{"id":43921,"date":"2023-08-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43921"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T07:40:14","slug":"wef-nexus-technology-innovation-design-for-circular-economy-replication-in-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2023\/08\/22\/wef-nexus-technology-innovation-design-for-circular-economy-replication-in-the-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"WEF Nexus Technology: Innovation design for circular economy &amp; replication in the Mediterranean"},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nThe WEF-CAP project has grasped an opportunity to efficiently capitalize Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus best practices, commercialization tools and methodologies to promote cooperation and tech-transfer, mainstreaming policy impact for innovation-driven progress to effectively support education, research, technological advancement, and innovation in the EU-MPC region.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nMeanwhile, sharing knowledge and innovative approaches have become even more urgent in the present economic crisis, when the basic economic resources are no longer confined to the availability of natural resources, or the amount of labor but rather the systematic modeling of knowledge and experts\u2019 know-how for the purpose of growth and innovation.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nWater Innovation &amp; Circularity Conference in Mykonos, Greece (10 June 2023)\/\u00a9Hydrousa\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nTo better streamline this knowledge, the project created a digital repository called WEF-CAP Observatory platform which is considered a regional leading informative site, that enable experts, researchers and policy-makers to share, diffuse and transfer knowledge of the WEF Nexus capitalization and generate technical insights on best methodologies, practices of water, energy and food integration. This open source hub includes a network of stakeholders to promote the use of existing data, case studies and good practices to support decision-making&nbsp;and the formulation of evidence-based policies.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nWithin this context, FEMISE conducted a series of interviews with key players from the region, including practitioners, policy makers, private sector and academia to promote the WEF integrated approach under the framework of the WEF-CAP project with the financial support of the European Union through the ENI CBC MED Programme, with the aim to share knowledge, experiences and best practices across the region, highlight challenges and recommendations.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nCapitalising on WEF initiatives that work in Greece and Egypt!\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nIn this third episode, we present two innovative initiatives that have proven their worth and success : Eric Mino,&nbsp;Executive Manager, Technical Unit at SEMIDE, working in the water and energy sector, and Mohamed Salah El Sobki, Technical expert at the Federation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA),&nbsp;Egypt,&nbsp;working on energy and water management.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nLaunch of the wastewater treatment pilot project in Lebanon (3 August 2023)\/\u00a9MAIA-TAQA project\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nHydrousa project beyond water waste practices to water in circular economy and resilience\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nHydrousa project brings together 28 partners from ten countries to implement large-scale nature-based solutions in 3 Mediterranean islands (Lesvos, Mykonos, and Tinos), that play a vital role in promoting a more sustainable and harmonious relationship between human activities and the natural water cycle.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nHydrousa aims to revolutionize the water supply chain in Mediterranean regions by demonstrating innovative solutions for water\/wastewater treatment and management, which will&nbsp;close the water loops&nbsp;and will also&nbsp;boost their agricultural and energy profile.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nEric Mino, Executive Manager, Technical Unit at SEMIDE\/\u00a9FEMISE\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nMAIA TAQA, innovative project mobilizinf new areas of investments to increase quality of lie for all\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe MAIA TAQA project aims to define a new group of sustainable services related to energy, water and waste by promoting innovative resource efficiency services in Mediterranean SMEs through the enhancement of their technical and management capacities. By establishing real demonstration cases with local companies in 3 Mediterranean pilot areas (Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt), MAIA-TAQA is keen to raise awareness among SMEs and policy makers on innovation practices and policy instruments in RE services.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nA network of SMEs will lead the way in tackling regulatory frameworks and trade barriers by creating an enabling environment for the development of the renewable energy sector in southern Mediterranean countries.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nMohamed Salah El Sobki, Technical expert at the Federation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA),&nbsp;Egypt\/\u00a9FEMISE\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nWatch the video where the WEF-CAP project go beyond sharing relevant experiences. It promote effective WEF Nexus implementation practices that could be adequate for replications in the Mediterranean region to ensure access to water, energy and food for all.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nTo watch the whole interviews, click here&nbsp;:&nbsp;\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n\n\n\n\n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nVideo montage by Fiona Urbain\/\u00a9Ecomnews\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nRead also:&nbsp;Mediterranean: How WEF-CAP project brings together innovation players in water, energy and food to benefit agriculture?\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nRead also :&nbsp;WEF Innovation and Technology: Seeds of Change for a Water Wise Mediterranean\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n            \nFor further information:\n\n          \n        \n      \n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe FEMISE website:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.femise.org\/\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe WEF-CAP website:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.enicbcmed.eu\/fr\/projects\/wef-cap\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe WEF-CAP Observatory website:&nbsp;https:\/\/nexus-observatory.com\/\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe Hydrousa website: https:\/\/www.hydrousa.org\/\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe MAIA-TAQA project website: https:\/\/www.enicbcmed.eu\/projects\/maia-taqa \n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nSources: FEMISE, WEF-CAP\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":404,"featured_media":43922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5751,5797,5799,6785,6893,6081,5852,5775,5816,5829,6894,5840,5794,6895],"location":[5600,6891,5657,5628,5740],"class_list":["post-43921","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-energy","tag-eni","tag-eu-mpc-region","tag-european-union","tag-femise","tag-food","tag-innovation","tag-research","tag-sustainability","tag-technology","tag-water","tag-water-energy-food-nexus","location-egypt","location-greece","location-jordan","location-lebanon","location-med-2"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KEZTHu","have_related_news":"","chapo":"At the time climate change is shaking up our society and complex challenges arise with managing scarce natural resources, FEMISE (the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences) and six other partners- the Royal Scientific Society in Jordan,\u00a0the Tunisian Environmental Protection Agency,\u00a0the Greek Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Savings, the\u00a0Egyptian Centre for Innovation and Technological Development,\u00a0University of Catania\u00a0in Italy and the\u00a0Autonomous University of Barcelona\u00a0in Spain-\u00a0have launched the WEF-CAP project. \u00a0","media":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlog-slider-WEFCap-550x360.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlog-slider-WEFCap-550x360.jpg 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"vlog slider WEFCap","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.56,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlog-slider-WEFCap.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlog-slider-WEFCap.jpg 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"vlog slider WEFCap","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.56,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WEF Nexus Technology: Innovation design for circular economy &amp; 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