Community waste management actions plans, including small-scale low-cost investment portfolio (small grant project ideas) will serve to improve health, environmental and economic conditions of local population.
Mostly, the project will focus on household solid wastes, being a major concern for local communities. This issue is linked with degradation of agricultural lands as well as with the pollution of the Alazani River, one of the trans-boundary tributaries of the Kura-Aras River Basin, used for drinking and irrigation water supply. Thus, the empowerment and awareness rising of local communities on the environmental impacts of household waste dumping will contribute to the enhanced local knowledge on global environmental issues addressed by GEF. Moreover, basic waste management trainings of communities and youth will also include modules/aspects of the management of chemicals of global concern, e.g. PoPs with a focus on PoPs-pesticides and dioxins and furans
Notable Community Participation
The project aims at incorporating community-level waste management issues in local development agenda on the example of Kakheti region. This will be achieved through participation of local community groups/NGOs from all municipalities of the region in community-level waste management action planning and local community-government dialogue as well as through outreach campaign to be organized by Kakhetian ecoclubs.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
The project aims at incorporating community-level waste management issues in local development agenda on the example of Kakheti region. This will be achieved through participation of local community groups/NGOs from all municipalities of the region in community-level waste management action planning and local community-government dialogue as well as through outreach campaign to be organized by Kakhetian ecoclubs.
Gender Focus
The project will ensure equal participation of male and female members of local communities in capacity development and waste management action planning as well as in outreach and advocacy campaigns.
In general, the project will equally benefit all groups of local communities, by enhancing their knowledge and capacities in solving local waste management issues as well as by creating a planning framework for community-level waste management.
Policy Impact
The project will ensure equal participation of male and female members of local communities in capacity development and waste management action planning as well as in outreach and advocacy campaigns.
The project will pilot the process of participatory community waste management action planning and facilitate the dialogue between communities and local authorities with a purpose to integrate community waste management priorities into municipal development agenda. Project outcomes, processes and procedures will be generalized in a guideline for community waste management actions planning that can be successfully applied by communities and local authorities in other municipalities as well as by the government at the central level.
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
establishment of youth clubs, active training seminars, round tables, donor koordination meeting, video production and broadcasting and various PR events.
Project Results
eight key community/CSO groups established, 1 per municipality, with roughly 15 persons in each group:
community action plans validated by target community groups
community priority waste management issues set by target community group members and potential interventions identified:
community waste management training course developed
- nine waste management trainings with participation of school children and teachers of target communities conducted
- five Ecoclubs members participated in 10 days Eco Camp organized by local NGO CENN on waste management issues (July 2015);
two round table discussions with participation of youth were organized
6 clean up actions conducted
outreach/awareness materials produced (7 publications of kids and 1 8-minute bilingual documentary)
- 3R youth on-line secretariat (Facebook Group) for information exchange and facilitation of on-line discussions created. Information about the Program, its goals and activities are available there. Facebook is used by a large number of Alliance members and helps the Program share information, plan activities and promote certain topics.
- On-line competition of school children ?My Waste Management School Model?.
- 4 winners of the competition identified and awarded with waste literature, tablet computers and canvas bags
1 guideline on community waste management action planning prepared (100 copies)
a donor conference jointly with the presentation of project outcomes organized
55 community action plans developed, including priority investment measures of these target communities, grouped per municipality
1 community-government joint meeting on integration of community priorities into municipal agenda held. In addition, community priorities were discussed during the donor conference and community action plans handed out to representatives of all key stakeholders
