| Home >> Our Projects >> By Country |
By Country
|
|
ECODIT has worked in virtually every region of the world, having successfully completed project assignments in some 30 countries spanning four continents. As it grows, ECODIT continues to expand its geographic reach while at the same time strengthening its presence and project experience in the Middle East and North Africa, ECODIT’s original niche region of expertise.
|
| Afghanistan |
| Project name: | Institutional Study of SWM in Kabul City
|
| Client: | United Nations Habitat (UN-HABITAT)
|
| Description: | For UN-Habitat, ECODIT conducted a study of SWM in Kabul City. Working in close consultation with Kabul Municipality, ECODIT held several meetings with key municipal staff and stakeholders to assess the current capacities of the Department of Sanita ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Afghanistan Biodiversity Support Project
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT is assisting USAID/Afghanistan to achieve progress toward the Natural Resources and Biodiversity program element of Program Area 8: Environment, under the Economic Growth objective in the global Foreign Assistance Framework of the United State ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Algeria |
| Project name: | Desk Study on Algerian Solid Waste Projects
|
| Client: | US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
|
| Description: | ECODIT completed two Desk Studies (DS) for the US Trade and Development Agency (TDA). First, ECODIT reviewed a proposal by Sadat International and Edgeboro International for a feasibility study for the creation of a solid waste landfill in the city o ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Armenia |
| Project name: | Environmental Assessment of the Irrigation Development Project
|
| Client: | Ministry of Agriculture
|
| Description: | With financial support from the World Bank, the Government of Armenia contracted with ECODIT to perform the Environmental Assessment (EA) of the upcoming Irrigation Development Project (ISDP). The IDP aims at enhancing the sustainability of water re ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Bahrain |
| Project name: | Bahrain Environment Outlook
|
| Client: | Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment & Wildlife
|
| Description: | ECODIT, author of the Lebanon 2001 State of the Environment Report, provided lead technical support in the preparation of the Environment Outlook Report for the Kingdom of Bahrain. Using UNEP’s GEO guidelines for integrated environmental assessment, ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Bangladesh |
| Project name: | Bangladesh Environment Sector Assessment and Strategic Analysis
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted the “Bangladesh Environment Sector Assessment and Strategic Analysis” to (1) identify the overall needs of the Bangladesh environment sector, (2) assess USAID’s comparative advantage, and (3) propose programmatic options given variou ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Brazil |
| Project name: | Preparation of a Feasibility Study for Industrial Waste/Sludge Waste Projects
|
| Client: | US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
|
| Description: | ECODIT assessed whether the USTDA should provide funding for the Rio de Janeiro Sludge Treatment Feasibility Study and the Suape Industrial Port Complex in Brazil. The Rio de Janeiro Water and Sewage Company (CEDAE) is a state-run company in charge o ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Study Tour and Workshop on Municipal Development and Wastewater Management
|
| Client: | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
|
| Description: | ECODIT provided support to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the French Trust Fund, to organize a five-day “Study Tour and Workshop on Municipal Development and Wastewater Management in Brazil”. The objective of the tour was to exam ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Bulgaria |
| Project name: | Feasibility Study of Hazardous Waste Management
|
| Client: | US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
|
| Description: | ECODIT participated with ICF Kaiser International in a feasibility study of hazardous waste management in Bulgaria funded by the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). The study characterized the types and quantities of hazardous and dangerous was ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| China |
| Project name: | Waste and Water Projects in China
|
| Client: | US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
|
| Description: | For USTDA, ECODIT completed a Definitional Mission for waste and water projects in China. Projects were located in different locations in China, including the city of Beijing, and the provinces of Hebei, Fujian, and Henan. ECODIT determined the poten ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Congo {Democratic Rep} |
| Project name: | External Evaluation of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) Phase II
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an evaluation of CARPE II, including the program’s achievements, shortcomings, weaknesses, strengths, and lessons learned in the management, administration and execution of this large-scale tropical forest and biodiversity conservati ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Costa Rica |
| Project name: | USTDA Desk Study on Costa Rica Oil Sludge Project
|
| Client: | US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
|
| Description: | For the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA), ECODIT conducted a desk study to evaluate a proposal by Kiber Environmental (dba Kiber International) for a feasibility study to assess the construction of a facility that would process oil sludge wast ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Cyprus |
| Project name: | Feasibility Study of a Waste-To-Energy Plant to treat Pig Slurry and Chicken Manure
|
| Client: | PRISME
|
| Description: | For a private investor, ECODIT studied the technical and financial viability of building a $3 million biogas conversion plant using pig slurry and chicken manure. The plant would convert animal waste through anaerobic digestion into methane, which w ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Egypt |
| Project name: | LIFE Integrated Water Resources Management
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT worked with the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) and the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) to expand the uses and techniques for reclaimed wastewater, which has been a focus of the Egyptian Government sin ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| France |
| Project name: | Environmental Impact Study of a Tourist Resort on France's Southwestern Coast
|
| Client: | SEAGOLF
|
| Description: | ECODIT coordinated the preparation of a complex and comprehensive study to evaluate the impact of the construction of a tourist resort (golf course, hotels, apartments) along the Atlantic Ocean and the dunes of the southwestern coast of France.
