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Namibia

Namibia

Bharat and Namibia enjoy warm and cordial relations. Diplomatic relations with independent Namibia were established right from the moment of its independence, with the Indian Observer Mission being upgraded to a full-fledged High Commission on 21 March 1990. Namibia opened a full-fledged resident mission in New Delhi in March 1994.

 

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Knowledge Creation & Sharing
An MOU between Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) concerning technical cooperation in the area of capacity building of public officials was signed in Windhoek on 4 September 2018.
 
Capacity Building
  • Under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, apart from a large number of Namibian candidates trained in Bharat so far, several ITEC experts have also been deputed to Namibia. Additionally, Bharat announced increasing of ITEC slots in 2016.
  • In 2016, Bharat provided 1000 tons of rice, 100 tons of medicines and USD 20,000 to Indira Gandhi Maternity Clinic. The cash grant of USD 20,000 for the Indira Gandhi Maternity Clinic in Okahao was handed over on 8 August 2017. The assistance of 1000 tons of rice for drought relief was handed over on 6 March 2018.
 
Technology Sharing
As per an MoU signed in 2016 during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Namibia, an Bharat-Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (INCEIT) has been established at Namibia University of Science and Technology with the financial and technical support of Government of India. Bharat has provided computers and servers, along with a PARAM Supercomputer as also trained local lecturers at CDAC in Bharat. The INCEIT started operating in 2019 and was formally inaugurated by Hon'ble External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on 5 June 2023 together with Hon'ble Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of International Relations of Namibia, Dr. Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah, during his visit to Namibia.
 
Grants & Concessional Finance
  • GOI provided Rupees two crores (equivalent to Namibian dollars 3.364 million) to Namibia towards drought relief in August 2013. On earlier two occasions, assistance of Rs. 1 crore was given each time for the flood relief.
  • Bharat granted USD 12.16 million to Namibia for the construction of twin faculties of Mining Engineering and Information Technology at University of Namibia’s Ongwediva Campus, which has been named as Bharat Wing. The project was completed and handed over to the University in June 2014.
  • Grants-in-aid worth USD 10 million was announced in 2009, under which Bharat has supplied IT equipment to Namibian Ministry of Health & Social Services.
  • Organisation of a Jaipur Foot Camp on 17 Sept to 22 October, 2019 at Rundu - a total of 408 prosthetics fitted.
  • Bharat has extended humanitarian assistance of 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine (Covishield) to Namibia to fight the pandemic in March 2021.