CBS was created on the 4^th November 1983. Since 1989, it became a public and independent institution.

CBS main objectives are:

• To take part in the development of scientific research in biotechnology and in its insertion in the social and economic domain.
• To contribute to the management and training in biotechnology and to support collaboration and partnership with the university.
• To develop the results of research and to support their exploitation by economic actors.
• To carry out an activity of expertise and to promote science and technology to the benefit of the national economy in biotechnology.

The foundation of the University of Bath dates back to 1964. In its teaching and research the

University is strongly oriented towards the sciences and technology. Research at Bath University

has always been multidisciplinary and covers a broad range of expertise. The UOB collaborates

proactively with pharmacists, chemists, mathematicians, physicists, biochemists and biologists,

managers, economists, mechanical engineers and educators on many projects. UOB also

collaborate extensively with businesses and educational establishments around the World. The

Department of Chemical Engineering will be the one involved in the project. This department is

specialized in the development of enhanced technologies for the processing of both domestic and

agricultural wastes, including the recovery of valuable materials. The department is partner is

partners in a large project funded by the EPSRC, involving other British universities and seven of the

UK water utility companies. This main project comprises six coordinated sub-projects examining the

potential of membrane bioreactor systems in the treatment of municipal wastes.

Al-Baath University was established in 1979 . It started with pre-existing colleges and institutes such as the Faculty of Veterinary in Hama City and the High Institute of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and the Faculty of Science in Homs City.

Al-Baath University is one of the four governmental universities in Syria and has 20 faculties, five intermediate institutes, 26.000 students and more than 554 Faculty members working on their academic research and academic duties at their faculties and laboratories. The University enters into cultural agreements and contracts of sisterly relations with Arab and overseas countries.  

Research is the strategic target of the university. It is administered in accordance with a plan decided by various departments and approved by the sequential academic councils of the university. The aim of such research is to contribute to development in Syria.

University Cadi Ayyad was created in 1978. It’s the largest university in Morocco, constituting 14 Institutions in the area of Marrakech. Among these institutions, the faculty of Sciences Semlalia is composed of 6 departments: Department of Biology, Mathematics, Informatic, Chemistry, Physics and Geology.

This faculty is comprised  of: 50 research units (4 associated to the Centre national of coordination and promotion of Scientific and Technical research and 1 unit is associated to the AUPELF, the Francophone network),  6 specialised libraries, external sites (experimental treatment system, astrophysics observatory, vegetal ecology site, equipped green house, etc.) and  an interesting infrastructures for  specialised formation for undergraduate, Master or PhD degrees.

From the beginning the main objective of the creation of the university was the  contribution to economical development in the region via the promotion of  research topics that contributes to sustainable development. The university has more than 60 conventions of collaborations with Arabs, Europeans and North-American social and economical institutions and Universities in different research areas.

The university is considered as a leader in the  topics of water and wastewater treatment and reuse research. The faculty of Sciences Semlalia houses the focal point of the national pool of excellence in water and environment, which regroups the main Moroccan universities that are involved in this research topic and which was created in 2001 by the Moroccan Ministry of Scientific Research and Formation of Cadres.

The European Membrane Institute Twente (EMI Twente) was founded by the Membrane Technology group of the University of Twente in 1995, with the purpose to offer industry and public organisations a platform where short-term research and development projects in the field of membrane science and technology can be carried out. The duration of these projects, which also include literature studies and marketing assessments, typically varies from a few days up to one or two years. The EMI Twente makes use of the knowledge and infrastructure of the Chemical Technology Department of the University of Twente and the Membrane Technology Group in particular. The work of the EMI Twente is complementary to the basic research performed by the Membrane Technology group in long-term (4 years) Ph.D. projects. Most of the projects carried out by the EMI Twente are practical in nature and are treated confidentially.

L'Office National de l'Assainissement was created according to the law n° 37/74 of 03 august 1974. It belongs to the “Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Environnement et des Ressources Hydrauliques”.

Their principal task is to manage the wastewater treatment sector in Tunisia. ONAS was conceived

to act as the principal operator regarding water protection in Tunisia. ONAS is an industrial and

commercial public organism with an autonomous finance.

King Saud University (KSU) established in 1957/58 and was expanded to include all kinds of faculties and disciplines in the year 1969/70. The main objectives of KSU are to educate and provide students with different knowledge and skills, to prepare individual to be a useful element in building the society, to gain knowledge through conducting and encouraging scientific researches and to develop cultural, sport, social and scientific activities.