...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Honduras |
| Project name: | Municipal Development Program Evaluation
|
| Client: | Ministry of Finance
|
| Description: | For the Honduras Ministry of Finance (SEFIN) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), ECODIT evaluated an innovative Municipal Development Program in the two largest cities in the country: San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa. The Program aims at s ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Strategy for the Municipal Development Program, Phase II
|
| Client: | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
|
| Description: | ECODIT has updated the environmental strategy for the Municipal Development Program for the Municipality of Tegucigalpa in preparation for the Phase II of this Program. The aim of this study is the integral evaluation of all environmental aspects of ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Jordan |
| Project name: | Municipal Solid Waste Management in Zarqa
|
| Client: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|
| Description: | With funding from the European Commission (SMAP program), ECODIT provided support to the Municipality of Zarqa and UNDP/Amman in implementing the Zarqa Solid Waste Management (SWM) Project. The Zarqa SWM project aimed to improve solid waste collectio ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Aqaba Water Reuse Pilot Project
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | Under the Water IQC for USAID/Jordan, ECODIT provided technical assistance in implementing the Aqaba water reuse pilot project, one of three pilot projects designed to demonstrate the benefits of managing the reuse of treated wastewater in Jordan. T ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Wastewater Treatment & Reuse for Small Rural Communities
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT is working with the Water Authority of Jordan to design and supervise the construction of two conventional wastewater treatment facilities (proven low-cost/low-maintenance) to serve small rural communities, develop local capacity to operate an ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Public action in Water, Energy & Environment
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | The Public Action for Water, Energy and Environment (a.k.a., Public Action Project) is a USAID-funded five year program, implemented by ECODIT, and intended to foster and support behavior change towards water and energy conservation and improved soli ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Lebanon |
| Project name: | Municipal Information Technology Strategy
|
| Client: | Federation of Municipalities of Al-Fayhaa (Tripoli, El-Mina, Beddawi)
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted the Federation of Municipalities of Al Fayhaa (Tripoli, El Mina and Beddawi) to develop an Information Technology strategy. ECODIT consulted more than 25 key municipal employees from several departments and divisions and prepared a pr ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Lebanon 2001 State of the Environment Report
|
| Client: | Ministry of Environment
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted the Ministry of Environment in preparing the Lebanon 2001 State of the Environment Report. The 2001 SOER uses a "dual framework” methodology to describe and analyze environment-development linkages in Lebanon. It describes the state ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Feasibility Study & EIA of Solid Waste Management in Byblos Caza
|
| Client: | US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
|
| Description: | For the Federation of Municipalities of the caza of Byblos (13 member municipalities) and the US Trade and Development Agency, ECODIT conducted a feasibility study of solid waste management in the caza of Byblos (population of about 110,000). ECODIT ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | National Action Plan to organize Awareness Campaigns for the Lebanese Coastal Communities and the Public Sector
|
| Client: | Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
|
| Description: | ECODIT developed a national action plan to raise the awareness of the general public and coastal communities on the threats facing the coastal zone, and mobilize the public into active participation to safeguard remaining beaches. ECODIT visited a n ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Lebanon Environmental Program Assessment
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | Under the Water Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), ECODIT assisted USAID/Lebanon in preparing a water and Environmental Program Assessment (EA) as well as an “environmental compliance analysis of tropical forests and biodiversity” for the 2002-2005 ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | National Land Use Master Plan for Lebanon (SDATL)
|
| Client: | Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
|
| Description: | ECODIT worked with Dar Al-Handasah (Lebanon) and IAURIF (France) to develop a National Land Use Master Plan for Lebanon (or Schéma Directeur d’Aménagement du Territoire Libanais). ECODIT contributed to the “Natural Resources” aspects of the plan, one ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | EIA of Blue Fin Tuna in North Lebanon
|
| Client: | LebTUNA International
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of a bluefin tuna farming project off the coast of Lebanon. The project aims to build a 1,000-tonne tuna farm approximately 1,500 meters offshore using 10 floating cages anchored to the sea fl ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Organic Agriculture Program
