 Objectives : |
| The main role of international cooperation is to follow up on projects financed by international donors, seek funding for new projects, promote new initiatives and coordinate planning in the waste management sector. International cooperation aims at : |
 Strengthening cooperation and partnership with international institutions to support technical and financial assistance,
Building stakeholders’ human capacity in the sector of waste management through training and participation in workshops and conferences,
Developing new areas of technical and financial partnership, with openings towards new horizons;
Promoting South-South cooperation by sharing country experiences in the region of Africa and the Middle East; |
 Programs of financial cooperation |
| Projets financed by the World Bank: |
Project of « Sustainable Management of Municipal Waste » combined with two projects to sell Certificates of Carbon Emission Reduction from ten landfills (the sale of 50% of CERs under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol): Project cost 22 million dollars (IBRD loan)
African Program for Elimination of out-dated pesticides in Tunisia : Project cost 4 million dollars (GEF Grant) (with financing from AFD/ FFEM of 800 thousand €)
Project to demonstrate and promote good practices for management of waste from health activities and PCBs : cost of project 5.5 million dollars (GEF grant) |
| Projects financed by the German Development Bank (KFW): |
3 landfills and related transfer centers in the three governorates of Bizerte, Sousse and Kairouan : Cost of project : 9 200 M€
A second landfill and related transfer centers in the Greater Tunis : 12.8 M€
A treatment facilitiy of Industrial and Special waste at Jradou : 18 M€ (11.7 M€ of which as Grants)
Three reception and storage centers of Industrial and Special waste in the North, the Center and the South: 14.5 M€
Project to create landfills in the Majerda Valley : Cost of project 7.8M€
Projects financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB):
6 landfills and related transfer centers in the governorates of Sfax, Gabes, Djerba, Medenine, Nabeul and Monastir : Cost of project : 25 Million Euros |
| Projects financed under the Italian cooperation : |
| 3 landfills and related transfer centers in the 3 governorates of Zaghouan, Mahdia, and Tozeur : Cost of project : 12.3 Million Euros |
| Programs of technical Cooperation |
| Tunisian-German technical cooperation (GTZ): |
The Tunisian-German Program for the Environment ; component «Integrated and Sustainable Waste Management »
Project of the Regional Network of Information and Competency Exchange in the area of waste « SWEEP-NET » ; Cost of Project: 6 Million € |
Tunisian-French Cooperation
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| Agreement of Technical Cooperation with the French Agency of the Environment and Energy Control “ADME” |
