THE OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP (OGP) IS A BROAD GLOBAL

multilateral partnership that aims to secure concrete commitments from national governments to promote open government, active citizen participation, transparency, accountability, and the harnessing of new technologies to strengthen governance. This initiative started in 2011 and includes national governments, the private sector, and civil society organizations (CSOs) working together to co-create action plans with concrete commitments across various thematic areas.Malawi joined the OGP in 2013. However, OGP Malawi’s Initiatives were interrupted by the protracted electoral process of 2019 and soon after by the environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in March 2022, the President of the Republic of Malawi, His Excellency Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, resuscitated OGP Malawi, which resulted in a co-creation kick-off workshop held in August 2022. During these meetings hosted by OPC (the secretariat), government, civil society, and private sector stakeholders identified policy/thematic areas that would direct the design of commitments for the new action plan.