|
| Client: | World Vision
|
| Description: | For World Vision (Lebanon), ECODIT designed a monitoring and evaluation plan to monitor the environmental and related socio-economic impacts of a $6 million organic farming program. ECODIT developed an M&E matrix using performance questions and a set ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Improved Environmental Practices & Policies
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT provided technical assistance to YMCA Lebanon in implementing a three-year, USAID-funded program for improving environmental practices and policies in five growth poles in rural Lebanon. ECODIT documented lessons-learned from previous USAID-f ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Development of National Implementation Plans for the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants
|
| Client: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|
| Description: | Under the UNDP-funded project to phase out Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Lebanon, ECODIT prepared a preliminary inventory of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). ECODIT visited power plants and equipment graveyards to identify PCB-contaminated ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | National Action Plan for Protected Areas in Lebanon (NAPPA)
|
| Client: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|
| Description: | The Lebanese Ministry of Environment and UNDP contracted ECODIT to prepare a National Action Plan for Protected Areas in Lebanon. This activity falls under the EC Life Third Countries project “Strengthening the Institutional Structure for Protected A ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | National Action Plan for the Reduction of Pollution into the Mediterranean Sea from Land Based Sources
|
| Client: | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
|
| Description: | For MEDPOL, ECODIT prepared a National Action Plan (NAP) to reduce pollution into the Mediterranean Sea from land-based sources pursuant to the requirements of the Barcelona Convention. The NAP presented sector-specific issues in four coastal adminis ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Lebanon Mountain Trail Project (LMT)
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | About the LMT: With grant funding from the American people through USAID, ECODIT established the Lebanon Mountain Trail (LMT), a national 440 km long-distance hiking trail stretching from the mountainous areas in the North of Lebanon to the foothill ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Demonstrating & Promoting Best Techniques & Practices for Reducing Health Care Waste to Avoid Environmental Releases of Dioxins & Mercury
|
| Client: | United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
|
| Description: | As the National Expert on the regional project team, ECODIT organized two national working group meetings with key institutional stakeholders in the health care waste sector, developed selection criteria for “model facilities”, and assembled primary ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Assessment of Health Care Waste Management
|
| Client: | Al-Yousif Medical Center (YMC)
|
| Description: | For Al-Yousif Medical Center (YMC), ECODIT prepared an environmental impact assessment for medical waste management inside the facility. The assessment analyzed the potential impacts related to the installation and operation of a dedicated autoclave ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Economic Assessment of Environmental Degradation due to July 2006 Hostilities in Lebanon
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | For the WB Economic Unit, ECODIT helped estimate the costs of environmental degradation. In particular, we provided lead research and technical support to estimating costs in terms of (1) water contamination (incidence of water-borne diseases in sou ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Assessment of the Mudeirej Bridge Project
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted a full environmental assessment of a project to rebuild the Mudeirej Bridge, the tallest bridge in Lebanon, after it was partially destroyed during the war in 2006. ECODIT organized a public hearing to gauge the concerns of the loca ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Initial Environmental Examination for the Becharre EcoClub
|
| Client: | The Conservation of Environment Committee of Becharre
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) for the Cedars Eco-Center in Bsharre. The project consists of building a new ecolodge in lieu of the previous EcoClub, in the Bsharre highlands. The previous EcoCLub was closed after the Jul ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Assessment of a Hill-Lake in Barouk
|
| Client: | Al-Shouf Cedar Society (ACS)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an environmental assessment of a hill-lake in the Barouk forest of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, in Lebanon. The 90,000 m3 hill-lake is intended to collect and store water from precipitation and snowmelt in order to provide a readily ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental & Social Assessment of Local Development Projects in Akkar
|
| Client: | Development Management International (DMI)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an environmental and social impact assessment of six rural development projects. These projects were conceived by DMI sarl for the Lebanon NGO, EMKAN. The projects are: (1) Fruit and vegetable market in Qobbet Bshamra, (2) fish and s ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Marketing and Business Plan for Rural Products of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve
