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The SWIM-H2020 SM Project (Sustainable Water Integrated Management and Horizon 2020 Support Mechanism 2016-2019) funded by the European Union aims to contribute to reduced marine pollution and a sustainable use of scarce water resources in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East .
The Project is the continuation and merging of two successful previous EU-funded service contracts, Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment Programme (H2020 CB/MEP) (2009-2014) and the Sustainable Water Integrated Management Support Mechanism (SWIM SM) (2010-2015).
RAED as an essential partner in the Project’s Implementing Consortium, is making agreements with number of experts from the Arab and Mediterranean countries to facilitate and activate the project process in number fields that the project serves.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=”blue” alignment=”right” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-bullseye” add_icon=”true” title=” Overall Goal ” tab_id=”1489202346783-2f628871-79e1″][vc_column_text]contribute to reduced marine pollution and a sustainable use of scarce water resources in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East .
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providing tailored and targeted support to authorities and other stakeholders of the Partner Countries in order to tackle the reduction of industrial emissions, municipal waste and urban wastewater to the Mediterranean Sea and ensure the sustainable use of water resources. The project will also work to promote and facilitate sustainable investments in the water and sanitation services. It will also assist the countries to effectively implement their commitments, in particular the ones related to Protocols of the Barcelona Convention and the National Action Plans (NAPs). Furthermore, the project will synergies with and utilize lessons learned from the SWIM Demo Projects. Through its implementation it will promote participatory processes including inter-ministerial, inter-sectorial and multi-stakeholder approaches in order to minimize the silo effect and facilitate a sustainable development at country level and create the enabling conditions to significantly speed the scale-up national-level best practices to regional context.
RAED as an essential partner in the Project’s Implementing Consortium, is making agreements with number of experts from Med and Arab countries to facilitate and activate the project process in number fields that the project serves.
It coordinates among its members from the Arab Mediterranean countries in order to enhance implementing the project activities in their countries. RAED also participates in the various activities of the project, As well as providing non-core experts for the project.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-map-marker” add_icon=”true” title=” Location” tab_id=”1489202515573-8e6a1815-fa8a”][vc_column_text]Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-money” add_icon=”true” title=” Funded by” tab_id=”1489202586146-54d1fb7d-ce9b”][vc_column_text]European Union.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-users” add_icon=”true” title=” Partners” tab_id=”1490510023867-36c08489-28ee”][vc_column_text]
Arab Countries Utilities Association (ACWUA). Jordan
Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED). Egypt
Association of Cities & Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+). Belgium
Catalan Waste Agency (hosting institution of Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)). Spain
EEIG UT-SEMIDE. France
GLOBE ONE Ltd. Greece
Haskoning DHV Nederland B.V. Netherlands
LDK Consultants Europe S.A. Belgium
Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE). Greece
Milieu Ltd. Belgium
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Greece
Umweltbundesamt GmBH. Austria
WS Atkins International Ltd. United Kingdom
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-calendar” add_icon=”true” title=” Duration” tab_id=”1490510325309-b8a141b1-1ef2″][vc_column_text] 39 months (2016-2019) [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-check-circle” add_icon=”true” title=” Results ” tab_id=”1489202657240-ffa3eb02-b36c”][vc_column_text]
Ongoing capacity building workshops for civil society organizations in the areas that the project serve.
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