Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and its development partners in Tunisia have launched the ‘Climate Protection through Circular Economy in Tunisia’ project.
The implementation contract of the ‘ProtecT’ project was signed by representatives of the country’s Ministry of Local Affairs and Environment, the National Waste Management Agency (ANGed) and GIZ.
Climate change has contributed to a jump in food insecurity, mosquito-borne disease and mass displacement in the past decade.
Africa, it is understood, has been warming progressively since the start of the last century, and in the next five years, according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), northern and southern Africa are likely to get drier and hotter, while the Sahel region gets wetter.
The €5million (approximately 16.487 million dinars) project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is part of Germany’s support to help Tunisia meet its international commitments in relation to climate protection.
GIZ, according to the contract, will help Tunisia build the capacities of its national and local actors in the integration of aspects related to the circular economy and climate change in solid waste management while promoting job creation and gender respect.
The main goals of the project, according to the development partners, are to assist Tunisia in the implementation of its national waste management strategy and develop a strategy for climate-friendly circular economy.
The project also seeks to reposition ANGed by reinforcing its strategic and organisational role and consolidating municipalities’ operational capacities through a training programme focused on the sustainable waste management system.
ProtecT is intended to increase awareness of no less than 200 policymakers of circular economy principles, as well as develop an environmental education programme in ten pilot schools and enhance public-private partnership in the waste management sector.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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