• Hon. Carl Schlettwein
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Namibia Focus Side Event on Water, drought and Environment

Date: 15^th August 2024

Time: 11:00-16:30 CAT

Venue: Mercure Hotel Windhoek, Namibia

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3VG3XM8

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Rapporteurs: Local Organising Committee

Official Opening Ceremony

Session Chair: Prof Nickanor M. Ndeyapo, Executive Dean-UNAM, Local Organising Committee

Time	Activity	Responsible Institution
10:40 - 11:00	Arrival and registration of participants	LOC
11.00 - 11:10	Welcome address by Prof. Anicia Peters Chief Executive Officer, NCRST	LOC/NCRST
11.10 - 11:20	Welcome remarks Ms. Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata Executive Director, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform.	LOC/MAWLR
11.20 - 11:40	Remarks by the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Hon. Carl Schlettwein	LOC/MAWLR

Session 1: The State of the Art: what are the issues and how far have we fared

Time	Activity	Responsible Institution
11.40 - 13:00	Lead Paper 1: Securing Namibia’s water for production needs to underpin broad-based development: The plans and lessons-learnt so far - Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform.   Discussion Panel Panellist I: MEATCO) Panellist II: Dr. Nhlanhla Lupahla -NCRST Panellist III: Youth in agriculture representative Panellist IV: Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism
13:00 -14:00	Lunch/Health Break	LOC

Session 2: Key Action areas for strategic investment and partnership

Session Chair: Prof. Charles Makanyenza, Vice Chair of the Local Organising Committee.

Time	Activity	Responsible Institution
14:00 - 14:50	Lead Paper 2: From policy to action: Opportunities for stakeholder partnerships to build a resilient and well supported water-for-production and economic growth sector. – NCRST   Panellist I: Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Panellist II: Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre- UNAM Panellist III: Namibia Agronomic Board Panellist IV: SGSP-Integrated water Resources Management, NUST Panellist V: Civil society and or Industry representative
14:50 - 15:00	Plenary discussion and takeaway messages

Session 3: World Café : Where do we go from here: Convergence, lessons learnt and looking ahead

Session Facilitator: Prof. Simon Angombe, Local Organising Committee

Time	Activity		Responsible Institution
15:00-16:00		Café groups Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment and increased productivity: Production: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience Management: Disaster Risk Reduction Water Technologies and their impacts on Job Creation and Development of Enterprises Entrepreneurship, jobs, and wealth creation
16:30-16:50		Feedback and plenary discussion
16:50 – 17:00		Closing remarks
17:00 -		Tea and departures	LOC