Managing for the future
The goal is to have a more inclusive approach, and to regulate the use
of natural resources to prevent wastage, inefficiency and degradation.
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Designing inclusive environmental investments
The Fund’s business strategy is designed to complement Namibia’s overall development agenda.
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Promoting technologically and environmentally sound development
The Fund operates within the ambit of institutional policies and guidelines whereas its operations are also guided by national laws and policies.
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Ensuring Sustainability
The Fund ensures that the goals of financed projects continue to be met through activities that are consistent with the current conditions and resources available.
Learn MoreWHO WE ARE
The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) is a fund created by Act 13 of 2001 of the Parliament of the Republic of Namibia with the overall aim of continuing this great legacy by supporting individuals, projects and communities that ensure the sustainable use of natural resources.
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LATEST NEWS
EIF scoops award at the Kalsruhe Sustainable Awards 2019
Jul 12 2019KarlsruheSustainableAwards2019 ...
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Namibia to implement blue economy policy
Jul 3 2019EFFORTS are underway to implement a sustainable blue economy policy to ensure the country benefits from all its marine activities....
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Windhoek acts on climate change
Jul 2 2019COMBATING DROUGHT ... The site of the N$130 million pilot agricultural project to enhance agricultural productivity that was launched by tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta at Warmquelle in the Kunene region on Friday. Shifeta said the project will be implemented in Warmquelle, Fransfontein and Sesfontein to help small-scale farmers find adaptive measures and strengthen their resilience to climate change, especially to drought....
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Less rainfall-dependent crop schemes for Kunene
Jun 26 2019The Environmental Investment Fund intends to reduce the country's heavy reliance on rain-fed crops by utilising springs and harvesting water before evaporation for crop production....
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Jun 13 2019The Provision of Consultancy Services for Risk and Capacity Assessment on the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia in Partnership with the Green Climate Fund...
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The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) hosted the CBNRM EDA Grants awards ceremony yesterday the 11th June 2019 where nineteen (19) grants to the value of (N$ 85 million) were handed over to conservancies and community forests as part of the first call for proposals for climate change projects.
Jun 12 2019CBNRM EDA Grants ceremony 2019...
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Conservation Agriculture: Learning and Adapting Together
May 19 2019Namibia has been experiencing variability in rainfall over the past three agricultural seasons due to the climate change effects experienced the world over. As a result, innovative mechanisms to help small-scale crop farmers deal with climate change and to improve their resilience are needed. ...
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Review Committee
May 8 2019The Environmental Investment Fund appoints a first-of-its-kind governance structure i.e. the “Review Committee” (RC) consisting of six (6) members....
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Environment Ministry reinvests N$7 million into the Environmental Investment Fund
May 2 2019Ministry of Environment and Tourism has re-invested N$7 million of the environmental levies collected in the 2018/19 financial year into the Environment Investment Fund (EIF) for environmental protection measures....
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Donation Handover
Apr 10 2019Pupkewitz Megabuild and Kaap Agri Namibia handed over a donation of N$ 60,000 to the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia this morning. The two companies collected a voluntary plastic carrier bag charge per bag as part of their Break-Free-from-Plastic campaign....
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Science commission fills in research gaps in Environmental Investment Funds climate change response
Mar 25 2019Environmental Investment Fund signs a 5-year cooperation agreement with the National Commission Research, Science and Technology....
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12,938,191.00
Value of Concessional Loan book (N$)
3,000.00
Organic fertiliser produced (tonnes/annum)
3,402.00
Glass waste recycled (tonnes/annum)
1,164.00
Cardboard waste recycled (tonnes/annum)
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TESTIMONIALS & FEEDBACK
“EIF is a sterling example of the realization of the vision Africa has about the direct access modality, empowering national entities and demonstrating how Africa is taking charge of its developmental agenda”
"An internship at EIF prepares you on how to deal with the real world whether you are an aspiring young Scientist, Environmental specialist, Natural resources specialist or environmental lawyer."
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Appeal and Grievance procedures
As a result of the Fund being public entity that utilises public funds in pursuit of its objectives, the Fund needs to abide to the principles and provisions of, natural justice. The said principles and provisions dictate that potential and actual loan and grant beneficiaries of the Fund have a right of recourse, against the Fund, in the event that the beneficiary is discontent with the decision or procedure followed by the Fund in allocating the loan or grant. Such right of recourse is limited to appeals against the Fund’s decisions on loan and grant applications and appeals against the processing procedures of the grant and loan applications (procedural fairness).
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