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One year anniversary of the EU-funded Erasmus project in Namibia
13-03-2025
It is one year since the start of the Erasmus+ project that we coordinate together with our local partner DAPP Namibia. Its main objective is to promote the training of young people in Namibia in the field of agriculture by consolidating an appropriate training offer. This is intended to promote the socio-economic development of Namibia's youth. The project, which is funded by the European Commission, will run until the end of 2026.
Organisations such as Deutsches Institut für tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft (DITSL), Universidad Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli (NEVU), Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Namibian Employers Federation (NEF/GAN) are also involved in this initiative.
This first year has been mainly devoted to preparations for the implementation of the National Vocational Certificate in Agriculture. Work has also been done on identifying training schools that can offer the necessary qualifications and that are able to prepare the relevant teaching materials.
Positive assessment of the first year of the project
The DAPP Namibia team, as project leader, has a positive assessment of the first year of the project, thanks to the results obtained. The accumulated experience will allow the project to face the next two years of the project in a better position.
During this first year, progress has been made in the following areas of work:
- Overall coordination of the project and the different actors involved. As this is an initiative involving many partners, it is essential to establish a good networking model.
- Evaluation of the training offer regarding the National Vocational Certificate in Agriculture and the National Vocational Diploma in Agricultural Management.
- Development of complete training packages to obtain the certificate.
- Training of trainers, i.e. strengthening the skills of teachers who will be involved in delivering the certificate.
- Dissemination of the training offer of the certificate and the diploma, as well as good practices and lessons learned.
The challenge of networking among the different stakeholders involved
DAPP Namibia considers that one of the fundamental challenges of this Erasmus+ is to achieve a fluid and coordinated working system between the different partners, since it involves actors from Germany, Turkey, Spain and Namibia itself.
On 4 March a workshop ‘Work Integrated Learning and Apprenticeship Programme’ took place with representatives from DAPP Namibia, the National Training Authority, the Namibia Organic Association and the Namibian Employers Federation, as well as horticultural producers such as Farm Krumhuk.
Some of the issues discussed at the workshop were the complexities involved in offering the National Vocational Diploma in Management or the differences between the proposed apprenticeship models and conventional training models.
The need for clarity on the expectations of the agricultural sector, i.e. what companies expect from future professionals, was also discussed. Furthermore, the development of a framework for so-called Work Integrated Learning was discussed.
