24 July 2008
Tunis — Tunis, July 24, 2008 -- Tunisia and Japan have entrusted a team of experts from both countries to manage a Japanese fund destined to ecological projects on the African continent, as part of a triangular cooperation venture with Arab and African countries, to address the adverse effects of climate change.
The decision was announced following a meeting on Thursday between Mr Nadhir Hamada, the Tunisian Minister of the environment and sustainable development, and Mr Ikuzo Sakurai, the Japanese deputy Minister of the environment, currently on a work visit to Tunisia.
The Tunisian side presented the Japanese delegation with a strategic project consisting in transferring some 200 million cubic meters of treated water from the greater Tunis area to areas of the interior, with a view to use them to grow fodder and pastures.
The Tunisian Minister also presented his Japanese counterpart with the preliminary results of a prospective study conducted by Tunisia to adapt to climate change.
Previously, the Japanese deputy Minister had visited the Tunis International Center of Environmental Technologies (CITET), where he was briefed on the country's programs insofar as alternative energies, the recycling of waste, and ecological studies are concerned.
He also visited a drinking water program destined to rural areas in Beja, as well as the national park of Ichkeul , in the governorate of Bizerta, north of the country.
Apart from the drinking water program in Beja, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is involved in the financing of several ecological and infrastructure projects in Tunisia, such as the Rades-La Goulette suspended bridge and the Bordj Cedria technological park which specializes in biological research and alternative energies.
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