Engineering Professions Association of Namibia
Engineering Professions Association of Namibia
Copies of previous years' AGM minutes can be downloaded from the links in the sidebar.
Brochures suitable for distribution in senior secondary schools, to inform school pupils about an engineering career.
EPA periodically issues a News Brief, which is circulated to members. It provides information on happenings of interest to the engineering community - what is happening and planned, and feedback on what has happened. Copies of "EPA News Brief" ("News in Brief" up to December 2009) may be downloaded from the links in the sidebar.
This scholarship fund was sponsored by the Government of Sweden from 1997 to 2003, through its development cooperation agency, Sida, under several Transport and Communication Sector Cooperation Agreements with the Namibian Government. The Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication acted as the executing agent for the Namibian transport sector reform and capacity building project, which was financially supported by Sweden. The project was finally concluded in 2004, when the last bursary student completed his studies.
The Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication (MWTC) in the early 90’s embarked on a reform of the road sector with a view to achieving improved efficiency in the sector with regard to both the management and funding of the national road network. The reform was substantially executed through a project of the MWTC, named “the MWTC2000 Project”, which by April 2000 had achieved the establishment of the Roads Authority and the Roads Contractor Company out of the operational components of the Department of Transport in the MWTC, and the Road Fund Administration as an entirely new institution for securing funding mainly for the national road network.
Since the MWTC had been experiencing a chronic shortage of engineers and technicians, it was foreseen that the shortage in these professions would have to be alleviated for a successful reform of the road sector. As part of the strategy towards this end, the Young Professionals’ Programme (YPP) was established under the auspices of the MWTC2000 Project, with funding for engineering study bursaries provided by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency, Sida, under the Namibian – Swedish Specific Agreement on Transport and Communication Sector Support.
On 1997-02-11, the MWTC and EPA concluded an agreement for the management of the YPP Bursary Scheme. EPA managed the Bursary Scheme during the financial years from 1996/97 to 2004/05, as part of EPA’s Bursary Fund Trust, into which the Swedish funds were paid directly. The total intake of students from 1997 to 2000 resulted in bursaries being awarded as follows, with regard to Namibian affirmative action criteria:
The above figures include one student who was awarded a bursary for
post-graduate studies in transportation economics. Therefore, 35
bursaries were awarded for engineering studies.
With the aforementioned intakes of students, the Scheme has
substantially succeeded in alleviating the shortage of young civil
engineers in Namibia, by producing 23 graduate civil engineers in the
course of seven years between 1997 and 2004.
The total cost amounted to N$ 5 295 971, which averages to about N$ 230 000 per graduate. This cost includes the irrecoverable losses incurred on students that dropped out of the Scheme.
Not taking into account a number of students who were awarded a bursary but who for various reasons never commenced their studies under the Scheme, drop-outs numbered only six. Considering the difficulty of engineering study, and the under-privileged background of many of the students, a ratio of 6 drop-outs to 23 successful students is regarded a remarkable success.
The Shell Environmental Management Award was sponsored by Shell
Namibia Limited from 1991 to 1998, as an incentive for project teams to
incorporate the diversion of resources, such as land, capital, and
manpower, towards conserving biological resources, and to facilitate the
participation of certain groups or agents in work which will benefit
these resources. The Engineering Professions Association of Namibia is
proud to have been associated with this award in the role of
facilitators.
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Date |
Winner |
Finalists |
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1998-03-27 |
City of Windhoek: Water Demand Management |
City of Windhoek: Kupferberg Waste Disposal Site City of Windhoek: UN Plaza City of Windhoek: Water Demand Management NamPower: 440 kV Connector line to the RSA Ministry of W, T & C: Trans-Caprivi Highway |
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1996-06-21 |
Department of Water Affairs: Omdel Dam |
City of Windhoek: Asbestos Decontamination of Old Power Station Collect-A-Can: Can Recycling Department of Water Affairs: Omdel Dam |
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1994-08-11 |
Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication: Rehabilitation of District Road 3608 |
Chevron Namibia: Offshore drilling operations City of Windhoek: 2 urban roads projects Gold Fields Namibia: Waterberg Environmental training centre Department of Water Affairs: Oanob Dam Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication: Rehabilitation of District Road 3608 |
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1993-02-24 |
City of Windhoek: Purified Effluent Scheme |
City of Windhoek: Purified Effluent Scheme Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication: Ovambo Roads Master Plan |
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1991 |
City of Windhoek: Post Street Mall |
City of Windhoek: Post Street Mall City of Windhoek: Waste Disposal Karstland Ecology Research Project |
Copies of "The Namibian Engineer" magazine may be downloaded from the links in the sidebar. The quality of these reports has been optimised for reduced download times. If you require higher quality copies, please contact EPA.
| Year | Topic | Winners |
| 2010 | YECP 18: Bridge Building | 1. Windhoek High School – Bridge: 205 g; Load: 249,7 kg 2. Edugate Academy Otjiwarongo 3. Tsumeb Gymnasium |
| 2009 | YECP 17: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 165 g; Load: 200 kg 2. St Paul's College 3. Walvis Bay Private School |
| 2008 | YECP 16: Bridge Building | 1. Etosha Secondary School - Bridge: 238,7 g; Load: 114,9 kg 2. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule 3. Delta Secondary School |
| 2007 | YECP 15: Bridge Building | 1. Walvis Bay High School – Bridge: 176 g; Load: 122,7 kg 2. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule 3. St Paul's College |
| 2006 | YECP 14: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 154 g; Load: 99 kg 2. Walvis Bay High School 3. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule |
| 2005 | YECP 13: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 260,3 g; Load: 144,5 kg 2. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule 3. Gobabis Gymnasium |
| 2004 | YECP 12: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 204 g; Load: 86,5 kg 2. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule 3. Etosha Secondary School |
| 2003 | YECP 11: Bridge Building | 1. Etosha Secondary School |
| 2002 | YECP 10: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule |
| 2001 | YECP 9: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 231 g; Load: 91,5 kg 2. Delta Secondary School 3. Etosha Secondary School |
| 2000 | YECP 8: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 204 g; Load: 71,5 kg 2. PK de Villiers High School – Bridge: 109 g; Load: 25,5 kg 3. Windhoek High School – Bridge: 237 g; Load: 51,5 kg |
| 1999 | YECP 7: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 587 g; Load: 107 kg 2. Technical High School – Bridge: 605 g; Load: 51 kg 3. Delta Secondary School – Bridge: 606 g; Load: 47 kg |
| 1998 | YECP 6: Bridge Building | 1. Etosha Secondary School – Bridge: 514 g; Load: 43 kg 2. Etosha Secondary School – Bridge: 467 g; Load: 29 kg 3. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule – Bridge: 447 g; Load 26,5 kg |
| 1996 | YECP 5: Lifting Electromagnet | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule, B Buys, G Haake, E Lund, W Voigts – Specification compliance: 25 kg + 10% |
| 1994 | YECP 4: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule 2. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule 3. HTS Technical High School |
| 1993 | YECP 3: Water Pump | 1. Deutsche Oberschule Windhoek |
| 1991 | YECP 2: Solar-powered Car | 1. HTS Technical High School – Max. speed: 1,8 m/s 2. Grootfontein High School 3. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule |
| 1990 | YECP 1: Bridge Building | 1. Deutsche Höhere Privatschule |