National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
In 2009 the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW, hereinafter the “National Fund”) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Together with the Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection (WFOŚ) – it forms the backbone of the system for financing environmental protection projects.
The National Fund, which operates in accordance with the Environmental Protection Law, is a special purpose fund with legal personality and manages its finances independently. It finances tasks relating to environmental protection and water management from its own funds and from monies otherwise obtained. The National Fund is the largest institution in Poland that cooperates with international financial partners and handles foreign funds designated for environmental protection. In recent years the National Fund has had the important task of demonstrating its effective and efficient use of funds obtained from the European Union for the development and modernization of the infrastructure for protecting the environment in Poland. Coordinating ecological projects which have already obtained, or are in the process of receiving, financial support from the European Commission, and co-financing these projects from the resources of the National Fund, will help Poland achieve the environmental goals that result from its international obligations.