NDI - Malawi

Antoinette Pearson

fgalleto — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:44:33 +0000

Antoinette Pearson has more than 15 years’ experience developing, monitoring and implementing civic education strategies for community-based organizations, nonprofits and civil society networks in the United States, West Africa, Central/Eastern Europe and the Caribbean. She currently serves as NDI's resident country director in Malawi.

Ms. Pearson previously worked for NDI in Washington, D.C., managing programs in Gambia and Ghana, and in the Czech Republic working with civil society organizations. She left NDI to pursue community outreach projects with a number of U.S. nonprofit organizations and associations, including the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Pathway Senior Living, and the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. She returned to NDI to work in Malawi in 2011.

Ms. Pearson has an M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, a master's of international administration from the SIT Graduate Institute and a B.A. from Hiram College.

NDI Partners with Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to Strengthen Parliaments

fgalleto — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:42:06 +0000

NDI and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on efforts to enhance representative government around the world. The association is a group of national and subnational legislatures of the Commonwealth, representing some two billion citizens from all faiths and ethnicities from six continents.

A memorandum of understanding was signed in Nairobi Sept. 8 by the secretary-general of the CPA, William F. Shija, and the president of NDI, Kenneth Wollack.

A memorandum of understanding was signed in Nairobi Sept. 8 by the secretary-general of the CPA, William F. Shija, and the president of NDI, Kenneth Wollack. Shija attended the signing ceremony in advance of the 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference hosted by the Kenyan Parliament. Wollack was in Nairobi attending NDI's first board meeting held outside the United States. NDI Board member Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate majority leader, also participated in the ceremony.

NDI and CPA will continue to work together to develop and promote the use of the CPA's "Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures," a guide to good parliamentary practice developed in 2006 by a CPA Study Group that drew on a number of technical inputs, including an NDI discussion document. The CPA benchmarks are being used around the world to help parliaments self-assess their procedures and processes to identify areas where democratic governance can be improved.

Wollack and Daschle noted NDI's past successful cooperation with the CPA and looked forward to additional partnership at the global level and in Commonwealth parliaments where NDI has a parliamentary strengthening program. For his part, Shija welcomed the formal partnership as a vehicle for the 175 national and subnational legislatures of the Commonwealth to work with NDI to strengthen developing parliaments.

NDI and the CPA also collaborate with other international organizations on parliamentary strengthening, including the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank Institute.

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Pictured above: Kenneth Wollack (left) and William F. Shija at the signing ceremony in Nairobi

Published September 21, 2010

Malawi: 2nd Interim MESN Statement on the 2009 Presidential and Parliamentary Election

ggreene — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:51:47 +0000

Author:

Malawi Election Support Network

Publisher:

Malawi Election Support Network

Published Date:

05/22/2009

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

Media Type:

PDF

English

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Malawi: Interim MESN Statement on the 2009 Presidential and Parliamentary Election

ggreene — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:47:51 +0000

Author:

Malawi Election Support Network

Publisher:

Malawi Election Support Network

Published Date:

05/19/2009

Resource Type:

Statement

Language:

English

Media Type:

PDF

English

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Malawi Election Monitoring Organization Issues 2nd Interim Report on May 19 Vote

ggreene — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:45:00 +0000

The Malawi Election Support Network (MESN), a coalition of 75 civil society organizations, has issued a second interim statement on Malawi’s May 19 presidential and parliamentary elections. The goal of the organization is to help promote public confidence in the elections through its observation of the voting and counting processes.

With technical assistance from NDI and support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), MESN established a nationwide structure to recruit, train and manage 800 polling day observers to carry out a statistical-based monitoring exercise to identify trends in the voting and counting processes and evaluate the integrity of the results. Additional comment from the organization is expected after official results are announced.

More:
View the second MESN interim statement on the May 19 elections (published May 22) | Read the statement »
View the first MESN interim statement on the May 19 elections (published May 20) | Read the statement »

Pictured above: MESN observers work by lantern to monitor the May 19 elections.

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Updated on May 22, 2009

The Role of Parliaments in the PRSP Process

vrao — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

12/19/2001

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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Can You Call Yourself A Farmer If You Don't Go To The Garden?

vrao — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

09/03/1996

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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Traditional Authority and Democratic Governance in Malawi: A Report on NDI program activities with Malawian Chiefs

vrao — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

04/01/1995

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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Constructive Advocacy and Lobbying for Civic Organizations

vrao — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

02/01/2000

Resource Type:

Manual|Handbook

Language:

English

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1999 Elections Issues Forums Briefing Book

vrao — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

01/01/1999

Resource Type:

Survey

Language:

English

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Critical Review: Malawi Draft NGO Law

vrao — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

01/01/2001

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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Seminar on Committees of the National Assembly, August 14 and 15, 1999

vrao — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

08/15/1999

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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Report of the Delegation: Women's Parliamentary Caucus Study Mission to South Africa

vrao — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

03/26/1999

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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Report of Women's Parliamentary Caucus Regional Meeting, January 25-31, 1999

vrao — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

01/31/1999

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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NGO Policy and Legislation Southern Africa Regional Workshop, June 16-19, 1997

vrao — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

National Democratic Institute

Publisher:

National Democratic Institute

Published Date:

06/19/1997

Resource Type:

Report

Language:

English

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