Horizon2020 Capacity Bulding aimed to build capacity for the implementation of Horizon2020 programmes in Mediterranean countries via series of training sessions and workshops.
This project has received funding by the ENPI Mediterranean Environment Programme (EuropeAid) of the European Union, 2010-2012.
THE PROJECT
The ENPI Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment Programme (H2020 CB/MEP) aimed to support the implementation for the period 2009-2014 of the Horizon 2020 Initiative Road Map and Work Plan through capacity building and awareness raising activities, and to promote integration/mainstreaming of environment issues into other sector policies. It was also responsible for the proper coordination of the H2020 Steering Group and the three Sub-Groups and the overall enhanced visibility of Horizon 2020
The project, funded by the EU from 2010-2012 was extended for two years to cover the period 2013-2014.
ACR+ was the key thematic expert for waste management. A range of capacity building training sessions and study visits were organised under the responsibility of ACR+ in 2013 and will continue in 2014. As in the previous years, also in 2013 ACR+ members were involved as trainers in this programme.
Over 130 activities (regional, sub-regional and national) were implemented during which more than 3500 people were trained.
PARTNERS INVOLVED
The project leader was the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and project partners were:
- Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA)
- Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED)
- Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+
- Hellenic Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Change
- Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water - the General Directorate of Hydraulic and Electrical Resources (LMoEW)
- Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme and its Regional Activity Centres and Programmes (UNEP/MAP and its RACs)
- Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)
- National Waste Management Agency (ANGed)/Regional Solid Waste Exchange of Information and Expertise Network in Mashreq and Maghreb Countries (SWEEPNet)
- Umweltbundesamt GmbH – Austrian Environment Agency (AEA)
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- WWF Mediterranean Programme Office (WWF MedPO)
HORIZON 2020 – E-LEARNING MODULE
Through H2020 funding, ACR+ developed an e-learning module on Integrated Sustainable Waste & Resource Management (ISWRM). This training module elaborates on the concept of ISWRM, as a way of understanding and improving existing municipal solid waste management systems at municipal or regional level. This introductory module has 6 lessons:
- Introduction to the Concept
- First dimension: Life Cycle Thinking
- Second dimension: Waste hierarchy
- Third dimension: Stakeholders
- Fourth dimension: Operational aspects
- Fifth dimension: Policy aspects
The module is online on the www.h2020.net website.
More information: https://goo.gl/wH3Hup