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Project report 2nd quarter 2012 – 14/08/2012 1 Project n° TF011513 Project report – 2nd quarter 2012 Table of contents 1. Project Progresses and Calendar ................................................................................................. 2 2. Intermediate results indicators ................................................................................................... 2 3. Update on the Beneficiaries ........................................................................................................ 4 4. Annexes ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Annex 1 : Minutes of the Third Project Steering Committee, May 22nd, 2012 in Marseilles ............ 5 Annex 2 : Proceedings of the conference-forum “Shifting to a green economy in the Mediterranean region”, May 23-24/05/2012 in Marseilles (document kindly provided by OCEMO and CMI) .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Annex 3 : Minutes of the Green Growth Workshop, May 24th, 2012 in Marseilles......................... 23

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Project report 2nd quarter 2012 – 14/08/2012 1

Project n° TF011513

Project report – 2nd quarter 2012

Table of contents

1. Project Progresses and Calendar ................................................................................................. 2

2. Intermediate results indicators ................................................................................................... 2

3. Update on the Beneficiaries ........................................................................................................ 4

4. Annexes ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Annex 1 : Minutes of the Third Project Steering Committee, May 22nd, 2012 in Marseilles ............ 5

Annex 2 : Proceedings of the conference-forum “Shifting to a green economy in the

Mediterranean region”, May 23-24/05/2012 in Marseilles (document kindly provided by OCEMO

and CMI) .............................................................................................................................................. 8

Annex 3 : Minutes of the Green Growth Workshop, May 24th, 2012 in Marseilles ......................... 23

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1. Project Progresses and Calendar

a. Past events (Trainings and Studies that took place throughout the last three months) i. 3rd Steering Committee meeting: 22/05/2012 in Marseilles ii. Participation in the green economy conference in Marseilles: 23-24/05/2012 iii. Workshop on green economy: 24/05/2012 in Marseilles

b. Upcoming Events (Trainings, Studies; as scheduled in the latest Procurement Plan) i. Legal prosecutors’ meeting on voluntary marine pollution: End of October 2012

in Malta (to be confirmed) ii. 4th Steering Committee meeting: December 2012 (to be confirmed)

c. Important outputs during the second quarter 2011 i. Programmatic framework – The first programmatic framework, dated March 26th,

2012 has been established by Plan Bleu and discussed during the 2nd Project Steering Committee meeting on March 29th, 2012 and again during the 3rd Project Steering Committee meeting on May 22nd, 2012. It is currently being updated by Plan Bleu and will then be validated by the Project Steering Committee.

d. Description of problems encountered and issues that need to be addressed i. Sustainable MED – In order for the Project Steering Committee and Plan Bleu as

implementing agency to better articulate the ReGoKo Project with the framework program Sustainable MED of which the Project is part, the World Bank will be drafting the Sustainable Med overall framework and update the Project Steering Committee and Plan Bleu on this issue.

2. Intermediate results indicators

a. Trainings i. The workshop on green growth that took place on May 24th, 2012 enters into

the following categories of intermediate results: Training targeting stakeholders from the Ministry of Environment, Training targeting stakeholders from at least two Ministries, Training at regional level. The Beneficiaries have rated this Training on a scale from 1 to 4, with 4 representing the highest quality. Rates have been on average 3.5 for the organization of the Training, 3.1 for the content and 3.2 for the relevancy. These rates are very good for a first Training, but they are still slightly below the average 3.5 required in order to consider the Training “effective” as per the Project Implementation Manual.

b. Studies i. N/A

c. Hits to the Project Website i. The project website is currently being developed. In the meanwhile, a sub-site

dedicated to the ReGoKo has been established on the Plan Bleu website. This sub-site has attracted 358 views during the second quarter of 2012, and 1230 views from December 2011 to the end of June 2012.

d. Explanation of deviations from the targets i. Deviations from the targets will be analyzed at the end of year 1.

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e. Updated results framework

Project Development Objective (PDO): To foster the integration of environmental issues into sectoral and development policies of the Beneficiaries.

PDO Level Results Indicators

Core

Unit of Measure

Baseline

Cumul. Target Value

Actual Cumul. Target Value

Actual

Cumul. Target Value

Actual

YR 1 YR 2 YR3

Effectiveness of Trainings and Studies for the policy making process as assessed by the Beneficiaries

Percentage 0 50% 0% * 65% 80%

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS

Intermediate Result (Component 1): Governance

Trainings targeting stakeholders from the Ministry of Environment

Cumulative

no. 0 1 1 3 7

Trainings targeting stakeholders from at least two Ministries

Cumulative

no. 0 1 1 2 4

Trainings with private sector participation

Cumulative

no. 0 1 0 2 3

Trainings at local level Cumulative

no. 0 2 0 6 10

Trainings at regional level Cumulative

no. 0 2 1 4 6

Intermediate Result (Component 2): Knowledge generation

Studies completed Cumulative

no. 0 1 0 5 8

Hits to the Project website Cumulative

no. 0 1 000 (1230)** 5 000 10 000

* The workshop on green growth that took place on May 24th, 2012 has not been "effective" in the sense

of the Project Implementation Manual, as an average rating of 3,5 on a scale from 1 to 4 has not been reached. The average rating for the organization of the event was 3,5; for the content 3,1 and for the relevancy 3,2.

** The hits to the Project website refer to the dedicated space that has been created on the Plan Bleu website for the ReGoKo, while the "real" Project website is being developed. It is expected that the Project website will be delivered by October 2012.

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3. Update on the Beneficiaries

a. New parties joining the Project i. In addition to the initial Beneficiaries (Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco), the

Palestinian Authority has submitted their endorsement letter to the World Bank which is currently in the process of validation.

b. Personnel changes in the Project Steering Committee i. N/A.

