Green Ifriqiya - Edition 2009 (Le Kram, from 12 to 14 November 2009)

International Economic and Environmental Forum:
· Exhibition area
· B2B (business-to-business) space
· Thematic workshops and seminars
Objectives:
· Provide the opportunity to have an access to technologies and international discoveries and environmental and sustainable development field.
· Attract investments in environmental and sustainable development field
· Create an area for meeting for mutual exchange of experience and opportunities between investors, technicians and finance experts in environmental and sustainable development field.
Program:

A seminary will be organized by the Union of Arab Banks and will treat: "the financing of investment in environmental and renewable energy by the banking sector” in the presence of 400 banks worldwide.
Carbon forum :
The forum will be organized by “CDM-JI-Initiative «in MENA region in collaboration with Tunisian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
Carbon forum and CDM project exibition
Thematic workshops:
Events organized by the German Technical Cooperation GTZ:

- « Eco-efficiency in the cement industry ».
- « The Traditional materials of Maghreb».
- « Introduction of a standard international quality for CES in Tunisia».
- « Industrial areas management in Africa»: approaches and challenges.
- « North Africa Carbon Forum ».
- « Study of feasibility: « Thermal Central Solar ».
The workshops will be an opportunity to present and discuss investment opportunities for the private sector in the specific environment field (waste water treatment, solid waste management etc…..).
National Institution and Agencies contributing in the workshops:
· The National Sanitation utility "ONAS":"South-south cooperation in the field of sanitation".
· National Agency of Environment Protection "ANPE":"Mechanisms for environmental protection to employment services and sustainable development".
· Coastal Protection and Planning Agency "APAL":"Integrated management of coastal areas".
· Tunis International Center for Environmental Technologies "CITET":"Environmental upgrade and competitiveness of the company"
· The National Agency for Energy Conservation "ANME":"incentives in the energy conservation and renewable energies".
· National Waste Management Agency "ANGED":"Valorization of waste".
· Bank of Gene "BG ": "Conservation, management and protection of indigenous genetic resources".
Targeted environmental sectors/activities
· Waste water treatment and reuse.
· Collect and treatment of waste.
· Treating and eliminating dangerous and special waste.
· Other preventive anti-pollution activities.
· Energy efficiency.
· Renewable energies.
· Water management and saving.
· Protection and preservation of natural resources.
· Eco tourism.
· Geomatic.
· Horticulture and tree nursery.
· Creation and maintenance of green areas.
· Analyses, tests and technical control.
· Environmental information and communication.
· Other environmental industries.
· Research and innovation.
· Struggling against desertification.
· Adequate development mechanisms.
· Management of hospital wastes.
· Valorization of wastes.
· Coastal Protection and Planning.
· Management of electric, electronic, and electmechanical wastes.

First Edition 2007

The first international environmental investment Forum was organized from 9 to 11 November 2009 in the International Exhibition Ground of Tunis.

The main objectives of this Forum were to promote and develop partnerships and business activities in environmental and sustainable development sector.

The event has created a new environmental businesses forum sheltering environmental technologies and services exhibition, a green business market (space of business to business meetings “B-to-B”), within about 200 business appointments. The participants were representatives of 16 countries: Italy, France, Germany, Finland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia Kingdom, and Tunisia have taken part to this forum.

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