1. Background

The Environment & Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU) at AUB is an inter-disciplinary research and
development center specialized in rural community development, local food systems and sustainable
agriculture hosted at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) of the American University of
Beirut. For more than 20 years, ESDU has been promoting through large community development
projects sustainable rural livelihoods all over Lebanon. The Unit focuses on participatory development
and capacity building through knowledge management and sharing, appropriate technologies, and
impact analysis with particular attention to smallholder farmers, women and youth in the rural areas.
ESDU is currently working on the Med4Waste project. It is a project under ENI CBC MED aiming to
facilitate new governance models for integrated and efficient urban waste management policies across
the Mediterranean, with particular emphasis on organic waste & circular economy through adapting
waste management plans, policies and other management actions and regulatory drivers in the
selected territories.
The target audience for the Med4Waste awareness-raising activities is varied, and covers mainly the
countries of Spain, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Jordan, and Lebanon, along with the other UFM countries.

While considering that a collaborative effort towards waste management can send a clear message to
community members on the importance of preserving the environment, sensitization meetings will be conducted to educate them on the consequences of waste. Communities will, therefore, be encouraged to act towards a zero-waste environment.
A mapping of stakeholders was done under the project. ESDU is willing to disseminate this mapping
online and make it available.

2. How to apply

• Deadline to submit CV: July 25, 2023
• Interested candidates should send their CV to: esdu@aub.edu.lb

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