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IV. Invest In Med:
Fostering Competitiveness for South-Med Products
Operation 1: Workshops on producers
responsibility EU directives:
REACH, RoHS and C&L
International and National experts presented the EU
directives (REACH, C&L, RoHS) to enterprises, local
stakeholders and consultants who will make initial contacts
with SME’s in the framework of this initiative.
The participants were introduced to the Overview of
the Global Regulatory Frameworks related to Chemicals
Management, Clean and New Technologies for
Chemicals and Chemical Waste Management in Industry,
Hazard Communication: GHS-Labeling and
Safety Data Sheet.
This operation is considered as the first and essential
step in assisting SME’s to manufacture products
which are compliant with European environmental
directives, and how to comply with those directives in
order to learn about major export barrier and thereby
gain more potential for export to the Europe market.
During the workshop, a MOU was signed between the
LCPC and Federation of Egyptian Industries, Environmental
Compliance Office and Sustainable Development
with the aim of assisting, promoting and implementing
sustainable application of Cleaner Production,
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency in order to increase
the productivity of industry and reduce risks to
people and the environment in Lebanon and Egypt.
Operation 2: Regional Workshop for
Train the Trainers on EU Directives
The international expert Dr. Helmut Fleig trained the
ENCPC, CMPP and LCPC experts on the European
directives.
The experts will attract local SMEs, and provide training
and assistance on how to become compliant with
REACH, C&L, and RoHS.
The training took place on the 20 th – 21 st June 2010,
Cairo, Egypt.
V. GRECO Initiative
GRECO is a Mediterranean initiative designed to
promote green competitiveness in the region by
demonstrating the fabulous economic benefit that
the environment can offer companies.
Launching GRECO Initiative Green
Competitiveness in Lebanon:
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the Industrial
Research Institute (IRI) in collaboration with
the Lebanese Cleaner Production Center (LCPC)
and the Regional Activity Center for Cleaner Production
in Spain (RAC/CP) organized the National
Forum on:" Best Available Techniques: Mechanisms
to enhance the Green Competitiveness in Lebanon"
and it took place on Tuesday 26th of January 2010 at
the Movenpick Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon.
During the forum, IRI, LCPC, and RAC/CP signed
a Memorandum of Understanding valid for three
years, and agreed on setting up a strong cooperation
framework between them in order to promote the
GRECO Initiative among companies in Lebanon.
Awareness Seminars on Green Competitiveness
On the purpose of disseminating the Green Compet-
itiveness concept, the LCPC in collaboration with
RAC/CP Spain held a series of awareness seminars
on green competitiveness – GRECO program which
tackled mainly the industrial sector in Lebanon in
order to select 5 companies to execute Case Studies
in Lebanon.
During the seminars, the participants were introduced
to CP concepts and methodologies,Green
Competitiveness – GRECO Initiative in Lebanon.
The first seminar took place on the 24th of June 2010,
at the IRI premises, the second one was organized
on the 25th of August 2010 in Hasbaya, South Lebanon,
the third was organized on the 23rd of November
2010 in Zahleh, Bekaa, West Lebanon.
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