Namibia

The programme focuses on transforming Namibia's agriculture sector through biomass processing to create decent jobs and extend social protection. It targets vulnerable groups, aiming to strengthen institutional capacities and enhance financing for job creation and social protection. With an estimated 5,000 beneficiaries, including 60% women, the programme fosters partnerships with various stakeholders to implement integrated policies and support market-ready projects. The overall impact includes advancing climate resilience and contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by promoting inclusive economic growth and reducing inequalities.

Brief Description

The Joint Programme contributes to addressing existing challenges within Namibia’s financing ecosystem, supporting the Government towards the development of an Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF), for enhanced quality, equity and scale of financing for the National Development Plan (NDP) and the SDGs: This is in line with recommendations from the country's recently concluded 2019 Development Finance Assessment.

Approach

In order to accelerate progress towards the achievement of SDGs, the Government of the Republic of Namibia proposes to: a) Apply an inclusive multi-stakeholder approach to identifying and aligning all possible sources of financing, meeting financing gaps based on the costed needs for the SDGs; b) Strengthen financial and economic governance systems to unlock targeted and all relevant resources; effectively and equitably allocate and utilize them with the required pace and scale in accordance with priorities in the NDP in alignment with the SDGs.