4. Annexes

a. Minutes and Lists of Participants of Trainings (last three months) Annex 1 Minutes of the Third Project Steering Committee, May 22nd, 2012 in

Marseilles Annex 2 Proceedings of the conference-forum “SHIFTING TO A GREEN

ECONOMY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION”, May 23-24/05/2012 in Marseilles

Annex 3 Minutes of the Green Growth Workshop, May 24th, 2012 in Marseilles

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Annex 1 : Minutes of the Third Project Steering Committee, May 22nd, 2012

in Marseilles

Date : 22/05/2012

Place : Marseilles

Author : Lina Tode

Agenda: 09:30-09:45 Welcoming words, Mr. Hugues Ravenel, officer in charge of Plan Bleu and Ms. Hoonae Kim,

Sector Manager Agriculture, Rural Development & Environment, MENA Region, The World

Bank

09:45-09:50 Tour de table, all participants

09:50-09:55 Brief Introduction on the objectives of this 3rd Project Steering Committee meeting, Ms. Lina

Tode, project coordinator at Plan Bleu

Working Session 1: Programmatic Framework and activities

09:55-10:00 Presentation of the updated programmatic framework, Ms. Lina Tode,

10:00-10:20 Round table discussion and validation of the programmatic framework, Project Steering

Committee members

10:20-10:45 Presentation of the work plan and details on the activities to be implemented, Ms. Lina Tode,

followed by: Round table discussion and validation of the work plan, Project Steering

Committee members (1/2)

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 Presentation of the work plan and details on the activities to be implemented, Ms. Lina Tode,

followed by: Round table discussion and validation of the work plan, Project Steering

Committee members (2/2)

11:45-13:00 Presentation of new proposals of activities to be implemented under the Project, followed by

discussion, all participants

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Working session 2: Green economy, governance and Rio+20

14:00-14:20 Rio+20 and its stakes for the Mediterranean, Mr. Hugues Ravenel

14:20-15:20 Discussion of Thursday’s workshop on green economy, all participants

15:20-15:40 Miscellaneous, Questions & Answers, all participants

15:40-15:50 Next Project Steering Committee meeting, all participants

15:50-16:15 Coffee break

16:15-16:20 Approval of the meeting’s minutes, all participants

16:20 Closing and answering of the evaluation sheets

Participants:

Amel Oudina (Algeria), Gehan El Sakka (Egypt), Lamia Mansour (Lebanon), Ahmed Abu Thaher (Palestine), Lotfi Ben Said (Tunisia), Nathalie Abu-Ata (World Bank), Hoonae Kim (World Bank), Hugues Ravenel (Plan Bleu), Lina Tode (Plan Bleu), Mohammed Blinda (Plan Bleu)

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Points of discussion:

Tour de table

1. Will be added to the agenda, as requested by Lamia Mansour: information on implementation and procurement procedures.

Programmatic framework

1. In the programmatic framework, the articulation between the Project components and the work axes needs to be clearer to avoid confusion. Plan Bleu will elaborate a new proposal on how to articulate work axes and components and submit it to the (potential) Beneficiaries. The Project Steering Committee approves the Beneficiaries’ strategy elaborated in the programmatic framework, but requests an amendment of Figure 1.

2. A clear line between the two components “Governance” and “Knowledge generation” cannot be drawn.

Work Plan

1. Activities will no longer be referred to as “E1”, “O1”, “E3” … Plan Bleu will find a new way to numerate the activities implemented under the Project.

2. Activity “Support for regional observatories of the environment and sustainable development (ROESD) in Morocco, and experience sharing with Tunisia (Morocco and Tunisia)”: Tunisia would like to be involved more actively in this activity, to improve the Tunisian environmental knowledge system in cooperation with the OTEDD. With Tunisian inputs, Plan Bleu will revise the activity’s design accordingly and submit it to the Beneficiaries for approval.

3. Activity “Preparation of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the new Water Sector Strategy (Lebanon)”: The SEA of the Water Sector strategy in Lebanon will require an international consultant to draft the ToR and to review the report once it will be finished. This will result in a higher budget required for this activity: around 250 000$. The Project Steering Committee agrees to raise the budget. The activity will leverage economies of scale that could occur while linking up with other existing WB initiatives or with other donors (program led by GIZ …). A regional seminar at the end of the activity will give other Mediterranean countries the opportunity to benefit from this activity.

4. Activity “Socio-economic evaluation of maritime activities (regional activity)”: Countries will inform Plan Bleu about related activities in their countries in order to avoid overlapping with other existing initiatives. Plan Bleu will include this information in the terms of references. The Project Steering Committee approves this activity. Since Plan Bleu was involved in that kind of activity before the start of the project, a waiver would be sought to ensure that it is compatible with GEF rules.

5. Activity “Realize environmental audits for key industries discharging along the Mediterranean coast (Lebanon)”: Lebanon is redesigning the activity request and activity fiche. Lamia Mansour will submit a new document to Plan Bleu within the next two weeks (before June 8th). Lebanon also requests a higher budget for this activity. This will be re-examined by the Project Steering Committee after the activity will be redesigned. It is to be kept in mind that this is a long activity that will need to be started soon, in order to be able to be finished before the end of the Project.

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6. Activity “Mediterranean Legal Network of Prosecutors and Investigators against Voluntary Marine Pollution (regional activity)”: REMPEC has to insure that the activity is really institutionalizing the network in the medium-long term.

7. Activity “Promotion of the effective involvement of local actors in the environmental management (Morocco and Tunisia)”: 6 collaborative application sites will be implemented. Tunisia suggests to also focus on at least one region in the interior of the country which is discharging in the Mediterranean from the interior of the country. Ongoing World Bank community involvement and ICZM activities in Tunisia and Morocco will be learning opportunities for this activity.

New proposals of activities

1. A presentation about an activity that may interest the Project Steering Committee “Strengthening knowledge on water in the Mediterranean” is made by Mohammed Blinda. Plan Bleu is going to send more information about this activity by e-mail, so that the Beneficiaries can reflect on this activity.

2. Lina Tode - replacing Seloua Amaziane (member of the Project Steering Committee for Morocco) - presents a new Moroccan proposal of an activity “Actualisation de la charge de morbidité liée à l’environnement ». Plan Bleu will send more information on this activity in English and French to the Project Steering Committee in coordination with Seloua Amaziane.

Rio +20

1. Hugues Ravenel informs the participants about Rio+20 and an upcoming report “20 years of Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean”, which will be distributed to all (potential) Beneficiaries.

Preparation of the workshop on green economy

1. The Project Steering Committee agrees on the draft agenda which has been set up for the workshop which will take place on Thursday 24th of May.

Miscellaneous

1. In general, for trainings realized under the Project, representatives from all eligible countries will be invited, as well as other regional agencies and institutions.

2. New countries joining the Project: West Bank and Gaza have submitted their endorsement letter to become a Beneficiary of the Project, which is currently in the phase of validation within the World Bank. The WB will send to Plan Bleu all documents and templates that eligible countries require to fill in and provide in order to become a Project Beneficiary. Plan Bleu will then share this information with the potential Beneficiaries.

