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CEDARE, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, held a roundtable meeting with the government’s officials responsible for procurement and quality on 24 May, 2017. The meeting was intended to discuss the challenges facing sustainable public procurement (SPP) and the mechanisms required to integrate it in Egypt’s governmental procurement system... Read More

In line with the community dialogue mandated by the SwitchMed Demo Project on the Reduction of Plastic Bags Consumption, CEDARE in partnership with the Ministry of Environment organized two consultation sessions on “Challenges of Shifting to Plastic Bags Alternatives”. The first targeted mass consumers of plastic bags and the second... Read More

As the governmental sector is a key player in policy-making and regulating consumption patterns, another consultation session was jointly organized by CEDARE and the Ministry of Environment, on May 22nd, 2017, in a series of consecutive sessions as part of the agenda of SwitchMed Demo Reduction of Plastic Bags Consumption... Read More

On May 22nd, 2017, the second meeting of the steering committee of the SwitchMed Demo project was held back-to-back with the consultation session with the government officials. Follow up on the performance of the project throughout the past six months took place. Future activities and implementation plan were verified and... Read More

In the framework of the SwitchMed Demonstration Project on Plastic Bags Reduction, a series of 8 consultations with different stakeholders on “Challenges of Shifting to Plastic Bags Alternatives” started to take place throughout the coming few weeks. At this point of the Project, community dialogue is essential to formulate a... Read More