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TunisiaMediterranean development through innovative forestry: EU project holds Forestry Innovation and Development Week in Morocco
December 23, 2015
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The EU-funded project MENFRI last month organised a “Forestry Innovation and Development Week” in Morocco, as part of its aim of supporting Mediterranean forestry actors with effective services and information to ensure a sustainable use of forests.
The objective was to hold a first set of training modules on forest certification, women’s empowerment and inclusion of unemployed in the forestry sector, for representatives from local and national administrations, cooperatives, academics, entrepreneurs, and international organizations. The ultimate goal is for these modules to be replicable all over the Mediterranean and scalable to local specifics. They will be also tested in May 2016 in Tunisia.
Mediterranean forestry is a multidisciplinary sector leading to complex situations where many aspects are to be taken into consideration: regulation, finance, education, environmental management, social inclusion etc. Because all these aspects are interlinked, it is crucial to develop capacity building and put the different stakeholders in contact.
MENFRI – the Mediterranean Network of Forestry Research and Innovation – is a research project funded by the EU under its Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), aiming at fostering international cooperation amongst the Mediterranean region in the field of forestry. (EU Neighbourhood Info)
Read more
MENFRI project website
MENFRI leaflet
EU Neighbourhood Info Centre press pack – Euro-Mediterranean Research cooperation press pack: Towards a common knowledge and innovation space
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Morocco
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