Bizerte Lake Environmental Project Lagoon and Marine de Pollution

To improve Lake Bizerte’s wastewater management, thereby reducing land-based pollution in Lake Bizerte and to the adjacent Mediterranean Sea, through piloting inter-ministerial policy dialogue, supporting foundational capacity building in environmental management and providing access to infrastructure investment finance. Lake Bizerte has been identified as a pollution hotspot connected both to the Mediterranean Sea and to Lake Ichkeul, which is a wetland of international importance designated as a RAMSAR site and UNESCO-MAB reserve.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
Countries
Managing organisations
Ministry of Environment
Implementing organisations
EBRD
Project ID
5787
GEF project type
Medium size
GEF project phase
GEF - 5
GEF Cofinancing
$110.723.000
GEF project grant
$2.000.000
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Environment