Project Info

Project Code
2326H
Tranche
T15
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Active
Title
Environmentally sounder and safer waste management frameworks in Africa

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
UNEP
Jointly Implementing DA Entities
UNHABITAT
Other Collaborating Entities
Other UN entities

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$500,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Regions: Africa
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Least Developed Countries (LDC), Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Areas of Work

SDG
11
12
16
8
SDG Targets
11.6
12.4
12.5
16.7
16.b
8.8

Brief Description

The project will support three countries in Africa (Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone) in their efforts to align their waste management regulatory frameworks to integrated solid waste management (ISWM) approaches, so as to ensure preparedness in times of a pandemic. The experience of the recent Covid-19 pandemic drew attention to the weaknesses of the laws and institutions dealing with waste management in these countries. In providing support for strengthened laws and institutions, the project will also seek to advance the introduction of decent employment in the waste sector, especially the informal one, which (as explained further down) constitutes an important part of the waste workforce and includes large numbers of women.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen waste management frameworks of selected countries in Africa, with the aim of promoting the environmentally sound and safe management of waste and the better inclusion of informal structures and workers, thus ensuring protection of the health and rights of informal waste pickers.
Expected Outcome 1
Strengthened capacity of policymakers in selected countries to improve, develop or implement legislation to prevent, control, and manage pollution that could affect the environment and human health
Expected Outcome 2
Environmental rule of law is advanced through procedural and substantive elements of the right to a healthy environment together with legal responses to emerging environmental law issues