German Development Cooperation (GDC) with Malawi
A world without poverty, violent conflicts and environmental degradation - Development policy pursues the aim to gradually achieve this ideal.
The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community. Thus, Germany engages on different levels: with bilateral cooperation, within the European Union, through international organisations, with non-governmental organisations and political foundations.
Germany and Malawi are committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals which 190 Heads of States agreed upon in the year 2000 in the Millennium Declaration. A life free of poverty, fear and ec...
Development Policy
The priority areas of cooperation agreed between the two governments are health, primary education and democratic decentralisation. Besides that, Germany has committed to provide budget support to the...
Priority Areas
Within the German Government, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)is responsible for development cooperation with Malawi. The Ministry commissions the so-called implemen...
GDC Organisations
Each year, the Embassy receives special funding to finance small projects for income-generating and poverty-reducing measures (small grant projects). The average costs per project are about 5.000 - 7.000 Euros.
Small Grant Projects
The cooperation measures agreed upon in the government-to-government agreements form one pillar of German development cooperation with partner countries. The second pillar consists of the activities p...
Non-Governmental Organisations
