LOCATION:

Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt

TARGET GROUP:

• Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as research/teaching staff
• National decision-makers
• Public authorities and organisations
• Waste management experts and other key stakeholders

CHALLENGES:

Insufficient study programmes for waste management and circular economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

SOLUTION:

An online study programme on integrated solid waste management and circular economy was developed to qualify future personnel of the public and private sector with regard to improved and integrated waste management solutions for a sustainable circular economy.

DESCRIPTION:

Improper waste management has become one of the major environmental challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). To address this problem, each country requires a new integrated solid waste management system, sufficient financing and a skilled workforce to manage the rapidly growing waste amounts sustainably. This project established a collaborative network between German universities and universities in the MENA region, with the long-term goal of generating qualified personnel for the political, regulatory, municipal and private sector.

The network developed an online educational programme on state-of-the-art technologies in waste management and circular economy for under-graduate and graduate students. The online programme was scaled to other universities, educational institutions and decision-makers in the region, e. g. in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. 15 online lectures on best practices of waste management and circular economy, which can be used for education and know-how transfer worldwide, will be published and accessible on Hamburg Open Online University by the end of 2022.

Pitch video on the German-MENA University Network

In this 7-minute video, Isla Hodgkinson from Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) pitches the concept of the German-MENA university network as well as next steps to scale up this project.

Watch the video on YouTube

Project partners:

Related links:

Pilot project update 03/2022 - Don’t waste the opportunity to learn more about how not to waste

Pilot project update 11/2021 - Join the lectures about Waste Management and Circular Economy

Pilot project update 06/2021 - Self-empowerment through capacity buidling on circular economy

HOOU - Example for online lecture

Website HOOU - Hamburg Open Online University (lecture material)

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