OVERVIEW OF INTEGRATED WASTE

MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA (IWWA)by

Ebere Akwuebu

Environmental Law Research Institute (ELRI)

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Project Background

� Waste is a source of income for a large number of poor people in Africa

� Subjected to hazardous environmental and health conditions;

� Resource efficiency is very low;

� Not able to fully amortize social and economic benefits because of informal nature of the waste sector;of informal nature of the waste sector;

� Africa has become a major recipient of e-waste from Europe and Asia;

� Obvious lack of the basics of a functional municipal waste management system is contributing greatly to perennial garbage problems:

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Project Background contd.

i) Inefficient garbage collection;ii) Uncontrolled open burning;iii) Poor compliance to waste segregation;iv) Tolerated presence of open dumpsites;v) Dismal law enforcement;v) Dismal law enforcement;vi) Lack of coordination among unit of the government;vii) Inefficient or non-existing recycling systems

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Project Focus

� The whole spectrum of municipal waste includingstreams of e-waste as interesting value driver within thewaste management sector;

� Bring together experts and stakeholders in the of solidwaste management from the targeted African countriesand Europe( promote international co-operation);and Europe( promote international co-operation);

� Establishment of a solid waste management researchcoordination platform and an expert network to identify alist of policy and technology options for the wastemanagement sector in West Africa.

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What is IWWA?

� IWWA is an acronym for Integrated Waste Management in Western Africa.

� It is funded by the European Commission under the 7th

Framework Programme in response to the waste Framework Programme in response to the waste management problems in West Africa that are an impediment to sustainable development in the region.

�The IWWA project has focused its activities on four countries – Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, chosen as a representative sample of western African countries.

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Aim of IWWA

�To promote international cooperation between research organisations, private industries, nongovernmental organisations in Europe and target African countries;

�To empower of all stakeholders participating in the waste management chain. e.g. generators of waste, regulators and legislators, providers of services, informal sector, etc. legislators, providers of services, informal sector, etc.

�To reinforce of institutional and legal frameworks;

�To encourage and facilitate open transfer of knowledge and technology.

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Objectives of IWWA

General Objectives:

� To strengthen the institutional framework for Solid Waste Management and coordination at all levels;

� Empowerment of authorities and relevant stakeholders (including private sector) for planning and management of solid waste;

� Encouraging technology transfer, know-how and best practices;

� Strengthening links among local authorities;

� Promoting participation, public awareness and stakeholder involvement;

� Strengthening of the legal framework of SWM in the targeted countries.

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Specific Objectives

� To collect and analyze relevant information that is required forproper Solid Waste Management planning and decision-making;

� To identify the stakeholders and their strategies, their interactionand their contribution to the improvement of the solid wastemanagement;

� To identify policy and technology options for SWM adapted to the� To identify policy and technology options for SWM adapted to theregional situation of the targeted countries;

� To develop tools for implementation of adapted action plans andsystems by the regional and national authorities;

� To provide training for environmental specialists, increase theenvironmental awareness of the public and bring about effectivepublic participation in Solid Waste Management.

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Project Plan

� The Integrated Waste West Africa Project (IWWA) commenced 1st June, 2010

� It is scheduled to run for 24 months

� IWWA is focused on 4 target countries in West Africa namely: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Cote D’ivoire because the situation in these countries represent the namely: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Cote D’ivoire because the situation in these countries represent the waste situation in most West African countries.

� The IWWA consortium is made up of 21partners from10 African and European Countries classified into three different expert groups

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Project Plan contd.Members of the consortium will:

� Analyze the current situation in the target countries, identifying main gapsand constraints of any type (i.e. technological, sociological, organizational,etc.) and selecting best practices and suitable management systems fromEuropean and non OECD countries. According to the results obtained, theproject will provide valuable decision making tools that may be used in futureimplementation strategies:

� Elaborate guidelines for identification of Integrated Waste Management� Elaborate guidelines for identification of Integrated Waste ManagementSystems adaptable to target countries and at regional level.

� Elaborate guidelines for implementation of Integrated Waste ManagementSystems.

� Develop guidelines for implementation of policy strategies in Integrated SolidWaste Management (ISWM).

� Recommendations for the development of National and Regional ActionPlans in each targeted country

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Project Work planThe Project is divided into 7 Work packages.� Work package 1 (WP1): Involves the standardization and harmonization of the

tools that will be used in the following work packages. This includes evaluation ofcriteria of technological, social, legal and economic situation, the evaluation andclassification of key stakeholders relevant activities etc

� Work package 2 (WP2): Involves the ‘Analysis and Evaluation of current (wastemanagement) situation in the target countries’. It will aim to recognize andcharacterize the waste management strategies in these target countries.characterize the waste management strategies in these target countries.

� Work package 3 (WP3): Involves Integrated Municipal Solid Waste ManagementSystems and approaches. Here the information gathered from the previous WPwill be taken into consideration in the definition of suitable Waste ManagementSystem (WMS).

� Work package 4 (WP4): ‘Elaboration of Policy options and recommendations’ willmerge the results obtained in previous work packages.

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Project Work Plan contd.

The outcome WPs 1,2 & 3 will be key to the implementation of the activitiesin WP 4 and involve the merging of all results from these WPs.

3 Reports will be prepared under WP� The elaboration of guidelines for the implementation of guidelines for the

implementation of strategies in ISWM;� Guidelines for the implementation of policies in ISWM; and� Elaboration of policy briefs for the development of National & Regional

Action Plans for ISWM in the target countries.Action Plans for ISWM in the target countries.

The prescribed recommendations will intend to encourage the definition ofobjectives in the solution of SWM problem in Western Africa, as well as theidentification of the resources and activities to achieve those objectives.

Work package 5 (WP5): ‘Evaluation of the implication of proposed changes’This is planned to assess the extent to which project’s activities will havepositive impacts on the target countries of the project. Environmental andsocio-economic effects of the measures proposed in previous workpackages will be analyzed. This approach will help to attain IWWAexpected outcomes.

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Project Work Plan contd.

Work package 6 (WP6): ‘Training and dissemination’ in order to reachrelevant stakeholders and build capacities of decision makers in thedeveloped tools. Two (2) category of workshops were scheduled under thisworkshop to be implemented across the target countries.

� participatory workshops; and� capacity building workshops.

WP 6 will also include Final Conference, participation in symposia andconference, dissemination leaflets and posters, or the project web site, willdisseminate objectives and results of IWWA initiative.

Work Package 7 (WP 7): Project ManagementThis will involve overview of the entire Project and projections for the future

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Expected OutcomesThe tools to be developed in IWWA will empower stakeholders in two ways: 1. It provide technological and organizational solutions which

can be adaptable according to country necessities.

2.It will set the basis of a legal framework which enables and promotes the implementation of improved and sustainable solid waste management systems. More so, through participatory workshops IWWA will involve allMore so, through participatory workshops IWWA will involve allrelevant stakeholders in the waste chain (including CommunityBased Organisations), ensuring that the solutions developed withinthe project framework are adapted to real necessities in targetcountries and

Finally build the capacities of key stakeholders on theimplementation of the strategies and decision making toolsdeveloped in IWWA.

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