"The care and usability of public spaces and in particular of the city's green areas is a very relevant issue for the future of Palermo".

In this video, Professor Giuseppe Barbera, from the university of Palermo, tells U-SOLVE how the University of Palermo, in the context of its research projects, is among the realities in the field of imagining and designing models of management and restitution of these areas, also thanks to the new funding opportunities provided on a national scale.

The INVESTMED project is proud to present the MSMEs selected under the call for subgrants for green, blue, and creative industry business proposals in Tunisia.The EU funded INVESTMED project launched a call for sub-grants to provide support for new, sustainable business opportunities for young people and women in three countries: Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia. 

A workshop to promote individual composting was organised on Thursday 22 February 2023 at the Cité des Sciences in Tunis. The meeting took place within the month of clean cities, an initiative launched by the Tunisian Ministry of Environment under the aegis of the Minister of Environment Mrs. Leila CHIKHOUI MEHDAOUI.

The municipality of Capannori, together with ASCIT, will start in 2023 an experimental program to incentivize the local bars and restaurants to compost their organic waste. It is a new project, that aims at reducing waste produced in this town. It takes place within the framework of REUSEMED, in which Capannori joined with partners in Spain, Jordan and Tunisia. These initiatives don’t only aim at starting a circular economy, but also at developing environment-friendly initiatives such as composting.

Maria Cristina Fossi, Professor of Ecology and Ecotoxicology of University of Siena and scientific coordinator of Plastic Busters CAP receives in Italy an international award for her studies for the protection of the environment.

The Motomundi Award 2022  is an international prize in the context of the international climate and environment festival Motumundi, held in Italy every year.

Following the motivation award for the Professor Fossi:

Plastic Busters CAP National Training on marine litter monitoring and mitigation measures in Bizerte, Tunisia on 2/3 Novembre 2022. 

If we join forces from the south to the north of the Mediterranean and we share common solutions for the marine litter monitoring and mitigation measures, we can reach excellent results.

For a Litter Free Mediterranean

The spirit of cooperation of Plastic Busters CAP project inspires Ali Badreddine of Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, Lebanon taking part in the training session in Manfredonia “Monitoring Marine Litter in Environment and Biodiversity”, lead by University of Siena. He is so happy to be part of this community for the health of Mediterranean sea.

For a Litter Free Mediterranean

Sharing knowledge and learning by doing: two key words for Cynthia Zouein Helou of Human Environmental Association for Development in Lebanon, taking part in the training session in Manfredonia “Monitoring Marine Litter in Environment and Biodiversity”, lead by University of Siena.

For a Litter Free Mediterranean

The National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT), partner of Med-EcoSuRe project, is launching a call for tender for the supply and installation a