High-level site visit, EU "Twinning" project with the Ministry of Environmental Protection
This Twinning project is being carried out by experts from ministries and agencies from three EU Member States – Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) - working in close collaboration with a team from the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The body with overall responsibility from the EU side is Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety.
The project, based on EU legislation and experience, offers ideas on how to consolidate Israel's overall sustainable environmental policy in areas such as energy efficiency, use of raw materials, water resources and waste management. In this context, the high-level site visit to Nesher demonstrates how Israel implements waste-to-energy, based on European regulations and policy.
Speakers at the January 26 event included EU Ambassador to the State of Israel H.E. Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the German ambassador to Israel H.E. Dr Clemens von Goetze, the Austrian ambassador to Israel, H.E: Martin Weiss, and the ministry's Director General, Mr. Yisrael Dancziger.
The speakers stressed the high level of cooperation between Europe and Israel, and specifically the common goal of advancing the protection of the environment, while at the same time supporting economic and industrial advancement. This aim was shared by regulators and industry alike.
In his remarks, EU Ambassador to Israel, Lars Faborg-Andersen said that this Twinning project with its budget of two million euros represented the biggest EU investment in Twinning projects with Israel to date. "To make a lasting impact, we need to consolidate what has been achieved by this project so far, and then go even further. We need to create more opportunities for cooperation and synergies between them, and this is why gatherings of experts from different countries and different backgrounds, such as we see here today, are essential."
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