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Integrated Waste Management for Olive-Oil Pressing Industries in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan (00045125)

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Implementing Partner: (NEX) Ministry of Local Administration and Environment—Syria
Practice Area: Environment and Energy
Total Budget: US$ 281.685 for the region
Total expenditures as of December 2007: 1.738 million Euro for the region (Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan)
Duration: 3 years (Sept. 2005 - Sept. 2008)
Status: Closed
Location: Countrywide

Description / Overview:
This regional project aims to set an integrated management system for olive oil wastes in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, in order to reduce their negative environmental impact without harming the production and growth of the olive oil sector.

Objectives:
  • Introduce cleaner production options, prevention, control and treatment measures to the olive oil industry
  • Raise awareness of the value of environmental-friendly olive oil processing
  • Set standards and limits relevant to the olive oil sector

Target Beneficiaries:
  • Owners of olive oil pressing mills
  • Farmers and owners of land affected by olive oil industry wastes

 
Implementation Strategy:
  • Establish an industrial database of olive oil production in the region
  • Select certain olive oil presses for clean


Production Options and Standard Modalities:

  • Technically train and assist the stakeholders
  • Set a monitoring strategy to be adopted by concerned national authorities to regulate the production of olive oil
  • Undertake awareness activities, including the promotion of environmental preservation

Achievements / Current Status:
  • A database of olive oil production and a GIS map of the locations of mills, ground water and “hot spots” in Syria has been finalized
  • Meetings of the regional and national project committees and four training workshops for staff of all stakeholders have been held
  • Analysis of Syrian environmental legislation, with the aim of identifying modifications needed, has been completed
  • Audits of eight mills and four sites of complementary industries have been conducted
  • Reports on the first and fourth phase of the project have been completed

Partnerships:
  • The European Commission
  • Ministry of Local Administration and Environment

Project Documents Link:
National Project Director (NPD): Dr. Marwan Dimashki
UNDP Project Management: Energy & Environment Team
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Last update of project information: July 2008