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Voters Education NBC Radio Programme
Namibian Voters Sensitisation and Awareness

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Voters Education Radio Programme
General Election in Namibia in 2024

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ECSO Project Community Engagement with civil society organisations and stakeholders

//Karas Region

The KAS and European Union co-funded ECSO project team will be in //Karas region for two community engagement events with civil society organisations and stakeholders. On 23rd April the KAS and WAD team will be hosting a community dialogue on the topic "Development in the Community: Creating income generating activities from Regional Resources". On 24 April an information session with CSOs and stakeholders will take place in an effort to build relationships in the region.

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FDN Symposium: The Challenges for Namibian Democracy

Discussion Roundtable in association with the Forum of German-speaking Namibians

The Forum of German-speaking Namibians (FDN) in association with the Swakopmunder Gesprächskreis and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Namibia-Angola Country Office are hosting a one-day symposium on 13 April 2024 with the aim to exchange insights on the challenges that Namibia's Democracy faces and recommendations on the way forward. Together with four guest speakers, the discussion roundtable aims to engage around 70 invited guests.

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Review of the Constituency Development Fund Bill (CDFB)

in association with ARC

KAS is joining the Association for Regional Councils (ARC) who are convening in Mariental. The two day retreat scheduled from 09 to 10 April 2024 will discuss and review the Constituency Development Fund Bill (CDFB). More the 50 representatives from regional and local authorities are expected to attend.

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PDM Strategic Document Development 2024

Workshop

From 3rd to 5th April 2024, the PDM party is discussing and developing a key strategic document, deemed pivotal for the political party's effective campaign and lobbying during a crucial election year, 2024. Technical support and expertise for the engagement will be offered by KAS.

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ECSO Project Operational and Administrative Management Training

//Kharas Region

The past week 04 - 08 March 2024 the KAS and WAD team who are implementing the ECSO project hosted a training for 13 CSOs from //Karas region on Operational and Administrative Management in Keetmanshoop. The training was able to empower a total of 24 participants in a 5-day workshop aimed at strengthening the internal operational structures of their respective organisations.

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Human Rights Training

The Ombudsman as a bridge for Collaboration

A three-day human rights training in collaboration with KAS, the Office of the Ombudsman and Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West Governor's Offices, to capacitate 60 participants ranging from regional and local authorities, the community, youth, stakeholders in the disability and service delivery sector and civil society. The training will be facilitated by selected experts from multiple sectors in Katima Mulilo, with the aim to forge a collaborative effort to increase civic education and civic responsibility in order to build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.

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ECSO Project Training of Facilitators

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This week we are hosting   a Training of Facilitators Workshop on Module 1 "Operations and Administrative Management" at the KAS Office as part of the ECSO Project co-funded by the European Union and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in partnership with Women's Action for Development.

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KAS-TEP Session 4 Good Governance Training, Parliament Tour and Alumni Networking Session

Session 4

The final session for this year's KAS-TEP Programme will be hosted with selected experts on Good Governance, a Tour of Parliament by the 30 beneficiaries remaining in the programme and end off with a Certificate Handover Ceremony for the 2023 Intake, and finally the KAS-TEP Alumni Networking Session and Reunion in celebration of 5 years of the KAS-TEP Programme. Selected Alumni from across Namibia will present their testimonials and share insights into their successes and highlights in their develeopment since joining the progamme. Since inception, the KAS-TEP Programme has shaped over 70 Alumni with capacity building in the areas of emotional intelligence, leadership skills, strategic planning, project management, stakeholder engagement, proposal writing, communication skills, lobbying and advocacy, engagements with Parliament, Local and Regional Authorities, Care Givers, Publicity and last but not least, Community Resource Mobilisation skills. The beneficiaries consist of selected youth representatives of civil society and affiliated stakeholders and institutions with the aim to capacitate civil society to assist decision makers in achieving the national development goals.

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Launch of the Children's Advocate Logo, Promotion of Children's "My Rights My Superpower" Campaign

Office of the Ombudsman

This event aims to unveil the winner of the recently designed Children's Advocate Logo as part of a national competition in which schools from across Namibia participated. The event serves to launch the logo and further aims to promote the Children's "My Rights My Superpower" Campaign. To conclude, various key stakeholders of the Office of the Ombudsman have been invited to network and strengthen upcoming collaborations in regard to Children's Rights initiatives across the country.