3. Lina Tode explains implementation procedures of activities to be realized under the Project. The implementation of activities under this Project will be done completely by Plan Bleu under World Bank procedures and rules. Beneficiaries can review terms of references.

Next Project Steering Committee

1. The next “physical” Project Steering Committee meeting is planned for December 2012, leaving the option to meet via video-conference before this date. The next Project Steering Committee meeting will be chaired by Morocco.

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Annex 2 : Proceedings of the conference-forum “Shifting to a green economy

in the Mediterranean region”, May 23-24/05/2012 in Marseilles (document

kindly provided by OCEMO and CMI)

SHIFTING TO A GREEN ECONOMY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

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Environment as an opportunity for job creation and growth

Recommendations for Rio+20 and actions for the future Regional consultation on the CMI

2012 MED Report

Regional Conference, Marseilles, May 23-24, 2012

Elements for proceedings

Key Lessons of the conference

� A successful event, rich of experience sharing and debates,

� With a large partnership upon organization (CMI, OCEMO,

Plan Bleu, FEMISE…) and with around 140 participants

� Some major findings revealing why Green Growth is a

solution for SEMC

� And why it is important to act in a very short term,

� But revealing the fact that shifting to Green Growth need first

several implementations (regulatory, legal and institutional

system refund)

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Introduction

Over the last forty years there have been several major summits on the Environment: the United

Nations conference in Stockholm (1972), the Rio conference in 1992, Johannesburg in 2002, and Copenhagen

in 2009. Each summit has advanced major themes around our conception of the Environment: « Sustainable

Development », « Durability »… and finally « green growth » or « green economy ».

The recent conference on Green Economy held in Marseilles is part of this on-going process. It succeeded

in bringing together 140 participants from across the Mediterranean representing government, local

administration, NGOs, media, public and private bodies – over forty percent of the participants were women –.

This also included redactors and key coordinators of the main reports on green economy such as Mr

Benmoussa from the Social and Economic Council of Morocco, Ms. Linster from OECD, Mr Saab from AFED, Mr

Pipien with Mr Blanc and Mr Bassino for the CMI (WB, AFD, EIB)/Plan Bleu report.

On the first day of discussions, there was a general consensus on Green Economy concepts. M. Pappalardo

highlighted that Green economy is a “sober economy” and is particularly restrained and sober in the use of

“resources that have to be protected” (Dr Abu Safieh). It is a “sustainable and efficient economy” (Gilles Pipien)

stressing the fact that, as conference the OECD’s Ms. Linster highlighted: going forward” environment and

economy cannot be thought of as separate concepts.” To summarize, Mr. Saab described it as the “economic

aspect of sustainable development”.

Political aspect of Mediterranean region was starting at the Barcelona conference in 1975 revealing

common goals, issues and priorities for this region. As a few participants recalled during the conference, there

are two main challenges countries have to grapple with: unemployment and resource scarcity, particularly in

the context of demographic growth. Moreover, according to M.s Pappalardo, we are not leading a sustainable

way of life: over-consumption, economic development models struggling to achieve growth, inefficiency in how

we allocate scare resources, over-consumption of energy and how environmental degradation impacts

economies.

Participants stressed that the actual situation facing the world also offers enormous possibilities to move

toward green growth and “transitioning towards a more green model would enable “long-term growth” and

lead to social inclusion and poverty reduction (Mr Pipien).

Job and wealth creation

• Short term positive impacts and returns on the economy

As Mr Saab explained (see figure 1), it is predicted that the Mediterranean region will require over 60 million

jobs by 2020. During his presentation, he discussed

how green economy could impact sectors such as

water, agriculture, energy, transportation, building

and tourism. Among these sectors, the chief

revelation is the shortness of the impacts on

economy and job creation. As an example,

transitioning to green agriculture could create ten

million new jobs; it could save an estimated 5 to 6 %

of (global/regional??) GDP, which translates into over

Figure 1 : Job creation by 2030 in each country due to energetic efficiency measures (source: SYNDEX)

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$100 billion dollars each year. According to the Social and Economic Council’s report and Mr. Saab’s study on

Morocco, programs that have been implemented (e.g., energy efficiency, waste management…) could lead to

an infusion of 90 000 new jobs.

Furthermore, investing in water solutions and air quality will have an impact on health outcomes and boost

returns on investment: according to a study on Jordan, each Jordanian dinar invested in these sectors will

result in 2.5 dinars in return. Of course, it is important to point out that investing in the different sectors in

order to transition towards the green economy will not generate wealth and employment opportunities at the

same rate as traditional agricultural models. Practical thinking is required on where the focus should be, and

how much effort is required within each sector and there will be the necessary trade-offs.

• Structural policies have to be refunded

To take advantage from all of the programs that have been implemented in order to transition to the green

economy; the first step must be the refund of the structural policies. As Mrs

Myriam Linster explained, a starting point should be the reframing of growth

accompanied by analytical frameworks. To bring this about structural policies

should be adapted to a country’s context, priorities and challenges. Moreover,

aspects of economic and environmental policies have to be mutually reinforced;

a menu of policies should be drawn while policy instruments should be

developed.

• Youth unemployment

The unemployment in Mediterranean countries is particularly strong among youth,

women, and just graduated people. But, as Mr. Ricardo Mesiano explained, the gap of

unemployment, especially among recent graduates, can be filled by switching to a green economy model. In

fact, those sectors, transitioning to green growth, will bring job creation and this reinforces a key point in the

study: highlighting those sectors where unemployment is the highest (for example building engineering).

Technological transfers and their issues

• Evaluating each country’s background and possibilities

M.s Sibel Seezer presentation highlighted a case from

Turkey, which showed indicators are strongly required and

used by Mediterranean countries as a tool for preliminary

evaluation, particularly when they try to implement new

policies, programs or changes in their economies.

Furthermore, the first step countries have to made while

shifting toward green economy has to be a strict evaluation

of what are the priority sectors bringing job creation, short

term positive effects on economy and also sectors where it

is extremely important to act in order to avoid irreversibility

risks of environmental degradation (see figure 3).

Figure 2 : First figures (Source: Fondation du Jeune

entrepreneur, Rida Lamrini)

Figure 3 : Short term payback sectors (Source : Myriam Linster, OECD)

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• Adapting the formation

To promote new sectors of development and to promote job creation, changes in formation have to be made

in order to obtain workers specialized in each sector. In this way, it isn’t necessary to import specialists from

abroad if the country is able to rely on local strengths. To do so, universities and engineering schools have to

work in partnership with the private sector building specific formations and diplomas linked with developing

sectors.

