UN Namibia

cation (CSE) to all regions and render
training support to Life Skills teachers.
The CI sector achieves our mandate
through the observance of days such as
World Radio Day, World Press Freedom
Day, Universal Access to Information Day
and International Day to End Impunity for
Crimes against Journalists. This year we
aim to strengthen and widen the initiative
of Youth Mobile Applications and develop
a masterplan for the development of community
radio in Namibia.
Culture will implement conventions ratified
by Namibia including The Conventions
on the Protection of the Diversity of
Cultural Heritage (2005) and Convention
for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural
Heritage (2003). Museums, research and
training and cultural tourism development
and creative industries are also our focus.
We believe sustainable development begins
with education (SDG 4). All the goals
are interlinked and influence UNESCO’s
work. In Culture goals 9,11,8, 4, 6, 13, 14,
15, 16 and 2 apply. Science satisfies goals,
6, 7, 9, 13, 15 and 17 while CI has goal 16.
FAO addresses food insecurity
The Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) is one of
the UN Agencies in Namibia focusing on
agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural
development. At the heart of the FAO is
achieving food security for all, to make
sure that people have regular access to
enough high-quality food to lead active
and healthier lives.
The most important objective of the FAO in
Namibia is to help eliminate hunger, food
insecurity and malnutrition, and to make
agriculture, forestry and fisheries more
productive and sustainable and reduce rural
poverty. In Namibia, the FAO supports
the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
in development of programmes that
will lead to a sustainable food achievement
and the eradication of poverty.
The Country Programming Framework
Namibia 2014 -2018 (CPF) sets out priority
areas to guide the FAO partnership
with and support to the Government of
Namibia in the areas of agriculture and
food and nutrition security, water, lands,
fisheries and forestry sectors. The priority
areas are: enabling policy, legal and
institutional environment for food and nutrition
security and agricultural development;
sustainable agricultural production;
linking farmers to markets; and improved
preparedness against agricultural threats
and crises.
UNICEF Representative, Micaela Marques de Sousa with mother and baby at Engela
Hospital promoting the importance of birth registration. UNICEF will continue to support
communities to ensure that children survive and thrive in 2017. UNICEF
UNICEF Namibia will ensure that
children thrive in 2017
UNICEF Namibia is guided by a Programme
of Cooperation with the Government
of the Republic of Namibia (2014-
18). The overall goal is to accelerate
realization of the rights of children and
women through national systems, to ensure
that the most vulnerable people in
Namibia have equitable access to highquality
services, including in health, education,
child protection, social protection
and water, sanitation and hygiene.
In 2017, UNICEF globally will celebrate the
70th anniversary of its founding. In this regard,
UNICEF Namibia shall work with the
GRN and various partners in the country
to celebrate the immense progress made
for the country’s children in the areas of
health, child protection, education and social
development.
Despite impressive progress, thousands
of children are still being left behind because
they live in poverty or in hard-toreach
communities, because of their
gender, race, religion, ethnic group, or because
they have a disability. UNICEF will
therefore focus on renewing the urgent
call to reach these children and ensure
a country in which every child is healthy,
safe, educated, cared for and protected.
Most of the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) are directly linked
to children, while the others will impact
children’s lives and future generations.
Throughout 2017, UNICEF’s efforts will
be linked primarily to address SDG 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17. Achieving these
goals by 2030 will advance the rights and
well-being of every child, especially the
most disadvantaged, meeting their needs,
protecting them from harm and securing
a healthy planet for them and future generations.
FAO Representative to Namibia Dr. Babagana Ahmadu evaluates a field. FAO
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