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. (Read more….)
August Public Lecture Series
Assessing the Performance if State Owned Enterprises in Namibia Date: 4th August 2010 Venue: Nampower Convention Centre Time: 08h00 - 10h00
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.
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.
