WES National Meeting in Jordan
The Launching of the Non-Revenue Water policy and the WES Water Activities in Jordan will be showcased during the WES National Meeting in Amman, on the 23rd of May 2024. Stay tuned! https://www.wes-med.eu/activities_type/n-w-jo-1-elaboration-of-non-revenue-water-policy-for-jordan/ https://www.wes-med.eu/activities_type/national-meeting-in-jordan/
WES Project concluded its National Activity on Natural Water Retention Measures in Jordan with a Workshop
The EU funded “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Neighbourhood South Region” project organised the final consultation Workshop on its water activity in Jordan “Explore the potential of Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) at the catchment scale” on the 15th of May 2024, in Amman, Jordan. During the workshop the overview of this national activity was presented along with the findings of the final screening of the NWRM demonstrating the application of selected Best Management Practices and [...]
WES Information Bulletin on Regional Activity “Non-Revenue Water”
As part of the "Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region" project, a Regional Activity focusing on Non-Revenue Water (NRW), including the role of Geographic Information System in facilitating NRW (RW-6-REG/ST/P2P), was tailor-designed and delivered to thirty-nine key stakeholders from the WES Partner Countries (PCs). The Activity was developed from November 2022 till March 2024 and included a Training, a Study Visit organised in Athens, Greece, and several Peer-to-Peer exchanges that took place before, during [...]
WES Project participated in the first UfM Mediterranean Green Week 14-16/05/2024, Istanbul, Türkiye
WES Project participated in the first Med Green Week of the UfM, co-organised with the OECD (14-16/05/2024): Day 1, 14/05/2024: Professor Michael Scoullos, Team Leader of the WES Project, presented two policy papers developed on the UfM and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and on the Mediterranean Accession Agenda to the Aarhus Convention. ESD and access to environmental decision making are prerequisites for achieving the targets of the 2030GreenerMed and other UfM goals. Day 2, 15/05/2024: a. In the [...]
The Inception Meeting on the WES Activity “Development of a draft strategy for plastic waste management with focus on single-use plastics (SUPs) in Palestine” was organised on the 8th of May 2024.
Yesterday (08/05/2024), WES organised an online Inception Meeting on the activity “Development of a draft strategy for plastic waste management with focus on single-use plastics (SUPs) in Palestine”. Following the Kick of Meeting (organised last March), members of the Environment Quality Authority (EQA), together with the experts and the key stakeholders, discussed the priority of SUP items (max 4 items) to conduct a baseline study, the methodology and workplan to follow, the main issues to address. Recent and ongoing [...]
WES Project co-organised a side event during the “Our Ocean” Conference 2024
The “Our Ocean” Conference 2024 took place in Athens, Greece from the 15th till the 17th of April 2024. Yesterday, the WES Project co-organised a side event “Roundtable Navigating Change: Progress and prospects in the fight against marine plastic pollution”. Professor Michael Scoullos, WES Project Team Leader, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography at the University of Athens, moderated the roundtable, and along with distinguished panelists the world over, including Dr. Emad Adly, WES Project Stakeholder Engagement and [...]