Malawi Scotland Partnership Operation Report June 2016 to June 2017 Annual General Meeting 2017
MaSP Mandate Cordination Advocacy Capacity Building An umbrella organization for 364 (organizations and individuals) with links in Scotland SMP-MaSP joint working Management of database of links Information sharing Advocacy Annual conferences and symposiums Civil society engagement Partnerships with line ministries through strand leaders Project interventions Capacity Building Support best practices with CSOs Improve project delivery Provide critical information and support to facilitate partnership development Identification of training needs of members and the facilitation of training 103 members were trained in finance and project management between Aug and Oct 2016
Thematic Areas Health Education Economic Development Energy Governance
Health Contribution towards reduction in cases of cervical cancer using Cryotherapy was recognised as a best practice for treating Cervical cancer as implemented by Nkhoma Hospital and has been scaled up to other parts of the country.
Respectful Maternity Project: AMAMI Sustainable programme of cervical screening using VIA and HPV testing in rural Malawi –Nkhoma Synod
Education LCD contribution towards education standards improvement in Mchinji and advocacy in Mchinji and KU VSO contribution towards quality of education through Unlocking Talent project (Kasungu) Contribution towards girls education , cases of teenage pregnancies reduced from 40 cases (100%) at baseline to 5 cases (13%)-LISAP
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Sustainable economic Development- Eagles relief Project- Enhancing Water Management in Rural Malawi
Energy Contribution towards reducing deforestation through production of energy saving cook stoves and provision of access to cheap solar lanterns to communities-Community Energy Malawi
Eagles Cooker AG CARE COOKER
Governance ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Regional Meeting
Where are we going? Enhanced Coordination -Enhance coordination for existing partnerships with a deliberate focus on Coordination Free access to CRCs Get Governance project off the ground Bring together Scottish Community in Lilongwe Coordinate with SMP to facilitate linkages of Scottish Scholars with Malawian Schools and students Leverage linkages with Malawians in Scotland Advocacy Rebrand MaSP from a board room entity to a hub of meaningful and visible change Use MaSP to reposition Malawi as fertile land for investment, knowledge and learning Interface with Malawi Parliament &Government Hold annual events Develop a communication strategy to showcase best practices and disseminate information Capacity Building -increase MaSP’s resource base -Creation of training packages for CSOs Facilitate the development of new partnerships; youth Assess impact of current links Provide technical support Create a ME&L tool Foster the energies of our staff members; refocus CRCs Relocate to new offices
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!!! FINAL THOUGHT The current MaSP operational model has already proven to be effective and successful We manage a partnership model that is exceptionally unique in the whole world; a people to people model With our disciplined financial management approach; we pledge to position MaSP as a network organization which our members will be proud to associate themselves with THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!!!