The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

Programme 2014 - 2020 Mediterranean Sea Basin ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2024-03-25

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Description (EN):

Challenge-driven cooperation is a crucial shot to provide coherent and continuous cross-border dialogue and process including sustained awareness-raising of public authorities and policy-makers at regional/national level, capacity building, easy access to information and a friendly use of tools for mutual learning. This approach can contribute to mitigating local water crisis, a common challenge in the Mediterranean, through facilitating general access and promotion of best practices including the improvement of treated wastewater reuse as a non-conventional water resource (NCWR). Moreover, indication shows weakness in the multi-level governance and law enforcement, in planning, managerial and operational capacities, further than low-level involvement of the stakeholders in the decision-making process. MEDWAYCAP project will face these issues and address the final beneficiaries, to be equipped with state-of-the-art knowledge on NCWR techniques, management, planning and skills to reuse at territorial level for domestic and agricultural purpose thanks to the well organised capitalization platforms for networking and knowledge transfer and capacity building tool box. The project has been structured to: transfer and “upgrade” knowledge; reinforce new\existing networks & alliances; raise awareness among public authorities, policy-makers and “challenge owners” about NCWR measures and related opportunities for planning policies and related funding measures.

Achievements (EN):

The MEDWAYCAP project has recently concluded its transformative journey, leaving a lasting legacy in the realm of water innovation in the Mediterranean. This ambitious project, whose roots are deeply embedded in key policies, has not only achieved its immediate objectives, but has also laid the foundations for a sustainable and collaborative future. Our project unlocked the hidden potential of the valorisation of the emerging non-conventional water (NCW) sources for both urban and rural applications, and created a Mediterranean Alliance for infusing new life to the capitalized best practices (BPs) and putting NCW – an alternative resource for our society, economy and environment – at the heart of the water strategy in the Mediterranean region. Stated Dr. Konstantinos Plakas of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), the lead partner of MEDWAYCAP With a focus on promoting NCW practices in line with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Water Agenda, the project aimed to strengthen and amplify the potential of the projects capitalized by the project (AQUACYCLE, MAIA-TAQA, MEDISS, MENAWARA, NAWAMED, PROSIM). The establishment of a Mediterranean Alliance, involving a multitude of stakeholders such as researchers, practitioners, public bodies, institutions, and the private sector, is a key achievement. This alliance aims to ensure the continued success and dissemination of project results and BPs across the Mediterranean and beyond. Engaging consortium, associated partners and stakeholders in focused discussions during the two international Innovation Camps held in Tunisia and Jordan, the project identified crucial challenges on the road to change in the Mediterranean region. The MEDWAYCAP project took an entrepreneurial approach to the strategic and operational management of economic, social, technological, cultural, and environmental challenges. The engagement of four key actor categories - Science, Policy, Industry, and Society - resulted in the successful realization of 17 prototypes/solutions during the two Innovation Camps, which involved 200 stakeholders from 10 Mediterranean countries. The MEDWAYCAP BPs’ Inventory Platform (https://bpinventory.com/), an open and dynamic resource played a crucial role in sharing know-how and supporting decision-making processes. With 23 BPs submitted from 9 Mediterranean countries, with 2 BPs under evaluation, the platform has proven its effectiveness in analysing trends and gaps to guide policy and funding. The MEDWAYCAP Itinerant Exhibition, which crossed Italy, Tunisia and Jordan, brought technical solutions directly to the people. With 10 display modules, 18 solutions, 3 scale models, 1 media module, and 1000 visitors, the exhibition combined knowledge, creativity, and handcrafted materials to promote accessibility. As the project concludes, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Mediterranean Alliance becomes a cornerstone for further cooperation. It raises critical questions about improving coordination and networking between individuals and institutions, promoting planned initiatives in the region, and setting measurable milestones for joint initiatives. The success of the MEDWAYCAP project is not only a conclusion, but also a beginning, a call to sustainably promote innovation, collaboration, and environmental stewardship in the Mediterranean region and beyond.

Website: https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/MEDWAYCAP

Expected Results (EN):

At least 480 persons involved in 20 measures and initiatives to showcase, exchange, test and transfer water supply & demand solutions to end-users in order to improve water use efficiency and quality and use of NCW resources for domestic and agricultural purposes. 1 “ready-to-use package” - best practices, methodologies and tools – to boost NCWR acceptance and use . 1 interactive capitalisation platform for networking and knowledge transfer . 7 national alliances and Initiatives for replicability and investments in sustainable developmentAt least 480 persons involved in 20 measures and initiatives to showcase, exchange, test and transfer water supply & demand solutions to end-users in order to improve water use efficiency and quality and use of NCW resources for domestic and agricultural purposes. 1 “ready-to-use package” - best practices, methodologies and tools – to boost NCWR acceptance and use. 1 interactive capitalisation platform for networking and knowledge transfer. 7 national alliances and Initiatives for replicability and investments in sustainable development. 7 inventories for business opportunities for NCW solutions in the context of the circular economy. 7 action plans for fostering NCWR integration into the water governance system. 7 inventories for business opportunities for NCW solutions in the context of the circular economy. 7 action plans for fostering NCWR integration into the water governance system.

