{"id":25153,"date":"2022-06-26T21:56:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T21:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act"},"modified":"2022-06-26T22:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T22:21:02","slug":"congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act","title":{"rendered":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), formerly known as NGO Board of Malawi, have kick-started awareness of what they call \u201cthe real facts\u201d in the NGO Amendment Act of 2022.<\/p>\n

CONGOMA and NGORA held the first awareness meeting in Lilongwe, which attracted scores of NGO and CSO leaders. The two bodies have since called upon more NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to avail themselves at the meetings, stressing that it is important to \u201cmove together happily as one NGO family\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Lilongwe meeting, among other things, was aimed at briefing NGOs on the implications of the amendment act to ensure that all stakeholders are on the same page with CONGOMA which is a membership umbrella organization and coordinating body for NGOs and NGORA which is a state-owned registrar and regulator of all NGOs and CSOs.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Vice Chairperson for CONGOMA Governing Council, Dalitso Kubalasa, said the awareness meetings aim at encompassing everyone in order to move together as \u201cone strong NGO family which seeks to be a better servant of the people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are matters of the law. We noted that some stakeholders lacked information, hence the awareness meetings. It is important that we all move together, sort any outstanding issues and see how best we can exploit any opportunities out of the amended law,\u201d Kubalasa said.<\/p>\n

NGORA Vice Board Chairperson, Nina Ghambi, emphasized the importance of the awareness meetings, saying those being regulated by the new law need to be aware of the contents of the amendments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process is ongoing. It is encouraging that NGOs turned out in large numbers. There is still room for inputs, more especially on formulation of regulations to support the implementation of the law. Stakeholders still have the opportunity to ask questions and seek clarity,\u201d Ghambi said.<\/p>\n

The NGO Act of 2022, which underwent \u201call inclusive\u201d consultation and engagement processes spanning six years, passed in Parliament and assented by President Lazarus Chakwera early this year amid protests from some CSOs, including Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, Centre for the Development of People, Human Rights Defenders Coalition and Youth and Society.<\/p>\n

Besides expected improved regulation and coordination of the NGO sector, the amended law has also changed the name of the NGO Board of Malawi to NGO Regulatory Authority, with its functions enhanced in order to ably fulfill its mandate.<\/p>\n

It has also, among many other things, maintained the separation of regulation and coordination functions as was the original scheme of the NGO Act between CONGOMA and NGORA, respectively. It has retained the same functions for CONGOMA and NGORA as is currently the case in the principal act.<\/p>\n

The law has also heightened the centrality of the trustees or directors of a registered NGO in the accountability and business of the NGO, as now the courts will have options to prosecute both the NGO as a corporate and \/or the Trustee or Director of an offending NGO as the case may be.<\/p>\n

At the Lilongwe awareness meeting, Executive Director for Mustard Seed Organization, McGeofrey Mwale, called upon CONGOMA and NGORA to indeed conduct more of such meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd let the sensitizations be clear and focused. Clear enough, including the differences between CONGOMA and NGORA and their functions. Like that, we will be on same page indeed and rightly moving forward,\u201d Mwale said.<\/p>\n

Executive Director for Citizen Goal Guidance, Noel Kanthenga, concurred with Mwale, adding that CONGOMA and NGORA should, under the new law, always seek to create a conducive working environment for NGOs and CSOs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law should not become a burden to some organizations so that they should end up closing,\u201d Kanthenga said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), formerly known as NGO Board of Malawi, have kick-started awareness of what they call \u201cthe real facts\u201d in the NGO Amendment Act of 2022. CONGOMA and NGORA held the first awareness meeting in Lilongwe, which attracted scores of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,371,4241,234,4855,1181],"class_list":["post-25153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-congoma","tag-malawi","tag-ngora","tag-ngos"],"yoast_head":"\nCONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-26T21:56:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-26T22:21:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1090\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"555\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-26T21:56:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-26T22:21:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\"},\"wordCount\":630,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"CONGOMA\",\"Malawi\",\"NGORA\",\"NGOS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\",\"name\":\"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-26T21:56:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-26T22:21:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg\",\"width\":1090,\"height\":555,\"caption\":\"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act - Malawi","description":"Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act","og_description":"Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-06-26T21:56:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-26T22:21:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1090,"height":555,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act","datePublished":"2022-06-26T21:56:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-26T22:21:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act"},"wordCount":630,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","CONGOMA","Malawi","NGORA","NGOS"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act","name":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-26T21:56:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-26T22:21:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), in collaboration with NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b8dbb1b4691.jpg","width":1090,"height":555,"caption":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/congoma-ngo-authority-start-awareness-on-ngo-act#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CONGOMA, NGO authority start awareness on NGO Act"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}