The first issue of the EU-funded SIRCLES project's newletter discusses the advantages of bio-waste, ignored by many, and the many ways a circular economy could have positive impact on the general population.

It is worth noting that there are many benefits to a circular economy, with the term “less” repeated many times. There is less use of non-renewable resources and resources are used sustainably. Less carbon is emitted due to lessened mining needs, and less waste is produced in general.

The Destination Management Organization* (DMO from now on) Mediterranean Pearls APS, partner of the project Med Pearls ENI CBCMED 2014-2020 is a DMO for the coordinated management of all the elements that make up a Destination (attractions, access, marketing, human resources, image ). It adopts a strategic approach to link together very different entities for a better management of a destination to be created from the point of view of slow tourism.

In times where the pandemic shows us all great uncertainty and seems to be here to stay for a while, tourism is proving to be a powerful force for the revival of the economies of the Mediterranean region.

The National Agricultural Research Center, Jordanian partner of the MENAWARA project, participated in two important activities for disseminating the project results between November and December.

The Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) is seeking to hire a service provider to upgrade the INSTM databases for better data visibility via dedicated Web applications thus facilitating their access to the various stakeholders of the Kneiss Islands nature reserve. 

The Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer is looking to hire a BD-GIS (Database-Geographic Information System) officer who will design, develop, manage, and create the database (DB), update and ensure the maintenance of georeferenced spatial components (GIS) in order to support the local EB-ICZM unit of the "Mediterranean Forum For Applied Ecosystem-Based Management". 

The third water table, NAWAMED dialogue platform, was organized for the first time in person by the Centre de Recherches et Technologies des Eaux, CERTE. It was organized on November 23, 2021 to address the financial feasibility of non-conventional water treatment and reuse solutions in urban areas. A total of 32 experts from the private and public spheres involved in water resources participated. They are representatives of local authorities, private companies, public institutions and agencies, private engineering firms and architectural firms. 

MED4EBM Project has participated in the Forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean which took place in Monaco from the 27^th November to 1^st December 2021.

The ‘Open Eco-innovation for circular economy enablers’ webinar, which was celebrated on the 21^st of December 2021, gathered a total of 34 attendees that received detailed approach on the process enablers need to develop to facilitate connections between companies and entrepreneurs.