Resources / Collaborative Working Group on Solid Waste Management

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9000 St. Gallen

Switzerland

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Solid Waste.

English

Document download.Policy engagement. Face to face networking. Training.

Evolved from a 1995 multi-stakeholder workshop at which delegates agreed to set up a network to support municipal solid waste management. After a workshop in Dar es Salaam (2003), the network members decided that the CWG should seek to establish itself on a continuous basis. For that purpose, an executive team, a secretariat and a programme review committee have been formed, and they started to operate in 2004.

The CWG seeks • to raise the profile of SWM with decision-makers at city, national and international levels. • to serve as a centre of expertise and knowledge on integrated and sustainable SWM in low- and middle-income countries • to build regional capacity for improved and sustainable SWM • to develop and disseminate new knowledge products on SWM Members see the CWG as the main lobby platform or voice of the SWM sector in developing countries. The CWG network is a forum to encourage interaction between partners on key solid waste management issues and to provide the opportunity for improving the standards and sustainability of solid waste management. It covers the wide range of aspects that affect solid waste management, including institutional, social, financial and technical aspects.

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