Financial support made available to Tunisia as part of an EU-funded program to strengthen pollution prevention and reduction capabilities…
100 thousand euros, or just over 340 thousand dinars, were to be released for the budgeting of actions to combat pollution by nutrients from agricultural activities and inadequate wastewater treatment in Tunisia.
This funding is an opportunity for the public authorities of our country who, in recent years, have found it very difficult to curb soil and water pollution and which is wreaking havoc on biodiversity in several regions of the country.
The program is part of the activities of the Regional Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production Activities (MedWaves), a strategic partner of the International Center for Environmental Technologies in Tunis (CITET).
Working for the large-scale deployment of innovative pollution prevention and management solutions, MedWaves is launching a call for applications for the implementation of solutions adapted to beneficiary countries through the promotion of sustainable practices, best water treatment and restoration techniques and nature preservation.
Called SeaCure, the program was launched for the first time in 2024 in six regions spread over three countries in Europe, in this case Spain, Italy and Greece and it now extends to the rest of the Mediterranean region.
Tunisia thus hopes to be among the seven regions that will benefit from the financing and technical assistance provided for under the 2026/2028 program. The call for applications launched for this purpose and which is open from January 27, 2026 to February 28, 2026 aims to allow the selected regions to reproduce, adapt and apply the solutions that have already been successfully developed and tested in Spain, Italy and Greece, taking into account their territorial specificities.
The SeaCure program could therefore provide concrete answers to several persistent environmental problems in Tunisia, including marine and coastal pollution related to insufficiently treated wastewater discharges, the eutrophication of wetlands and lagoons, the degradation of agricultural soils under the effect of excessive use of chemical fertilizers, as well as the progressive impoverishment of marine and terrestrial biodiversity.
By promoting integrated nutrient management solutions, improving water treatment systems, restoring fragile ecosystems and promoting more sustainable agricultural practices, SeaCure is a strategic lever to reduce environmental pressures and strengthen the ecological resilience of Tunisian territories, especially in the most exposed coastal regions.
source : lequotidien
