Tunisia Title: Participation of CITET at Side-Event OIF - COP21 Presentation of the GREEN ECONOMY IN AFRICA Programme, Date: from 29 Novembrer to 02 December 2015, Location: Paris, In the framework of the 21 st Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, Tunis International Centre for Environmental Technologies (CITET) has participated at Side-Event OIF - COP21 Presentation of the GREEN ECONOMY IN AFRICA (GEA) Programme. The GEA programme aims to build the capacities of Francophone countries in Africa in terms of green economy in order to encourage green policies to be integrated into sustainable development strategies at national level and then implemented. The objective of this event is to raise awareness of the GEA programme and discuss the challenges and opportunities provided by green economy in the region. This programme was prepared in 2014 and officially announced in yhe framework of the International Conference on the Green Economy in francophone Africa in Tunis, May 4-5. The conference was held to initiate the start of the Green Economy Programme (P-EVA) in francophone Africa. It was organized by the Institute for Sustainable Development of La Francophonie (IFDD), the Senghor University of Alexandrie (USA), Tunis International Centre for Environmental Technologies (CITET) and the Observatory of the Sahara and Sahel (OSS). The concept of "green economy" has evolved considerably following the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Based on the principles of sustainable development (economic growth, social development and protecting natural resources), green economy aims to change traditional business models. By integrating policies to reduce greenhouse gases, this new approach can play a key role in containing climate change. For more information, please contact Mr Faouzi Hamouda, Partner and project coordinator, CITET, formation@citet.nat.tn Title: Information day on the Integrated Programme for Protection of the Lake Bizerte against Pollution, Date: 3 December 2015, Location: Tunis; On 3th December 2015 the Ministry of Environment and sustainable development held an Information Day on the Integrated Programme for Protection of the Lake Bizerte against Pollution.
This programme is labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean and is part of the Horizon 2020 Initiative, which aims to depollute the Mediterranean by the year 2020. The European Investment Bank is providing a 40 million sovereign loan to the programme while the European Union Neighbourhood Investment Facility is contributing a 15 million grant for both capital expenditure and technical cooperation. With a total budget of over 90 million Euros over five years ( from September 2016 to September 2020), the project, which is promoted and commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Tunisia, will aim to eliminate the main sources of all kinds of pollution which are contaminating the Lake or the bordering populations in order to guarantee a healthy environmental state, to secure a level of quality of life and sustainable urban and economic activities such as agriculture, industry, tourism, aquaculture or fisheries. The investments will deal mainly with industrial sites and urban areas, reducing, collecting and treating air pollution, waste water discharges and solid waste. Technical assistance and exchange of experience with local actors involved in environmental management are part of the project. Read more: http://ufmsecretariat.org/integrated-programme-for-protection-of-the-lake-bizerte-against-pollution/ http://ufmsecretariat.org/ebrd-joins-environmental-clean-up-of-lake-bizerte/ http://www.environnement.gov.tn/index.php?id=57&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=382&chash=442fa8020895ab7e8d8787f7640 ec6b5#.vopco2w5ct8 Title:Outcomes Presentation Seminar of Energy-Environment Program, Date: 11 January 2016, Location: Tunis; Monday, January 11, 2016 a concluding seminar of Energy-Environment Program (EEP) was held in Tunis at Le PALACE Gammarth Hotel. The Environment & Energy program in Tunisia was implemented with the support of the EU. A funding agreement was signed in 2008 (providing a 33 million euro grant) and the project actually started in 2010. The program was completed in the end of 2015. The attendees and panelists interactions were focused on achievements for both "Environment" and "Energy" components and its prospects. This is a unique program enabling us to act on the core of the country sustainable development strategy, bringing together efforts aiming at protecting the environment and companies energy efficiency said Laura Baeza, EU Ambassador to this country, when opening the works of a feedback seminar. During this Seminar, outcomes Technical assistance contract of Environment component led by CITET were presented. Read more: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/tunisia/documents/projets/cp_cloture_pee_jan2016_fr.pdf
Title: Awareness-raising information seminar on the Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies, Date: 18 Fabruary 2016, Location: Kairouan, Tunisia The International Center for Environmental Technologies of Tunis (CITET) in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), organized within the framework of the project "Mashrou3i", a regional event on Thursday, 18 February, 2016 at «La Kasbah" hotel in Kairouan. This action aims to raise awareness to enterprises for "Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies - TEST" component. TEST is a technical assistance program developed by UNIDO for enterprises to help them to simultaneously improve their economic performance in terms of productivity and competitiveness, and reduce their environmental footprint through measures related to the use effective resources (water, energy and raw materials), and the prevention of pollution at source and minimization of releases. For more information, please contact Mr Kamel SAIDI, Partner and project coordinator, CITET, assistance@citet.nat.tn Morocco Title: World Bank supports Morocco s green growth, Date: 31 December 2015, The World Bank has approved a new $300 million ( 202m) loan to support Morocco s green growth strategy. The Development Policy Loan (DPL) backs the country s efforts to meet its energy challenges by developing the renewable market, energy efficiency regulation in the building sector and removing fossil fuel subsidies. The latter is expected to result in significant savings and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions by up to 14 million tonnes every year. Read more :http://www.energylivenews.com/2015/12/31/world-bank-supports-moroccos-green-growth/
