Mr Patsoules, on behalf of ERFC, made an oral presentation with the title “Continuous improvement strategy for increasing the efficiency of wastewaters treatment facilities in the Black Sea coastal states” at the International Conference on Industrial Waste & Wastewater Treatment & Valorization, IWWATV 2015 (http://www.iwwatv.uest.gr) on Friday 22 May 2015. The Conference was organised by the Unit of Environmental Science and Technology (UEST, an educational and research unit at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and by the Hellenic Water Association (HWA), a non-profit association, from 21 to 23 May 2015 at President Hotel, Athens.