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On 1 April 1989 the UN-monitored transition period towards Namibia’s independence began, leading firstly to elections for the Constituent Assembly in November 1989 and ultimately to independence in March 1990. The start of this transition was the signal for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung to decide on the establishment of an office in Windhoek and later in the year deploy its first country representative, Mr Peter Schellschmidt.

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Social Policies and Distributional Justice


Social Policies

Growing the economy and creating wealth are the basis of development, but not yet development itself. For turning economic progress into development, distribution matters. Firstly, wealth creation itself should already be as broad-based as possible through the support of a conducive policy framework. Secondly, in order to maximize the positive impact on people’s lives, further redistributive mechanisms and policies are needed.

Trade unions are there to see to it that workers are getting their fair share. In a caring society, social policies must be in place to protect vulnerable people like children, orphans, sick people, the old, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/Aids, etc.
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August Public Lecture Series
Public Lecture Series



Assessing the Performance if State Owned Enterprises in Namibia
Date: 4th August 2010
Venue: Nampower Convention Centre
Time: 08h00 - 10h00

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President Pohamba receives new FES Resident Representative
On 4 June H.E. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia received a FES delegation at State House. The FES delegation was comprised of Mr Hubert René Schillinger, outgoing FES Resident Representative, Mr Michael Schultheiss who will replace him as of 1 September, and Mr Rolf Paasch, Director of the FES Regional Media Project who will head the FES Namibia Office in an acting capacity as of 15 June. During the one-hour-meeting the Namibian Head of State and the FES delegation exchanged views on various political and other matters.
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Book Launch with Prime Minister Angula
As part of a function marking the 20th anniversary of FES presence in Namibia and the visit of the future FES representative to Namibia, a new FES-sponsored publication titled “Effective Communication” was launched by the Right Honorable Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, Mr Nahas Angula. The author, Mr Matthew //Gowaseb was recently appointed Acting Director-G eneral of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). About one hundred invited guests attended the function at the FES office.
Book Launch with Prime Minister Angula

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