The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
MedTOWN Recommendations for improving the legal-regulatory framework of the social and solidarity economy in the 6 countries of the project
As a result of the Comparative Study of the Regulatory and Legal Framework of the Social and Solidarity Economy in the countries participating in the MedTOWN Project, the following proposals for improvements were made regarding the legal and regulatory framework of the social and solidarity economy in the different countries that are part of the MedTOWN project.
White Paper Development on Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) in Spain
The White Paper on Public Procurement of Innovtion (PPI) developed within the PPI4MED has allowed CSIC (Spanish National Research Centre) to study in detail the PPI process, analyse the current situation of the instrument in Spain,
how does it affect the research community and its particularities. It also provides some conclusions and recommendations.
Policy recommendations on non-conventional water from the Arab Water Forum
The document reports key messages and recommendations coming from the panel session held in Dubai, in the framework of the Arab Water Forum (21 September 2021), and organized by the Desertification Research Centre at the University of Sassari (NRD-UNISS), the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM BARI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The panel session aimed at tackling water insecurity in the Mediterranean region by fostering shared knowledge and experiences on Non-conventional Water governance through the promotion of innovative technologies and reuse strategies in agriculture.
Compendium and recommendation papers
The promotion of non-conventional water in agriculture has been at the core of the MENAWARA project and, in particular, of the roundtables organized in Jordan, Palestine, Tunisia and Spain. The events were organized to become a meeting point for farmers, farmers' association, technicians, managers, academia, local communities and local/national authorities to debate the use of reclaimed water in 21st century agriculture. It has been an opportunity to reflect jointly on the situation of water reuse in agriculture and its legal and regulatory conditions; issues that are currently very topical. The documents incorporates principles, approaches and strategies highlighted by the relevant stakeholders and decision makers to contribute to face the challenge of water scarcity by using the reclaimed water as a complementary source to surface water.
NEX-LABS Joint Action Plan Recommendations.
After setting the priorities, specific and targeted recommendations were found imperative to outline the action plan that would ultimately generate an informed strategy, supporting the implementation of Living Labs (LLs) and ensuring the success of the intended Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus approach. As such, consecutive sessions with partners were organized that were diverse and ranged between virtual meetings and in person workshops that resembled the intended LLs. The MURAL, an interactive online platform, was used to host partners of these projects and experts in the field, engaging in discussions and fulfilling tasks required for the development of the Nexus Joint Action Plan (NJAP). The MURAL incorporated a series of steps to be followed during various sessions. The tool built upon the recommendations from previous NEX-LABS activities, implementing measures to assess and prioritize the necessary actions. As such, over several meetings and focus group discussions, partners were able to assign several targeted actions for the pre-assigned recommendations, identify the timeline and impacts of the actions, assigned scores, and ranked the priorities, by that validating the
determined priorities.