Second call for standard projects launched

Technical staff from ENAS (Regional Agency for Water Management in Sardinia, Italy), ONAS (Office National d’Assainissement de Tunisie), SONEDE (Société Nationale d'Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux, Tunisie) and Municipality of Ajim (Tunisia) will meet on the 3rd-6th October at Ajim-Djerba.

For the Mediterranean countries, tourism is a central economic issue.

L’Autorità di Gestione Congiunta ha organizzato una serie di eventi a supporto del lancio del bando ENPI CBC MED.

The Management Authority of the ENPI CBC MED has published the strategic projects 2011.

In the framework of the Programme ENPI CBC MED, of which Sardinia Region is the Joint Managing Authority, two calls for proposals are scheduled in 2011.

The European Commission has launched a new Regional Programme on Water to be implemented under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI).

The European Commission has already earmarked 4 billion euro aid for partner countries in North Africa and the Middle East, a figure that includes 240 million € for Tunisia and 445 million € for Egypt.

On 10 and 11 march the Steering Committee of Tour Med Eau project was held in Rome

finances initiatives that aim at cooperating towards development, promoted by associated regional organizations, that are to be implemented in partnership with third countries and build on a co-development standpoint

The twinning protocol, signed by the Municipality of Villasimius and Djerba-Ajim to share knowledge, experience and expertise in sustainable development and sustainable management of water resources was ratified on October 1, 2010.

On 9 and 10 October, the forum on sustainable water management in Tunisia and Morocco and the first round of seminars of the project TourMedEau - Gestion durable de l'Eau dans les Territoires Touristiques de la Méditerranée - will be launched in Al Hoceima, Morocco.

MED Programme aims at making the whole Med space a territory able to match international concurrence in order to ensure growth and employment for the next generations. Moreover, the Programme aims at supporting territorial cohesion and actively intervene in favour of environmental protection in a logic of sustainable development.

The Management Authority of the ENPI CBC MED has confirmed the publication of the call for proposal for strategic projects for the second half of 2010.

Emanuele Cabras, partner of OpenMed, takes part as a speaker, to the workshop “Investment opportunities in the environmentally sustainable tourism” within the BEST MED project co-financed by the European Program Invest inMed.