• Halting the transfer directly of those projects from the North to the SEMC and

beginning to convert projects and adapt them to the local context, using local strengths

and local labour whereas importing them

This is one of the errors pointed out by numerous participants that should not be overlooked. As Mr Lardic

explained in his presention on the “Charte qualité Marseille”, it is critical to adapt to the local context and

specificities because geographic position, climate, proximity to the sea brings new possibilities and collectively,

are strong assets that have to be used in this ever-changing process. Following participant discussion on this

objective, the city of Marseilles introduced an evaluation of the local uses and functions (example.g., in the

building sector), putting in place a collaborative reflexion with all the building productive chain (including

architects, building companies,…) .

Supporting companies in the transition to a green economy, and

particularly young entrepreneurs

• Helping them moving toward green economy and converting to new economic sectors

such as green energy, new technologies, new building materials…

By shifting to a green economy, we also destroy jobs and have to

make some trade-offs (as Dr Abu Safieh explained, by promoting

new transportation systems in Palestine we help reducing the

number of taxis).

According to Rafik Missaoui, the process that should be followed

by governments is the following: first they have to create a niche,

then to create a local offer, that will consequently develop a

market and integrate the

local industry, then the

demand will grow leading

to price reduction and

competition. But the first

step to do so has to be an evaluation of the strenghts and weaknesses of

each company.

• Creating new financing mechanisms (with partial

tax exemption, loans with lower interest rates) for

these companies

Support and technical assistance for green startups

of the target popula on through Young Entrepreneur Houses

(selec on, training, business plans, financing, post-crea on support)

Training programs on green technologies

(training centers, teachers, lecturers, trainers)

A knowledge base of green projects and jobs

to be exerted by the youth, the poor and SMEs

Figure 4: Number of MSMEs in MENA by size and by country (Source: Wafik Grais

– Working group – Egypt)

Figure 5 : Three major stages (Source: Fondation du Jeune

entrepreneur, Rida Lamrini)

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As witnessed in Eygpt and Lebanon, both private and public partners must make commitments. Banks have a

central role to play to incentivizing new companies towards such changes, in order for entrepreneurs to take

full advantage. In Lebanon and Egypt, banks offered financing facilities to companies who were making the

shift towards green (in Lebanon) or in the case of Egypt, taxi drivers shifting from away from gas-powered

vehicles. In both actors received loans with low rates, and subsidies from government making the transition

smoother. Furthermore, this kind of investment leads to new jobs, new industries, thereby reducing

environmental degradation. Clearly, this type of investments offers a high rate of return.

• With the help of the banking system, framed by new policies

According to Mr. Averous, a fund should be created in the Mediterranean region supported by private

investors and governments. At the same time, and as Mr. Wafik Grais reiterated, these types of financing

mechanisms should be created through a consultative process with stakeholders, otherwise it may not be

utilized ( Mr. Allègre highlighted one example whereas mechanism was created but not incorporated by

Mediterranean countries as it did not fit their context).

• Offering visibility on new public programs and national plans

Opening up the lines of communication with enterprises to ensure they are aware of all the tools and programs

offered will assist them in the transition to the green economy. In order for there to be a healthy adaptation,

the private sector must also be aware of all the processes, goals and objectives.

New choices on public policies

• There was consensus among all participants that a “brown economy” has a major cost

which has been detrimental to countries

As Mr Averous has explained, 66% of Moroccan gdp go to subsidizing fuel. And this is not an isolated case. For

most of the Mediterranean countries, and contrary to what one might thinks, economy only based on fuel

costs a lot because of all the different subsidies governments have put in place, whereas taxing fuel is reducing

environmental degradations by deterring people to consume, and brings in money reducing expenditures.

• Then a complete refund of the institutional and legal

framework must be undertaken to make the transition

more operational without overlooking the need to

identify new financial reforms

Several recommendations were tabled:

- Restoring a correct price on natural resources

- Restructuring existing taxes and introducing new taxes (including

market creation such as consumption-based taxes)

- Putting a (economic, social or both?) value on environment and

natural infrastructure

- Using eco-friendly subsidies to correct the market

Figure 6 : The Marseille recommendations of the working group (Source :

Mr Averous presentation, 23/24 May, Marseilles)

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• And finally, discontinuing certain subsidies and taxes that are not pro-poor. (Fuel

subsidies for example)

A lot of examples have shown that subsidizing fuel or food did little to

reduce poverty and on the contrary was helping the richest.

Moreover, subsidizing is a very expensive process for States’ Budgets

that is why stopping this kind of help could be a new financing

resource and part of this money could be reinvested in real poverty

reduction policies. Following this observation, studies show that

direct cash transfers to the poor would be much more efficient and

would cost much less and that is exactly what Indonesia has already

implemented : government introduced direct “subsidies distribution” of 17 million of poor people with

“environment” checks.

• In summary, this mechanism must be adaptive and based on ongoing evaluations of

the strategies implemented (but to do this effectively, indicators must be created and

incorporated to compare that which is most cost effective and identifying the positive

externalities)

As the OECD presented (Ms. Linster), indicators are very useful tools to understand which sectors are the most

profitable to be developed in each country. For example, in solar heating, developing a new technology could

be very interesting in Tunisia, where the loan repayment schedules are approximately two years per $100

dollars a barrel. However, a similar mechanism/policy/financing instrument would be totally ineffective in

another country such as Egypt where repayment schedules are approximately 100 years with the GPL(what is

GPL – spell it out) subsidies). Moreover, indicators can also be used to strengthen programs which have already

commenced.

New governance

• The need for decentralizing competencies

Many participants remind us the need of decentralization. The process couldn’t be only top down but both top

down and bottom up, because a real knowledge of the situation is needed, with a strategic comprehension to

gather and federate all of the stakeholders.

• In order to maximize inclusivity of all stakeholders (ensuring a participative process

with clear communication to civil society) in decisions (noting one of the objectives

of the conference was to give civil society a a stronger voice), even using indicators in

this type of communication and information and work-sharing process

As a bottom up process, the broader population must be given a leading role contributing to change. Finally,

the role of indicators is critically important because they enable effective and meaningful communication with

the population around programs and public policy (or political?) choices, thereby advancing the role and lifting

the voice of civil society in the process. In this way, people can react, criticize and importantly, feel involved in

effecting change

Figure 7 : Average distribution of energy consumption subsidy benefit

across 20 countries (Source: Gilles Pipien presentation "Greening

Growth")

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Conclusion, next steps

� We have now to enlarge the process to all of the Mediterranean countries.

