ENEA Atlas for development cooperation
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Projects
Technical support to the Lebanese Ministry of the environment for air quality and pollution from persistent organic pollutants
For achieving the objectives:
Recipient country:
Lebanon
Period: 2013-2014
Description
Under the broader Italian cooperation project on “Integrated management of solid wastes in Baalbeck”, the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs entrusted ENEA with the task of strengthening the institutional relations with the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment for air quality monitoring, especially as to pollution from POPs (persistent organic pollutants).
ENEA Activities:
- Technical and scientific support to the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment in the implementation of Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants through the definition of a pilot programme for investments in pollution reduction in Lebanon
- Training to operators from the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment on waste management and disposal
- Development and implementation of a management plan for air quality using a specific atmospheric modelling system, over Lebanon, developed by ENEA.
Sectors
410 - General Environment Protection
41020 - Biosphere protection
41020 - Biosphere protection
SDGs Target
11.6 Reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management