WES Information Bulletin on a Regional Activity focusing on ‘Management of Construction & Demolition Waste (CDW)’
As part of the EU funded Project “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region", a Regional Activity focusing on ‘Management of Construction & Demolition Waste (CDW)’ (RE-4-REG/ST/P2P) was tailor-designed and delivered to key stakeholders from the WES Partner Countries (PCs). The Activity was developed from April 2022 till March 2023, in 3 phases which included a Study Visit with a Training/Workshop organised in Marseille, France, and several Peer-to-Peer exchanges that took place before, during and [...]
The online Kick off Meeting of the WES activity “Development of a draft strategy for plastic waste management with focus on single-use plastics (SUPs) in Palestine” was organised on 13/03/2024.
The objective of this activity is to provide technical assistance to the Environmental Quality Authority (EQA) in Palestine to address plastic waste with focus on Single-Use Plastic Items. The core of this activity is to enhance the country’s awareness and capacity to respond to the challenges posed by plastic pollution /waste, with emphasis on SUPs. The WES team of environment experts will develop an action plan that includes a range of measures to reduce plastic waste generation, promote plastic [...]
WES Information Bulletin on the National Activity in Morocco “Supporting water demand management related to water scarcity, including the development of policy instruments to reduce domestic, tourism and industrial use and non-revenue water”
As part of the Water and Environment Support (WES) project in the Southern Neighborhood region, at the request of the Moroccan government, a national activity entitled "Supporting water demand management related to water scarcity, including the development of policy instruments to reduce domestic, tourism and industrial use and non-revenue water" (N-W-MO-1), was tailor-designed and delivered from July 2020 to October 2023. The study focused on the domestic, public and tourist use of water. We are pleased to share with [...]
WES E-Newsletter February 2024
The February 2024 WES E-Newsletter was just published! Take a look: https://www.wes-med.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WES-E-Newsletter-February-2024-en.pdf
2nd UfM Stakeholder Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy
The UfM EU and Jordan Co-Presidency, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Island Policy of the Hellenic Republic are organising the 2nd UfM Stakeholder Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy. The Conference will be hosted by Greece and will take place in Athens on 19 and 20 February 2024. Three years since the adoption of the landmark 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) and its Roadmap for implementation adopted in 2022, the [...]
The 2024 Workplan of WES project endorsed by its Steering Committee
The Workplan of 2024, the final year of the EU-funded Water and Environment Support (WES) project, was unanimously endorsed on the 1st of February 2023, during its online 5th annual Steering Committee Meeting (SCM). As in previous years, this SCM brought together the WES Water and Environment Focal Points (FP) from the relevant ministries of the WES Partner Countries (PCs), the European Commission (DGNEAR, DGENV), the EU Delegations to the PCs, the institutional partners of the project - the [...]