Title: MOROCCO RESPONSIBLE & SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DAY Date: 25 juanary 2016, Location: Rabat, Morroco: "Morocco Responsible & Sustainable Tourism Day" is an event organized by the Ministry of Tourism of Morocco that will enable spreading of the concept of sustainability, raising the citizens awareness about its concrete manifestation in the tourism sector and promotion of the adoption of tourism principles to encourage more tourism stakeholders to adopt a sustainable approach in their activities. This event will be an annual momentum that everyone should have to seize - institutions, elected representatives, investors, professionals, tourists and citizens - for the development and promotion of responsible and sustainable tourism. The first edition this year of "Morocco Responsible & Sustainable Tourism Day" will have 3 main highlights: (1) a ministerial panel under the theme of "sustainability at the heart of public policies" with the participation of African ministers, (2) the ceremony of the "Moroccan Sustainable Tourism Awards" - 6th edition, and (3) the presentation & signing of the The brandnew "Moroccan Charter for Sustainable Tourism" by key professional and institutional stakeholders during the event. Read more: http://www.environnement.gov.ma/fr/component/content/article/134-actualites/1236-1-ere-edition-journee-marocaine-du-touri-sme-durable-et-responsable-participation-de-madame-la-ministre-a-la-ceremonie-de-signature-de-la-nouvelle-charte-maroc-du-tourismedurable Algeria Title: National Conferences on Spatial Planning, Date: 14-15 December 2015, Location: Algeria Under the high patronage of Mister the President of the Republic, the Minister of Spatial Plannig, Tourism and Crafts organized the National Conferences on Spatial Planning the 14th and 15th December 2015 at the palais des nations, Clubs des Pains, under the banner «Spatial Dynamic : an alternative for a sustainable economy development». The Renewable Energy Development Center (CDER) attended these conferences by exhibiting its different activities in renewable energy and environment and which are directly or indirectly bounded to spatial planning and sustainable development in particular. Indeed, CDER demonstrated for the first time a «3-in-1» prototype responding to major issues requested by the sustainable development considerations which are energy, access to water and finally environment protection with the use of clean and sustainable energy which is solar energy.
Read more: http://www.cder.dz/spip.php?article2443 Title: Awareness raising seminar on SwitchMed in Algeria: A seminar to raise awareness about the SwitchMed project and specifically about the use of MED TEST II Location: Algeria To raise awareness about the SwitchMed project and particularly about the use of MED TEST II an official information meeting was held in Algeria at the end of January. The seminar, which was addressed to industries management and institutions in Algeria, was attended by more than 80 representatives of Agro industries, the Algerian ministries for Industry and for Environment, the European delegation and other important stakeholders such as the National Agency for SMEs development (ANDPME) and the General confederation of Algerian enterprises (CACI). Read more: https://www.switchmed.eu/en/news/news-1/awareness-raising-seminar-in-algeria Jordan Title: Launch of "Rio Conventions in the Development Sectors in Jordan" Project; Date: 7 January 2016 The Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Rio Conventions in the Development Sectors in Jordan project, aiming at mainstreaming the Rio Convention provisions into key national sectoral policies. The project also aims at strengthening the institutional capacities to formulate sectoral policies that are embedded with Rio Convention provisions and to raise awareness & understanding of Rio Conventions contributions. This project, which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), will be conducted over three years, and will be implemented jointly by the Ministry of Environment and UNDP in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and the Royal Botanic Garden. Read more: http://www.jo.undp.org/content/jordan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2016/01/07/rio-conventions-in-the-developmentsectors-in-jordan-launch.html Title: Masdar in Deal for 200 MW Solar PV Plant in Jordan Date: january, 16 2016 Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar is to develop a 200 MW solar PV project in Jordan. The deal was announced during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and comes less than a month after Masdar inaugurated the 117 MW Tafila wind farm in Jordan. The solar PV plant will be built for Jordan s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and will help the country edge towards its ambitions to generate 15 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2020. Currently, Jordan imports around 96 percent of its energy needs at a cost equivalent to 20 percent of the country's GDP.
