National workshop for Namibia on the Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA) to inform the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Date: 2025-07-23 - 2025-07-24

Location: Windhoek, Namibia

Indicators: 8.4.1, 12.2.1

Partners: Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)

Topic: Material flows

Overview

The goal of the national workshop is to present the results of the national work on Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA) to various stakeholders. It also aims to discuss how EW-MFA inform policies on responsible consumption and production and support reporting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The target audience for the national workshop includes national agencies that are responsible for the collection and dissemination of environmental and economic data. It also includes agencies involved in the development of policy documents. The participants are expected from the NSA, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Forestry, the Ministry of Industrialisation, Mines and Energy, National Planning Commission, Environment Investment Fund as well as other relevant agencies, including non-governmental organizations, academia and international organisations.

Documents

• Concept Note
• Agenda

Presentations

• The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the environment-related SDG indicators: on the way to 2030
• Open discussion on the state of environment-related SDG indicators in Namibia, based on the National Scorecard
• Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts to inform policies on responsible consumption and production and support reporting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• National reporting on EW-MFA-based indicators
• Open discussion 
• Introduction of activities in Namibia to support the work on EW-MFA at the national level
• Global Material Flows Database
• Recommendations to the Namibia Statistics Agency