A one-day training workshop followed by a three-days study tour in Sicily – Italy (27-30 July 2015), involved 22 representatives of pertinent National institutions and NGOs from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.
They were introduced to a wide array of themes related to the design, construction, operation and management of NTS, both at theoretical and practical levels through lectures and visits to different natural Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs). This has helped the participants refresh their theoretical knowledge and fine- tune it with hands-on experience, while the participants with less experience learned new material. The visit to natural treatment systems (NTSs) provided the participants a firsthand view of a wide variety of natural technologies, mainly suitable for rural areas.
As a capacity development tool, the workshop and study tour were highly appreciated because participants could see how NTSs are operated and managed and exchanged knowledge with operators with a long-term experience in a region (Sicily) with environmental and climatic conditions very similar to those of participants’ regions.
The activity was organized in collaboration with the University of Catania, Italy.

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