Application Summaries
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Application Summaries ICLD Municipal Partnership Programme Application Period 1, 2016 1 Page Ref nr Swedish Part Application Decision Botswana 5 2016-0002 Hultsfred municipality Development/Expansion Approval 10 2016-0033 City of Västerås Project Approval 14 2016-0034 City of Västerås Steering group Approval China 18 2016-0003 Åmål municipality Steering Group Rejection 21 2016-0004 Åmål municipality Project Rejection 24 2016-0007 Region Dalarna Project Approval 28 2016-0008 Region Dalarna Steering Group Approval 31 2016-0012 Filipstad municipality Inception Approval 34 2016-0032 Vara municipality Steering Group Approval 37 2016-0035 Borlänge municipality Steering Group Rejection 40 2016-0039 Borlänge municipality Project Rejection 43 2016-0043 Vara municipality Development/Expansion Rejection 46 2016-0045 Gävle municipality Steering Group Rejection 48 2016-0046 Gävle municipality Project Rejection 51 2016-0047 Gävle municipality Project Rejection Kenya 55 2016-0005 Västernorrland County Council Project Approval 58 2016-0006 Västernorrland County Council Steering Group Approval 61 2016-0015 Härryda municipality Steering Group Approval 65 2016-0016 Härryda municipality Project Approval 71 2016-0021 Region Västerbotten Project Approval 74 2016-0030 Västerbotten County council Project Rejection 77 2016-0031 Västerbotten County Council Steering Group Rejection 2 80 2016-0036 Umeå municipality Steering Group Rejection 83 2016-0038 Umeå municipality Project Rejection 88 2016-0050 Norrköping municipality Steering Group Rejection 90 2016-0051 Norrköping municipality Project Rejection 94 2016-0052 City of Borås Inception Approval 96 2016-0056 Region Västerbotten Steering Group Approval Kosovo 99 2016-0025 Växjö municipality Project Approval 104 2016-0028 Hörby municipality Project Approval 107 2016-0029 Hörby municipality Steering Group Approval Macedonia 109 2016-0020 Skellefteå municipality Inception Approval Namibia 111 2016-0037 Falköping municipality Inception Approval Serbia 113 2016-0040 Sandviken municipality Project Approval 116 2016-0057 Sandviken municipality Steering Group Approval South Africa 119 2016-0001 Växjö municipality Development/Expansion Rejection 123 2016-0009 Tyresö municipality Steering Group Rejection 127 2016-0010 Tyresö municipality Project Rejection 131 2016-0011 Region Kronoberg Steering Group Approval 135 2016-0013 Tyresö municipality Project Rejection 139 2016-0014 Växjö municipality Project Approval 142 2016-0024 Söderhamn municipality Steering Group Rejection 145 2016-0041 Söderhamn municipality Project Rejection 3 149 2016-0044 Söderhamn municipality Project Rejection 153 2016-0048 Gävle municipality Project Approval Youth Democracy 157 2016-0053 Karlskrona municipality Rejection Project 161 2016-0054 Karlskrona municipality Steering Group Rejection Tanzania 163 2016-0055 Sundsvall municipality Project Rejection Uganda 167 2016-0022 Kalmar municipality Steering Group Approval 170 2016-0023 Kalmar municipality Project Approval 175 2016-0049 Vimmerby municipality Development/Expansion Approval Ukraine 177 2016-0017 Region Gotland Steering Group Approval 180 2016-0018 Region Gotland Project Rejection 183 2016-0019 Region Gotland Project Approval Zambia 186 2016-0026 City of Malmö Steering Group Approval 189 2016-0027 City of Malmö Project Approval 193 2016-0042 City of Malmö Project Rejection 4 Development/expansion Municipal Partnership Programme Swedish applicant organization: Country of cooperation: Hultsfred Municipality Botswana Amount applied for (SEK): Cooperation partner Local government in 257000 cooperation country: North West District Council Ref. current project and steering group: Ref: 2016-0002 Summary of the application: The project proposal is premised on the understanding and appreciation that the solutions of Solid Waste Management problems in NWDC cannot only be found by building Disposal Facilities and purchasing collection vehicles. It is equally imperative to cultivate community understanding of Solid Waste management and Environmental Protection as a societal problem and requires the cooperation of an informed community and Waste Management Authorities in equal measure. Education gives people a broader knowledge, which in turn gives them great power to influence their way of life and their place in local society. The thought of an extension is partly to develop the way of working with waste in NWDC, and partly to continuously educate and inform schoolchildren, teachers, media and society as a whole about the importance of waste management. The extension and a possible future project will also help Hultsfred Municipality to test the LOTS- model further, in a field where it has not been used that much. Since the train-the-trainer method was and still are very successful in our previous project it will be a foundation also in the field of waste. Also, we want to follow up on how the chapter about environment in our training-manual and the train-the-trainer-method has been developed for the women who produce baskets. The project will be developed according to the LFA-model. 