{"id":76447,"date":"2023-01-24T22:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2023\/01\/24\/eu-commissioners-in-namibia-the-namibian\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:32:07","slug":"eu-commissioners-in-namibia-the-namibian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2023\/01\/24\/eu-commissioners-in-namibia-the-namibian\/","title":{"rendered":"EU commissioners in Namibia – The Namibian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Jutta Urpilainen, and Thierry Bretta, are on a 2-day visit to Namibia as part of the follow-up on the recently signed Sustainable Energy Deal.<\/b><\/p>\n
President Ursula von der Leyen, EU president, and Hage Geingob were the ones who signed a memorandum establishing the EU-Namibia partnership for sustainable raw materials and hydrogen. This was last November. <\/p>\n
Twaku Kayofa, spokesperson for EU-Namibia, stated in a Monday press release that the visit, which began Tuesday, marks 33 years of partnership between the two countries since 1990.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe total accumulated EU development assistance to Namibia since independence exceeds N$9,1 billion (\u20ac500 million at the current exchange rate), in a vast spectrum of sectors,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
This N$9.1 billion has been used for ongoing programmes. These include livestock and early childhood development. It also supports a broad range of human rights supporting actions. These include community-based natural resources management, gender equalization, and prevention from gender-based violence. <\/p>\n
Geingob’s deputy prime Minister Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah will be visiting the commissioners. <\/p>\n
Minister of mines, energy Tom Alweendo AfriTin Mining Company Namport, as well as private sector organisations and civil society organisations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n