NAU president on Planning Commission

The president of the Namibian Agricultural Union (NAU), Ryno van der Merwe has been appointed to the Planning Commission of the National Planning Commission.

The minister in charge of the National Planning Commission, Tom Alweendo introduced the 17 planning commissioners of the National Planning Commission. This commission will look at the social and economic development of the country for the next three years. The commissioners comprise of representatives from various ministries and organisations and Van der Merwe has also been appointed on the commission.

The aims of this commission are to identify Namibia’s socio-economic development priorities, formulate short-, medium- and long-term national development plans in cooperation with regional councils, and develop monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure effective implementation of the national development plans.

It also aims to evaluate the effectiveness of government’s socio-economic policies, coordinate the development of government’s socio-economic policies to ensure consistency mobilise and manage and coordinate international development cooperation.

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