According to the Bank’s website, the Public Procurement and Financial Management Technical Assistance Project (PPFM-TAP) is an institutional technical assistance operation in Namibia designed to strengthen public financial management systems and oversight mechanisms through targeted support to the public procurement and internal audit functions. The project builds on findings from the MAPS assessment of Namibia’s public procurement system and the country fiduciary risk assessment, which identified strong legal foundations but significant implementation, capacity, and oversight weaknesses.

The project is structured around two components:
(i) strengthening the procurement function, through the development of a public procurement professionalization strategy and related assessments; and
(ii) strengthening the internal audit function, through diagnostic work and the development of risk-based internal audit methodologies, tools, templates, and strategy.

The total project cost is estimated at UA 360,000, of which UA 300,000 is financed by the Middle-Income Country Technical Assistance Fund (MIC-TAF) and UA 60,000 is provided by the Government of Namibia as an in-kind contribution. The executing agency is the Ministry of Finance, working with the Procurement Policy Unit and the Directorate of Internal Audit.

Environmental Category: [3] Low Risk

In line with the Bank’s Integrated Safeguards System (ISS), this operation was categorized and validated as Category 3.

The proposed project technical assistance to strengthen Public Financial Management (PFM) systems, including public procurement reforms and internal audit capacity does not involve any physical works, land acquisition, infrastructure development, or activities listed under Schedule 1 of the EMA. As such, it does not trigger Namibia’s ESIA/ECC requirements, poses no foreseeable environmental risks, and generates no direct social impacts on communities or ecosystems. Given its focus on institutional strengthening, policy reforms, capacity-building, and governance enhancement, the intervention fits squarely within the category of activities considered low-risk in Namibia’s environmental regulatory framework and consistent with the AfDB ISS classification for Category 3 projects (technical assistance with no downstream physical footprint).

The total project cost is estimated at UA 360,000, of which UA 300,000 is financed by the Middle-Income Country Technical Assistance Fund (MIC-TAF) and UA 60,000 is provided by the Government of Namibia as an in-kind contribution.

Finance Type: Grant
Commitments (UA): 300,000
Conversion Rate USD (2026-03-16): 1,36276

Name: Baboucarr KOMA
Email: b.koma@afdb.org

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