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MSME Digital Bootcamp Otjozondjupa

MSME Digital Bootcamp Otjozondjupa

The final MSME Digital Bootcamp will be hosted for 5 days by NIPDB and KAS jointly and facilitated by NAMCOL at their Computer Centre in Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region. Over 22 selected MSMEs will attend this training which aims to equip the representatives from a variaty of sectors with the digital skills to run and market their businesses more effectively and sustainably. From how to use your emails, to designing business cards and using Excell to manage your budget and generate quotations and invoices. In a joint effort by the partners to promote social market economy, this training paired with various outreach visits and guest presentations in association with key stakeholders such as the Development Bank of Namibia, NAMRA and local and regional authorities and selected ministries, aims to enhance small business scalability and put local businesses on the map in an effort to promote economic development and alleviate poverty.

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Review of the elections – Election observing up close

NAMIBIA’S REGIONAL COUNCIL AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ELECTIONS 2015 – A FIELD REPORT

On November 27, 2015, 1.27 million registered Voters were invited to cast their votes in the Regional Council and Local Authority elections, for the fifth time since independence. As with the presidential and parliamentary elections, the resident representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Namibia and Angola, Dr. Bernd Althusmann, was an official election observer. The three interns from Germany, David Wendorff, Lukas Horstmann and Ferdinand Rehder, were given a chance to accompany him and get their very own impression of elections in Namibia.

Namibia Legal Environment Assessment of HIV and AIDS

Consultative Workshop

On the 19th of November 2015 the Legal Assistance Center together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Namibia/Angola, ARASA (AIDS Rights Alliance for Southern Africa) and UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) organized the “Namibia Legal Environment Assessment of HIV and IDS Consultative Workshop”.

The Parties, their Programms and their Campaign

A first analysis in the light of the Regional Council and Local Authority elections

In order to give you a general idea of all the parties which are up for election, we have summarized each of their current campaigns and manifestos in the following article.

New Windhoek Dialogue Meeting

30 October - 1 November 2015

From 30 October to 1 November 2015, the New Windhoek Dialogue Meeting brought together UPADD (Union of African Parties for Democracy and Development) members and other representatives of center-right political parties from Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda; Members of the European People’s Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament as well as representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

“25 Years of Independence: Perspectives for the German-Namibian Partnership”

mit Prof. Dr. Lammert

During the week of 5-9 October 2015, Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag, visited Namibia on a private visit. During this visit, on 7 October, Prof. Lammert participated in a public lecture/discussion titled “25 Years of Independence: Perspectives for the German-Namibian Partnership”. Prof. Lammert offered a German perspective on the relationship between the two countries. On the other hand Prof. Joseph Diescho, a local political scientist offered a Namibian perspective on the relationship.

Visit of Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, President of the German Parliament (Bundestag) in Namibia

From Tuesday 6 October to Friday 9 of October, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Namibia/Angola together with the German Embassy received a visit of Prof. Dr. Nobert Lammert, the President of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and in this position, the second highest ranked person in the German State. This visit was initiated by an invitation of the Resident Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Namibia-Angola Dr. Bernd Althusmann from December 2014.

KAS Youth Leader Forum

On the 23rd and 24th of July 2015, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized, the first ever, KAS Youth Leader Forum which took place in Windhoek. The Foundation invited Youth Leaders of partner parties of different countries of Sub-Sahara Africa namely, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, DR Congo and Zimbabwe respectively.

"Schlafender Riese Afrikas"

Außenpolitischer Gesprächskreis mit Bernd Althusmann in Berlin

Seit Dezember 2013 leitet Dr. Bernd Althusmann das Auslandsbüro der Adenauer-Stiftung in Windhoek. Der ehemalige Kultusminister Niedersachsens ist über Namibia hinaus auch für Angola zuständig - zwei Länder, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, wie er selbst beim Außenpolitischen Gesprächskreis in Berlin sagte, die in ihrer außenpolitischen Bedeutung jedoch beide unterschätzt würden.

Public Lecture Report: “What and where are Namibia’s national interests?”

On April 1, 2015 the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation hosted a public lecture under the theme “Where and what are Namibia’s national interests?” This event was jointly organised with the German Embassy as part of the German Weeks, which started on 2 March and finished on 18 July. The event was hosted at the Nampower convention Centre and was attended by slightly more than two hundred people.

KAS internally: Farewell Mrs. Gongoll

On 31 March 2015 we had to say farewell to our very appreciated colleague Gudrun Gongoll who is leaving us for retirement. Since the opening of our office in Windhoek in 1991 she has been with us as an accountant. We are happy to still have her around on contract bases. Thank you very much Mrs. Gongoll for 25 years of reliable and precious work.