Greco Initiative - Green competitiveness

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE LEBANESE CLEANER PRODUCTION CENTER THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THE REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE FOR CLEANER PRODUCTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN

1. Parties of MOU

The Industrial Research Institute – IRI

Established in 1953, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) is a Lebanese institution for studies, industrial research and scientific testing and analysis. IRI is a not-for-profit institution, declared of public utility by D/L n° 10059 dated 17 August 1955, linked to the Ministry of Industry by Law n° 642/1997, with administrative and financial autonomy. IRI is the only accredited body in Lebanon.
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The Lebanese Cleaner Production Center – LCPC

LCPC is part of UNIDO Network which comprises National Cleaner Production Centers (NCPC) in 45 countries. After being hosted at MoE, LCPC premises moved in February 2004 to IRI in Hadath- Baabda The LCPC is service provider and its main activities are to take a lead role as service facilitator/sub-contractor in the framewosrk of larger programmes financed by national or international funding institutions, and to develop its competencies and extending its service offerings to related and additional fields.
The LCPC is well recognized as the Centre of Excellence for CP in the countries in the region.
The LCPC is elected in the Executive Board for RECP to represent the Arab Region.

The Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production (CP/RAC) of the Mediterranean Action Plan

The Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production of the Mediterranean Action Plan, located in Barcelona Spain, was established in 1996 to promote sustainable patterns of production and consumption in The Mediterranean Region, focusing on cleaner production and pollution prevention, was nominated Stockholm Convention Centre for Stockholm Convention for 21 countries of the Mediterranean basin, (hereinafter "RAC/CP - Barcelona in Spain").

2. Scope of Cooperation

The Industrial Research Institute represented by Dr. Bassam Frenn, Director General of IRI, the Lebanese Cleaner Production Center represented by Dr. Ali Yaacoub, Director of LCPC and CP/RAC-Barcelona, represented by Dr Virginia Alzina, Director of CP/RAC (hereinafter referred to as "the authorized representatives) have agreed on the following Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The parties mutually recognize the legal capacity of each other to authorize this document and

HEREBY AGREE ON

Setting up a strong cooperation framework between the Industrial Research Institute, Lebanese Cleaner Production Center and the CP/RAC to promote the GRECO Initiative among companies in Lebanon and achieving this mainly through the following specific activities:

Setting up a strong cooperation framework between the Industrial Research Institute, Lebanese Cleaner Production Center and the CP/RAC to promote the GRECO Initiative among companies in Lebanon and achieving this mainly through the following specific activities:

   1. Transfer the expertise and know how on Cleaner Production to the Lebanese industry through the website of GRECO Initiative along with the CP/RAC, IRI and LCPC websites; promote among Small and Medium Enterprises the Auto Audit tool.
   2. Coordinating and cooperating on organizing the main GRECO Congress in Lebanon, in order to raise awareness and to transfer experiences and know-how to the Lebanese private sector.
   3. Promotion of GRECO initiative throughout the Lebanese private sector: Brochures to SME, the GRECO Report with the analysis of 100 companies that have applied Cleaner Production (CP) and its results and other relevant materials.
   4. Providing visibility and promotion in our website and in our partner's website to those companies that have applied CP in Lebanon
   5. Identification of one Lebanese company to participate in the biennial GRECO ceremony where the GRECO Scientific Committee will select the winning companies for GRECO Award.
   6. Promoting success stories on cleaner production in Lebanon for companies which have implemented successfully the cleaner production practices. This promotion will be after one year implementing cleaner production solutions in the country, the case studies will be presented in the GRECO Annual Report that will be disseminated throughout UNEP-MAP.
   7. Dissemination of CP/RAC activities and material among the Mediterranean Countries with specific reference to Lebanon through the Lebanese CPC.
   8. Exchanging CP/RAC's, Industrial Research Institute and Lebanese Cleaner Production Center experts and data base to back up the success of GRECO Initiative.
   9. For any activity that will be done in Lebanon the approval of the Industrial Research Institute through the Lebanese Cleaner Production Center is required. Any activity or project which is not approved by the IRI will be not supported by CP/RAC

The activities to be carried out for the implementation of this MOU will be set in a well defined plan within two months after the signature of this agreement. On the other hand, a follow-up committee will be set up, for with representatives from the parties to this agreement in Lebanon supported by the CP/RAC to propose and, when necessary, discuss and agree on the activities that should be included in the working plan.

3. Duration of MOU

This MOU will be valid for a period of 3 years as of the date of signature and may be extended by written agreement of parties.