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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.

The city of Syracuse hosted its 2nd CoP event on 9 October, engaging local authorities, citizens, waste management authorities, the craft worker association, tourist association, schools and restaurants.

Last 28 September, the 2nd Community of Practices (CoP) event took place in Lisbon, organized by the municipality in partnership with Neya Hotel and Jerónimo Martins Company, with 39 different stakeholders attending, including hotels, NGOs, Lisbon Public Space and Waste Management Departments.

The URBAN-WASTE project will be presented at the EcoFesta, Fare e Comunicare, which will take place in Augusta, Syracuse on 29 September, 2017 within the workshop “private public synergy: demand and supply (from GPP to Mass Retail actions) against food waste“.

The Regional Authority of Epirus and TERNA Energy signed a contract for the mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plant in the Epirus Region, after the approval of the Greek Court of Auditors, last July.

The City of Santander has recently started its one month long practice of dedicating learning areas for the children on topics like recycling and waste prevention.