An Evaluation of the NAMFI/ICEIDA Cooperation Project 2002 -2004

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Tumi Tómasson ICEIDA May 2004 Hafeni Mungungu An evaluation of NAMFI After initial meetings with the coordinator of the AECI, the MFMR and the National Planning Commission, the team leader was joined by an evaluator appointed by the MFMR. After consultations, further meetings in Windhoek ensued, first at the EU office and the following day with some members of the NAMFI Board of Trustees, lead by the Permanent Secretary of the MFMR. In addition to information gathered in meetings, data were also obtained from available data bases in the ministry and from ministry staff, and further documentation was collected. This was followed by an 11 day visit to Walvis Bay where interviews were held with members of staff of NAMFI, including expatriate staff, NAMFI students, additional members of the NAMFI Trust, several representatives of the fishing industry and the Department of Maritime Affairs (DMA). Further documentation was assembled and data provided by various parties, especially the administrative staff at NAMFI. Concurrently data were analysed and parts of the report written, which often led to follow-up meetings, clarifications and requests for further information. The evaluators worked separately from 5-12 of April, but met again on the 13 th for consultations and preparation of a presentation of the evaluation to the NAMFI Board of Trustees and other stakeholders on 15 April. A draft report was completed and distributed to key stakeholders in early May and presented to the Board of ICEIDA. After receiving comments, the final report was completed in Iceland in May 2004. The evaluation schedule is presented in Appendix 3, list of key informants in Appendix 4 and a list of the main documents consulted in Appendix 5. General background information is taken from the evaluation report from 2002, where further sources of information are also listed. 1.4 Acknowledgements The evaluation was a learning process for the evaluators and we hope it will also be of benefit to ICEIDA and its partners in Namibia. We would like to thank the ICEIDA office in Walvis Bay, the Country Director and his assistant for their help and thoughtfulness. The acting director and staff at NAMFI were most helpful and provided upon request different types of information and organised interviews with staff and students. We are also grateful to the Board of Trustees of NAMFI, representatives of NAMFI’s cooperative partners, the fishing industry and government agencies in Namibia for being both accommodating and frank in their discussions with us. This evaluation benefited greatly from discussions and advice from Allyson Macdonald who was evaluating ICEIDA’s community based projects in NAMIBIA during the same period. 4
Tumi Tómasson ICEIDA May 2004 Hafeni Mungungu An evaluation of NAMFI 2. MARITIME TRAINING IN NAMIBIA 2.1 Development since 1990 Marine fisheries policy in Namibia is based on three key strategies, • rebuilding of fish stocks based on scientific assessment of stocks and the implementation of appropriate management measures, • Namibianisation to counter pre-independence foreign domination, and • empowerment of previously disadvantaged Namibians by the preferential granting of fishing rights In line with these strategies, ICEIDA initially offered assistance in the area of fisheries research, but as stocks improved the attention was increasingly focussed on training Namibians for positions of responsibility on board fishing vessels. Because of the geographical situation, small scale or artisanal coastal fisheries have never developed in Namibia. The fleet has always been industrial and this has called for formal training of officers and crew. In 1987 a mining company, the Rössing Foundation, established a general vocational training centre in Lüderitz. After independence the centre started to offer training for fishermen and motormen, to the lowest level of certification offered by the South African maritime training and certification system. The South African system was used in Namibia until 2001, when teaching was changed to be compatible with the conventions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). In Walvis Bay the local fishing industry established the Seaman's Training Centre in 1986, which also trained to the lowest level of certification. This centre was primarily at the initiative of the pelagic sector and training took place during the off-season, from September to January. In addition some engineers received basic training at the Institute of Mining and Technology in Arandis, some 80 km out of Walvis Bay. After independence in 1990, Walvis Bay remained under South African rule until 1994. After handing over, the MFMR acquired sites for training in Walvis Bay and started building up a maritime training institute. The Namibian Maritime and Fisheries Institute was formally established on 4 July 1996 with the foundation of the Namibian Trust for Maritime and Fisheries Training, which now is the party responsible for maritime training in Namibia and the operation of NAMFI. To begin with, training took place both in Lüderitz and Walvis Bay, but from 1998 the Board of Trustees decided that most of the training should take place in Walvis Bay and the facilities in Lüderitz regarded as a satellite campus. Today, activities in Lüderitz are limited to basic compulsory courses in safety and seamanship. Until the present project, the main objective of the development cooperation between ICEIDA and NAMFI and its predecessors has focussed on training Namibians to serve as officers on board fishing vessels. Fisheries form one of the back bones of the Namibian economy. The fleet is highly industrialised and at independence most officer positions were 5
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