• Third Round of Staff Recruitment Announced
    2008-11-26
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  • MCA Namibia Compact Ratified
    2008-11-18
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  • MCA Namibia Compact Tabled for Ratification in National Assembly
    2008-10-12
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  • Director General of NPC Talks on MCA Namibia Compact
    2008-10-08
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  • Second Round of Staff Recruitment Announced
    2008-09-16
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  • First Round of Staff Recruitment Announced
    2008-08-21
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  • Namibia and the United States Sign US$304.5 million MCA Compact
    2008-07-28
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  • Successful Government of Namibia – MCC Negotiations in Washington D.C.
    2008-06-25
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  • Wrap-up Sessions for Education Due Diligence
    2008-03-15
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  • Visit by MCC Vice President Mr. Darius Teter
    2008-03-13
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Press Statement DG NPC 08.10.08   (151 kb)
MCA Namibia Education Sector   (723 kb)
MCA Background Dev Strategy   (470 kb)
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Due Diligence Process

  On 7 December 2006 MCC’s Investment Committee approved an Opportunity Memorandum submitted by the MCC transaction team, authorizing Due Diligence on a reduced form of Namibia’s proposal.

The MCC-led Due Diligence (or program appraisal) commenced in February 2007. Since, MCA Namibia hosted numerous missions by MCC staff and consultants commissioned by MCC. Much ground was covered in assessing the program components – education, livestock production & marketing, tourism, indigenous natural products and rural access roads – from a technical point of view but also in terms of anticipated socio-economic and environmental impacts.

The Due Diligence was concluded in June 2008 with the Investment Memorandum presented by MCC to the MCC Board of Directors, requesting for the go-ahead for the negotiations with Namibia.  The MCA Namibia Compact is the result of these negotiations.

The MCC Due Diligence was performed on the activities listed below. The activities that are marked in RED were removed from the original Namibian proposal to MCC or changed prior to Due Diligence. After submission of the proposed MCA Namibia Program, MCC indicated to the Government of Namibia that the guideline amount for Namibia would be around USD300 million and requested it to make some initial cuts and some early changes. The total amount of investments under Due Diligence is USD280 million as compared to USD426 million in the original proposal.
  MCA Namibia Investment 1:
Improved delivery and quality of education at secondary and tertiary Level 
Action 1.1 – Increase number of Namibians with mid-level professional skills.
1. Revolving MCA Bursary Trust for selected areas of study
2. Reduced: Construction and equipping of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at UNAM Northern Campus

Action 1.2 – Increase number of Namibians with technical and business management skills.
1. Construction and equipment of 3 new Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) and expansion of Valombola VTC
2. Re-equipment of 4 existing VTCs
3. Re-equipment of 5 existing Community Skills Development Centers (COSDECs) and construction of 5 new COSDECs
4. Expansion and re-equipment of the existing College of the Arts Department of Media Arts and Theatre Studies (COTA MATS)

Action 1.3 – Increase general competency levels of students at secondary level through improvements to existing education infrastructure and increasing the number of educational institutions.
1. Construction, furnishing and equipment of 6 Comprehensive Secondary Schools
2. Expansion of 4 existing Colleges of Education (CoEs) and UNAM
3. Construction, furnishing and equipment of 3 Regional Study and Resource Centres
4. Provision of Computer Labs at 400 Schools with secondary Grades throughout Namibia
5. Provision of school textbooks in the subjects of Mathematics, the Sciences and English for Grade 5-12
6. Establishment of a Business Innovation Center at Polytechnic of Namibia

Please click here (723kb pdf document) for the full text of the MCA Namibia Program Education component. For other relevant documentation and links, go to Docs and Links.

MCA Namibia Investment 2:
Increased production of large and small stock and mainstream the commercial marketing thereof in communal areas and on resettlement farms. 

