YPU has various local and international NGOs and CBOs, political parties (DPP, UDF, MCP, AFORD, PPM, PETRA, NRP, ,RP,MDP, MAFUNDE) and other indepentdent politicians as well as the media (radio, TVM and print) as partners and supporters.

Below you find a list of very engaged parters of the YPU.

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Malawi
• GTZ: Forum for Dialogue and Peace
• National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE)
• Malawi Human Rights Youth Network (MHRYN)
• National Youth Council of Malawi
• Capital Radio FM

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is a German International Non-Governmental Organization, working in over 120 countries worldwide and implementing over 200 various programmes and projects in those countries. It is legally registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Foundation in its work within and outside Germany pursues exclusively and directly non-profit making objectives in the public interest. These include providing support for the promotion of:

The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations.
GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.
GTZ has been active in Malawi on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for more than 30 years. Malawi is a priority partner country for German and international Development Cooperation.
These policies are supported by Malawian-German Development Cooperation in the following priority areas:

In addition, GTZ promotes cross-sectoral projects such as HIV/AIDS prevention and control, a forum for dialogue and peace, prevention of gender-specific violence and the provision of macroeconomic advice to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. In addition, a project (Technical Education Vocational and Enteprenuership Training, TEVET) is being executed to promote employment-relevant vocational training and upgrading. At regional level in Southern Africa (Southern African Development Community, SADC), GTZ supports a community dry forest management programme and an advisory service for chambers of commerce and private enterprises (Advisory Service for Private Business, ASPB).

Forum for Dialogue and Peace

The Forum for Dialogue and Peace is an initiative of the Malawi Government supported by the German Government, which was launched in 2002. It is aimed at the promotion of a pro-active approach to dialogue, peace building and conflict resolution in the Malawian society.
The project operates within the field of crisis prevention and conflict transformation. It is concerned primarily with creating training opportunities, with the financing of various activities for peace, and with conflict resolution measures on the district level, such as the setting up and strengthening of conflict mediation bodies.

The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) is a government of Malawi project funded by the European Union. The project was officially launched on 6th February 1999 just prior to the country’s second multiparty general elections. The project is aimed at encouraging Malawians to actively participate in public life through awareness initiatives and capacity building.

NICE has now been through two successful phases:

In the current phase, the project aims at the strengthening of the democratic process and increase of good governance in Malawi, by providing civic education on a permanent basis. NICE is implementing a variety of programs aimed at promoting awareness and internalization of democratic principles and values in the communities.

The NICE project aims at providing civic education which is characterized by the following values:

Malawi Human Rights Youth Network is an umbrella Organization for human rights youth NGOs in Malawi working in the fields of democracy, human rights, good governance and peace building. Currently the network has got 36 NGO members. The network was established in May 2001 but officially launched in February 2002. It is registered with the Registrar General under the Trustees Incorporation Act of 1962 as a non-partisan and a non-profit making organization. It is also registered with the National Youth Council of Malawi as a youth network on human rights.

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The National Youth Council of Malawi is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Malawi established through an Act of Parliament, The National Youth Council of Malawi Act No. 22 of 1996.
The Council is autonomous, independent and non-partisan staturoty corporation whose main mandate is to promite youth participation to allow youth realize their full potential inall endeavours.
The National Youth Council of Malawi aims to:

Capital Radio is a privately owned commercial radio station that was launched 29th March 1999. The Malawi chapter of the National Media Institute of Southern Africa (NAMISA) has voted Capital fm the Electronic Media House of the Year for three consecutive years – 2004, 2005 and 2006.

We are a station that values civic responsibility and seek to give the people of Malawi a new voice by providing quality broadcast news, information and entertainment programming that will assist them to speak out for better services and good governance. We seek to exert positive leadership by producing news and information that is accessible by the people in order to promote an engaged and participative democracy.
Capital Radio is a privately owned commercial radio station that was launched 29th March 1999. The Malawi chapter of the National Media Institute of Southern Africa (NAMISA) has voted Capital fm the Electronic Media House of the Year for three consecutive years – 2004, 2005 and 2006.

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