ECO-VILLES: Local Authorities in a Network for Sustainability and Urban Resilience in Tunisia

About this project

The Initiative contributes to the promotion of sustainable and resilient urban and territorial development in Tunisia in the Municipalities of Sousse, Akouda and Nabeul by fostering the adoption of sustainable urbanisation and land management policies and the urban reduction of climate change emissions. To this end, the Initiative acts on the improvement of urban management in a sustainable, integrated and participative approach in the areas of Urban Solid Waste (USW) and Energy Efficiency (EE) and the use of Renewable Energies (RE) based on the needs identified through three strategic axes 1) capacity building and good governance: training programmes are foreseen for enhancing the skills and capacity of decision-makers and technical staff in municipalities to increase the efficiency of urban programming, planning and management and to ensure better delivery of the most polluting public utilities such as waste management and energy consumption; and the elaboration of thematic Action Plans for waste treatment and reduction of energy consumption and costs. 2) Civil Society Involvement: included training programmes and awareness-raising campaigns of local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), schools and general public to ensure greater dissemination of practices, tools and technologies related to waste management and energy use. This, on the one hand, strengthens the necessary link between the population and local institutions in the successful implementation of measures aimed a…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Tunisia

Sectors

Waste management/disposalPublic sector policy and administrative managementEnergy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Main focus

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

COMUNE DI ALCAMO EPE

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-01-9.

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