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The Namibia Development Finance Assessment (DFA) Report was initiated by the National Planning Commission (NPC) Namibia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Namibia. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)GmbH, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), provided financial and technical support to the project through the Sustainable Development Initiative Programme (SDG-I). During the assessment, the consultants met with several stakeholders who provided information, inputs and comments to the initial drafts of this report through the stakeholder workshop and the DFA policy seminar.
The process was led and overseen by the Oversight Committee co-chaired by the National Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance. The Oversight Committee constituted technical staff from the National Planning Commission (NPC), Ministry of Finance (MoF), Bank of Namibia (BON), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI).
Technical assistance provided by Dr. Tadele Ferede of the Addis Ababa University and Mr. Roland Brown of Cirrus
Capital Namibia to the development of the Development Finance Assessment Report is greatly appreciated.
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WINDHOEK – Namibia, 5 March 2021 — United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Namibia
Country Office and the National Planning Commission (NPC) conducted a joint annual review of the UNFPA/Government Sixth Country Programme (2019-2023) from 2-3 March 2021 in
Otjiwarongo. The 6 th Country Programme is the framework under which UNFPA supports the
Government of the Republic of Namibia.
The meeting was attended by over 40 participants from Government ministries, implementing
partners (IPs), civil society organizations (CSOs), United Nations sister agencies and UNFPA
East and Southern Africa Regional Office, to review the progress of the implementation of the
second year roll-out of the Country Programme. The review also included discussions on the
performance of both UNFPA and IPs, lessons learned and revision of proposed strategic
interventions for 2021.
The Country Programme focuses on two outcomes of the UNFPA global Strategic Plan;
Adolescents and Youth and Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. In this regard, the
Country Programme seeks to contribute to national efforts to harness the demographic dividend
through investments in sexual and reproductive health, the elimination of gender-based violence
and harmful practices that hinder the potential of youth and adolescents, especially girls and
reduction in poverty in Namibia.
During the discussions, the implementing partners underlined the need for greater attention and
consultation with young people when developing or executing developmental policies and
programs. Discussions also led partners to brainstorm and to help them recognize what is most
needed to be addressed in terms of outcomes even when humanitarian emergencies arise, one
of which is the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing the gathering, Ms. Ndaendomwenyo Sheya, National Development Advisor at the
National Planning Commission, noted that, “Our deliberations over the past two days have
revealed that we are moving on the right path of aligning our development partnership to the
National Development Plans (NDPs) which is our marching order towards the successful
implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
“Undoubtedly, we have made the shift in the mindset and we continue with a re-engineering of
our development paradigm especially given the COVID-19 dynamics that we face in setting our
development agenda for the upcoming NDP6. This demonstrates that we understand the
importance to leverage efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” she
added.
UNFPA Namibia Representative, Ms. Sheila Roseau, expressed appreciation to NPC and
partners for their continued partnerships and collaboration. “The need to tackle high rates of
adolescent pregnancies, gender based violence and child marriage has come through strongly.
So has a call for a high level of cooperation and coordination among partners as well as need to
expand partnerships with the private sector to achieve UNFPA’s three transformative results,” she said.
In 2018, UNFPA approved a total commitment of USD7.5 million for a five-year period, from 2019 – 2023. This is an average of USD$1.4 million per year in addition to other resources mobilized annually. UNFPA’s disbursement for 2020 was USD2,133,098.52.
Some of the key achievements in 2020 include reaching 13,300 vulnerable women and girls of
reproductive age with dignity kits including 125 women and girls living with disability;
9,680 households with information on COVID-19, condoms and sexual and reproductive health;
1,064 marginalized girls with COVID-19 information and guidelines for school developed together with other UN agencies, as well as 20,000 men and boys reached through the What We Men Talk About Talk Show on intimate partner and sexual violence.
The Country Programme is aligned to the United Nations Partnership Framework (UNPAF) 2019-2023, the Harambee Prosperity Plan, the NDP5, sector strategic plans and the SDGs. UNFPA remains committed to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
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Many still consider Namibia a young Nation. A lot of development have taken place all across the country in various sectors. Apart from all the developments and successes that the country have achieved in the last 30 year, There are still looming setbacks that need to be addressed if Namibia is to achieve its long term goals set in vision 2030.
These challenges include high levels of unemployment mainly amongst youth, income inequality, high level of corruption and gender-based violence. In terms of infrastructure development more road still need to be constructed, improve health facilities with an upgrade to all state hospitals across the country and the need to provide provide affordable housing.
Despite these challenges, however there is still a lot to embrace in this young nation. #[email protected] #30thIndependence#Namibia
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collaborative effort in documenting some of the highlights of Namibia as she celebrates 30 years of independence.
The NPC, MICT and NAMPA would like to acknowledge all institutions and individuals that assisted in making this material
possible. Special thanks to all the fourteen (14) regions through their regional offices, for the provisions of regional data
and for availing the regional planners for sites visits undertaken in all regions and for mobilising community members
for interviews as well as other relevant officials. We are also grateful to Offices, Ministries and Agencies, for availing the
requested information.
We are very grateful to the, political leaders, heads of institutions, community members and the
general public that made time for us to interview them and collect all the necessary information. Without you all, the
process of producing this document would not be a success. Lastly, we would like to thank the management of the
NPC, MICT and NAMPA for the valuable contribution they have made towards the production of this document.
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The 2019 Senior-Level Ministerial Segment held on 13-14 July 2019, preceded the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at Ministerial level, which included Voluntary National Reviews. The Senior-Level Meeting (SLM) focused on the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation and brought together key stakeholders from governments, parliamentarians, the UN system and other International organizations, trade unions, the private sector, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Youth, local governments, Foundations and Academia.
The two-day SLM sessions were underpinned by the five (5) Kampala principles which reflect on “Country Ownership, Results and Targeted Impacts, Inclusive Partnerships, ‘Leave no one Behind’ and, Transparency and Accountability”. The meeting sought to jointly and candidly deliberate with partners to make the shifts toward a more effective co-operation and accelerate efforts towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Amongst others, the meeting called for a greater participation of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), private sectors and non-state actors including marginalized communities in the attainment of the SDGs. Namibia fully endorsed the SLM outcomes.
On the side lines of the (Economic and Social Council) ECOSOC’s 2019 HLPF on Sustainable Development, Germany, jointly with the European Union (EU) hosted a learning session and panel discussion on Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF). The theme of these events was “Financing our National Development Plans – how to respond to scarce resources and multiple choices”. The meeting recalled the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), which put particular emphasis on INFF that underpins the National Sustainable Development Strategies. Further, the meeting recommended that the adoption of INFF should be demand-driven, have strong political support and a broad-based country ownership. Namibia shared practical experiences in the formulation of the Development Finance Assessment (DFA) in both events.
Namibia’s participation at the 2019 HLPF was supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Namibia and the “Namibia Sustainable Development Goals Initiative (SDG-I)”, which is a joint technical cooperation project of the NPC and the Deutsche Gesellschaft
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