The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
REUSEMED APP
REUSEMED APP is a mobile application whose aim is to provide communication support to the reuse networks of goods that have been created in Capannori (Italy), Córdoba (Spain) and New Deir Allaa (Jordan). Developed by the National Association of Public Environmental Companies “ANEPMA” (Spain), thanks to its participation in REUSEMED Project, an initiative co-financed by the EU through ENI CBC Med Programme.
The REUSEMED APP allows users to consult all the information regarding Reuse Circuits of Goods and the different initiatives, businesses or companies related to Circular Economy in their city. Also, it allows requesting the pick up or delivery of objects to the Reuse Circuits, as well as, consulting the locations where the products that are qualified as suitable for reuse are made available for citizens. This APP is both a resource of information and communication so that those who have interest, can participate in circular economy, through the reuse of goods or other alternatives.
REUSEMED: surveys to identify barriers to reuse in Spain, Jordan, Tunisia and Italy
As part of the REUSEMED project, aimed at promoting the culture of reuse for environmental sustainability, green employment and solidarity, some surveys were administered to identify barriers to reuse in the project partner countries: Spain, Jordan, Tunisia, Italy. The questionnaires were administered in a mixed mode involving the CAWI (computer-assisted web interviewing) and CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews) methods. This section illustrates the results of the surveys for each participating country.
REUSEMED: maps of facilities and resources dedicated to reuse/preparation for reuse in Spain, Jordan, Tunisia and Italy
The following documents show a map of facilities and resources dedicated to reuse/preparation for reuse in the partner countries (Spain, Jordan, Tunisia, Italy) of REUSEMED project, aimed at contributing to environmental protection in the Mediterranean area through the reduction of all fractions of municipal waste.
For the purposes of this work, the concepts of reuse and preparation for reuse have been considered as follows:
- Reuse: any operation by which products or components that are not considered waste are reused for the same purpose for which they were originally conceived;
- preparation for reuse: control, cleaning and repair operations whereby products or their components that have become waste are prepared for reuse without further intensive treatment.
The reports describe the territorial scopes, the regulatory situation regarding reuse in each region considered, regional activities related to reuse, government financial aid options in the context of overall waste management, some websites or mobile applications that facilitate the purchase-sale, donation, loan or exchange of products. There is also a list of entities dealing with reuse/preparation for reuse.
REUSEMED: good practices in reuse in the partner territories
With the aim to promote the culture of reuse for environmental sustainability, green employment and solidarity, REUSEMED project proposed to create municipal networks based on reuse circuits for home appliances, furniture, books, clothes, Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment and food. To set up the networks, 4 cities in Spain, Italy, Jordan and Tunisia have designed and tested composting installations, food collection points in markets, repair and reuse centers, reuse corners in shops and repairing cafés. The following document illustrates some good practices implemented in partner countries, with detailed descriptions, results achieved, challenges encountered and potential for learning or transfer.
The RE-MED Community digital platform
The RE-MED Community digital platform is a multicultural space for sharing information resources, training courses, job and internship offers, "Base Experts" skills offers, calls for tenders and events related to RE-MED project. It is also a marketplace that allows the publication of offers of materials and equipment (for sale or rent) related to the management and valorisation of Construction and Demolition Waste.
The RE-MED community mobile application
A mobile application for reporting illegal dumping sites which will create a new relationship between the public sphere and its users. By transmitting the photo and geolocation of the dump he/she encounters in the public space, the citizens is empowered to improve his/her living conditions. This activity will include the design of the application with all partners. Construction, uploading, updating and maintenance will be carried out by Dynedoc.
RE-MED: guide opérationnel - valorisation DC&D en technique routière
The RE-MED project aims to transfer and experiment enabling technologies that allow construction and demolition waste (CDW) to be transformed into resources for the construction and maintenance of roads.
The purpose of this guide is to provide operational specifications concerning the environmental acceptability of alternative materials made from some CDW in road construction. The document specifies the framework within which they must be manufactured and the restrictions on their use and application and it sets out the obligations of the various parties involved in a road project, with a view to ensuring that a record is kept of worksites where CDW has been used.
This application guide is primarily intended for:
- Owners and contractors of construction and public works sites, to enable them to ensure optimum management of their waste;
- Owners and contractors wishing to use alternative materials made from CDW in road construction;
- manufacturing and application companies, so that they can offer materials made from CDW offering controlled environmental guarantees.
WEF-CAP: white papers - Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia
The WEF-CAP project tries to support sustainable and resilient agri-food sector production, thus improving the energy and water efficiency: renewables, wastewater treatment, water harvesting and reuse, etc.
Successful technologies in Water -Energy - Food Nexus (WEFN) integrated approach have been analysed and catalogued. In this section there are 3 white papers which demonstrates the importance of adopting this integrated approach and in particular analyze the cases of some partner countries of the project: Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia.
WEF-CAP: policy briefs
WEF-CAP project seeks to consolidate a water, energy, and food regional meta cluster that fosters cooperation and tech-transfer while mainstreaming policy impact for innovation-driven growth.
In this section there are 3 policy briefs related to Water, Energy and Food Nexus (WEFN):
- The Way Forward for the Mediterranean Region in the Face of Insecurities
- Opportunities for an Integrated Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach in the MENA region: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon & Tunisia
- The Technology Transfer and Capitalization of Water Energy Food NEXUS: Evaluation of WEF Nexus best practices for replication in the Mediterranean region.
MedBEESinessHubs: consolidated report on the economic value of the bee-economy concept
The objective of this report is to underline similarities and differences observed in the five Mediterranean countries (Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon and Palestine) of MedBEESinessHubs project and to help decision-makers to formulate plans for developing a more economically robust honey industry in each country and at the Mediterranean level.
MedBEESinessHubs: Mapping the honeybee policy frameworks at cross border level in Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine
As part of the MedBEESinessHubs project, the following documents provide information on key policy instruments at the national or regional level that are directly or indirectly related to beekeeping sector in Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon and Palestine.
MedBEESinessHubs: Mapping the honeybee producers in Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine
One of the key objectives of MedBEESinessHubs is to support the economies of five deprived rural communities by empowering and networking local people, especially the youth, in developing handicraft honeybee products businesses and tourism services networks, hence contributing to build a Mediterranean Bee-economy.
The following documents present a mapping of honeybee producers in Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine, with a brief description of the companies and their products.