Even if this conference was held around Mediterranean country special case and issues,

shifting toward green growth is a process to be share. Furthermore, examples, good

practices, issues and presentation could fit and be useful for other countries.

� What are the outputs and what have been brought by participants upon the Green growth

report and Marseilles’ recommendations?

Focusing on the different comments that have been given by participants from many

countries upon the report, it is obvious that this work is going to be useful and used by

countries. Also, other reports’ redactors and ministries’ representatives were stressing the

need for having examples and good practices, things that they have found in the report.

� A new Mediterranean platform, (Knowledge and experience sharing between SEM

countries)

A major finding highlighted during the conference was the will of sharing projects, ideas,

practices, communicating with other countries in order to be much more efficient and to

harmonize the change.

� This conference is also the beginning of an entire process which is going to lead, at least,

to another major conference in about one year and a half.

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ANNEXES of the proceedings of the conference-forum “Shifting to a green economy in the

Mediterranean region”, May 23-24/05/2012 in Marseilles

Annex A. Examples discussed

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Mo

rocc

o

Renewable energy program

(10 M Euros planned) including

an evaluation of the sectors

potential such as solar and

wind energy sectors. Main

objective : 42 percent green

energy produced by 2020

Energy Efficiency Program

Morocco Solar Plan

National

Sanitation

Program

Efficient Water

Management in

Agriculture

Program with map

creation of soil

fertility

Liquid Sanitation

National Scheme

focusing on

technology

transfers terms :

looking for

solutions that

Morocco would be

able to set up

(technologies

mastered

by moroccan

people and

workers)

Household Waste

National Program

INRA Program on new

wheat varieties (gene

bank,creation of wheat

with higher productivity)

Map creation National

Program on agricultural

land

Plan Maroc Vert

PICCPMV, studies on five

vulnerable regions (lack

of resources) to improve

efficiency in water

consumption and

promote direct seeding

technique with a

massive irrigation

conversion program

(into surface irrigation

drip) with a 100percent

financing fo small

farmers.

Cereal Culture

Conversion Program

National Charter on Land

Planning and Sustainable

management

Green Economy Report

(March 2012)

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Pa

lest

ine

Bacteriological

study on the

impact of

untreated sewage

discharge into the

Mediterranean

Sea

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Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Eg

yp

t

-National Plan for the

development of a

comprehensive strategy for

technology transfers and

green investments

-National Budget for the

promotion of private sector

participation, including

legislative reforms removing

barriers (eg customs) in the

case of green investments,

allocations to the slums, gas

conversion program for taxis

in Cairo

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Leb

an

on

Creation of the Energy

Conservation Centre and a

National Centre mobilizing

investments for renewable

energy

Action Plans for Energy

efficiency

Energy Conservation Law

Integrated waste

management law

Study on the

potential energy

produced from waste

management

Recycling Campaigns

Remediation Project

for industries, with

pollution control

measures undertaken

with assistance from

the Global

Environment Fund and

ministries

4.4.4 Act on the

Environment, including

decrees on impact studies

and the introduction of

financial and

sectoral incentives

Support for SMEs with real

fiscal measures (interest

rate, subsidies, credits for

financing green projects,

grants woth up to 15 percent

of loans) led by the

government and the central

bank in partnership with the

Lebanese Banks Association

Creation of a Sustainable

Development Atlas in

partnership with the UFM

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Tu

rke

y

Climate leaders group, a

network of CEOs (private

sector initiative)

National Strategy on the

Green Economy

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Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture

Cross-sectoral

policies

Tu

nis

ia

Since 2005, Solar Water

Heater Program with a new

system of grants, including

the creation of the National

Fund for Energy Control and

credit through the Electricity

Company (money transfers

from the State to consumers):

transition from 2350 to 81000

m2 of solar panels, creating

80 new models with 40

suppliers covering 80 percent

of the domestic market, 4000

jobs in this sector were

created.

Launching a

National

Water

Conservation

strategy

Waste recovery and

collect program that

already employs

many people

Subsidies for better

irrigation efficiency

National Studies to

launch a green economy

National Spatial Planning

Diagram established in

1994

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture

Cross-sectoral

policies

Jord

an

-Strategy to diversify energy

sources (Nowadays, Jordan

imports 97 percent of its

energy from abroad),

including new laws and

recommendations

-Solar energy fields projects

conducted in partnership with

the US Development Agency

Program to

encourage

universities

working in

reearch and

development in

green solutions

Studies are

involved in the

Water sector :

1 dinar

invested leads

to 1.8 to 2.5

dinars in return

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture

Cross-sectoral

policies

Ma

rse

ille

s

(Fra

nce

)

Building Charter with quality

specifications and

environmental

recommendations (green

building sites, materials,…)

Creative Neighborhoods

program with short

production/consumption

cycles

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Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Alg

eri

a

Objective of 40 percent

renewable energy by 2030

Waste regulation

Creation of a National

Agency

Subsidizing well-

managed landfills

Converting Drip

Program (from 350

to 977 000 hectares

by 2014)

Ministerial Study on the potential

for job creation in the Green

Economy = 1.4 million jobs targeted

National Scheme on Land Planning

and Land Management with

enactment of laws and regulations,

net job creation in the Public

Institutions, grant to save water

Energy Water Waste

Management Agriculture Cross-sectoral policies

Isra

ël

National Plan completed in 2013

including energy measures and

analyzes.(Main goal : 20 percent

reduction in the energy

consumed)

Introduction, with the

National Plan of waste

taxes (Polluter Pays

Principle)

National Strategy with the civil

society and social partners

Analysis of job creation potential in

the different sectors of green

economy

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Annex B. Agenda

DAY 1: MAY 23, 2012

9:00 am-10:00 am Opening Session

10:00 am-11:00 am Green Economy: Economic and Social Challenges

Break

11:15 am-12:30 pm Green Economy, Creation of Jobs and Businesses: Presentation of the “2012 Med Report Towards Green Growth in Mediterranean Countries”

12:30 pm-2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm-3:30 pm Tackling Water Scarcity for Social Co-Benefits

Break

3:45 pm-5:15 pm Green Energy Systems: Promising Economic Opportunities

6:00 pm-7:00 pm Meetings of the Working Group (closed session)

DAY 2: MAY 24, 2012

9:00 am-10:20 am Public Policies: the Shift toward a New Model

10:20 am-10:40 am Break

10:40 am-12:00 am Green Economy in Mediterranean Countries: Business Opportunities

12:00 pm-12:30 pm Recommendations of the Working Group

12:30 pm-1:00 pm Conclusions by the co-president of OCEMO and CMI Strategic Council

1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm: Site visits (to be confirmed)

Working languages

The working languages for the conference will be English and French. Simultaneous translation will

be available for all participants.

