About MINARET
The MENA Region Initiative As a Model of NEXUS Approach and Renewable Energy Technologies (MINARET) aims to address the unique sustainability challenges and opportunities of the MENA region by increasing local and regional sustainability capacities using the synergies between renewable energy technology and efficiency, water management, and food security.
The 4-year project kicked off in the first quarter of 2017 to be implemented in Jordan, Tunisia and Lebanon. The MINARET project intends to build the municipality’s resilience to climate change through adopting renewable energy resources and energy efficiency, water management techniques and food security.
MINARET In Figures
square meter plastic house
cubic meters of treated wastewater used daily
annual savings
farmers benefited
water tanks installed
%
less energy LED street lights consume
tons of CO2 reduced
cubic meter underground tank
kWh in total energy savings
Latest News
2nd Annual Meeting – Amman, Jordan
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan MINARET 2nd Annual Meeting took place from 28-30 January 2020 at the St. Regis Amman, Jordan under the title: “Access to Finance – NEXUS at Decentralized Scale”. The MENA Region Initiative As a Model of NEXUS...
STORY OF INSPIRATION FROM MONASTIR, TUNISIA: GIVING BACK TO THE SOCIETY BY USING CLEAN ENERGY
The Association Voix de l’Enfant (Voice of the Child) in Monastir, Tunisia, founded in January 2007, is a civil society organization that helps to accommodate babies without parental protection and support, and offers support to single mothers. Through donations, the...
MINARET at Cairo Water Week 2019
Nexus Workshop: Promoting Urban Nexus in the MENA Region - A Side Event at Cairo Water Week 2019 As part of the workshop organized by the Nexus Regional Dialogue in the MENA region in collaboration with the League of Arab States (LAS); upon the expressed interest of...
