The Government of Malawi has made a great leap to strengthen structural resilience by launching the Country Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment (CSVRA). The launch by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi Hon. Nancy Tembo took place on 17 December 2024 at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe.
Hon. Tembo expressed the Government’s appreciation to COMESA, the African Union (AU) and other partners for supporting Malawi to undertake the process.
Malawi volunteered to the CSVRA process in 2023. The CSVRA is a voluntary self-assessment process developed by the AU and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The process is meant to identify country specific structural vulnerabilities, strengthen existing resilience and develop mitigation strategies to address vulnerabilities. Malawi becomes the fourth country on the continent to undertake the process after Ghana, Ivory Coast and Zambia.
Regional consultations were concluded on 14th December 2024 covering the whole country and were supported by COMESA, AU, APRM, SADC, ACCORD and UNHCR.
The next steps will be for Malawi to consolidate the findings, conduct analysis and develop a CSVRA/Country Structural Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategy reports.
“COMESA, AU and partners will continue to support Malawi throughout this entire process,” said Dr Oita Etyang Head Governance, Peace and Security at COMESA Secretariat.