Contacts

Camille Morel, OCEMO: [email protected] +33 (0)4 95 09 47 80

Salomé Dufour, CMI/World Bank: [email protected] +33 (0)4 91 99 24 65

Nathalie Rousset, Plan Bleu -UNEP/MAP: [email protected] + 33 (0)4 92 38 71 49

For further information, please consult:

http://www.green-economy-in-med.com

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Annex C. Participants Analysis - Green Economy Conference

Total of participants: 128 + 12 (medias) = 140 participants

63%

0%

14%

23%37%

Gender

Men

Women from the

South

Women from the

North

Origins of participants from the North

Governments Experts

Companies NGO

Administration Partners

medias

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Origins of participants from the SouthGovernments

Experts

Companies

NGO

Administration

Partners (ANIMA,WWF, Medpan,

AFED, CES of Morocco)

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Annex D. SPEAKERS

Georges Abi Saleh - Director of Communications, Association of Banks in Lebanon - Lebanon

Dr. Abu Safieh - Minister of Environment, Palestinian Authority

Dr. Fatma Abu Shouk - Representative of the Minister of Environment - Egypt

Hervé Allègre - Director, Investments, CDC Climat – France

Christian Averous - President of the Working Group, Consultant - France

Myriam Bakhoum - Independent Management Consulting Professional - Egypt

Jean-Pascal Bassino - Consultant, World Bank

Frédéric Blanc - General Delegate, FEMISE – France

Mohammed Blinda - Programme Officer, Water – Plan Bleu – France

Slimane Bedrani - Research Director, CREAD - Algeria

Chakib Benmoussa - President, Conseil Economique et Social - Morocco

Pascale Chabrillat –Director, OCEMO

Ferdinand Costes - Programme Officer, Energy, Plan Bleu - France

Rachid Dahan - General Secretary and Research Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

- Morocco

Philippe de Fontaine Vive - Co-President, OCEMO - Co-President, Strategic Committee, Center for

Mediterranean Integration - Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Danièle Gaillard – Director, International Relations, Conseil Mondial de l’Eau - France

Wafik Grais - Independent Financial Advisor, Vice-President of the Working Group - Egypt

Mats Karlsson – Director, CMI

Rida Lamrini - President, Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs – Morocco

Jean-Charles Lardic – Director, Forward Unit – City of Marseilles – France

Myriam Linster - Principal Administrator, OECD

Lamia Mansour - Team leader, Environmental Fund for Lebanon Projects/ Ministry of Environment - Lebanon

Riccardo Mesiano – First Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Development and Productivity Division - UN-

ESCWA - Lebanon

Alain Mestre - Consultant, Plan Bleu - France

Rafik Missaoui - General Director, ALCOR - Tunisia

Hala Naguib - International Relations and Systems Information Expert, Ministry of Finance - Egypt

Roby Nathanson - General Director, The Macro Center for Political Economics - Israel

Michèle Pappalardo - former General Commissioner for Sustainable Development, former President, ADEME

(Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie) - France

Gilles Pipien - Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank

Jeannette Pretot – President of the Water Embassy

Aldo Ravazzi - Directorate Sustainable Development, Climate & Energy, Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea -

Italy

Najib Saab - Secretary General, Arab Forum for Environment and Development - Lebanon 2

Karim Sahnoun - Deputy Director, Direction of International Cooperation and Partnerships, Ministry of

environment – Tunisia

Sibel Sezer - Regional Director, Regional Environmental Center - Turkey

Mark Smith - Director, Global Water Programme, IUCN – Switzerland

Wafaa Sobhy – Vice Chairman, Gafi – President, Anima – Egypt

Bernard Susini - Deputy Mayor, in charge of Sustainable Development, City of Marseilles - France

Hanna Zaghloul - Chief Executive Officer, Kawar Energy –Jordan

Facilitator: Carole Schaal-Cornillet, Journalist and Consultant, International Affairs

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Annex 3 : Minutes of the Green Growth Workshop, May 24th, 2012 in

Marseilles

Workshop: Green economy, governance and knowledge

Fostering Green Economy in the Mediterranean with the Regional - Governance and Knowledge generation Project

Marseilles (France), 24th May, 2012

Report on the workshop outcomes Prepared by Plan Bleu

The following report on the outcomes of the workshop draws from the notes taken during the session. The workshop report is a summary from the organizers’ point of view, and does not necessarily express the views of each individual participant.

Presentations made during the workshop are available on the dedicated homepage, accessible via the Plan Bleu website. In order to access the dedicated website:

• Visit the Plan Bleu web site http://www.planbleu.org/indexUK.html

• Go to Private Access (at the bottom on the left)

• Use the following information:

� Login : GovKnow � Password : Marseille2012

This workshop has been organized on back to back with the “Conference-Forum: Towards Green Economy in the Mediterranean Region? Environment as an opportunity for jobs creation and growth”, which took place on 23rd-24th May, 2012 in Marseilles (France). Whereas this conference-forum represented an opportunity for Beneficiaries and Partners of the Regional – Governance and Knowledge generation Project (ReGoKo) to gain more knowledge about green economy, the workshop Green economy, governance and knowledge allowed for a multi-partner brainstorming session, giving room for open intersectoral discussion and aiming at identifying common priorities and specific activities to be carried out under the Project in the field of green economy. The general objectives of this activity were the following: i. Enabling all participants to learn more about green growth in the Mediterranean region and to encourage a rich discussion on green growth between the Project’s Beneficiaries; ii. Creating a common knowledge basis on green growth; iii. Enabling the Project’s Beneficiaries to identify specific activities to foster green growth in their countries and in the Mediterranean region; iv. Enabling participants to identify activities related to green growth to be carried out under the ReGoKo Project.

