Namibia Community Skills Development Foundation

COSDEF (Namibia Community Skills Development Foundation) is a registered Trust co-ordinating, supporting and supervising the various COSDECs (Community Skills Development Centres) and other training providers that provide competency based skills training to various communities throughout Namibia, primarily for youth and the previously disadvantaged groups to assist them in partaking in economic development activities.

The Namibia Community Skills Development Foundation (COSDEF) is the national umbrella body for the Community Skills Development Centres (COSDECs). It is a registered Trust, governed by a Board of Trustees. The six seats include Namibians from both the public and private sectors. The Honourable Prime Minister, Nahas Angula, is the Chairman of the Board. The Board’s mandate includes:

				Providing guidance to the COSDECs in terms of their activities and management;
				Raising funds, allocating funds to COSDECs, and monitoring COSDECs expenditures;
				Developing, implementing and enforcing training and skill testing standards; and
				Receiving and assessing individual requests from other communities for the establishment of new skills training initiatives.

The Secretariat is the Support Unit (SU) that administers and implements approved programmes. The role of the SU is to maintain quality standards, through the provision of administrative and financial assistance, as well as professional advice and guidance to the COSDECs and other training initiatives funded by the COSDEF.