About Us
The Centre for Multiparty Democracy – Malawi (CMD-M) is a platform for dialogue for political parties with representation in Parliament in Malawi.
CMD-M was registered as a Trust in 2005, with Secretaries General of political parties as Board Members of the Trust and senior political leaders identified by political parties as Trustees. The Centre was officially launched in October, 2005.
The concept of CMD is based on a collective will of all its member political parties to ensure the entrenchment of multiparty democracy in Malawi for present and future generations.
Our Beliefs
Vision
A peaceful, pluralistic and democratic Malawi.
Mission
To provide a platform for effective inter-party and intra-party dialogue, stable multi-party democracy with the capacity to steer equitable national development.
The principle objective of CMD-M is to ensure a politically mature, stable and democratic Malawi with tolerant leadership, which emphasizes on sustainable socio-economic transformation and development. Against an unstable background, Centre for CMD-M was established to serve as a ‘platform for dialogue in order to promote on-going discourse and dialogue for the entrenchment of multiparty democracy’ in the country. CMD-M has continued to strive to contribute to the development of capacity of political parties in order for them to deliver on their core functions.
- To encourage and inculcate dialogue and interaction between political parties and institutions that support multiparty democracy.
- To facilitate mediation in conflicts between political parties.
- To foster national unity, peace and reconciliation by mapping up common goals.
- To promote gender equity and effective representation of vulnerable and marginalized groups.
- To strengthen the capacity of political parties in deepening and consolidating democratic governance.
- To work with the MEC and election monitors in order to enhance free and fair elections.
- To facilitate and promote civic education
