INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt
INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt
INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt
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General Secretariat –<br />
Opening of the new premises<br />
On 2 July 2010 the Official Opening Ceremony<br />
of our new Headquarters in Vienna took place.<br />
60 guests from 11 countries followed our<br />
invitation and experienced a very entertaining<br />
and atmospheric event. After a welcome drink<br />
and a viewing of the premises there were opening<br />
addresses from Ms. Ulli Sima, Councilwoman for<br />
the Environment, from our President Mr. Atilio<br />
Savino and from Mr. Rainer Kronberger, President<br />
of ISWA Austria (pictured on the left). Mr. Hermann<br />
Koller, our Managing Director, gave a presentation on<br />
ISWA projects, activities and future developments.<br />
The evening finished with an Austrian gastronomic<br />
specialities dinner buffet.<br />
Scientific and Technical Committee<br />
The Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) is governed<br />
by its Chair and the current Chairs of the ISWA<br />
Working Groups. The STC represents ISWA’s technical<br />
expertise and coordinates the activities of the Working<br />
Groups. Members meet 2-3 times a year, often in connection<br />
with the Board meetings. The Chair of the STC is<br />
also a member of the ISWA Board.<br />
Regional Development Networks<br />
ISWA has established different Regional Development<br />
Networks (RDN) to more effectively reach regions outside<br />
of its traditionally strong areas (i.e. Western Europe<br />
and North America). The RDNs aim is to promote sustainable<br />
waste management by carrying out activities and<br />
developing programs that focus on their regions special<br />
needs and challenges.<br />
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2009/2010 activities of the STC see chapter 4.2 below.<br />
Working Groups<br />
The purpose of the ISWA Working Groups is to serve as<br />
the principal means for ISWA to deliver its technical and<br />
scientific programs. As such, the Board and the ISWA<br />
membership look to the Working Groups for technical<br />
information and assistance, basic and applied research,<br />
professional meetings, and the development and dissemination<br />
of information regarding solid waste<br />
management. Currently there are 9 Working Groups<br />
excluding the new Working Group dealing with Climate<br />
Change issues that has just recently been established.<br />
2009/2010 activities of the Working Groups see<br />
chapter 4.3 below.<br />
There are currently three Regional Development Networks<br />
that have been established, each of them represented<br />
by one member on the ISWA Board.<br />
Asian and Pacific Regional Network<br />
Australia<br />
Waste Management Association of Australia<br />
India<br />
National Solid Waste Association of India<br />
Malaysia<br />
Waste Management Association of Malaysia<br />
New Zealand<br />
Waste Management Institute of New Zealand<br />
Singapore<br />
Waste Management & Recycling Association<br />
of Singapore
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