JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] PROFILE
James has over 12 years relevant international experience with the development of environmental strategies and legislation, use and assessment of policy instruments, environmental licensing, enforcement and auditing. Over the years he has been a team leader facilitating multi-stakeholder processes and key negotiator of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) concerning chemicals and hazardous waste, including the 2013 “Geneva Statement on the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”. He is the immediate past Vice President of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of hazardous waste and their disposal.
He was until recently the head of General and hazardous waste management at the Zambia Environmental Management Agency. He now works as the Projects Coordinator at the Basel Convention Regional Centre (Africa Institute) for English speaking African Countries based in Pretoria, South Africa.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Environmental Management, University of Free State, South Africa
Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Agricultural Economics, University of Zambia, Zambia
School leaving examination Certificate, Kansenshi Secondary School, Zambia
Has attended specialized training in the following:
• Environmental, Social Impact • Mercury Inventory Level I & II UNEP Assessment and Planning Toolkit and ISO 14001 certification • Cleaner Production • Resettlement Action Planning • World Bank and International Finance • Environmental Monitoring, Review Performance Standards EIAs and EMPs • Identification of Ozone Depleting • Environmental Emergency Preparedness Substances at Point of Entry and Response • Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) • South African Environmental Law, Sampling, Testing and Analysis Leadership and Supervision • Project Management
AFFILIATIONS
• Member, Institute of Waste Management Zambia Chapter • Member, Economics Association of Zambia • Member, International Solid Waste Association • Member, Environmental Law Association of South Africa • Member, United Nation’s Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) working group
Page 1 of 7 JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] EXPERIENCE
2013 – Present Africa Institute for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous and other wastes (Basel Convention Regional Training Centre for all English speaking African Countries)
Projects Coordinator
To manage and coordinate the implementation of programmes of the Africa Institute in the English Speaking African Countries and beyond the region through:
a) Managing service providers/consultants for various projects of the Africa Institute b) Developing and monitoring project implementation plans c) Coordinating and engaging with National, Regional and International stakeholders d) Reviewing project outputs and making recommendations e) Developing project proposals and business plans for fund-raising purposes f) Liaising with all National and International partners involved in project implementation g) Convening and facilitating meetings, training workshops, field missions for experts and consultants in the region h) Liaising with internal and external providers and other interested stakeholders i) Preparing reports on the implementation of projects activities j) Preparing financial and technical progress reports of projects k) Participating in the overall reporting of the Africa Institute l) Representing the Africa Institute in regional and International meetings and workshops as appropriate
2008-2013 Zambia Environmental Management Agency
Senior Environmental Inspector
Coordinate, supervise and oversee over 500 industrial and business operations in Zambia. Undertake and conduct inspections, investigations and compliance monitoring audits. Supervision of Environmental Inspectors.
Coordinate the development of departmental work plans. Development of standards and regulations for sound environmental management, enforcement and prosecution of environmental pollution and issuance or permits and licenses to facilities meeting set environmental practices. Focal point for the Basel Convention. Responsible for National reporting and implementation.