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1. Welcome and overview of workshop objectives

Chair: Ms. Lamia Mansour (Lebanon)

Ms. Hoonae Kim (The World Bank), Mr. Hugues Ravenel (Plan Bleu)

The workshop’s objectives are recalled quickly. A multi-partner brainstorming session with representatives from Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, France, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza; Ministries of Environment, Ministries of Planning, Ministries of Finance, Private Sector and NGOs, giving room for discussions about what a green economy could mean for the participants in their countries and how this would translate within the ReGoKo Project. Lamia Mansour outlines the workshop’s agenda and makes some small amendments; in particular a short session explaining the ReGoKo Project is added to the agenda.

2. Quick overview of the ReGoKo Project

Ms. Lina Tode (Plan Bleu)

Main characteristics of the ReGoKo Project are highlighted. Objective, components, institutional framework, role of Project Steering Committee, first set of agreed activities and their programmatic framework, partnering with other existing initiatives. This information is also available on the dedicated website.

3. Existing national priorities on green economy

This section summarizes the main issues countries have addressed concerning their respective

national priorities.

Mr. Rachid Tahiri (Morocco)

Main issues addressed: ecotaxes, voluntary instruments, important role of SMEs and public-private partnerships, clean technologies.

Ms. Amel Oudina (Algeria)

Main issues addressed: waste - recycling and valorisation, developing local competence in “green” sectors, training and education, “greening” industries to create jobs.

Ms. Lotfi Ben Said (Tunisia)

Main issues addressed: Tunisia is committed to achieving a green(er) economy; jobs creation in the renewable energy, building, and waste and recycling sectors.

Mr. Ahmed Abu Thaher and Mr. Mohammad Said Hmaidi Nasir (West Bank and Gaza)

Main issues addressed: intersectoral cooperation necessary, jobs creation in the building and wastewater sectors, knowledge sharing and awareness raising, clear mandates for institutions (governance), not a party of UNFCCC but supports its content.

Mr. Jaoudat Edward Abou-Jaoude and Ms. Lamia Mansour (Lebanon)

Main issues addressed: valorisation of natural resources, jobs creation through “greener” industries. Also see slideshow from Lamia Mansour, available on the dedicated website.

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Mr. Adel Mohamed Taha and Ms. Gehan El Sakka (Egypt)

Clean production, solid waste management, carbon footprint, energy efficiency. Also see slideshow from Gehan El Sakka available on the dedicated website.

4. Governance for a green economy in the Mediterranean

Facilitated by Mr. Aldo Ravazzi (Italy)

This session has been articulated around the following aspects: how can the Regional – Governance and Knowledge eneration Project (ReGoKo) support Mediterranean Governments to encourage progress towards green economy and related jobs by adapting their legal, regulatory, fiscal and informational frameworks to support an economy that respects the environment, uses natural resources in an efficient way, preserves natural resource stocks, ensures low carbon emissions and creates jobs?

Lebanon raises the point that aspects concerning government issues should directly address high level decision makers. Also, a distinction can be made between a “green” economy and a “greener” economy.

Morocco suggests that new kinds of partnerships (public-private, donors, investors, …) will be required to help make Mediterranean economies greener. Also, access to environmental information is a major issue required to promote a greener economy in the Mediterranean.

Tunisia suggests to establish a regional knowledge base/inventory of best practices on governance and green economy (support would be required for example from the World Bank).

All of the issues mentioned above have also been addressed in the 36 recommendations of the working group on green economy which have been published during 24th May green economy conference.

Waste management could be a priority issue for the beneficiaries:

• West Bank and Gaza underlines that a major issue related to waste management is the fact that clear ownership of waste is usually not set (tragedy of the commons).

• West Bank and Gaza also highlights the issue of waste valorisation. More regional cooperation in waste valorisation could be beneficial, since certain types of waste cannot be recycled everywhere (for example tyres). It could make sense to build partnerships with neighbouring countries to transfer certain types of waste to countries where specialized treatment facilities exist.

• Egypt has experience with the management of medical waste and would be willing to share this information with other countries.

• Egypt is also interested in waste-to-energy measures, but the problem persists that the electricity produced cannot be injected into the Egyptian electricity grid due to technical barriers. Capital investment for pilot projects is needed.

• Algeria underlines the benefits of creating local competence in sectors like waste management and valorisation in order to create jobs.

As a great number of sectors and subjects relate to green economy, it is suggested that Beneficiaries could focus on one specific sector related to green economy and then look into ways for the ReGoKo Project to work on this sector in particular. Egypt suggests for example waste management and Morocco proposes to focus on (renewable) energy.

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Environmental law enforcements has been identified as a subject of interest concerning governance and green economy, especially with regards to natural resources which are shared amongst different Mediterranean countries.

5. Knowledge for a green Mediterranean economy

Facilitated by Mr. Christian Averous (France)

This session has been articulated around the following aspects: what can the ReGoKo do to help Mediterranean countries gain more knowledge about different green economy dimensions in their countries and systematically monitor specific green economy indicators? How can the ReGoKo encourage the exchange of green economy best practices between Mediterranean countries and promote public awareness and access to environmental information?

The participants have identified three main common issues related to knowledge and green economy:

1. Indicators West Bank and Gaza especially highlights the importance of the establishment and monitoring of sound and solid indicators to avoid “green-washing”. Also, collaboration with the media would be beneficial to spread high quality information. The importance of indicators has also been highlighted in the 36 recommendations of the working group on green economy which have been published during 24th May’s green economy conference.

2. Best practices Tunisia specifically highlights the benefits of a regional knowledge sharing platform. This idea of a Mediterranean Green Growth Knowledge Platform has also been addressed in the 36 recommendations of the working group on green economy. In fact, the platform could be a spin-off of an existing Green Growth Knowledge Platform which has been created recently by OECD, World Bank, UNEP and the Global Green Growth Institute. It has also been suggested to share best practices concerning green economy on a sectoral basis. In order to promote experience sharing on a regional level and with other on-going initiatives, Magali Outters, Project manager working on the Horizon2020 initiative suggests to create links between the Horizon2020 initiative and the ReGoKo Project. Horizon2020 focusses amongst other issues on waste management, industrial emissions and wastewater management, along with a component on indicators and trainings on green economy.

3. Access to environmental information This issue has been raised by several participants and is also being addressed in the recommendations of the working group on green economy, which suggests promoting the extension of the “Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters” (Aarhus Convention) to non-original signatory countries.

