Current affairs

Recently, the spotlight was on Finnish education when we hosted our annual Team Finland event with nearly 200 guests. Featured during the day were introductions to Finnish and Namibian education systems and several presentations by Finnish companies and educational institutions such as Eduix, Polar Partners, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences and the University of Turku.

All Finnish missions abroad and organisations issuing visas, including the Border Guard, Finnish Customs and the Police, started to use the new EU visa sticker on 11 November 2019

The beginning of the spring at the Embassy of Finland in Pretoria has been busy as three new staff members started as counsellors. The positions of the education and science counsellor and the agricultural counsellor are completely new, which reflects the increased importance and potential of Africa for Finland.

Ambassador Sinikka Antila has been appointed to serve as Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Namibia starting from 11 September 2019.

The Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) of the Embassy of Finland in Windhoek is an instrument for funding non-profit projects in Namibia. The call for project proposal is now open and will be closed on 10 October 2019 at 16:15 local time (GMT/UTC+2).