NEFCO is an international financial institution established by the five Nordic countries. NEFCO finances investments and projects primarily in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus, in order to generate positive environmental effects of interest to the Nordic region.
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The road to Gurievsk (formerly Neuhausen) in Russia is flanked by long rows of white-washed tree trunks and barren tree tops. Similar park lanes planted during the German era are typical for countless main roads in the Kaliningrad Province.
upcoming events
The consultancy agency Pöyry is arranging a seminar on how to speed up environmental protection of the Baltic Sea. Senior Manager Karl-Johan Lehtinen from NEFCO will attend the event, which takes place in Helsinki 31 January.
The 8th Austrian JI/CDM workshop will convene in Vienna 2-3 February 2012. The event will bring together stakeholders of the international carbon community including project developers, investors, DOEs and governmental authorities.
The Barents-Euro Arctic Council's working group on environment will convene in Helsinki 6-7 February.
An international forum on the capital market in Belarus will convene in Minsk 16 February. The forum is arranged by Cbonds and Capital Times Investment.
NEFCO's Board of Directors will convene in Helsinki 1 March 2012.
The financing company Finnvera is hosting a seminar on business opportunities for small and medium-sized Finnish companies In Russia. The seminar will take place in Helsinki 13 March 2012. Vice President Kari Homanen and Communications Manager Mikael Sjövall from NEFCO will attend the event.
News
The fertiliser plant in Kingisepp. Photo: Seppo Knuuttila
The fertiliser plant ‘Phosphorit’, downstream from the town of Kingisepp in North-West Russia, will receive the Russian Director of HELCOM’s BALTHAZAR Project, Russian authorities and media to visit the plant today.
The NCF provides grants for climate projects in low income countries. Photo: Patrik Rastenberger
The Third Call for Proposals for the Nordic Climate Facility (NCF), which closed 16 January 2012, generated altogether some 130 applications.
