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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

A National workshop on the Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA) to inform the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was held in Windhoek, Namibia from 23 to 24 July 2025. The one-and-a-half-day workshop was organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA). The event formed part of the Statistics and Data Project “Resilient and agile National Statistical Systems to meet post-COVID-19 data needs to recover better” under the 14th tranche of the United Nations Development Account (DA14 project).

The objective of the workshop was to present and validate the results of the national work on EW-MFA to a broad group of stakeholders. It also aimed to facilitate discussions on how EW-MFA can inform policies related to responsible consumption and production, as well as support national reporting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The training was attended by 27 participants, with an almost equal gender distribution of 14 female (52%) and 13 male (48%). Participants included government officials, academics, and employees of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from International University of Management (IUM), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reforms (MAFWLR), Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), Ministry of Industrialization, Mines and Energy (MIME), Ministry of International Relations and Trade (MIRT), Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF), Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), National Planning Commission (NPC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), , United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office (UN-RCO) in Namibia, University of Namibia, World Health Organization (WHO).

More information can be found in Workshop Report.

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