Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF)

26 Sep

Eswatini learns from EIF on environment

ObserverNational NewsEnvironmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF), Eswatini Environmental Fund (EEF), Green Climate Fund

Martin Endjala The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) and the Eswatini Environmental Fund (EEF) have vowed to ensure that the environment is protected and sustained as they strive to reach a zero carbon emission and ensuring that resources are used for the benefit of all their citizens. This comes after the EEF held a benchmark visit to the EIF for its National Environment Fund, last week. The purpose of visiting Namibia was to meet with the EIF and to learn from the institutional set-up in place that enables it to deliver on the same objectives as the Eswatini Environmental…

EIF continues to strengthen its collaborative chain

ObserverNational NewsEIF continues to strengthen its collaborative chain, Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF), Lot Ndahmanomhata

Martin Endjala The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) continues to grow and strengthen its stakeholder collaboration despite mounting economic challenges facing the country. The fund was established in 2001 by an Act of Parliament and started its operations in 2011. EIF started accessing funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in 2016 and has to date seen the approval of four GCF projects, for a total funding amount of nearly 40 million US dollars. The EIF became one of the first institutions to access the GCF through the “direct access” modality, whereby developing country institutions can access funds without…

EIF hosts Sustainable Development Awards

ObserverUncategorisedEnvironmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF), SMEs, Sustainable Development awards

Staff Writer The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) hosted this year’s edition of the Sustainable Development awards, which recognizes the outstanding contributions made by Namibians in the field of sustainable development, under the theme “accelerating the green economy transformation as we recover from Covid-19” This year the awards targeted the private sector and SMEs, community level natural resource management and utilization initiatives, research and development, youth action for sustainable development, pioneering journalism in the field of sustainable development, green banks, school in action for sustainable development, women in action for sustainable development and thought leadership. Speaking at the event…