Unterstützung Wassersektorprogramm Water Sector Support Program Angesichts der krisenhaften Wassersituation in Namibia wurde im Jahr 2019 eine Expertenkommission für den Wassersektor, das sog. Technical Committee of Experts (im Folgenden: TCE) beauftragt, eine Liste prioritärer Projekte zur Verbesserung der Wasserversorgung sowie Abwasserentsorgung und -wiederverwendung vorzulegen. Die in diesem Kontext identifizierten Projekte sollen dann als Teil eines nationalen Unterstützungsprogramms für den Wassersektor umgesetzt werden. Das Programm strebt eine Verbesserung hinsichtlich Verfügbarkeit, Qualität, Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit der Wasser- und Sanitärversorgung an und umfasst eine Reihe von Vorhaben in diversen urbanen und ländlichen Gebieten. Die KfW gewährt dem namibischen Finanzministerium ein zinsvergünstigtes Darlehen zur Finanzierung ausgewählter Einzelvorhaben im Norden des Landes sowie in der Küstenregion. Respektive werden hierbei Rohrleitungstausch und -erweiterung der verbleibenden Teilabschnitte der Schwarzekuppe-Swakopmund Wasser-Pipeline sowie der Omdel-Wlotzkasbaken Wasser-Pipeline (Küstenregion), die Rehabilitierung des Wasserkanals zwischen Olushandja und Ogongo, der Wasserpipeline Ongongo-Oshakati sowie des Oshikuku Bypass (Norden), sowie der Bau einer Wasseraufbereitungsanlage in Katima Mulilo (Caprivi-Streifen) ermöglicht. Das Vorhaben trägt zur Verbesserung des Zugangs zu Trinkwasser und zur Erhöhung der Resilienz der namibischen Bevölkerung, unter Berücksichtigung der Auswirkungen des Klimawandels (Extremwetterereignissen, anhaltenden Dürren, Rückgang von Niederschlägen etc.), bei. Insbesondere wirkt sich der verbesserte Zugang zu sauberem Wasser auf die Lebenslage der weiblichen Bevölkerung aus. Übergeordnet leistet das Programm einen direkten und unmittelbaren Beitrag zur Anpassung Namibias an den Klimawandel und zur Ressourcenschonung durch die Reduzierung von Wasserverlustraten. In view of the crisis-ridden water situation in Namibia, a committee of experts for the water sector, the so-called Technical Committee of Experts (hereinafter: TCE), was commissioned in 2019 to submit a list of priority projects to improve water supply and wastewater disposal and reuse. These identified projects were envisaged to be implemented through a national Water Sector Support Programme.The programme aims at improving the availability, quality, safety and sustainability of water and sanitation services and includes several projects in various urban and rural areas. KfW grants the Namibian Ministry of Finance a loan with subsidised interest to finance selected individual projects in the north of the country and in the coastal region. In particular, it will enable the replacement and extension of the remaining sections of the Schwarzekuppe-Swakopmund water pipeline and the Omdel-Wlotzkasbaken water pipeline (coastal region), the rehabilitation of the water canal between Olushandja and Ogongo, the Ongongo-Oshakati water pipeline and the Oshikuku bypass (north), as well as the construction of a water treatment plant in Katima Mulilo (Caprivi Strip). The project contributes to improving access to drinking water and to increasing the resilience of the Namibian population, taking into account the impacts of climate change (extreme weather events, prolonged droughts, decline in rainfall, etc.). The improved access to clean water has a particular impact on the living conditions of the female population. Furthermore, the programme makes a direct and immediate contribution to Namibia's adaptation to climate change and to resource conservation by reducing water loss rates. Verbesserung der Wasserversorgung In view of the crisis-ridden water situation in Namibia, a committee of experts for the water sector, the so-called Technical Committee of Experts (hereinafter: TCE), was commissioned in 2019 to submit a list of priority projects to improve water supply and wastewater disposal and reuse. These identified projects were envisaged to be implemented through a national Water Sector Support Programme.The programme aims at improving the availability, quality, safety and sustainability of water and sanitation services and includes several projects in various urban and rural areas. KfW grants the Namibian Ministry of Finance a loan with subsidised interest to finance selected individual projects in the north of the country and in the coastal region. In particular, it will enable the replacement and extension of the remaining sections of the Schwarzekuppe-Swakopmund water pipeline and the Omdel-Wlotzkasbaken water pipeline (coastal region), the rehabilitation of the water canal between Olushandja and Ogongo, the Ongongo-Oshakati water pipeline and the Oshikuku bypass (north), as well as the construction of a water treatment plant in Katima Mulilo (Caprivi Strip). The project contributes to improving access to drinking water and to increasing the resilience of the Namibian population, taking into account the impacts of climate change (extreme weather events, prolonged droughts, decline in rainfall, etc.). The improved access to clean water has a particular impact on the living conditions of the female population. Furthermore, the programme makes a direct and immediate contribution to Namibia's adaptation to climate change and to resource conservation by reducing water loss rates.