2005-2008 Environmental Council of Zambia
Environmental Inspector –General and Hazardous Waste Management
a) Enforcement and Regulation of Environmental legislation b) Licensing and Monitoring for environmental management of facilities c) Assessment of waste minimization technologies and options d) Tailings Disposal Assessment e) Development of regulations, standards on environmental legislation f) Environmental emergency response and training g) Facilitation of sound disposal/transport of hazardous waste h) Domestication and implementation of International Conventions i) Trainer in cleaner production and waste management
Page 2 of 7 JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] j) Public Consultation/Awareness/ Education and Training k) Monitoring of Contaminated sites l) Conducting Environmental Risk Assessment
2004-2005 Environmental Council of Zambia
Environmental Inspector-Environmental Impact Assessment
a) Enforcement and Regulation to Environmental legislation b) Licensing and Monitoring of facilities for compliance to environmental licenses and permit conditions c) Environmental Impact Assessment Verification d) Environmental Management Plans Assessment e) Environmental Monitoring f) Public Consultation and Participatory Rural Appraisal g) Development of Standards and Regulations on Environment h) Environmental Auditing, due diligence and assessment of competent person’s reports i) Assessment of Feasibility studies for large and small projects j) Environmental Training and Awareness k) Provision of Technical support
2003-2004 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/Environmental Council of Zambia
Assistant Regional Coordinator-UNEP/SADC PCB Project
a) Conducting inventories in the 15 SADC countries on the quantities of PCB contaminated equipments, sites and oil a) Coordinated with national, regional and international stakeholders. b) Liaise with all national and international partners involved in the project. c) Preparing training modules for the 15 country training workshops d) Conducting training in PCB testing and analysis e) Coordinating country performance reports f) Developing brochures and other IEC materials on PCBs
ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES/ PROJECTS MANAGED
1. Mining projects including Quarrying and Open Cast Extraction for base, ferrous, non-ferrous and precious metals
2. Energy projects including Service stations, Solar, Bio-fuels and Coal mining projects
3. Communication and Transportation projects e.g. Lusaka-Chirundu road; Mobile communication base stations and repeater stations
4. Dams, Rivers and Water Resource projects e.g. Kafue gorge lower; Itezhi tezhi and Kalungwishi projects
5. Urban Development and Housing projects e.g. Meanwood and Lilayi Housing schemes
6. Forestry Related Activities e.g. Mushingashi conservancy project in Kafue National Park
Page 3 of 7 JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] 7. Agriculture e.g. Herbicide residue analysis in soils along rail line from Livingstone to Kitwe
8. Processing and Manufacturing Industry e.g. Milling plants; Cotton ginnery; Beverage; and Leather tanning projects
9. Electrical Infrastructure e.g. Rural electrification projects in Eastern, Southern, Central, Lusaka, Northern and Luapula provinces
10. Waste Disposal e.g. Construction and operation of an engineered sanitary landfill in Lusaka and waste recycling plants
11. Nature Conservation Areas e.g. Walking with Lions Safari project in Livingstone Musi-o-tunya National Park
ACHIEVEMENTS
2011-2013 African Region Representative and Vice President to the United Nations Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste
2011-2013 African Region Representative and Vice President to the United Nations Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste 8th Open Ended Working Group
2010 Successful prosecution of Lusaka City Council over the poor waste management of the Chunga Landfill Site in Lusaka, Zambia.
2009 Spearheaded the development of Zambian Landfill Site Selection and Management Technical Guidelines.
2009 Coordinated a task team involved in the export of over 400 tonnes hazardous waste to Denmark and South Africa.
2009 Team leader of a multi-stakeholder group on the development of the Zambia Regulations on Extended Product Responsibility.
2008 Spearheaded and coordinated a multi disciplinary stakeholder technical working group on the development of the Zambian Standard on Carrier Bags and Flat Bags.
2008 Spearheaded and coordinated a multi disciplinary stakeholder technical working group on the development of the Zambian Standard on the Management of waste oil.
2007 Part of an Audit team that audited Mopani Copper Mines Plc (2003) Environmental Management Plan for Nkana and Mufulira Mine sites.
2007 Spearheaded the development and publishing of the Technical Guidelines on the Sound Management of Health Care Waste in Zambia.
2007 Spearheaded the development and publishing of the Technical Guidelines on the Minimum Specifications for Health Care Waste Incineration in Zambia.
Page 4 of 7 JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] 2006 Part of the study team involved in a World Bank funded project on the Determination of Lead (Pb) concentration in soils along some selected highways in Zambia.
PUBLICATIONS
2011 An investigation of Factors Determining Community Concerns and Attitudes towards Hazardous Waste Facilities, Dissertation for an award of a Master’s Degree.
2008 Lead Author, Zambia Environmental Outlook 3 Chapter on Settlements
PAPER PRESENTATION
1. Zambian Governments’ experience in implementing the Stockholm Convention related to BAT and BEP, PCBs and POPS wastes, Regional workshop for English-speaking countries in Africa that are Parties to the Stockholm Convention, Nairobi, Kenya, June 15-19, 2009.
