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The Lisbon Municipality received a group of 15 students from the Sustainable Development course of the Dublin Institute of Technology, on 23rd March at NEYA Lisboa Hotel, a local stakeholder for the implementation of innovative strategic waste management measures in Lisbon.

The event gathered around 30 people including representatives from local authorities, stakeholders involved in URBAN-WASTE, waste management authorities, hotel associations and accommodation services.

Students from the Dubrovnik Maritime Technical and Tourism and HORECA Secondary School had the opportunity to participate in two workshops focusing on the problem of marine litter, held on 18 and 23 April 2018

The Hotel Adria in Dubrovnik hosted a presentation on 27 March, organised by the Regional Development Agency of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County (DUNEA), on waste management measures to be implemented within the URBAN-WASTE project.

The Dubrovnik-Neretva Regional Development Agency brought together the local Community of Practices stakeholders on 28 February for a special occasion – a coordination meeting for the upcoming campaign and marine litter awareness raising programme.

The city of Lisbon will hold the 3rd Community of Practices (CoP) in the Lisbon Tourism School, on 18 January, within the URBAN-WASTE project.

Syracuse held its 3rd Community of Practices event in Palazzo Vermexio on 12 December, hosting about 30 people from different backgrounds, such as local authorities, waste management authorities, associations of hand craft workers, tourist associations, schools and hotels representatives.

The International conference Azores2017 Towards Sustainable Tourism took place at Nonagon, the first Science and Technology Park of the Azores on the 5-6th December 2017.

The Municipality of Nicosia under the URBAN-WASTE project, funded by the European Program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, organized the third Communities of Practice event in Nicosia last 23 November.

The Lisbon Tourism Summit, held on 2 November was a full-day event dedicated to the tourism industry, including innovations, challenges and developments.