The Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production organized jointly the “Stockholm Convention Regional Capacity Building Workshop on New POPs and the Process of Reviewing and Updating NIPs in the Mediterranean (outside CEE) and French-speaking African regions”.
The CP/RAC and ASCAME, with collaboration from the Fundació Fòrum Ambiental, are organising the 4th edition of the Ecomeda Forum. The objective of the gathering is the symbiosis of business interests with respect for the environment.
On 25 and 26 November, the 4th edition of the Ecomeda Forum, which incorporates the word ‘Green’ in its title, will take place in Barcelona. It is the first time that the CP/RAC collaborates in this initiative that has been promoted by the Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) in prior editions.
The 13th Meeting of the MCSD dealt mainly with «Climate Change, adaptation and mitigation – experiences and strategies in the Mediterranean». The CAR/PL contributed to clarify this question through the presentation of a report that analyzes the mitigation opportunities of Greenhouse Effect Gases in diverse sectors.
On the 29th of September 2009 the GRECO Initiative was introduced in Tunis. The launching Forum has counted with the participation of M. Samir BELAID, General Manager of the CITET, International Center of Environmental Technology of Tunis, Mr. Nadhir HAMADA, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, of a representative of the Department of Industry and Energy and of Small and Medium Businesses and a representative of the UTICA, Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts.
On the 1st and 20th of October, the CP/RAC carried out two seminars in Tunis and Egypt respectively, in order to inform about the European legislation REACH to companies and institutions of both countries. Both meetings brought positive results that motivated the Centre to repeat them in other Mediterranean countries.