The members of the Sustainable Development Advisory Council met with Hon. Pohamba Shifeta on the 23^rd February 2017 in line with its function to advise the Minister on environmental issues related to sustainable development.

The Sustainable Development Advisory Council represented Namibia in the first meeting of the Open SDG Club, which was held from 21-23^rd November 2016 in Berlin Germany.

The Executive Secretary of the German Sustainable Development Advisory Council, Prof. Dr. Guenther Bachmann, visited Namibia from 29^th June until 8^th July 2016. The visit took place as a follow up to the visit of the SD Advisory Council members to Germany in June 2015 and aimed to update each other on developments and to strengthen further partnership and collaboration.

The Sustainable Development Advisory Council took part in a workshop to launch the domestication of the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union Agenda 2063 at the Parliament Buildings on 8^th June 2016.

In follow up to recommendations from the exchange visit to the German Sustainable Development Council, a site visit was undertaken to the Rent-A-Drum facility in Windhoek to gain a better understanding about the workings of the recycling industry in Namibia.

Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta announced the re-appointment of the members of the Sustainable Development Advisory Council during a press conference on November 3^rd 2015. The Minister praised the members for their performance but outlined that he wanted the council to be more visible and vocal in order to influence the national discourse on sustainable development.