Tunisia launches clean production to preserve enterprises
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- The Tunisian Clean Production Project (TCPP) was launched on Thursday, in Tunis, in the presence of Mr.Nadhir Hamada, Minister Environment and Sustainable Development.
Eco-friendly or clean production prevents all forms of pollution, in order to reduce risks for health and the environment, while improving the competitiveness and economic viability of businesses.
Funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), this project aims at strengthening capacities of the National Clean Production Centre (NCPC) in terms of resources efficient and clean production (RECP).
The TCPP which is part is part of implementing the second phase of the UNIDO’s integrated technical co-operation program with Tunisia, is structured around two main axes.
The first aims at strengthening the capacity of national skills in terms of dissemination of the concept of cleaner production, through training of 25 Tunisian national experts in the master of the basic tools of cleaner production and innovative concepts (industrial ecology, analysis of life’s cycle, social responsibility, Eco-label) and accompanying 75 industrial companies and hotels for the implementation of cleaner production tools.
The second axis, aims at putting up a network of the Tunisian CNPP with its counterparts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to promote technology transfer and knowledge on cleaner production.
To this end, a knowledge management system (KMS) will be established to promote the exchange of information and expertise between countries of the region.
The targeted sectors are textiles, leather and footwear, food, hotels, engineering, electrical and chemical industries.
Mr. Nadhir Hamada stressed that the project, which is part of the national objectives in of environmental upgrading, will help enterprises reduce their consumption of raw materials, water and energy, while increasing their competitiveness.
Other factors mentioned by the Minister, including benchmarking studies conducted nationally in this sector, which revealed the interest for Tunisian companies of clean products.
In a related event, Mr. Nadhir Hamada, held on Thursday a conference on “national and regional planning and the fight against the challenges of climate change and desertification”, in which he said that Tunisia implemented projects aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gas, the main cause of climate change.
He mentioned in this context, the adoption by the National Clean Development Mechanism Office of 37projects in the sector of energy efficiency, exploitation of renewable energy in addition to the strengthening of the Tunis railway network, the reduction of emissions of phosphate sector and control of waste management.
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