentecostal Life University
3. Prof. Nyovani Madise –
Global UN SDG Panel
4. Ms. Sharon Nkhwazi –
Director for a UN SDG
Award Winning Pro-
gramme
5. Justice Zione Ntaba - Ju-
diciary
6. Mr. Ronald Mtonga – Ex-
ecutive Director, CONGO-
MA
7. Ms. Roselyn Makhumula –
Secretary for Gender

16:15 – 17:30 Plenary on Session on Ms. Scader Louis - Malawi 45 Minutes

SDGs - Leaving no- Human Rights Commission
one behind
17:30 Wrap up for Day 1 Mr. Adwel Zembele – Deputy 5 Minutes
Director, Economic Planning

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Day 2: Friday, 3rd February

08:30 – 08:35 Recap for Day 1 Dr. Grace Kumchulesi, 5 Minutes
Director for Development
Planning - NPC
08:35 – 09:00 Presentation on 1. Ms. Catherine Chilima – 25 Minutes
Sources of Financing Deputy Director, Revenue
MIP-1 and SDGs Department, MoFEA,
Treasury
2. Mr. Mr. Nations
Msowoya-Head of NAO-
SU, MoFEA
09:00 – 09:45 Panel Discussion on Chair – Mr. Phillip Madinga – 45 Minutes
Sources of Financing CEO, Standard Bank
MIP-1 and SDGs
Panelists:
1. Mr. Patrick Kabambe
– CEO, Public Private
Partnerships Commission
(PPPC)
2. Ms. Linda Kapanda – Na-
tional Local Government
Financing Committee
3. Ms. Edith Jiya – CEO, Old
Mutual
4. Mr. Paul Kwengwere –
CEO, Malawi Investment
and Trade Centre

09:45 – 10:30 Plenary on Sources of Mr. Phillip Madinga – CEO, 45 Minutes

Financing MIP-1 and Standard Bank
SDGs
10:30 – 11:00 NETWORKING &
TEA BREAK
11:00 – 11:10 Communique in Ms. Natasha Nsamala, 10 Minutes
English and Chichewa Commissioner, NPC
11:10 – 11:20 Closing Remarks Hon Sosten Gwengwe, 10 Minutes
MP - Minister of Finance
and Economic Affairs and
Vice Chairperson of the
National Pillar and Enabler
Coordination Groups
Committee
11:20 NETWORKING &
DEPARTURES

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ANNEX 2: NDC Communique

Annex 2a: NDC Communique (English Version)

COMMUNIQUE OF THE
2023 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
3RD FEBRUARY 2023

1. The 2023 Annual National Development Conference (NDC) took place at Bingu International
Conference Centre (BICC), Lilongwe, Malawi on 2nd – 3rd February 2023.
2. The NDC was held under the theme: “Malawi 2063 One Year on: Forging Concerted Efforts on the
Journey to Wealth Creation and Self-reliance.”
3. The NDC was officially opened by His Excellency, Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the
Republic of Malawi.
4. The NDC was also graced by the presence and participation of various state and non-state
stakeholders including heads of all the branches of Government, representatives of political
parties represented in Parliament, former political leaders, development partners, private sector
institutions, academia, civil Society organizations. Various interest groups, such as women, youth
and persons with disability, were also present, and took an active role in the exhibitions of various
innovations, moderation of the event and deliberation in the panel discussions..
5. The main objectives of the NDC were to take stock of the progress made in the first year of
implementing the Malawi 2063 First 10-Year Implementation Plan (MIP-1) as well as re- strategize
on implementation modalities, including reinvigorating players for concerted efforts in accelerating
the realization of the national vision. Specifically, the conference focused on:
(i) presentation of first annual progress report for MIP-1;
(ii) demonstration of the MIP-1 Dashboard; and
(iii) presentation and discussion of the 2023/24 priority interventions.
6. The NDC acknowledged the Keynote Address by Dr. Maxwell Mkwezelamba that despite the
challenges the country is facing, there is need to prioritise manufacturing, mining and tourism
within the limited fiscal space as key sectors to accelerate the implementation of the MIP-1 and
SDGs.
7. The NDC noted that while close to 80 percent of the interventions that were due to start in the
period 2021-22 have commenced, around 60 percent are either off-track or registering slow
progress. This has largely been due to two main reasons, namely:
(i) the impacts of exogenous shocks like COVID-19, cyclones and the Russia-Ukraine conflict
that have disrupted production and trade value chains leading to huge forex shortages
and a sharp rise in the prices of food and raw material commodities such as fertilisers; and
(ii) the low implementation capacities (technical and financial) in the executing Ministries,
Departments and Agencies as well as local councils. In some cases, this has been exacerbated
by the low sense of urgency in executing catalytic interventions by these institutions.