Action 2.1 – Improve animal health and quality

1. Construction/Expansion of Veterinary Stations & tagging of animals

Action 2.2 – Increase large and small stock production

1. Unlock Eiseb Block
2. Clearing of bush-encroached farmland through Bush-to-Energy (BTE)
3. Upscale Emerging Commercial Farmers Support Program (ECF-SP)

Action 2.3 – Improve marketing infrastructure

New: Moving of Veterinary Cordon Fence to Namibian-Angolan border (to replace 2.3.1 and 2.3.2)
New: Improvement of animal health in the Caprivi Region

1. Upgrading of existing quarantine facilities
2. Establishment of feedlots at Etunda, Rundu and Katima Mulilo

Please click here (1mb pdf document) for the full text of the MCA Namibia Program Livestock Production & Marketing component. For other relevant documentation and links, go to Docs and Links.

MCA Namibia Investment 3:
Promote private and community-based investment in tourism.

Action 3.1 – Resource Development & Management 

New developments
1. New park-related tourism development opportunities
2. Tourism and local business hub
3. Game production camp
4. Bush access and 4X4 game-viewing
5. Border post

Enhanced management of natural resources
6. Tourism and natural resource mgt service centre
7. Boundary conflict management
8. Restoration of NR assets as basis for tourism

Key support infrastructure
9. Bridge
10. Energy
11. Water
12. Site preparation / landscaping
13. Management team

Action 3.2 – Marketing 

Destination marketing: emerging USA and Canada
1. Cooperative Marketing Agreements
2. Public Relations & Media
3. Destination Promotion

Destination marketing: emerging Europe
4. Cooperative Marketing Agreements
5. Destination Promotion

Tourism route marketing
6. Domestic Market
7. South Africa
8. Interactive website development

Action 3.3 – Barriers Removal

1. Capitalize Tourism-tailored Loan Scheme
2. Incentive-based training package

Action 3.4 – Empowerment & Capacity Building 

Upscale and formalize the activities of the Tourism Council
1. Tourism Awareness Campaign
2. Implement and monitor the Transformation Charter
3. Create Tourism House

Training and Mentorship Programs
4. Provide training funds
5. BBEE Mentorship programme

Please click here (1.44mb pdf document) for the full text of the MCA Namibia Program Tourism. For other relevant documentation and links, go to Docs and Links.

MCA Namibia Investment 4:
Promote private and community-based Investment in Indigenous Natural Products.

4.1 – Product Specific Actions

1. Expanding Wild Silk production through capital investment and training
2. Domestication and cultivation of Hoodia
3. Kalahari Melon Seed (KMS)
4. Devil’s Claw Propagation and enrichment planting
5. Selection and increased cultivation of superior Marula genotypes
6. Multi-purpose extraction, quality control and product development facility

4.2 – National-level Supportive Actions

1. Management intervention
2. Traceability and certification
3. Eco-Regional Satellite Centre (ERSC) Networks for regional outreach
4. Additional first-Level oil extraction capacity
5. Developing commercial (marketing and brand-building) partnerships

MCA Investment 5:
Rural Access Roads.

1. New link from Oshikango to Omundaungilo
2. D3600 from Tsintsabis to Katwitwi
3. New link from Omutambo Mawe to Okahao
4. Okahao to Omakange
5. D3403 from Divundu to Mohembo
6. D3301 & D3830 from Epukiro to Eiseb Block
7. New link from Omuthiya to Omutambo Mawe
  The Due Diligence process covered various assessment including:
1. Technical viability
2. Economic Rate of Return Assessment
3. Beneficiary Analysis
4. Socio-environmental Assessment
2008-11-26
 
Third Round of Staff Recruitment Announced
 
MCA Namibia continues the hiring of staff for the Programme Implementation Unit in the third round of recruitment advertised on this website and in the Namibian print media. In this round, MCA is re-advertising four previously announced positions and advertising four new senior and middle-management positions to be filled by professional, ambitious and hard-working staff.
 
2008-11-18
 
MCA Namibia Compact Ratified
 

The National Assembly on 18 November 2008 ratified the MCA Namibia Compact.  This marks the start of the Compact Implementation Funding (CIF) period of 9-12 months during which final design studies, feasibility studies, environmental impact studies, baseline studies for monitoring & evaluation, will be undertaken.  Once the preparatory work is done and the CIF period completed, the Compact will "enter into force" (EIF) which means that the clock will start ticking for the 5 year programme implementation or the EIF period.  Download Media Statement by the MCA Namibia CEO below.
Media Statement CEO 18.11.08   459(KB)
 
2008-10-08
 
Director General of NPC Talks on MCA Namibia Compact
 
In an effort to update the media and the general public on the MCA Namibia Compact, the Director General of the National Planning Commission, Prof. Peter Katjavivi, called a Press Briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister's Constitution Room on 8 October 2008.