|
| Client: | Al-Shouf Cedar Society (ACS)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted a Marketing and Business Plan for the rural development program of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in Lebanon. The objectives of this study was to improve and organize the program, increase benefits to the local community, increase ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Assisting the Municipality of Brummana in "Going Green"
|
| Client: | Municipality of Brummana
|
| Description: | ECODIT worked with the Municipality of Brummana in Lebanon to improve the town's environmental performance. ECODIT conducted a quick-audit of Brummana (municipal jurisdiction covers 4km2) by examining land use patterns, biodiversity, recreational ar ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Lebanon Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Assessment
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | Under the “Prosperity, Livelihoods and Conserving Ecosystems” Indefinite Quantity Contract (PLACE-IQC), ECODIT assisted USAID/Lebanon in preparing the Lebanon Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Assessment in support of the Mission’s Country Assista ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Design & Supervision of the Construction of a Solid Waste Treatment plant in the Caza of Marjeyoun
|
| Client: | International Management Group (for the European Union)
|
| Description: | With grant funding from the EU, ECODIT is implementing the project “Design and Supervision for the Construction of a Solid Waste Treatment Plant in the Caza of Marjeyoun.” The plant will serve seven towns in the Caza of Marjeyoun with an estimated p ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Regional Environmental Assessment Report on the Coastal Zone of Lebanon
|
| Client: | Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
|
| Description: | For Lebanon's Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) and the World Bank, ECODIT and the French Institut d'Aménagement Urbain de la Région d'Ile de France (IAURIF) prepared a regional environmental assessment (REA) of the coastal zone of Leb ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Policy Formulation for Sustainable Industrial Development & Environmental Management
|
| Client: | United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
|
| Description: | As part of a UNIDO team assisting the Government of Lebanon in policy formulation for sustainable industrial development, ECODIT was responsible for evaluating: (1) the national status on environmental regulations and standards; (2) the awareness, pa ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Lebanon Environmental Policy Assessment
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT prepared an environmental policy assessment that identified a range of short, medium, and long-term policy options for USAID in Lebanon. ECODIT organized two public consultation workshops with representatives from the Lebanese Government, USA ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Feasibility Study of the Establishment of a Lebanese Environment and Development Observatory (LEDO)
|
| Client: | Blue Plan
|
| Description: | For the Blue Plan and in the framework of its activities within the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), ECODIT prepared a feasibility study for establishing Lebanon’s Environment and Development Observatory (LEDO). The study provided a detailed analysis ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Socio-Economic Rehabilitation Programme for South Lebanon
|
| Client: | Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Région d’Ile de France (IAURIF)
|
| Description: | With the Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Région d’Ile de France (IAURIF), ECODIT participated in the preparation of a post-conflict socio-economic rehabilitation program for South Lebanon, financed by the United Nations Development Progra ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Municipal Database System in Lebanon
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | For Lebanon’s Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, ECODIT designed and developed a municipal database system (MDS) and selection criteria in preparation for the upcoming First Municipal Development Project to be funded by a World Bank loan. The ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Tripoli Environment and Development Observatory (TEDO)
|
| Client: | Medcities
|
| Description: | The Al-Fayhaa Federation of Municipalities, which groups the municipalities of Tripoli, El-Mina and Beddawi in North Lebanon, obtained technical and financial support from the European Commission to establish an Environment and Development Observator ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Support to Environmental Due Diligence Audits
|
| Client: | ENSR international
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted ENSR International Ltd (UK) to conduct environmental due diligence audits of two manufacturing facilities, one in Lebanon and one in Morocco. The audits covered all aspects of the production and packaging line, in addition to ancillar ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Madagascar |
| Project name: | Integrated Coastal Zone Management
|
| Client: | United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
|