Read more: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/01/masdar-in-deal-for-200-mw-solar-pv-plant-in-jordan.html Egypt Title: Green Growth: Industrial Waste Management and SME Entrepreneurship Hub in Egypt Location: Egypt The Egypt National Cleaner Production Centre (ENCPC) is currently implementing this project which promotes the development of new innovative SMEs, create green job opportunities, reduce the environmental impact of industrial waste and improve the lives of Egyptian citizens through the establishment of a sustainable industrial waste exchange (IWEX) system that links industrial waste generators, potential users and waste and recyclers to improve cross-industry resource efficiency. One of the components of the project is Green Entrepreneurship Programme Development and it will be implemented through the following: Identifying 3 pilot projects to exchange specific types of industrial wastes. Matching the producer(s) of industrial waste with potential user/recycler and identifying the technology to be used; Conducting rapid analysis from the perspective of the generator and recycler of waste (especially SMEs and entrepreneurs) to assess the technical feasibility of the pilot; Technical and financial feasibility study for the project; Providing non-financial technical assistance services for the implementation of the project and introducing know-how and innovative methods and techniques for the recycling of waste; Linking the user/recycler of waste to existing sources of finance; Supporting recyclers in acquiring the necessary certificates that provide their products with a comparative advantage in the local as well as the international market, and linking them with large enterprises. Read more: www.switchmed.eu Title: Validation Workshop for the National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production in Egypt, Switch-Med Project, Date: December 15th 2015 On the 15th of December the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) in Cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hosted the participants from different Ministries & working groups, who actively and collectively developed the action plan as part of implementing Egypt s Green Economy Strategy. Reed more: http://web.cedare.org/sgp/events/2015/12/15/validation-workshop-for-the-national-action plan-for-sustainable-consumption-and-production-in-egypt-switch-med-project-december-15th- 2015/attachment/2-x-150-roll-up-1-final-version1/
Title: Egypt's Aswan inaugurates solar power project report Date: 16 February 2016 The city of Aswan in Egypt has recently inaugurated its largest solar power plant so far, African news agency Ecofin reported on Monday. Egypt has chosen the southern city of Aswan as the home to the country's largest solar photovoltaic project with a total capacity of 2,000 MW. The project will consist of 40 solar power plants of 50 MW each. Egyptian companies Elsewedy Electric Co (CAI:SWDY) and Hassan Allam as well as an international consortium of German Georenco and Chinese Hareon last year obtained clearance to build the first 50 MW solar power plant in Aswan. Read more: http://renewables.seenews.com/news/egypts-aswan-inaugurates-solar-power-project-report-513293 Lebanon Title: Machnouk: Wastes export is urgent, Date: 28 December 2015 Location: Lebanon NNA - Environment Minister, Mohammad Machnouk, said on Monday that the waste export was necessary, mentioning the steps of the projects reviewed by the cabinet before reaching this outcome. His words came on Monday during a celebration held at Movenpick hotel organized by the Environment Ministry and United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) to hand over testimonies for commercial and industrial private companies which represented to the Ministry of Environment their greenhouse gases emissions in 2014. Read more : http://www.moe.gov.lb/main/news-activities/news/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b4%d9%86%d9%88%d9%82- %D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7- %D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA- %D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86.aspx?lang=en-us
Title: Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools Date: 17 February 2016 Location: Beirut, Lebanon This workshop aims to present and test the draft module on agriculture that was prepared by the Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) in collaboration with GIZ and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). This training module main objective is to enhance capacity of Arab Governments to incorporate integrated water resources management (IWRM) tools into agricultural strategies, policies and plans in order to adapt to climate change. This is done through investigating climate change impacts on agricultural sector, in particular, water availability for irrigation, crop productivity, food production, forestry, fisheries, pasture management and livestock. Adaptation measures and options for the sector as well as areas for action at the national and regional levels are included in the module and will be discussed during the workshop. Read more: https://www.unescwa.org/events/workshop-climate-change-adaptation-agricultural-sector-using-integrated-water-resources