Find the Press Statement on Downloads.
 
2008-10-12
 
MCA Namibia Compact Tabled for Ratification in National Assembly
 
Minister Helmut Angula of Works and Transport, the former Director-General of the Planning Commission and in that capacity a driving force behind the MCA Namibia Compact development, on 9 October 2008 tabled the MCA Namibia Compact in the National Assembly for ratification.

The main rationale for ratification - as opposed to signing the MCA Namibia Compact as a bilateral agreement between the US Government (as the development partner) and the Namibian Government (as the beneficiary country) - is the application of a different set of procurement rules to the MCA Namibia Compact.  The Tender Board Act of the Government of Namibia will not apply to the MCA Namibia Compact.  The MCC Act does not allow for the preferential treatment of contractors in the beneficiary country, in this case Namibia.  In exchange, no preferences will be extended to American contractors.  

The Tender Board Act is the only Namibian legislation for which exemption is sought by the motion to ratify the Compact.  All other Namibian legislation, including the tax legislation, applies to the MCA Namibia Compact. 

The motion will be discussed in the National Assembly as from 23 October 2008.
 
2008-09-16
 
Second Round of Staff Recruitment Announced
 
MCA Namibia continues the hiring of staff for the Programme Implementation Unit in the second round of recruitment advertised on this website and in the Namibian print media.  In this round, MCA is seeking professional, ambitious and hard-working staff for the seven senior management and administrative support positions.
 
2008-08-21
 
First Round of Staff Recruitment Announced
 
MCA Namibia has kick-started the hiring of staff for the Programme Implementation Unit by announcing the first round of recruitment on this website and in the Namibian print media.  In this round, MCA is seeking professional, ambitious and hard-working staff for the six positions of officers and other key staff.
 
2008-07-28
 
Namibia and the United States Sign US$304.5 million MCA Compact
 

At a signing ceremony today in the Office of the Prime Minister, Prof. Peter Katjavivi, Director General of the National Planning Commission (NPC) and Mr. Rodney Bent, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, signed a US$304.5 million (over N$2.3 billion) grant agreement - the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Namibia Compact.
 
2008-06-25
 
Successful Government of Namibia – MCC Negotiations in Washington D.C.
 

The Government Negotiating Team led by Mr. Frans Kapofi, Secretary to the Cabinet, held negotiations with MCC on the MCA Namibia Compact in Washington D.C. between June 16 and 20 2008. These negotiations had a successful outcome and the MCA Namibia Compact is expected to be signed on June 28, 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. Details of the signing ceremony will be posted on this website shortly.
 
2008-03-15
 
Wrap-up Sessions for Education Due Diligence
 
MCC and its leadconsultant from the Academy for Education (AED) will be in country as from 17 March 2008 to wrap up the Due Diligence on:

1. Secondary school expansion
2. Colleges of Education and UNAM Teacher Training renovation
3. Regional Study and Resource Centres contruction
4. Community Skills Development Centres renovation and construction
5. Textbooks acquisition
6. Contribution to Namibia Training Fund
7. Loan Scheme or Bursary Trust for students from poor households

They will be working closely with the Ministry of Education, the Namibian Training Authority and MCA Namibia.
 
2008-03-13
 
Visit by MCC Vice President Mr. Darius Teter
 
MCC Vice President Mr. Darius Teter is visiting Namibia from 24 March 2008 to 2 April 2008 to familiarize himself with the proposed investments to be included in the MCA Namibia Compact.  MCA Namibia plans to show him various project sites, including the cutline along the Namibian-Angolan border for the Veterinary Cordon Fence, one of the target schools, INP processing facilities, a model conservancy and a selected rural access road.
 
 
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