| Description: | For UNOPS and Madagascar’s National Office for the Environment (ONE), ECODIT conducted an inventory of Madagascar’s marine and coastal ecosystems (in particular, coral reefs and mangroves) and of their biodiversity. ECODIT also conducted an environme ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Malaysia |
| Project name: | Feasibility Study for Hazardous Waste Management
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | For the USTDA, ECODIT prepared the terms of reference for a Feasibility Study (FS) on hazardous waste management in Malaysia. The FS evaluated whether Kualiti Alam (KA), the 15-year hazardous waste management concessionaire selected by the Malaysian ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Morocco |
| Project name: | Environmental Audit in Morocco
|
| Client: | Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted ERM in conducting an environmental audit of a textile facility in Morocco. The audit covered all aspects of the production and packaging line, in addition to ancillary units such as warehouse facility, cooling and refrigeration syste ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Pollution Prevention in the Moroccan Agroprocessing Industry
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | For the USAID's Project in Development and Environment (PRIDE), ECODIT evaluated strategy options for pollution prevention by the agroprocessing industry in Morocco (sugar plants, olive oil mills, canneries). ECODIT reviewed data on pollution genera ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | National Strategy for Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development
|
| Client: | Morocco National Environmental Observatory
|
| Description: | ECODIT developed a national strategy for environmental protection and sustainable development. ECODIT reviewed past, current, and future environmental policies and development programs. We also estimated expenses associated with these policies and th ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Management Project in Morocco (Lot 1)
|
| Client: | Morocco National Environmental Observatory
|
| Description: | As part of the Environmental Management Project, ECODIT and URBAPLAN were charged with the task of strengthening the institutional and administrative capabilities, reinvigorating the National Environmental Council, and reinforcing the legal framework ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Evaluation of Industrial Pollution in Morocco
|
| Client: | Morocco National Environmental Observatory
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an evaluation of industrial pollution in the Mohammedia-Casablanca region. The study was financed by a grant from the World Bank and the European Investment Bank through the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program ( ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Irrigation
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT led the feasibility study, environmental assessment, detailed engineering design, preparation of tender documents, contractor selection, construction supervision, plant start-up, monitoring of plant operations, training of local operators, ins ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Watershed Protection Management Activity
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | Using methodologies developed under the WRS activity for the protection of Morocco’s water resources, ECODIT worked under the BIOFOR IQC to implement a watershed protection management activity in the Souss-Massa River Basin. These methodologies inclu ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Prevention and Control of Water Pollution from Tanneries
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT designed and built Morocco’s first chromium recovery facility in Fez. This facility receives the tanning baths from 16 tanneries in the Dokkarat industrial zone, recovers the chromium from the baths through precipitation and acidification, and ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Soil and Water Resource Conservation
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT implemented a soil and water resources conservation pilot project in the Oued Nakhla watershed between Tétouan and Chefchaouen. The five-year project included direct interventions to reduce soil erosion originating from croplands, existing gul ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Water Resources Sustainability (WRS) Activity
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT was the overall Technical Leader in a joint venture that implemented the WRS activity aimed at improving water resources management and policies and addressing pollution problems by studying, designing and implementing three pilot projects: (1 ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Cost-Benefit Analysis Workshop
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | In support of the Water Resources Sustainability (WRS) activity, ECODIT prepared and facilitated two three-day workshops on the cost-benefit analysis of water and environmental projects. Using adult learning participatory techniques (brainstorming, ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Palestine |
| Project name: | Feasibility Study of Rural Solid Waste Management in the West Bank
|
| Client: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|
| Description: | For the UNDP/Jerusalem and the United Nations Capital Development Fund, ECODIT went to the West Bank to identify and evaluate alternative solid waste management options for Kufur Ra'i, Fahmeh, and neighboring villages in the northern district of Jeni ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Institutional & Organizational Development for Municipal Solid Waste Management
|
| Client: | Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR)
