Bizerte Lake Environmental Project Lagoon and Marine de Pollution
Project Objective: To improve Lake Bizerte’s wastewater management, thereby reducing land-based pollution in Lake Bizerte and to the adjacent Mediterranean Sea, through piloting inter-ministerial policy dialogue, supporting foundational capacity building in environmental management and providing access to infrastructure investment finance. Lake Bizerte has been identified as a pollution hotspot connected both to the Mediterranean Sea and to Lake Ichkeul, which is a wetland of international importance designated as a RAMSAR site and UNESCO-MAB reserve.
River/Lake
Lake
Africa , Northern Africa
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project-document
CEO Approval for MSP (PDF)| General information | |
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| GEF ID | 5787 |
| Project type | Medium-Size Project |
| Status | active (Project Approved) |
| Start Date | 06 Jun 2014 |
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| Focal Area | International Waters |
| GEF Allocation to project | 2,000,000 USD |
| Total Cost of the project: | 112,723,000.00 USD |
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Tunisia
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
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Christian Severin
Senior Environmental Specialist
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