Namibia’s Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Albertus Aochamub has called for a bold, inter-sectoral and relevant design to flagship programmes, related to the draft Operational Strategy on Global Priority for Africa of the specialised UN agency. Aochamub says Namibia welcomes the draft operational strategy, noting that the focus of the flagship programmes on Higher Education, General History of Africa, Culture and Science is commendable and appreciated. But he points out that the inter-disciplinary complexities related to sustainable development call for inter-sectoral approaches in programme design. Aochamub says it is therefore Namibia’s humble submission that the design of these flagship programmes should break the mould of the old, be bold, inter-sectoral and relevant to the unique needs of Africa we want. He points out that Namibia also takes note of the minimal improvements in the regular budget aimed at driving the envisaged outcomes of the Operational Strategy for Global Priority Africa, noting that these minimal increases imply that Priority Africa will once again be left to the mercy of extra-budgetary contributions. Aochamub states that Namibia, therefore, appeals for a lean Coordination Unit for Global Priority Africa which will work symbiotically with the thematic sectors and allocate maximum resources to the flagship programmes. The Ambassador was speaking at the start of the 2012th session of the UNESCO Executive Board at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris today. UNESCO devised the Operational Strategy for Priority Africa, related to all its focus areas to be implemented in Africa in view of the development of the continent and addressing its specific needs. The new draft strategy will be discussed at the upcoming 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference.