GOPA Infra has signed a EUR 2.2m., EU/EIB financed TA contract for the implementation of the “Integrated Programme for Protection of the Lake Bizerte against Pollution”. During the contract-signing ceremony in Bizerte (one hour north of Tunis), GOPA Infra presented key figures and its TA mission for the coming five years to high-ranking political and financial stakeholders.

The programme comprises four investment components, namely: reduction of industrial pollution, mainly in three public companies; extension and improvement of urban and rural wastewater collection and treatment; solid waste; and coastal zone management through the rehabilitation of the landfills, lakeshores and fishing harbours. The total investment amounts to EUR 90m..