Facilitating continuing dialogue amongst Zimbabweans
Our mission is to facilitate consensus-building interventions amongst key stakeholders including state actors, political parties, and civil society that are informed by in-depth research in political, social and economic policy issues, and to do this in a way that enhances the democracy building process.
The signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in September 2008 and the formation of the inclusive government in 2009 has created a stepping-stone for the process of socio-economic transformation and democratisation in Zimbabwe. Since its formation, the inclusive government has managed to stabilise the country politically and economically. Zimbabwe has indeed continued to encounter a number of economic and political challenges and setabacks since the formation of the inclusive government. However, the GPA remains the only viable framework on the table that provides Zimbabwe with the opportunity to extricate itself from economic and political turmoiland establish itself as a leading economically prosperous, democratic country in the SADC region and beyond. Through increased support to consensus- building initiatives, that include continued dialogue among Zimbabweans to resolve their political differences, implementing reforms agreed to in the GPA, broadening people’s participation in governance, strengthening accountability mechanisms for both state and private sector institutions, drafting an inclusive and democratic constitution and holding free and fair elections, the full extent of opportunities presented by the GPA will be realised.
ZI supports the constitutional making process and political parties’ dialogue in Zimbabwe. Recently we facilitated attendance to a Regional Conference of Political Parities in Maputo organized by the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy to share experiences on constitutions and constitutionalism in Africa. The conference was officially opened by HE Joachim Chissano(former President of Mozambique) In pic: Joshua Mhambi(MDC) Hon Douglas Mwonzora(MDC T) H.E. Joachim Chissano, Hon Paul Mangwana(Zanu PF) and Nkanyiso Maqeda(ZI)