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The aim of the short term mission was to undertake a feasibility study and a basic engineering phase adaptation of the current water treatment plant for the company RESIMEX to have a continuous flow of 1,2 litre per second (to ensure compliance with the official Mexican standards for wastewater discharge to the urban or municipal […]

In order to address the emerging challenges of climate change in Jamaica, adaptation is needed across all sectors of Jamaica’s economy. However, the lack of awareness of the potential impacts of climate change as well as the measures to build climate resilience, and mechanisms in place to encourage adaptation measures impose a significant barrier to […]

The purpose of the independent evaluation is to assess the outcomes of GGGI’s Peru Country Program, covering program activities from 2013 to 2018, and to identify lessons to improve the effectiveness of current and future program activities in Peru and potentially elsewhere. A special focus was on the achievement of the desired outcomes of the […]

The main goal of the HOUSEFUL project is to develop and demonstrate an integrated systemic service (HOUSEFUL Service) composed of 11 circular solutions co-created by stakeholders within the current housing value chain. The HOUSEFUL Service aims at the circular management and efficient use of water, waste, energy and material resources for all stages of the […]

The objective of this Technical Assignment (TA) is to develop a standardized methodology based on a common language at the regional level, to collect, manage, share, compare and analyze data on an ongoing basis to support decision-making processes related to sustainable risk assessment and management and building resilience capacity of the coastal regions of West […]

The SYNGGI project had the aim to support the individual modular projects to provide a connection and integration amongst these projects, under the objective Green Growth in the Mediterranean. The community projects consisted of 14 projects connecting 165 partners from 13 countries in the Mediterranean, with a total budget of around €30M. These projects tackled […]

The EU and Mexico share a common vision of environmental issues and climate change at the international level. The objective of this EU-Mexico project was to support sectoral dialogues on priority issues shared by both governments through the implementation of concrete action proposals to enhance the circular economy paradigm shift in Mexico. WE&B gave a […]

Extensive agricultural systems have contributed to livelihood subsistence in the Mediterranean basin for centuries as well as playing an important role in shaping the Mediterranean biodiversity. It has contributed to shape landscapes, culture and society through often complex and multidirectional relations. However, the relationship between cultural practices in extensive agricultural systems and biodiversity has not […]

The main objective of the CELSIUS project is to develop and demonstrate a wastewater treatment system for warm climate areas characterized by low energy consumption. The system proposed is the result of the combination of two innovative treatment processes: Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) and Partial Nitrification/Anammox Treatment. The first targets organic matter removal while the […]

Latin America and the Caribe harbour approximately one third of global precipitation and water resources, being the continent with the largest water availability per capita. However, the resource is stational and unequally distributed. The region suffers from water pollution from untreated wastewater causing environmental and health problems. Water sanitation and reuse are crucial to counteract […]