Expected Outputs (EN):

3.1 - Assessment of innovative solutions for NCW management: Mediterranean data inventory. 3.2 - Best practices inventory & story-telling video map. 3.3 - MEDWAYCAP innovative and creative participatory methodology guidance for water governance. 4.1 - MEDWAYCAP MoU: an Alliance for a long term capitalisation strategy at Mediterranean level. 4.2 - Interactive capitalisation platform for networking and knowledge transfer. 4.3 - Capacity building and knowledge transfer tool box. 5.1 - Inventories for business opportunities for NCW solutions in the context of the circular economy. 5.2 - National alliances and Initiatives for replicability and investments in sustainable development. 5.3 - Action plans for fostering NCWR integration into the water governance system.

Thematic information

Water management

Thematic Objective: Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis

Department: Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute/Natural Resources and Renewable Energies Laboratory

Address: 6th km Charilaou-Thermi Road, GR-57001 Thessalonki, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Website: https://www.certh.gr/

Total budget: EUR 122 547.10

ENI budget: EUR 110 292.39

مركز بحوث و تكنولوجيات المياه

Name: مركز بحوث و تكنولوجيات المياه

Department: Laboratoire Eaux Usées & Environnement

Address: CERTE, Technopole de BorjCedria BP. 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.certe.rnrt.tn

Total budget: EUR 160 072.00

ENI budget: EUR 144 064.80

اتحاد منظمات الاعمال المصرية الاوروبية

Name: اتحاد منظمات الاعمال المصرية الاوروبية

Department: n/a

Address: 7,El Fardos St., Alga Scan building 4, SmouhaAlexandria, Egypt

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.ceeba.org

Total budget: EUR 139 911.06

ENI budget: EUR 125 919.95

Università degli Studi di Sassari

Name: Università degli Studi di Sassari

Department: Centro Interdipartimentale di Ateneo Nucleo di Ricerca sulla Desertificazione

Address: Viale Italia 39, 7100 Sassari, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Website (not verified): https://en.uniss.it/nrd

Total budget: EUR 103 490.40

ENI budget: EUR 93 141.36

Agenzija ghall-Energija u l-Ilma

Name: Agenzija ghall-Energija u l-Ilma

Department: n/a

Address: Qormi Road, LQA9043 Luqa, Malta

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.energywateragency.gov.mt

Total budget: EUR 66 254.40

ENI budget: EUR 59 628.96

Istituto agronomico mediterraneo di Bari (CIHEAM IAMB)

Name: Istituto agronomico mediterraneo di Bari (CIHEAM IAMB)

Department: n/a

Address: Via Ceglie, 9 , 70010 Valenzano (BA), Italy

Legal status: n/a

Website (not verified): http://www.iamb.it/en/

Total budget: EUR 128 913.60

ENI budget: EUR 116 022.24

المركز الوطني للبحوث الزراعية

Name: المركز الوطني للبحوث الزراعية

Department: Horticulture Research Directorate / Olive Research Department

Address: 19381 Amman, Al-Baqa, Jordan

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.narc.gov.jo

Total budget: EUR 136 938.60

ENI budget: EUR 123 244.74

جمعية مهندسي الصرف الصحي الفلسطينية

Name: جمعية مهندسي الصرف الصحي الفلسطينية

Department: Development Department

Address: Birzeit Street, P.O Box 3665Al-Bireh, Palestine

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.palweg.org

Total budget: EUR 103 994.37

ENI budget: EUR 93 594.93

SVI.MED. - Centro Euromediterraneo per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

Name: SVI.MED. - Centro Euromediterraneo per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

Department: n/a

Address: Via Teocrito 6/A, 97100 Ragusa, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.svimed.eu

Total budget: EUR 148 854.12

ENI budget: EUR 133 968.71

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Centre for Research and Technology, Hellas

The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

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Centre for Water Research and Technologies

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Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations

The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

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Desertification Research Centre - University of Sassari

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Energy and Water Agency

The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

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Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari - CIHEAM IAMB

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National Agricultural Research Center

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Palestinian Wastewater Engineers Group

The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

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SVI.MED. EuroMediterranean Center for the Sustainable Development

The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

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Project name (EN): The MEDiterranean pathWAY for innovation CAPitalisation toward an urban-rural integrated development of non-conventional water resources

Project acronym: MEDWAYCAP

Project start date: 2021-10-01

Project end date: 2023-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 110 975.65

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 999 878.09

Co-financing sources:

ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 999 878.09.

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2014 - 2020 Mediterranean Sea Basin ENI CBC

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-02-09

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

80 / 80 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

610 / 610 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.enicbcmed.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2024-02-28. Fields project name (from 3 projects) translated from French into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: RESMYLE, OENOMED and RE-MED.

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