|
| Description: | As a member of a three-firm consortium (with CEP and Sadat), ECODIT has led the organizational development and capacity building efforts in support of a World Bank project to implement regional solid waste management (SWM) collection and disposal ser ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | EA Training in West Bank & Gaza
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | Under the EPIQ Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) and for IRG, ECODIT provided support to the USAID/West Bank and Gaza in preparing and delivering two Environmental Assessment (EA) training courses in Ramallah (West Bank) and Gaza (Gaza Strip). About ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | EMS Training for Palestinian Stonecutters
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | Under the West Bank Water Resources Program, Phase III and for the USAID/West Bank and CH2M HILL, ECODIT organized a study tour to show members of the Palestinian stonecutting industry how Environmental Management Systems (EMS) are developed and impl ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Evaluation of USAID West Bank & Gaza Water Resources Program
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT conducted an evaluation of the USAID/WBG water program, which implemented water and sanitation infrastructure projects worth over $50 in WBG. The purpose of the evaluation was to analyze two basic issues: (1) the potential of different strateg ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Assessment of AID-Funded Projects in the West Bank and Gaza
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | For the USAID and the Project in Development and Environment (PRIDE), ECODIT participated in a two-month mission to the West Bank and Gaza to conduct (1) an environmental assessment (EA) of a wastewater treatment and reuse project for Ramallah, West ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Joint Services Council for Rural Solid Waste Management in the West Bank
|
| Client: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|
| Description: | ECODIT went to the West Bank to identify and evaluate alternative solid waste management options for Kufur Ra'i, Fahmeh, and neighboring villages in the northern district of Jenin. ECODIT conducted an economic evaluation of alternative solid waste c ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Emergency Response Contingency Plan for Palestine
|
| Client: | Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR)
|
| Description: | PECDAR has contracted ECODIT (CEP and ICF subcontractors) to develop environmental emergency response capabilities in the West Bank and Gaza. Funded through a World Bank/METAP grant, the Assignment consisted of three phases: I) national and regional ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Audits & Strategies for the Cities of Gaza & Haifa
|
| Client: | Medcities
|
| Description: | For Medcities, ECODIT conducted municipal environmental audits of Haifa, Israel and Gaza, Palestine as part of the European Commission-funded LIFE programme. In each city, ECODIT coordinated the efforts of a team of local and international experts c ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Panama |
| Project name: | Economic Revitalization Plan for the Old Historic Area of Panama City
|
| Client: | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
|
| Description: | For the Inter-American Development Bank, ECODIT designed a strategic plan for the economic revitalization of the historic area of the City of Panama, Panama. The plan identified economic development activities in infrastructure, tourism, commercial, ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Philippines |
| Project name: | Municipal Coastal Environment Initiative (MCEI)
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT worked as a subcontractor to Chemonics on the MCEI project for the Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (financed by USAID with a budget of $8 million over four years). The project aims at reducing the gaseous, liquid, ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Regional |
| Project name: | Atlas of our Changing Environment
|
| Client: | Environmental Agency in Abu Dhabi
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted the Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi in drafting a section on Conflict and Human Migration. The section is to be included in the Arab Region: Atlas of our Changing Environment, and initiative by UNEP and EAD under Abu Dhabi Global Env ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Pilot Regional Exchange Facility on Water Demand Management
|
| Client: | International Development Research Center (IDRC)
|
| Description: | Phase I (Feb 2004-Jul 2004) - Pilot Regional Exchange Facility (REF) on Water Demand Management (WDM). ECODIT planned, organized and facilitated three regional exchange missions for senior policy makers and researchers from Algeria, Lebanon and Syria ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Strategic Planning, Urban Environmental Action Plans and Management Tools
|
| Client: | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
|
| Description: | ECODIT designed a strategic plan, urban environmental action plans and management tools for two municipalities: Estelí in Nicaragua (107,550 inhabitants) and San Pedro Sula (450,000 inhabitants) in Honduras. ECODIT worked in close consultation with t ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Planning & Management Training for Mediterranean Policy Makers & Senior Professionals