2. Implementation of the National Solid Waste Management Strategy in Zambia, Waste Management Policy and Legal Framework Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia February 2009.
3. Status of Hazardous Waste Management in Zambia, 3rd Inter Agency Coordinating Meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, January 2009.
4. Ozone layer protection and Zambia’s Response, a Presentation to the ECZ Council, May 2009.
5. Approach to identifying constraints and challenges for Health Care Waste Management (HCWM): Conducting an Environmental Audit, ToT workshops in Lusaka, 2008.
6. Generals Principals of Waste Management and their application to Health Care Facilities, ToT workshops in Lusaka, 2008.
7. HCWM: Minimisation, Segregation, Packaging and Labelling requirements, ToT workshops in Lusaka, 2008.
8. Introduction to Incinerator Minimum Specifications, ToT workshops in Lusaka, 2008.
9. Challenges of Environmental Sanitation-An Environmental Regulators’ Perspective, presented at a National Water and Sanitation Council Media workshop in Lusaka, 2008.
10. The Development of Technical Guidelines on Sound Management of Health Care Waste in Zambia presented to the National Infection Prevention Technical working group, 2007.
11. The Zambian Legal Framework on Waste Management, presented to the Pediatric Association of Zambia organized workshop in Lusaka 2006.
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
1. Joint Bureau of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, December 2012, Geneva Switzerland.
Page 5 of 7 JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] 2. Expanded Bureau Meeting of the Basel Convention on Hazardous Waste, November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.
3. Global Partnership of Waste Management, November 2012, Osaka, Japan.
4. Open Ended Working Group Meeting 8 for the Basel Convention, September 2012 Geneva, Switzerland.
5. Conference of Parties for the Basel Convention. October 2011, Cartagena, Colombia.
6. 5th PACE Working group meeting, May 2012, San Salvador El Salvador.
7. Interpol organized e-waste meeting. June 5-8, 2010, Washington DC, USA.
8. Extraordinary conference of parties for the Stockholm, Rotterdam and Basel Convention. February, 2010, Bali Indonesia.
9. Regional Awareness Raising Workshop on Enhancing Cooperation and Coordination for the Implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, October 28-30, 2009, Pretoria, South Africa;
10. International conference on e-waste control, July 20-21, 2009, Abuja, Nigeria;
11. Regional Capacity Building Workshop on the Practical use of the Guidelines on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices and Environmentally Sound Management of POPs Wastes and PCBs, 15-19 June, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya;
12. Regional workshop towards a non-toxic waste environment in Africa, October 2007 in Lusaka, Zambia;
13. Closing Workshop SADC PCB regional project workshop, October 2005, Arusha Tanzania;
14. Inception Workshop SADC PCB regional project workshop, October 2004, Maputo, Mozambique;
REFEREES:
Ms. Noluzuko (Zukie) Gwayi Marthie Kemp (Pr.Sci.Nat) Senior Policy Advisor Professional Officer and Course Coordinator Director: International Chemicals and Centre for Environmental Management Waste Cooperation - International Cooperation Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Department of Environmental Affairs University of the Free State P/B X 447, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: +27 (0)51 401 2863 Phone: +27- (0) 12 399 9856 Fax: +27 (0)51 401 2629 Fax: +27- (0) 12 320 0346 E-mail: [email protected] Cell: +27 (0)79 886 6582 Web: www.ufs.ac.za/cem E-mail: [email protected]
Page 6 of 7 JAMES MULOLO Private Bag X447, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: +2778 397 9095 Email: [email protected] Dr. Koebu Khalema Pr Sci Nat. Program Officer The Africa Institute 470 Steve Biko Road Department of Environmental Affairs P/B X 447, Pretoria, 0001 Tel (+27) (012) 399 9863 Cell (+27) 083 8646828 Fax (+27) (012) 3205540 E-mail: [email protected]
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