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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 January 2017 - Page 2
2017 ILO technical assistance in Namibia to achieve SDG No. 8 ILO work in Namibia is coordinated through the ILO Country Office based in Harare, Zimbabwe with technical support from the Decent Work Team in Pretoria and Geneva. Secondary level learner shares her thoughts on gender equality during the Prosperous Paths: Leading in Vocation programme, which reached over 5,000 students across Windhoek and educated learners about Goal 5 of the SDGs, ‘Gender Equality’. UNIC ILO work will continue to be delivered through the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Namibia, which reflects the country’s priorities and strategies for promoting decent work that is at the centre of SDG8. This will be through promoting employment creation, social protection, social dialogue and rights at work. A new DWCP will be formulated in 2017 informed by the NDP5, the HPP 2016/17 to 2019/20, and the 2014 – 2018 UNPAF and the SDGs. UNIC communicates UN’s work with Namibia The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) is the link between UN agencies and the public and serves as a reliable source of up-to-date information about the UN and specifically the UN System in Namibia. UNIC produces and disseminates information products with the aim of promoting greater public understanding of and support for the aims and activities of the UN such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through strategic engagements with media, educational institutions, government, local civil society organizations and the private sector, the Centre adapts global UN messages to suit the local context through a variety of information products and material aimed at different target audiences. UNIC maintains a reference library which is open to the public and holds UN System wide publications. The Centre implements a coordinated communications strategy to publicize priority issues and major observances and events. UNIC Windhoek will promote the 2017 Department of Public Information priorities which include UN observances, the post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, gender and women’s empowerment, climate change, human rights and youth, to highlight a few. UNIC will also host youth focused programmes such as Model UN, High School Practicum Programme, Prosperous Paths and UN4U as a way to amplify youth voices and raise awareness. In an effort to promote implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals at a local level, UNIC will continue to raise awareness, communicating what the goals are, highlighting bold actions and commitments that government, the private sector and civil society are taking to integrate the SDGs into actions plans and sharing how individuals can take action for the goals. In collaboration with Government through the Ministry of Labour and social partners through the Namibian Employers’ Federation (NEF), the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA), the ILO will seek to achieve decent work results in the following areas: 1. Strengthening Collective Bargaining and Mutual Gains Negotiation Skills in the Public Sector, Fisheries, Mining, Hospitality and Retail Sectors; 2. Promoting gender equality in the labour market through application of International Labour Standards (ILS) on equal remuneration and non-discrimination; 3. Technical support for the National Statistical Agency for 2016 Labour Force Survey (LFS) data analysis using the new criteria measurement of work; and 4. Technical assistance towards a national dialogue on a National Minimum Wage Policy and the classification of jobs in the Public Service. Hopolang Phororo is the Director for the ILO Zimbabwe and Namibia Country Office based in Harare. ILO January 2017 - Page 3
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