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | For the World Bank/METAP, ECODIT managed the development and delivery of two three-day workshops (in English and in French) for senior Mediterranean policy-makers and managers and two two-week courses for senior Mediterranean government professionals ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Regional Urban Environmental Strategy for the Middle East and North Africa
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | ECODIT provided technical support to the World Bank in drafting an urban environmental strategy for the Middle East and North Africa region. ECODIT staff reviewed specialized literature (World Bank project documents, national environmental action pl ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Environmental Audits & Strategies for the Cities of Tripoli & El-Mina (Lebanon), Oran (Algeria), Limassol (Cyprus), Sousse (Tunisia), & Tangiers (Morocco)
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | ECODIT coordinated for the World Bank/METAP the environmental audits of Tripoli/El-Mina, Lebanon and Oran, Algeria. ECODIT also provided solid waste expertise for the environmental audit of Limassol, Cyprus. Finally, ECODIT directors reviewed the e ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Feasibility Study of Solid Waste Management in Lebanon & Syria
|
| Client: | Municipality of Barcelona
|
| Description: | ECODIT participated with the Municipalities of Barcelona and Marseille in feasibility studies of solid waste management in Tripoli, Lebanon and Latakia, Syria. Solid wastes were at the time dumped on the sea shore within the boundaries of Greater Tri ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Training Workshop on Municipal Environmental Audits
|
| Client: | Municipality of Barcelona
|
| Description: | ECODIT prepared and facilitated the Envimed audits workshop for the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona and the Agence Cités Unies Développement. The workshop’s primary objective was to prepare for the second round of Medcities environmental audits, draw ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Industrial Pollution Study
|
| Client: | United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
|
| Description: | ECODIT has provided technical assistance to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Governments of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria in establishing a program to reduce industrial discharges and protect the Large Marin ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Municipal Environmental Management Training for Mediterranean Mayors and Municipal Professionals
|
| Client: | International Academy of the Environment
|
| Description: | For the Geneva-based International Academy of the Environment, ECODIT coordinated the preparation and delivery of a three-day workshop for mayors and secretaries general and a two-week course for municipal professionals on municipal environmental man ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Russian Federation |
| Project name: | Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment (ETOA) for Russia
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted USAID/Russia develop its country assistance strategy by assessing Russia’s environmental threats, such as particular vulnerability to the impacts of global climate change (GCC), poor air and water quality affecting much of the populat ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Syria |
| Project name: | Efficiency in Local Water Use, Protection & Management
|
| Client: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|
| Description: | ECODIT assisted UNDP and Syria’s Ministry of Irrigation in reducing industrial pollution in the upper Orontes River through the implementation of environmental management practices and systems that comply with international standards. ECODIT has desi ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Capacity Building & Training to Raise Public Awareness & Participation in Solid Waste Services
|
| Client: | Directorate of Environmental Affairs
|
| Description: | The Directorate of Environmental Affairs in Aleppo (Syria) obtained funding from the European Commission’s Life Programme to promote “Integrated Pollution Control in Aleppo”. ECODIT provided technical assistance to the Directorate under this project ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Tunisia |
| Project name: | Evaluation of a Study on Hazardous Waste Management in Tunisia
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | For the World Bank, ECODIT reviewed a report characterizing hazardous waste management practices in Tunisia and assessing the country's needs for waste management facilities. The report presents estimates of hazardous waste quantities generated in Tu ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Project name: | Evaluation of the USAID-Financed Environmental Pollution Prevention Project (EP3)
|
| Client: | US Agency for International Development (USAID)
|
| Description: | ECODIT evaluated the progress of the EP3/Tunisia Program and recommended ways to increase the program effectiveness during the last six months of the project. EP3/Tunisia's goal is to establish a sustainable pollution prevention program by creating a ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|
| Vietnam |
| Project name: | Industrial Pollution Prevention
|
| Client: | World Bank
|
| Description: | For the World Bank, ECODIT completed a study to initiate an Industrial Pollution Prevention program in Vietnam. ECODIT visited four industrial plants (two paper mills, a caustic soda plant, and a plywood plant) located in the two largest industrial ...
|
|
Project details
|
|
|