MEDSt@rts: open calls for aspiring entrepreneurs in Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Lebanon and Palestine
The partners of MEDSt@rts project have launched the national calls to select aspiring entrepreneurs (25 each country) with innovative business ideas in Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Lebanon and Palestine.
COMMON Flyer
BEach CLEAN Decalogue (Ita)
BEach CLEAN Decalogue (Eng)
Launch of MedArtSal survey on Mediterranean artisanal salinas
The MedArtSal project team has launched a survey to investigate on salt production models applied in Mediterranean countries. The aim is to receive information from salt producers to design a sustainable management model that encourages and provides solutions for salinas towards socioeconomic diversification, new income associated with the production of high-quality salt and other products for marketing, at the same time respecting the natural environment of the beautiful salt enclaves.
GreenBuilding project: Flyer
NAWAMED project: a stakeholder’s perspective of nature-based solutions for wastewater management in Lebanon
The American University of Beirut, one of the partners of NAWAMED project, under the coordination of Dr. Yaser Abunnasr, aims during the current phase to highlight stakeholders’ perspectives on nature-based solutions in wastewater management. In this regard, an online interview was conducted with Mr. Marc Aoun to present his perceptions, problems, and experience about the tackled issue related to the market and check if the pandemic has an impact on the uncertainty of Non-Conventional Water (NCW) resources reuse at local or regional level.
[InnovAgroWoMed] Souha Ben Mehrez, Tunisian beekeeper: "It wasn't that easy, but if I had to do it again, I would do it again!"
In Tunisia, one of the countries targeted by the InnovAgroWoMed project, the situation of women is paradoxical. The report of the International Labor Organization (ILO-2016) states that "On the one hand, women represent more than two thirds of higher education graduates.