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6. Conclusions

Chair: Ms. Lamia Mansour

The workshop “green economy, governance and knowledge” has given participants from different sectors and different Mediterranean countries the opportunity to engage into an open brainstorming session about what green economy could mean for their countries and sectors as well as for the ReGoKo Project. During discussions, a large variety of issues have been raised by the participants, reflecting the participants’ interest in green economy and the need for further, more targeted discussions. Due to the multitude of issues raised, it has at this stage not been possible to identify specific priority activities to be implemented under the ReGoKo Project.

However, the workshop has succeeded in engaging representatives from different Mediterranean countries and sectors (Ministries of Environment, Ministries of Planning, Ministries of Finance, Private Sector and NGOs) into a common discussion about green economy in particular and environmental issues in general. Participants from different sectors have realized that fostering a green(er) economy and promoting the protection of natural resources could be beneficial for everybody and may therefore present a common objective. The establishment of this regional intersectoral dialogue has been a first step for mainstreaming environmental issues.

7. Next steps

The propositions and issues raised during this workshop will be followed up upon by Plan Bleu and the Project Steering Committee of the ReGoKo Project. In order to be able to define specific priority activities to be carried out under the ReGoKo Project, it may be beneficial to install some kind of a multi-partner reflection process on a national level before engaging into more in-depth regional discussions.

The Project Steering Committee and Plan Bleu will define such procedures in more detail and update the workshop’s participants on the next steps.

8. List of participants Ali ABBASI Ingenieur d Etat au Service de l Eau et de l

Environnement

Email [email protected]

Ministere de l Economie et des Finances -

Direction du Budget

Maroc

Georges ABI SALEH

Directeur de la communication

Email [email protected]

Association Des Banques Du Liban

Liban

Jaoudat Edward ABOU-JAOUDE

Senior architect urbain planner

Email [email protected]

CDR

Liban

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Nathalie ABU ATA

Operations Officer

Email [email protected]

World Bank

France

Ahmad ABU THAHER

Director General of Projects and

International Relations Directorate

Email [email protected]

Environment Quality Authority

Palestine

Dr. Fatma ABU SHOUK

Representative of the Ministry of

Environment

Email [email protected]

Egypt

Hassan Aly AHMED HOSSAM

Professor of Environmental Engineering

Email [email protected]

HIPH; Alexandria University

Egypt

Nouzha ALAOUI ISMAILI

Attachée à la Direction de l'Electricité et des

Energies Renouvelables

Email [email protected]

Département de l’Energie

Maroc

Seloua AMAZIANE

Chef de division à la Direction du

Partenariat, de la Communication, et de la

Coopération

Email [email protected]

Ministère de l'Energie, des Mines, de l'Eau et

de l'Environnement

Maroc

Christian AVEROUS

President of the working group on green

economy

Email [email protected]

France

Nazeh BEN AMAR Email [email protected]

Conféfération des Entreprises Citoyennes de

Tunisie

Tunisie

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Sonia BEN NASR

Directeur adjoint

Email [email protected]

Ministère de l'Investissement et de la

Coopération Internationale

Tunisie

Lotfi BEN SAID Directeur à la Direction générale du

Développement Durable

Email [email protected]

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de

l'Environnement

Tunisie

Myriam Benraad Email [email protected]

European Investment Bank

France

Mohammed BOUTACHALI Expert Country Project Coordinator

Email [email protected]

Paving the way for the Mediterranean Solar

Plan

Maroc

Walid DARWISH Senior Manager

Email [email protected]

Social Fund For Development

Egypt

Gehan Mohamed EL SAKKA Head of Environmental Indicators and

Reporting Unit

Email [email protected]

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Egypte

Sami FEGHALI Directeur du département de l'Aménegement

du Territoire

Email [email protected]

Conseil du Développement et de la

Reconstruction

Liban

Semra Fejzibegovic

Leading researcher

Email [email protected]

Hydro-Engineering Institute

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Rim GUIZANI

Chef de service

Email [email protected]

Centre International des Technologies de

l'Environnement de Tunis

Tunisie

Cynthia Kayem Officier technique

Email [email protected]

Cooperation italienne de developpement-

Ministere de l'environnement

Liban

Hoonae KIM Sector Manager Agriculture, Rural

Development & Environment, MENA

Region

Email [email protected]

World Bank

Myriam Linster Administrateur principal

Email

OCDE

Lamia MANSOUR

Team Leader

Email [email protected]

Environmental Fund for Lebanon Projects

Liban

Marie Therese Merhej Seif

President

Email [email protected]

Human Environmental Association of

Development & LEF

Liban

Mohammad Said Hmaidi NASIR

General Manager

Email [email protected]

Palestine Waste Recycling Company

Palestine

Amel OUDINA

Directrice Adjointe, Point Focal Opérationel

FEM

Email [email protected]

Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire et

de l'Environnement

Algérie

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Gilles PIPIEN

Senior environmental specialist, President of

the working group on green economy

Email [email protected]

World Bank

Ayman Ismail Ibrahim RABI

Executive Director

Email [email protected]

Palestinian Hydrology Group

Palestine

Aldo Ravazzi member of the working group on green

economy

Email [email protected]

Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea

Italie

Hugues RAVENEL

Chef de l’unité stratégique, Directeur par

intérim

Email [email protected]

Plan Bleu

France

Nathalie ROUSSET Chargée de mission Economie, changement

climatique

Email [email protected]

Plan Bleu

France

Wissem ROMDHANE Email [email protected]

Ministère du Développement Régional et de

la Planification

Tunisie

Adel Mohamed TAHA

Chemical Sector Coordinator

Email [email protected]

Environmnetal Compliance Office -

Federation of Egyptian Industries

Egypt

Rachid TAHIRI Chef du Service Conseil national de

L'environnement

Email [email protected]

Direction des Etudes, de la Planification et

de la Prospective, Département de

l'Environnement

Maroc

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Lina TODE

Chargée de mission Gouvernance et Eau

Email [email protected]

Plan Bleu

France

Abdelhamid ZAMMOURI

Président

Email [email protected]

Association du Développement Durable de

Médenine

Tunisie

Moncief ZIANI Membre du Conseil Economique et Social et

DG du bureau d’étude CID et président de la

FMCI (Fédération Marocaine de Conseil et

d’ingénierie)

Email [email protected]

Conseil Economique et Social

Maroc