Mission of the NFEP&WM

Providing financial support to undertakings aimed at protecting the environment and respecting its values.

Who are we?

NFEP&WM (established in 1989) is the largest public finance sector institution in Poland, which finances the investments in environmental protection and water management. Together with 16 voivodeship funds for environmental protection and water management (as well as the Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A. and until 2010 the EcoFund Foundation) we form the system for financing environmental protection in Poland.

NFEP&WM runs its own financial management. It functions on the basis of the act on Environmental Protection Law. It is supplied, mainly, with the income from the fees and fines for the use of the environment, service and concession fees, fees following from the Energy Law, the act on recycling of end-of-life vehicles, income from the sales of Assigned Amount Units for greenhouse gas emissions and many other sources. 
 

Structure of income of the National Fund in 2010 

NFEP&WM assessment by beneficiaries and applicants in 2010

Competition mode of project selection

The competition mode of project selection is binding for majority of priority projects, list of which is established by the Management Board of the NFEP&WM in line with the needs of the country.

A ranking list of projects to be co-financed is determined on the basis of precisely defined criteria. The score decides on the rank on the list - the highest score is awarded to cost efficiency and impact of the investment on the improvement of the environment.

Financing by form 

• Investment and non-investment grants
• Investment loans
• Bridge loans
• Credit granted by banks from the NFEP&WM funds
• Payments to demolition of end-of-life vehicles
• Payments to loan interest rate
• Depreciation
• Capital investments
• Prizes
• Grant to interest rate or the price of bonds purchase*
• Partial repayment of the credits capital  (since 2010)

Financing by area 

• Water protection and management
• Air and climate protection
• Earth surface protection
• Nature and landscape protection
• Forestry
• National Monitoring of the Environment
• Prevention of natural disasters
• Mining
• Geology
• Ecological education
• Scientific and research expertise and works
• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energy sources
• Waste management, including recycling

Beneficiaries

• Territorial self-government units
• Enterprises
• Institutions and offices
• Higher education institutions and universities
• Healthcare organisational units
• Non-governmental organisations
• State administration
• Natural persons

Structure of payments from the National Fund along with the transfer of the European funds serviced by the National Fund in 2010

Structure of payments from the National Fund along with the transfer of the European funds serviced by the National Fund in 2010

Structure of payments from the National Fund along with the transfer of the European funds serviced by the National Fund in 2008-2010

Structure of the planned payments from the National Fund along with the transfer of the European funds serviced by the National Fund in 2011-2013

Planned financial commitments for 2011-2015 

mission_of_nfepwm.pdf - (2,9 MB)

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