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26 December 2008: Staff Recruitment Announcement MCA Namibia is announcing the third round of recruitment for the Program Implementation Unit staff. In this round, MCA is re-advertising the following four positions to be filled by professional, ambitious and hard-working staff: * Deputy Chief Executive Offier: Operations * Director: Procurement * Director: Monitoring & Evaluation * Legal Advisor In this round, the unit is further seeking professional, ambitious and hard-working staff for the following four positions: * Director: Infrastructure * Manager: Livestock * Manager: Public Outreach * Manager: Procurement Further details are available on the Vacancies page and in the complete Round 3 recruitment advertisement, available for downloading. The above vacancies close at 17:00 on 12/12/08. |
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MCA Namibia Compact Ratified The National Assembly on 18 November 2008 ratified the MCA Namibia Compact. This is an important milestone in the development of the Programme which unlocks the way forward for the implementation of the identified activities in the beneficiary sectors, namely, education, tourism and agriculture. Click here to download the Media Statement by MCA Namibia's CEO. Click here to download the Response by Hon. Helmut Angula to issues raised during the debate on the MCA Namibia Compact. |
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Director General of National Planning Commission talks on MCA Namibia Compact |
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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. |
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VACANCIES CLOSED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2008 16 September 2008: Staff Recruitment Announcement MCA Namibia is announcing the second round of recruitment for the Program Implementation Unit staff. In this round, MCA is seeking professional, ambitious and hard-working candidates to fill in the following vacancies: * Director: Finance and Administration * Legal Advisor * Director: Environmental and Social Assessment * Director: Monitoring and Evaluation * Executive Secretary * Administrative Assistant * Driver Further details are available on the Vacancies page and in the complete Round 2 recruitment advertisement, available for downloading. |
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VACANCIES CLOSED ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2008 21 August 2008: Staff Recruitment Announcement MCA Namibia is announcing the first round of recruitment for the Program Implementation Unit staff. In this round, MCA is seeking professional, ambitious and hard-working candidates to fill in the following vacancies: * Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Operations * Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Programs * Director: Procurement * Director: Education * Director: Agriculture * Director: Tourism Further details are available on the Vacancies page and in the complete Round 1 recruitment advertisement, available for downloading. |
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28 July 2008: Namibia and the United States Sign US$304.5 Million Compact for Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth 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. The signing was witnessed by the Right Hon. Nahas Angula, Prime Minister of Namibia, H.E. Dennise Mathieu, United States Ambassador to Namibia, and a number of Namibian and US officials and stakeholders. In his keynote address to the participants at the signing ceremony, Prof. Peter Katjavivi stated: “We are delighted to join the league of Millennium Challenge Account Compact countries. Namibia is a young democracy, this year 18 years of age. And today, Namibia will be the 18th country in the developing world to sign a Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation.” Mr. Bent stated, “The program, focused on supporting education and training, demonstrates Namibia’s will to improve the lives of its citizens and create a foundation for sustainable growth, economic opportunities and the success for its own people.” Read the full texts of the the MCA-Namibia Compact, joint MCA Namibia – MCC Press Release, Compact Factsheet, and Prof. Katjavivi's keynote address in the Downloads section of this website. |
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20 June 2008: Successful Government of Namibia - MCC Negotiatios in Washington D.C. The Government Negotiating Team led my 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 July 28, 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. Details of the signing ceremony will be posted on this website shortly. |
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Photo, standing, left to right: Brandon Carter (MCC Intern, Environment and Social Assessment), Amir Tejpar (MCC Program Analyst), William Clancy (MCC Fiscal Accountability Director), Stacy Rhodes (MCC Managing Director), Zaidoon Khouri (MCC Associate Director), Apollos Hamulungu (MCA-N Agriculture Expert), Calle Schlettwein (Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Namibia), Kristin Penn (MCC Senior Director for Agriculture), Jonathan Filas (MCC Senior International Attorney), Stephanie Burch (MCC Assistant General Counsel), Nashilongo Shivute (Under-Secretary of Ministry of Lands, Namibia), Lawrence Pringle (Coordinator Namibia Training Authority and COSDECs, Ministry of Education, Namibia), Steve Katjiuanjo (Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Namibia), Ernst Simon (MCA-N Senior Advisor), Eline van der Linden (Senior Advisor, MCA-N), Peter Erb (Chief Conservation Scientist, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia), Morven M. Luswenyo (Deputy Chief of Mission, Namibian Embassy to the USA), Carlton Bennett (MCC Director Fiscal Accountability), Michael Klein (Legal Counsel, Government of Namibia), Tuli Nghiyoonanye (Director of Planning and Development, Ministry of Education, Namibia), Festus Mbandeka (Legal Counsel, Government of Namibia), John Wingle (MCC Resident Country Director for Namibia), Kyeh Kim (MCC Transaction Team Leader for Namibia), Andrew Ndishishi (Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Namibia) Sitting, left to right: Frans Kapofi (Secretary to Cabinet and Leader of the Government Negotiating Team, Namibia), Penny Akwenye (MCA-N Chief Executive Officer), Namasiku van der Linden (daughter of Eline van der Linden, Namibia) |
Photo: Leader of the Government Negotiation Team Frans Kapofi (centre) and team members Calle Schlettwein, Ernst Simon (left), and Steve Katjiuanjo (right) deliberating in the final hours of the negotiations. |
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Namibia became eligible for MCC funding on 8 November 2005 as one of three lower to middle income countries. The other two countries in this group are El Salvador and Cape Verde. The preparation for a Compact for these countries was already at a more advanced stage when Namibia became eligible. On 4 July 2005 MCC signed a 5-year Compact with the Government of Cape Verde (with the Compact entering into force in October that year), followed by El Salvador on 29 November 2006 with a Compact of USD110 million with a further tranche of USD351 million anticipated. Namibia submitted its proposed MCA Namibia Program to the value of USD515.4 million on 29 September 2006. The proposal was well received by MCC and is currently being reviewed as part of the MCC due diligence process. It is anticipated that by July 2008 Namibia and the US Government will sign the Compact for the implementation of the MCA Namibia Program over a period of 5 years. It is MCC policy to only allocate 25% of the total MCC budget in a fiscal year to lower to middle income countries. It is for this reason that Namibia closely follows the eligibility, proposal development and Compact signing by other lower to middle countries. |
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