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8. The NDC agreed that moving forward, it will be important for authorities to ensure that
minimum capacities are built around the institutions that have the roles of executing the catalytic
interventions that are key in meeting the MIP-1 milestones of graduating the country into a
middle-income economy and meeting most of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by
2030 including: mega farms; setting up of mining regulatory authority and establishing state
mining company; concluding outstanding mining agreements; and the intensive promotion of
tourism and manufacturing.
9. The NDC observed that focusing on the highlighted interventions will help Malawi graduate into
a middle-income economy and meet most of the SDGs.
10. Relatedly, the NDC agreed on the need to have time-bound performance targets and contracts
for all heads of MDAs and their senior management to deliver on the prioritised quick wins
defined under each Pillar and Enabler as outlined in the MIP-1 and isolated by the Pillar and
Enabler Coordination Groups (PECGs) leads.
11. The NDC reiterated the need for proper monitoring mechanisms to track the progress of the
priorities defined under the MIP-1, hence the launch of the MIP-1 Dashboard will be an important
tool to be used by all stakeholders to track progress for the MIP-1 and SDGs electronically.
12. The NDC acknowledged various challenges the country is facing while implementing the MIP-1
and went on to define quick wins on how the country can attain food security, jobs, and inclusive
wealth creation en-route to 2063 as follows:
• Investing in productive sectors of the economy such as manufacturing, mining and tourism
• Rallying and consolidating support from all the three arms of the Government arms and the
specific institutions on implementing the MIP-1
13. The NDC acknowledged the priorities set through the PECGs for the 2023-2024 Financial Year.
14. The Conference acknowledged the commitment by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
to align the budget to the MIP-1 and MW2063.
15. The NDC noted the following potential sources of financing the MIP-1 and SDGs:
(i) Annual budget
(ii) Development partners
(iii) Private sector investments
(iv) Pension funds
(v) Bonds
(vi) Philanthropy
(vii)Public private partnerships
16. The NDC highlighted that the private sector will be key in the implementation of the initiatives,
projects and programmes contained in both the MW2063 in general and MIP-1 in particular.
17. The NDC strongly recommended that the development players need to work together and
leverage on the specific expertise and endowment from various partners.
18. The NDC commended the National Planning Commission and its partners for organising the
event as well as coordinating the development of the MIP-1 2021-2022 Annual Progress Report.

Done on 3rd February 2023

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Annex 2b: NDC Communique (Chichewa Version)

