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Partnering for sustainable development in the region



Chaden Diyab, General Manager and Founder d'IES EMEA based in Paris was in Doha recently to establish contacts and further expand their firm's Middle East network. The DIRECTORS spoke to Ms Diyab regarding the services her European based company provides to their clients.

TD: What is the main role of IES ?

CD: Industrial Environment and Sustainability (IES) is an international operational and strategically support consultancy specialized in the field of environment, economic development and human development.IES help companies in the region, investors, public agencies and provide them with intelligent and innovative solu- tions regarding their environmental issues. We help them to define sustainable strategies by creating part- nerships with innovative companies providing them solutions adaptable to their local environment. We also assist northern businesses (SMBs, Large group) to expand in the Euro-Mediterranean space through their proven innovative expertise.

IES EMEA is able to manage projects in and outside the European Union. Knowledge of rules governing trade with the countries we in coupled with ongoing monitoring of the eco-environmental international regulatory issues, helps to ensure compliance and relevance of our services including managing risks in certain local markets.

TD: What type of services do you provide?

CD: We provide comprehensive, practical and cost-effective solutions in consultancy and expertise, project development and management.

We also provide business and strategy for partnerships based on innovation along with training and conference plus we provide a technical expertise with a multi-disciplinary team of expert partners and consultants. We professionally manage relationship with stakeholders and intervene in the negotiations

Our other areas of expertise are integrating knowledge and providing green innovative technologies and solutions for municipal, industrial and agricultural waste and water treatment. Integrating sustainable innovative industrial processes (decreasing solid and fluid wastes using green innovative water treatment stations, water and soil pollution management using phytomanagement, strategy to develop alternative energy resources). Clean Development Mechanism methods to initiate Carbon financing processes, select efficient waste products for energy production, innovation and strategy to decrease Green House Gas emissions & impact and produce renewable energy. Developing a strategic plan to identify best practices for waste management, energy efficiency, water and air pollution.

TD: Your company specializes in pollution management what are some of the methods you use to control this threat to the environment?

CD: The pollution of the Mediterranean is a common threat to all countries of the region. Innovative remediation methods could be a solution to reduce risks and manage environmental or health impacts. We offer Green remediative technologies and help in identifying technological part- ners to treat and secure pollution. IES also specializes in technology transfer for innovative companies besides offering project management onsite.

TD: Water Management is another area that IES provides expertise, could you shed some light on that?

CD: Water is source of life and conflict. The management of water resources in the Mediterranean is a key issue for development. The major challenges around which meet both North and South countries of the Mediterranean on this issue are climatic change and the management of natural resources. Regarding project development for lo- cal authorities and municipalities, we help them to define the main lines of the water strategy, identify potential partners and manage their relation with governmental and international organizations.


The Directors, March. 2011


About the founder

The city of our dreams. It’s a passionate subject. Thinking about it, it’s a bit like imagining a Paradise. Logical thinking often leaves room for imagination; each of us has a vision of our own. The city of our dreams is an ideal, without an existent common project.

 An Ancient Debate

 

 

In the play “The Birds” (414 BC), Aristophanes and Hippos have a conflict over two opposing vision of the ideal city:

            That of a city built according to a mathematic and orderly approach

            And that of a city that puts humans first and foremost

 

The Dream of a Green City

 

What do we imagine, when we think of the concept of a Green City?

            a city free of the weight of industrial pollution?

            a city capable of regenerating its soil previously contaminated by source pollution?

            a city able to harness the sun and wind as an energy source?

Therefore, the “the smart city” would be an ideal founded upon clean technology.

Nevertheless, the cities of the future cannot be reduced to simply a technologic approach.

 

Innovation Isn’t Necessarily Entirely Rooted in Technology

 

My grandmother took care of her 14 children, all the while dealing with a war that has yet to cease. She has continued to innovate to adapt to a quotidian life marked by a lack of water and electricity.

My mother had to face war during her daily life, as well. She had to find original solutions  with sparse resources so that we could escape the situation.

 

In India, Africa, and various countries ravaged by war, people constantly innovate. But these “smart” solutions are often quite costly. We have much to learn from people of these countries. The future of our cities could also profit from their knowledge, and these “frugal” innovations.

 

Putting Man First and Foremost in the City of Tomorrow

 

Before 1975, Beirut had been a cosmopolitan city that breathed life. Today, Lebanon’s capital bears the scars of a civil war. It is an exhausted city, that desperately wishes to reclaim its colorful energy and life it once had. Beirut doesn’t want to be “smart” ; Beirut wants to find its soul, its joy. It isn’t looking for technology, but a guarantee that everyone can live and share in harmony. Above all, it is a human project. It’s a dream that is also shared by cities such as Damascus, Baghdad, or Tobruk.

 

The Tower of Babel

The city of tomorrow can be built around increasingly high towers, inhabited by people  who don’t necessarily understand each other, even if a common language has been found. The myth of Babel is a cautionary tale, warning us of the dangers of a purely technological project.

 

It is incredibly important to put people at the heart of our urban plans. The challenge is to create links, harmony, and joy amongst the inhabitants of our cities, so that they may become places of peace, joy, happiness, and well-being for all.

 

Chaden Diyab

The Dream City

 

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 The Dream City

 

The city of our dreams. It’s a passionate subject. Thinking about it, it’s a bit like imagining a Paradise. Logical thinking often leaves room for imagination; each of us has a vision of our own. The city of our dreams is an ideal, without an existent common project.

 

An Ancient Debate

 

In the play “The Birds” (414 BC), Aristophanes and Hippos have a conflict over two opposing vision of the ideal city:

            That of a city built according to a mathematic and orderly approach

            And that of a city that puts humans first and foremost

 

The Dream of a Green City

 

What do we imagine, when we think of the concept of a Green City?

            a city free of the weight of industrial pollution?

            a city capable of regenerating its soil previously contaminated by source pollution?

            a city able to harness the sun and wind as an energy source?

Therefore, the “the smart city” would be an ideal founded upon clean technology.

Nevertheless, the cities of the future cannot be reduced to simply a technologic approach.

 

Innovation Isn’t Necessarily Entirely Rooted in Technology

 

My grandmother took care of her 14 children, all the while dealing with a war that has yet to cease. She has continued to innovate to adapt to a quotidian life marked by a lack of water and electricity.

My mother had to face war during her daily life, as well. She had to find original solutions  with sparse resources so that we could escape the situation.

 

In India, Africa, and various countries ravaged by war, people constantly innovate. But these “smart” solutions are often quite costly. We have much to learn from people of these countries. The future of our cities could also profit from their knowledge, and these “frugal” innovations.

 

Putting Man First and Foremost in the City of Tomorrow

 

Before 1975, Beirut had been a cosmopolitan city that breathed life. Today, Lebanon’s capital bears the scars of a civil war. It is an exhausted city, that desperately wishes to reclaim its colorful energy and life it once had. Beirut doesn’t want to be “smart” ; Beirut wants to find its soul, its joy. It isn’t looking for technology, but a guarantee that everyone can live and share in harmony. Above all, it is a human project. It’s a dream that is also shared by cities such as Damascus, Baghdad, or Tobruk.

 

The Tower of Babel

The city of tomorrow can be built around increasingly high towers, inhabited by people  who don’t necessarily understand each other, even if a common language has been found. The myth of Babel is a cautionary tale, warning us of the dangers of a purely technological project.

 

It is incredibly important to put people at the heart of our urban plans. The challenge is to create links, harmony, and joy amongst the inhabitants of our cities, so that they may become places of peace, joy, happiness, and well-being for all.

 

 

 

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