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Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI) Project

(April 2016 – December 2017), Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, is one of the fast-growing types of waste worldwide which includes discarded electrical or electronic equipment such as old televisions, computers, printers, mobile phones and lead batteries. High toxicity of e-waste, including lead, causes pollution and health problems if improperly disposed of through methods like incineration. On the other hand, e-waste contains...

Switzerland and Egypt sign Agreement to Support E-Waste Recycling in Egypt

On March 10th, 2016, the Embassy of Switzerland signed an agreement with Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology titled “Sustainable Recycling Industries in Egypt”. It aims at supporting sustainable integration and participation of small and medium enterprises in recycling of electronic waste in Egypt. Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, is one of the fast-growing types of waste worldwide...

Arab Region Environmental Information Network (AREIN)-UNEP

(November 1st, 2013 – February 29th, 2016) CEDARE Provided technical support and training to enable countries participating in the Arab Region Environmental Information Network to contribute substantive information and data services to the UNEP Live knowledge platform. Also, technical support and training to enable countries to use the National Reporting Toolkit (NRT) for the delivery of data to support environmental...

Validation Workshop for the National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production in Egypt, Switch-Med Project

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. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Monem,...

State of Play of Sustainable Cities and Buildings in the Arab Region Project

(September 2015 – June 2016), The Center for Environment development for the Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) are entering into this agreement with the overall objective is to conduct a regional review that provides a ‘baseline’ for policy making and cooperation on sustainable buildings (including affordable housing), and resource efficient cities in the...

Four Working Group Meetings on Egypt’s Sustainable Consumption & Production (SCP) Action Plan

As mandated by the EC-UNEP SWITCHMED Project, designing a national action plan for Sustainable Consumption & Production (SCP) has been put into action. The EEAA and CEDARE held the first round of the working group meetings addressing the four main national strategic priority sectors: the solid waste working group meeting on May 31st, the energy working group meeting on June 21st, the water working group...

Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan for Egypt – Launching Workshop, Dusit Thani, Egypt

The workshop was held under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Environment on the 5th of March, 2015, during the deliberations of the 15th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) which in turn was held starting 2nd till the 6th of March and hosted by Egypt in Dusit Thani Lakeview, Cairo. The objective of the workshop was to unveil the process of developing...

CEDARE Presenting the Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles Studies at the AMCEN 2015 Conference

On March 2, 2015, the Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) presented results of four Case studies of the Fuel Economy and CO2 Emissions trends of new Light-Duty Vehicles in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Bahrain. CEDARE also presented the results of the study of the roadmap for the reduction of sulphur in fuels in...

Regional Forum on Promoting Better Vehicular Fuel Quality and Fuel Economy Policies for the Arab countries

The “Regional Forum on Promoting Better Vehicular Fuel Quality and Fuel Economy Policies for the Arab countries” was held on 24-25th November 2014 at the League of Arab States headquarters, Cairo, Egypt. The Forum supported by the League of Arab States (LAS), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV), the Global Fuel Economy Initiative...

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