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Sustainable

Mediterranean

Old Towns

News Letter June 2014

This publication has been produced with the financial

assistance of the European Union under the ENPI CBC

Mediterranean Sea Basin Program.

Project Presentation

The SMOT “Sustainable Mediterranean Old Towns” project aims to contribute to the risk factors reduction for the environment through the development of urban waste management actions in the Medinas around of the Mediterranean Sea. It intends to participate to thedefinition of sustainable solutions in waste management within historic cities centers/medinas. The project partnership, composed of 9 organizations from Egypt, Jordan, Italy, Tunisia and Spain, is coordinated by the municipal company “SADECO” of Córdoba (Spain). The project “Sustainable Mediterranean Old Towns” total budget is1.324.506 € and it is financed, for an amount of 1.192.055 € (90%), by the European Union through the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme (European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument).

What is the 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean

Sea Basin Programme?

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Program is a

multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The

Program objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious

cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing

with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous

potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the

economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the

Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the

Program: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan,

Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria (participation

currently suspended) and Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority

(JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official

Program languages are Arabic, English and French

(www.enpicbcmed.eu).

The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of “SMOT project partnership” and can under no circumstances be regarded as

reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Program’s management structures.

Content

Project Presentation 1

Partners Presentation 2

Kick-off Meeting 2

Training Seminar 2

“Towards a European Circular Economy” conference 3

Al-Salt and Madaba Study Visit 3

News Letter Contacts

Jesús Diz (jdiz@sadeco.es)

Cristóbal Aragón (caragon@sadeco.es)

Ismail Bouassida (bouassida@laas.fr)

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The kick-off meeting was

organized from 4 to 6 March 2014,

by the municipality of Al-Salt in

Jordan. The meeting brought

together about 50 participants from

the five cities with historic centers

“Medinas”. The participants

established the future actions for

the next 2 years.

During this meeting, the Joint

Managing Authorityand the Joint

Technical Secretariat provide the

participants with key information on

project implementation. Link..

Partners Presentation

We are 9 partners and 2 associates in

SMOT project. In each newsletter 2 of

them will be presented:

Kick-off Meeting Al-Salt (Jordan), 4-6 March 2014 Nine partners from five countries are collaborating in the project: Tunisia, with the Medina of Sfax, Spain, with the Medina of Cordoba, Italy, with the city of Ragusa, Jordan, with the city of Al-Salt, and Egypt, with the city of Alexandria. In addition, academic and administrative institutions with the support of local economic and social actors of these countries participate actively in this project.

SADECO

Sanitation of Córdoba, SA (Sadeco) is a public

Company was established by the Municipality of

Cordoba on September 24, 1986 with a public service in

the city of Córdoba.

Its main objective is the management of the urban

environment. The company is structured attending to the

services provided: urban waste collection, treatment and

final disposal of waste, recycling and preparation of

compost, cleaning of streets, schools and municipal

public buildings, control of pests, technical services and

maintenance and educational services.

University of Jordan

The University of Jordan is both a modern as well as old

institution of Higher Education in Jordan. Established in

1962, the University has, since then, applied itself to the

advancement of knowledge no less than to its

dissemination. In its capacity as a comprehensive

teaching, research and communityservice institution, the

University of Jordan enables its students to choose from

a wide range of programs- more than 3500 different

courses are offered by some 18 faculties.

Training Seminar

Rome (Italy), 9-10 April 2014

on Wednesday, 9 April 2014.

SADECO, as a

beneficiary of

SMOT project,

has been invited

to a training

seminar that will

be held in Rome

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“Towards a European

Circular Economy”

conference

Rome (Italy), 21-23 April 2014 Project SMOT “Sustainable Mediterranean Old Towns” showed the waste management state-of-the-art in the Med regions during the conference Towards a European Circular Economy: a three-days environmental conference held in Rome from the 21st to the 23rd May, gathering together many relevant international experts in the field of sustainable waste management and representatives of both local authorities and international institutions.

The project ZeroWaste Pro organized

the session of the 22nd May within

this international conference and

SMOT was invited to debate on waste

prevention and sustainable

management: good practices were

exchanged and compared. Link..

Al-Salt and Madaba

Study visit

The days 4th, 5th and 6th March 2014, SMOT kick-off meeting was held in Jordan. Study visits for Al-Saltand Madaba medinas and for Al-Salt and Madaba landfills were scheduled.

In the first part of the visit to Al-Salt medina the participants visited Al-Hamam street, located at the historical center of Al-Salt city, where the pilot solutions of the project will beimplemented.

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In the second part the participants visited Al-Hamra landfill, the place where the collected waste from Al-Balqa are a municipalities is transferred. The third day of the kick-off meeting,

a study visit was made to Madaba

city, where the participants visited the

landfill, where Mr. Basem Al-Bashat

gave an explanation about the landfill

main data: area, amounts of waste

collection, mechanisms for waste

disposals.

Then a tour was made into the landfill

itself to see in situ how thewaste is

transferred and disposed. The

participants had also thechance to

visit the medina of Madaba and

check the state of wastedeposit and

collection there.

This a project funded by the European Union under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme.

Duration

24 months (January 2014 - December 2015)

Budget • Total budget: € 1.324.506 • Programme contribution: € 1.192.055 (90%) • Project co-financing: € 134.251 (10%)