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Invitation by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) to a civil society stakeholder virtual event on Mainstreaming Human Rights in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Policymaking Processes. The event will take place on ZOOM (A meeting link will be sent beforehand) on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 from 10 am – 12:30 pm.

With a number of countries across Southern Africa experiencing a deadly third wave of Covid-19 infections, Amnesty International and 27 other Non-Governmental Organizations are calling on regional leaders, businesses, foreign governments and donors, to ramp up efforts and increase resources to speedily vaccinate as many people as possible. -Amnesty International, 23 June 2021

A conversation with FLON on 23 June 2021 at 18:00 on COVID-19 vaccines, myths, disinformation and mental health. The event will be live-streamed on the Monica Geingos, The First Lady of Namibia <https://www.facebook.com/FirstLadyOfNamibia> Facebook page.

On 30th May 2021, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) informs the affected electorate and the Namibian public at large that the preparations for the Opuwo Rural Constituency by-election are progressing and are well on course. Similarly, on the 21st June 2021, the ECN informs the relevant stakeholders and the Namibian nation at large that the Supplementary Registration of Voters (SRV) for the Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency will be conducted from 21st - 23rd June 2021.

The International Parliamentary Stipendium (IPS) of the German Bundestag for Southern Africa Alumni would hereby like to invite you to the 2nd Webinar from their IPS Southern Africa Webinar Series taking place on Thursday, 24 June 2021.

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UNDP will convene the 2021 Annual Meeting on Strengthening the Rule of Law and Human Rights for Sustaining Peace and Fostering Development from 22 – 24 June. The meeting aims to promote an exchange between Member States, practitioners, UNDP and UN experts, Ministerial-level national counterparts, as well as representatives from think tanks, academia, and civil society, on the current development context in relation to rule of law, security, and human rights and how it has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Namibia / Angola office will have an online panel discussion on the Reciprocity of the German-Namibia Relationship toward shaping a 4th Industrial Revolution. The event will be hosted on Zoom on 17 June 2021 from 16:00 to 18:00. Contact Claudia Gossow, Programme Manager at claudia.gossow@kas.de to register. 

UPDATE: Due to the uptrend of COVID-19 cases, the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) has decided to cancel in-person attendance for the upcoming African Youth Summit and hold the summit virtually via Zoom on June 16th, 12:00-15:00.

Invitation to the Namibia Sports Volunteer Exchange Program Presentation to be hosted by the National Youth Sports Development Platform (NYSDP) on 4 June 2021 at 03:00 PM.