Nam, Germany sign N$380m cooperation agreements
• Namibia remains largest African recipient of German aid
Germany's official development assistance since Namibia's independence until 2023 amounts to around N$32 billion, making it the largest recipient of German development cooperation in Africa.
Namibia and Germany have signed agreements valued at 19 million euros (N$386 million) covering three new programmes focusing on climate-resilient water supply, climate-resilient groundwater management in northern Namibia and urban development in Lüderitz and Aus in the //Karas Region.
This was announced in a joint statement issued by the National Planning Commission (NPC) and the German embassy in Namibia last week, in which both sides agreed and committed to speeding up the implementation of the projects.
The commitments leading to the final agreements were made during government negotiations on development cooperation between Namibia and Germany in June 2023.
“Employment creation, poverty reduction and reducing inequality are central components of the relations between Namibia and Germany. Germany’s official development assistance since Namibia’s independence until 2023 amounts to around 1.6 billion euros (roughly N$32 billion). In per-capita terms, Namibia is thus the largest recipient of German development cooperation in Africa.”
Development plans
The German government assured Namibia that it would align its future development cooperation with the ideas and goals formulated in Namibia’s development strategies, such as the National Development Plans.
This, the statement highlighted, would be launched in April 2025 and would incorporate the Harambee Prosperity Plan as well as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
“Before the 2024 inter-governmental consultations, [we] conducted a field trip to monitor project progress and development impact in the areas of rural development, bush control and biomass utilisation; natural resource management; Namibian parks, environmental and climate change; the Benguela Marine Spatial Planning; and renewable energy under the Energy H2 Partnership Namibia/Germany (HyIron), as well as completed projects under the former Namibian-German Special Initiative Programme, which was finalised in 2017. The next bilateral negotiations on development cooperation are planned for September 2025 in Lüderitz, //Karas Region,” the statement read.
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This was announced in a joint statement issued by the National Planning Commission (NPC) and the German embassy in Namibia last week, in which both sides agreed and committed to speeding up the implementation of the projects.
The commitments leading to the final agreements were made during government negotiations on development cooperation between Namibia and Germany in June 2023.
“Employment creation, poverty reduction and reducing inequality are central components of the relations between Namibia and Germany. Germany’s official development assistance since Namibia’s independence until 2023 amounts to around 1.6 billion euros (roughly N$32 billion). In per-capita terms, Namibia is thus the largest recipient of German development cooperation in Africa.”
Development plans
The German government assured Namibia that it would align its future development cooperation with the ideas and goals formulated in Namibia’s development strategies, such as the National Development Plans.
This, the statement highlighted, would be launched in April 2025 and would incorporate the Harambee Prosperity Plan as well as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
“Before the 2024 inter-governmental consultations, [we] conducted a field trip to monitor project progress and development impact in the areas of rural development, bush control and biomass utilisation; natural resource management; Namibian parks, environmental and climate change; the Benguela Marine Spatial Planning; and renewable energy under the Energy H2 Partnership Namibia/Germany (HyIron), as well as completed projects under the former Namibian-German Special Initiative Programme, which was finalised in 2017. The next bilateral negotiations on development cooperation are planned for September 2025 in Lüderitz, //Karas Region,” the statement read.
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