Polytech, Govt join forces on cleaner production

GOVERNMENT and the Polytechnic of Namibia have combined forces to promote Cleaner Production (CP) in Namibia.

Last week, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Polytechnic signed a memorandum of understanding under which the Polytechnic will offer three short-term courses on Cleaner Production. The CP Unit in the Ministry of Environment, headed by Dr Sindila Mwiya, has brought in a consultant to design the course material.The three courses will be held in Windhoek and in the Oshana and Erongo regions.The deal was signed by Environment Permanent Secretary Dr Malan Lindeque and the Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia, Dr Tjama Tjivikua, in Windhoek last week.Mwiya said the CP Unit would support participants while the Polytechnic would do the actual training, which he said was planned to start sometime next year.Lindeque said the Ministry was happy to get a partner in promoting and sustaining Cleaner Production in Namibia.Tjivikua said Namibia’s national development strategies, such as Vision 2030, had to include ways of using less and cleaner energy, water and other resources.He said Namibian industries and service providers needed to introduce CP not only to protect the environment and conserve energy and water, but also to increase their profitability.”CP is essential to our economy and survival and should become a household terminology through an aggressive public campaign,” said Tjivikua.The CP project is being supported by the Danish International Development Assistance agency.The CP Unit in the Ministry of Environment, headed by Dr Sindila Mwiya, has brought in a consultant to design the course material.The three courses will be held in Windhoek and in the Oshana and Erongo regions.The deal was signed by Environment Permanent Secretary Dr Malan Lindeque and the Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia, Dr Tjama Tjivikua, in Windhoek last week.Mwiya said the CP Unit would support participants while the Polytechnic would do the actual training, which he said was planned to start sometime next year.Lindeque said the Ministry was happy to get a partner in promoting and sustaining Cleaner Production in Namibia.Tjivikua said Namibia’s national development strategies, such as Vision 2030, had to include ways of using less and cleaner energy, water and other resources.He said Namibian industries and service providers needed to introduce CP not only to protect the environment and conserve energy and water, but also to increase their profitability.”CP is essential to our economy and survival and should become a household terminology through an aggressive public campaign,” said Tjivikua.The CP project is being supported by the Danish International Development Assistance agency.