Association for Unemployed Artisans in Namibia (AUAN) is a national youth initiative, aimed at creating employment opportunities for vocational graduates/artisans in Namibia. AUAN is a section 21 company (non-profit) registrations no. 21/2019/1169, and is host to over 6000 unemployed graduate Artisans. We seeks to compliment the enormous investment government has made into the TVET sectors over the years.
Our main objective is to create employment opportunities for the youth across all 14 regions in Namibia.
The AUAN objectives promote Economic Advancement, Social progression and Infrastructure development as outlined in HPP2 and Vision 2030. AUAN equally strives to ensure that graduate artisans and other youths are given employment opportunities to be economically empowered and enhance skill development. With its rich human resource base, AUAN is well positioned and capacitated to offer outstanding service to all our clients.
AUAN offers services in the following but not limited to, Bricklaying and plastering (construction and renovation), Electrical, Carpentry and joinery, Welding and roofing, Plumbing, Tiling, Refrigeration and/or air conditioning, fitting and turning and/or machinery, auto mechanics, sheet metal work and/or metal fabrication, debushing and fencing.
Section 21 of the Companies Act of Namibia regulates non-profit associations. Companies not for gain. AUAN is established under Section 21.
AUAN aimes to provide decent employment opportunities to unemployed graduate artisans and other youth in Namibia.
AUAN database hosts over 6000 unemployed graduate Artisans from various industrial backgrounds.
To promote equitable access to employment opportunities for all unemployed Artisans especially those from previously disadvantaged communities. This will ultimately promote and facilitate shared prosperity amongst all deserving Namibian graduate Artisans.
AUAN aspires to alleviate youth unemployment amongst TVET graduates in all 14 regions of the country through close partnerships and collaboration with Private and Public Sector.