TSATANETSATANE WA MSONKHANO WAUKULU WACHITUKUKO CHA DZIKO LA

MALAWI WA CHAKA CHA 2023
FEBULUWALE 2023

1. Msonkhano waukulu wa chitukuko cha dziko la Malawi wa chaka cha 2023 unachitika ku BICC ku
Lilongwe pa 2 ndi pa 3 Febuluwale, mchaka cha 2023.
2. Msonkhanowu unawonetsedwanso pa wailesi ndi pa kanema komanso pa makina a intaneti
pofuna kupereka mwai kwa a malawi ochuluka mdziko muno komaso kunja kuti atsatire nawo
zonse zokambilana ndi zochitika pamsonkhanowu.
3. Msonkhanowu unayima pa mutu wawukulu wakuti: Chaka Chimodzi chatha pokwanilitsa
masomphenya a MW2063: Kufunika Kogwilira Ntchito Limodzi Paulendo Wodzidalira ndi Kukweza
Chuma cha Dziko lino.
4. Anatsegulira msonkhanowu ndi mtsogoleri wa dziko lino, Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera.
5. Kumsonkhanowu kunabweraso akuluakulu oyimira mabungwe aboma ndi mabungwe omwe sali
aboma, komaso atsogoleri akale andale, oyimira zipani zandale zomwe zikupezeka ku nyumba
ya malamulo, mabungwe akunja, mubizinezi ndi masukulu awukachenjede. Pamsonkhanowu
panabweraso magulu oyimira achinyamata, amayi ndi anthu aulumali omwe anatengapo gawo
lowonetsa zomwe akupanga popititsa chitukuko cha dziko lino, komaso kuyendetsa zokambirana
pa msonkhanowu kufika tsiku lomaliza.
6. Cholinga cha msonkhanowu chinali kuwunikila momwe ntchito ya chitukuko yayendera m’chaka
choyamba cha ndondomeko ya MIP-1, komaso kukambirana zomwe dziko la Malawi likuyenera
kuchita pofuna kupitabe patsogolo ndi ntchito za chitukuko. Makamaka kulimbikitsa magulu ndi
anthu kuti adzigwilira ntchito limodzi popatsana upangili ndi mathandizo a zachuma. Mwachidule,
tsatane-tsatane wa zolingazi unali motere:
• Kupereka lipoti loyamba la momwe ndondomeka ya za chitukuko ya MIP-1 yayendera.
• Kudziwitsa anthu za njira yapaintaneti yomwe yapangidwa kuti ithandizile kalondolondo
wa momwe chitukuko chikuyendera mmadera osiyanasiyana dziko muno.
• Kufotokozera ntchito zofunika kuti ziyikidwe patsogolo mu ndondomeko ya za chuma ya
2023/2024.
7. Tsatanetsane wa mmene ntchito ya chitukuko ndi chuma ikuyendera inapelekedwa ndi amene
anatsogolera zokambilana pamsonkhnowu, a Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba;
8. Msonkhano unalandira lipoti la momwe ntchito yokwaniritsa masomphenya a 2063 yayendera
mchakachi, ndipo mulipotili mwawonetsa kuti ntchito zambiri zayambidwa kale. Ndipo zina
mwaizo zikuyenda bwino kwambiri. Paliso ntchito zina zomwe zikuchedwa kwambiri, pomwe
zina sizikuyenda bwino mkomwe pa zifukwa zosiyanasiyasiyana, monga: matenda a COVID-19,
nkhondo yaku Russia ndi Ukraine yomwe pagangitsa kuti ncthito zamalonda ziyime, mitengo
yazinthu zambiri ikwere; ndi Ngozi zogwa mwadzidzi zomwe zikubwezera chitukuko mmbuyo.

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9. Panali chidziwitso chakuti pali kuperewera kwa kuthekera kwa mabungwe aboma ndi
maboma ang’ono makamaka kuperewera paukadawulo wantchito zosiyanasiyana ndi chuma.
Msonkhanowu unawonaso kuti pali kusowekera kogwira ntchito mwachangu kuti tikwanilitse
zolinga za chitukuko munthawi yake. Izi zithandiza kuti tiyende mwachangu potukula chuma cha
dziko lino ndi kukhala odzidalira.
10. Ntchito zina zomwe zikufunika kuti dziko lamalawi likhazikikepo ndi za ulimi, migodi ndi malamulo
oyendetsera migodi, ntchito zokopa alendo ndizamafakitale kuti tidzitha kumapanga katundu
wosiyanasiyana, woti titha kugulitsako kunja kwa dziko lino. Izi zidzapangitsa kuti dziko la Malawi
likhale lodzidalira ndiposo kufikila chitukuko chokhazikika.
11. Msonkhanowu unagwilizananso kuti pakhale kupereka milingo yamagwilidwe a ntchito mogwilizana
ndi zitukuko zomwe zili mu MIP-1 makamaka kwa akuluakulu aboma ndi madepatiment aboma;
kuti amalawi azidziwa ngati ntchito ikuyendetsedwa bwino kapena ayi;
12. Msonkhanowu unagwilizana kuti atsogoloeri amabungwe a boma awonetsetse kuti mabungwe
akupatsidwa kuthekera kogwira ntchito mwachangu ndi mwaukadaulo, komaso kuwonjezera
chuma chogwilira ntchito yachitukuko;
13. Ndipo Msonkhanowu unatsindika kufunika komawunikila ndi kuchita kalondolondo wa momwe
ntchito yachitutkuko ikuyendera, ndipo National Planning Commission inawonetsa njira yomwe
yakhazikitsidwa ya pa makina a intaneti yomwe aliyense akhoza kugwilitsa ntchito pofukna
kuwona momwe chitukuko chikuyendera m’madera osiyanasiyana;
14. Msonkhanowu unakambirana za zovuta zomwe dziko lino likukumana nazo pafuna kukwanilitsa
ntchito za chitukuko zosiyanasiyana; ndipo msonkhanowu unagwilizana zitukuko zomwe
zikuyenera kuchitika muchaka cha 2023/2024 pofuna kuthetsa njala, kupereka ntchito kwa
anthu ndiposo kukweza chuma; makamaka polimbikitsa kugwilana manja pogwira ntchito
zosiyanasiyana.
15. Ndipo msonkhanowu unakambilanaso zitukuko zomwe zikhale zikuchitika mchaka cha 2023/24
potsatila zomwe anapangana magulu azachitukuko a PECGs maka polumikizana ndi ndondomeko
ya zachuma ya chaka chino;
16. Msonkhanowu unayamikira unduna wa zachuma pakudzipereka kuti ntchito za chitukuko za mu
MIP-1 zikhale zogwilizana ndi ndondomeko ya chuma kuyambira chaka cha ndondomeko ya za
chuma cha 2023/2024 kupita m’tsogolo;
17. Ndipo msonkhanowu unakambilanaso momwe chuma chinangapezekere kuti zithandize
kuyendetsa ntchito za chitukuko mdziko lino. Zina mwa izo ndi izi:
• Ndondomeko ya chuma ya boma
• Mabungwe akunja komanso mabungwe omwe sali aboma
• Ma kampani ndi mabusiness
• Ndipo kudzera mungongole zomwe boma limatenga madera osiyansiyana
18. Msonkhanowu unatsindikiza kuti makampani amene siaboma ndiofunikila kuthandindiza pa
ntchito za chitukuko zomwe zili mu masomphenya a Malawi 2063 komanso mu ndondomeko ya
ntchito za chitukuko ya MIP-1.
19. Msonkhanowuunalimbikitsa onse omwe amatengapo gawo pa ntchito za chitukuko kuti agwilire
ntchito limodzi pofuna kuti apatsane kuthekera muukadawulo komanso mathandizo azachuma;
20. Msonkhanowu unathokoza bungwe la National Planning Commission pokonza msonkhanowu
womwe unapereka mpata wakuti amalawi awone momwe ntchito ya chikutuko ikuyendera
ndiponso kupeza njira zokwezera chuma ndi chitukuko chokhazikika m’malawi.

Tsatanetsatane wa msonkhano wa pachaka wa 2023 wasindikizidwa pa 3 Febuluwale 2023

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ANNEX THREE: Conference Partners and Sponsors

The 2023 NDC was a success thanks to the support of various institutions. Special thanks go to the
UNDP, USAID, EU through National Authorising Officer (NAO) in the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Affairs, MwAPATA Institute, UNWOMEN, UNFPA, NYCOM, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Youth, Public Events, State House, and various Government
Institutions for the various roles they played in organising the NDC.

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February 2023