Long courses (on sewage and waste water treatment)

Le CITET a, dès sa création, pris en charge la formation de longue durée au profit des stagiaires sélectionnés par l’Office National de l'Assainissement (ONAS), pour répondre à ses besoins futurs : Laboratory technicians Treatment plant technicians Office staff working directly with clients Technicians responsible for works management Management of green areas (module being developed). Other modules are currently being developed. Training PERSPECTIVES Strengthening and developing training activities CITET’s training programs operate at three levels: Ensuring that its training courses fit with the national vocational and in-work training programs and comply with Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment regulations, such as the FONAPROC or the FIAP/C. Promoting its training programs in environmental technology with Tunisian private and public sector bodies (civil service, industry, environment). Building partnership to develop training activities at regional level, focusing on the North African, Middle Eastern and French-speaking African states and the Mediterranean region. Programs for 2000 In addition to private contracts for training and the courses listed in the CITET brochure, the Centre plans to undertake the following programs: With funding from the German Co-operation Bank (KFW), the CITET is organising a training program for business people, managers and technicians working in the 250 industrial companies to have benefited from FODEP(Depollution Fund) subsidies. This program will consist of 37 sessions and aims to build the capacities of these industries to improve their air, liquid- and solid-waste pre-treatment units As part of the Fourth Sewage Infrastructure Project, launched by Tunisia with the support of the World Bank, four training sessions will be organised on sewage service provision for rural areas, new sewage treatment methods, and BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer). These courses, scheduled to run over a 9 month period, are aimed at ONAS managers. Theoretical seminar classes at the CITET will be followed with practical placements abroad. Continuation of training courses scheduled as part of the project to strengthen impact studies in the Mediterranean region (CITET/World Bank project, part of the METAP III regional program, launched 1999). Four sessions aimed at professionals from Mediterranean countries are scheduled for 2000. Continuation of cooperation program with AIEA, started in 1999, on training to deal with pollution in the Mediterranean.