This event will start at 9:00 am in Washington, D.C. (EST) 4:00 pm in Lilongwe, Malawi (CAT)
Join MCC and MCA-Malawi II to learn about upcoming procurement opportunities in land sector reform under the MCC Malawi Transport and Land Compact.
Remarks by:
- Joel Wiegert, MCC Malawi Resident Country Director
- Dye Mawindo, MCA-Malawi II Chief Executive Officer
- Victor Tembo, Charles Kendall & Partners Procurement Agent Manager
The MCC Malawi Transport and Land Compact will be implemented by MCA-Malawi II, which will be responsible for program procurements.
Featured Procurements:
- Increased Land Productivity (Land) Project – National-level Reforms: MCA will be launching procurement opportunities to support national-level reform in the land sector, targeting improved domestic resource management, management of land records, and associated reforms, while protecting the rights of women and small-scale land rights holders and users.
- Increased Land Productivity (Land) Project – City-level Reforms: MCA will be launching procurement opportunities to support city-level reforms to better mobilize and utilize land-based revenues for city services, including a social and behavior change approaches to ensure stakeholder engagement and feedback.
The MCC Malawi Trasport and Land Compact Background
In September 2022, MCC and the Government of Malawi signed the $350 million MCC Malawi Transport and Land Compact, aimed at reducing transport costs, connecting farms to markets, and strengthening land administration in Malawi.
Increased Land Productivity (Land) Project
Low land productivity in Malawi greatly inhibits Malawi’s opportunity for increased economic growth. The proposed Increased Land Productivity Project seeks to modernize and increase the effectiveness of property tax management systems, decrease valuation costs, and boost the funding available for service delivery in Malawi’s four largest cities. These reforms aim to create a high-quality, financially sustainable institutional framework that will be critical to the long-term success of this effort.
Accelerated Growth Corridors (AGC) Project
High transport costs and weak market connections from rural areas negatively impacts smallholder farmers, women, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and agribusinesses. The Accelerated Growth Corridors Project (AGC) seeks to address poorly maintained and constructed roads with up to 300 km of road upgrades to improve the condition of farm-to-market roads in priority transport corridors. This project will also support the long-term sustainability of key policy and institutional reforms. These reforms will target local road management, maintenance financing, competitive transport services, and combating gender-based violence and harassment on and along transportation routes. These policies will ensure equitable benefits follow road improvements.
American Catalyst Facility for Development (ACFD)
The compact also includes funds to partner with the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on innovative finance investments that will catalyze private investment and increase capital flows to small and medium Malawian businesses.
If you are interested in road construction and reform procurement opportunities associated with the MCC Malawi Transport and Land Compact, please join the road procurement opportunities webinar on December 14.
Procurement and business opportunities, along with other ways to work with MCC, are available at www.mcc.gov/work-with-us.
For questions about this webinar please contact Ryan Webster at [email protected].
Location
Virtual