5 Potential areas of cooperation (problems and challenges for local authorities that could be solved within the partnership): Currently, NWDC does not have community education specialists/experts within its establishment. As a result the aspects of community education and participation cultivation are not well defined. It is because of these issues that NWDC currently does not have a Community Education Strategy, therefore why NWDC would like the assistance of Hultsfred Municipality in this regard. By building the train-the-trainer method into the environmental department of the council, and thereby increasing the institutional capacity dealing with waste, schools will be able to use this capacity long-term in their own local capacity building. In that way, local and smaller societies and villages can be reached. Schools are institutions also, and their task will be to build the capacity into their local students and their relatives. In that way, the level of institutional capacity will be higher long-term. The expected changes at NWDC are that the project would need to have an officer who is responsible for it implementation, monitoring, evaluation and re-porting to Council Management. This therefore may require that the identified officer be relieved of some other responsibilities to be able to accommodate this. NWDC would also have to establish a Task Force for implementation of the project, especially the training. This would also involve providing them with resources such as transport, accommodation etc. North West District has over the tears been experiencing increasing challenges of Solid Waste Management. Population increase, especially in the district headquarters Maun, is among the major contributors. The increase in population is a result of more businesses establishing in the District. Of major concern are mine operations which have established, they bring along a significant population surge and increase in waste generation. The region is also an international tourist destination and therefore offers employment opportunities hence more prospective employees come here. The main resultant Solid Waste problems include; illegal dumping by citizens, non-provision of household waste storage bins, non-payment of waste collection fee, low level citizen cooperation in waste management activities, e.g waste separation etc. In addition, there is also a challenge of inadequate capacity within NWDC as a Waste Management Authority. This relates to; insufficient collection vehicles, limited disposal facilities, insufficient budget. Another major issue is insufficient Public Education. There has never been a meaningful and sustained Public Education exercise undertaken on waste management, except for a few that were mainly aimed at selling refuse bins at subsidized prices. Many initiatives have not been successful due to public 6 reluctance to assist authorities, and as a result, NWDC realizes they need to try and cultivate public participation through education among other measures. However, the community is diverse and is made up of various sectors(school, business, religious groups etc); therefore developing an education program suitable for all these sectors would not be an easy task and may not be a specific and precise enough to achieve the desired results. The partners appreciate that a strong Public Education Exercise could offer huge long-term benefits of young kids growing up with the information. This is because education seeks to achieve a change in mindset, long held beliefs, attitudes and ways of doing things, in this regard how the general community appreciates solid waste issues. The overall aim of the project is to raise overall awareness level of waste management among school kids so that they will in turn transmit the message to their parents and the general society at large and that they grow into adulthood with better information so as to take better and more informed decisions. We believe this will assist in getting the community to understand and appreciate their role and those of waste Management Authorities in ensuring protection of the environment and its inhabitants. The education material will cover the following as a minimum; 1. What Constitutes Waste 2. How waste is generated 3. Environmental and health impacts of waste 4. Current waste Management situation in NWDC 5. Sustainable Waste Management Process 6. Individual initiatives/Contributions to sustainable waste management 7. Benefits