To be a one stop centre for civil society strengthening

• Striving for excellence: the center aims for excellence in its own work and supports other organizations and individuals also striving for excellence.

• Connecting governments, civil society and business: the center will bring together key actors from various sectors, facilitating communication, supporting cooperation and implementation of the national strategies.

• Serving civil society: the center serves CSOs/NGOs which in turn perform a key role in defining the center activities.

• Transparency and accountability: the center will facilitate the development of an accountability charter by NGO/CSO that enables learning and building of a trustful relationship with all stakeholders

CCSS is a gap filler. The purpose of this gap filler as an initiative, among other reasons, is to discuss the role of NGOs in the present political and socio-economic situation of Malawi. Based on each of these NGOs’ individual past experience and current roles and portfolio.

It’s high time CSO’s reflected on the function and capacity of NGOs to contribute or even to drive the transformation of the Malawian political and socio-economic setup.