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The Water Research and Technologies Centre (CERTE)
The Centre for Water Research and Technologies Centre (CERTE), is a national public research institution (about 90 multidisciplinary permanent researchers) established in 2005 and operates under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Tunisia. Its main mission is to carry out research development and innovation activities and technological development in water and to transfer the scientific results to the socio-economic sectors. CERTE is very active at the national, Mediterranean, and international levels in the whole water cycle (governance, management, RDI, assessment) including the treatment and valorisation of non-conventional water(NCW) and the adaptation to climate change.
The CERTE is also member of several national and international committees as well as application-oriented networks, specialized in water related solutions.The CERTE is also, part of the Borj-Cedria Technopark
The Wastewater and Environment Laboratory (LabEaUE)
The Wastewater and Environment Laboratory (LabEaUE) research area aims to provide technological solutions adapted to different waterchallenges, embedded in their contexts and co-constructed with partners.
The LabEaUE Team has high experience in non-conventional water treatment technologies, governance and sustainable local water management, within circular economic context. Several demonstration water treatment pilot plants and prototypes are implemented with partners. The LabEaUE isvery active and involved in several national and EU projects focusing mainly on sustainable water resource management in the Mediterranean region including: technological innovation, knowledge/technology transfer, expert missions, and participative governance.
AOP’Tunisia Conferences
For the LabEaUE team, the research related to AOP in the wastewater field started following participation in 1994 to an EU project (Avicenne Project, AVI*-CT94-0007). Since then, several RDI projects have been developed in other fields such as UV/H2O2, Fenton, Ozone, Electrochemical oxidation, Photocatalysis, etc.
The first AOP’Tunisia was initiated in 2011, an international conference, based on two observations:
- AOP is a complex process, often multi-phase, involving chemical and physical processes as well as several unitary actions, and this multidisciplinary context is highly innovative.
- The necessity of effective exchange and sharing results are needed to avoid repeating the same studies/research, to have a holistic view of the results and to be able to identify future RDI steps that will enable progress to be made towards application.
The CERTE with its partners organised three AOP’Tunisia, International Conference, for sustainable water management and we are glad to continue the process this year:
- 1stAOP’TUNISIA Advanced Oxidation Process for Sustainable Water Management Tunis, June, 3-4 , 2011.
- 2nd AOP’TUNISIA Advanced Oxidation Process for Sustainable Water Management, Tunis, April, 24–27, 2013.
- 3rd AOP’TUNISIA Advanced Oxidation Process for Sustainable Water Management mmamet, November, 2–4, 2017.
Photos of the 3th AOP Tunisia, 2017. 120 participants from 11 countries
