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Administration &

Finance

Dr. Ellen Namhila
Pro-Vice Chancellor: Administration, Finance
and Resource Mobilisation

Capital Projects
The strategic objectives of the Directorate of Estates and Infrastructure Planning is to expand on existing
academic and administrative facilities. Financial constrains experienced in the country for the two previous
reporting years have affected the implementation of UNAM’s expansion plans, posing serious challenges to
projects already under construction. During the reporting period, the financial situation did not appear to be
recovering and remains a major concern on executing strategic objectives.

Despite the financial challenges, the Directorate continued to strategically prioritize management of
maintenance and optimisation of the life cycle of UNAM’s assets in accordance with the business needs of the
university. This included compilation and continuous reviews of various maintenance plans with special focus on
critical service delivery such as lecture halls, administrative buildings and student hostels.

Landscaping and overall gardening continues receiving priority instilling a sense of pride and a welcoming
university to all students and visitors throughout the country. In addition, improvements of establishing state-of-
the-art security interventions and monitoring systems also remains high priority.

Completed projects in 2018
Eng. José Eduardo dos Santos (JEDS) Campus. PHASE III: “Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering”
(commencement date: January 2016)
JEDS campus is in the process of being constructed in five phases inspired in a star shape. At the moment, three
out of the five wings have been completed. This state-of-the-art facility houses the “Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering” in a magnificent three-story building which has been named as “German Wing”.
The development was co-funded between the Government of the “Federal Republic of Germany” with Euro 8
Million and a contribution of Euro 6 Million from the “Government of the Republic of Namibia”.

Additionally, the Construction of the Surgical Lab at the Neudamm Campus were successfully completed.
Completion of this project will ensure the Veterinary programme remains on track.

Ongoing projects during 2018

School of Medicine Phase 3 (commencement date: April 2014)
The project, valued at over N$253 million, aims to develop academic and administrative facilities for Hage
Geingob Campus. The development will provide a Multipurpose Building to host academic and administrative
facilities, as well as a cafeteria to serve the campus population. The project will also provide a Health Center to
support teaching and research activities, at the same facilities, the students could have part of their internships

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