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Centre for Environment & Development for the Arab Region and Europe CEDARE Europe - CEDARE Synergies between Horizon 2020 C it B ildi d CEDARE’ Capacity Building and CEDARE’s Activities

Ahmed Abdelrehim, Regional Programme Manager, Head, Environmental Assessment

waste water treatment Solid waste Management clean technologies developing methodologies IWRM ISWM sustainable management of industrial areas Stakeholder participation institutional frameworks Site Selection reduction of industrial waste/ Environmental regulations institutional frameworks for sustainable urban waste water management Site Selection reduction of industrial waste/ generation and proper monitoring Environmental regulations Regulations/best practices

CEDARE’s Projects/programmes Activities

Programme Partners

• Areas of Capacity Building

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Africa Environment Information Network (AEIN) UNEP/CEDARE

• Environmental Indicators
• Data and Information management
• SOE

Arab Environment Information Network (AREIN) Arab League/CEDARE

• Environmental Indicators
• Data and Information management

Network (AREIN) Data and Information management NEPAD Capacity Building Programme UNEP/GEF

• Infrastructure

(ICTs, Energy, Transport, Water, and Sanitation) Programme Transport, Water, and Sanitation)

• Human Resource Development
• Agriculture
• Culture
• Science and Technology
• Mobilizing Resources
• Market Access
• The Environment

CEDARE’s Projects/programmes Activities

Programme/Projects Partners

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Developing of Atlas of changing Environment North Africa UNEP/CEDARE

• Monitoring changes
• Remote Sensing and GIS

Arab Environment Outlook Arab League/UNEP/CEDARE

• IEA
• Data and Indicators

Arab Millennium Ecosystem Assessment UNEP/CEDARE

• Assessment
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eco systems

• Scenario development

Scenario development Sustainable Development f i S (S S) CEDARE Data and Information Information System (SDIS) management Experts Directory Institutions directory Activities data base

Waste Water:

• Study on Constraints of the reuse of waste

y water in desert Agriculture in the Arab region

• Production of the waste water user manual

Coastal Management Arabic ICZM E learning Courses Arabic ICZM E‐learning Courses Integrated Environmental Assessment (EIA)

• Arabic manual on IEA
• Arabic Manual on SOE at City level (GEO Cities)
• National SOE reports
• GEO Resource Book Arabic
• Egyptian Water Partnership (EWP)
• Arab Water Partnership (AWP)

Sustainable Water Management Improves Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health European (SWITCH), 2006 – 2010 Commission (EC)

• GWP-Med Projects, All Mediterranean Countries, 2009

“Institutional Strengthening of AWC” All Arab Countries 2007- 2010 (AWC/CEDARE/WB) Institutional Strengthening of AWC All Arab Countries, 2007- 2010, (AWC/CEDARE/WB), “System Analysis DSS Tools for Improving River Water Management REWARD program implemented in Egypt, Jordan, Palestine (2008-2010) (IUCN/Italian Cooperation). ( ) A 5 Years Dialogue Initiative on "The Future of Ground Water in the MENA R i " 2008 2012 A b C t i (CEDARE - AWC - GWP IUCN) MENA Region", 2008 -2012 Arab Countries GWP - IUCN),

• Plan Bleu Project on presentation of the study on "water efficiency

Plan Bleu

• Plan Bleu Project, on presentation of the study on water efficiency

and economic Approach to water Management in the Mediterranean", All Mediterranean Countries, 2009. Plan Bleu

• Strategy studies and strategic planning for Integrated Urban Water

Management (IUWM) in the city of Alexandria

CEDARE

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CEDARE

Study on Wastewater Reuse, 2009.

CEDARE

Study Whole system modeling using the mathematical model

CEDARE

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Aquacycle Study, 2009. I tit ti l M i f th Al d i W t S t

CEDARE

Institutional Mapping of the Alexandria Water Sector.

CEDARE

E‐Waste Management

CEDARE-UNEP

g CEDARE has been active in promoting the economical and environmental management of electronic wastes. In cooperation with UNEP, CEDARE has conducted the first survey about E‐waste management practices in the Arab Region

E‐learning F h l h CEDARE h b d i For the last three years, CEDARE has been engaged in providing e‐learning courses as a tool to enhance the capacities of Human resources in the Arab region. During 2009, CEDARE has initiated CEDARE E‐Academy to be the main platform for providing courses about be the main platform for providing courses about sustainable development issues. Currently CEDARE E‐Academy provides multi‐lingual courses for coastal zone management, environmental management and assessment, electronic waste management, integrated waste resources management, integrated coastal zones management, and project development. management, and project development.

E‐Courses 1 I d i Cli Ch A bi

• 1. Introduction to Climate Change ‐ Arabic
• 2. Introduction to Electronic waste Management ‐ English
• 3. Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment ‐

Arabic

• 4. Introduction to Environmental Economics –

English/Arabic English/Arabic

• 5. Introduction to Integrated Water Resources

Management (IWRM) Arabic Management (IWRM) ‐ Arabic

• 6. Introduction to Integrated Coastal Zone Management ‐

Arabic

• 7. Introduction to Sustainable Coastal Tourism ‐ Arabic
• 8. Introduction to Indicators ‐ English
• 9. Introduction to Logical Framework Approach (LFA)
• 9. Introduction to ogical Framework Approach ( FA)

English ‐ Arabic

“Sustainable Water Use for Securing Food European Sustainable Water Use for Securing Food Production in Dry Areas of the Mediterranean Region”. European Commission Region .

• “Climate Change and Impact Research: the

European

• Climate Change and Impact Research: the

Mediterranean Environment” European Commission “Promotion of a New Generation of Solar Thermal Systems (SOLATERM) in partnership European Commission Thermal Systems (SOLATERM) in partnership with 18 European and Arab Mediterranean countries Commission countries. Decision Support System Tools for managing River water resources at the local level at the IUCN River water resources, at the local level, at the district level.

CEDARE’s Capacity Building Activities CEDARE s Capacity Building Activities

1 Environmental Indicators

• 1. Environmental Indicators
• 2. E‐learning Courses (ICZM‐IWRM..)
• 3. Environmental Valuation/Economics
• 4. Training on Scenario Development
• 5. GIS and Remote Sensing (Environmental Monitoring …Atlas of changing environment)

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• 6. Environmental Modeling (Ground Water/Pollution/lake management..ect).
• 7. Integrated and Strategic Environmental Assessment (IEA/SEA) (Arabic training manuals)

8 St t f th i t ti (A bi k b k l)

• 8. State of the environment reporting (Arabic cook book manual)
• 9. Identification and of Circulation of best practices.
• 10. Training on stakeholders Analysis and stakeholders management