INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt

3.4 Task Forces
Task Forces are established to handle special new
challenges identified by the Board which require expert
and concentrated attention which cannot be provided
by a Working Group. The Task Forces provide a means for
ISWA to obtain specialised information to assist ISWA
in policy and programme determination. Task Forces are
established for a specific purpose and assignment, exist
for a limited time, are administered by the STC, and are
disbanded when their objective is completed.
Currently there are two Task Forces active, one on
Globalisation and one Science:
Task Force on Science
In ISWA’s bid to recognize the importance of and
strengthen academic participation in ISWA, a new Task
Force on Science (TFS) has been created. ISWA already
connects with the scientific community through its
journal of Waste Management & Research which belongs
to the oldest and most renowned international
journals (existing since 1983) on waste management.
ISWA also recognises that there are famous and well
placed academics that are already working with ISWA,
providing substantial scientific value and support to
ISWA’s activities.
as a mean to prevent environmental degradation
from improper waste management activities,
• propose a framework to address waste trafficking
and measures and policies for reduction and
prevention of it, and
• highlight successes as well as failures of
international aid and cooperation and thus
provide conclusions regarding its utilization.
Overall, the project will demonstrate the opportunity
as well as the threats that globalization poses to waste
management and create a conceptual framework for
a more successful adaptation of them in future plans
and activities.
To achieve these aims the TFGWM has identified four
deliverables and has already made some significant
progress, such as holding a special experts workshop
on the integration of the informal and formal sectors
in Buenos Aires in June and the preparation of a key
issue paper on Waste Trafficking.
The TFGWM hopes to have completed its actions by
around June 2013.
The TFS is working on an action plan that will allow
ISWA to further utilize its strengths and opportunities
within the scientific community. The TFS aims to create
a new and more attractive framework for academics
participation to ISWA, to exploit further the academic
resources already available through ISWA, and to create
better conditions for the required innovative symbiosis
between market and scientific developments.
It is planned that the activities of the TFS should be
completed in 2011.
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Task Force on Globalisation and Waste Management
The globalisation of waste is a major concern for ISWA
since it is one of the major challenges for the long-term
sustainability of waste management. Recognising that
Globalisation creates substantial changes and brings new
unprecedented challenges for Solid Waste Management,
ISWA established a Task Force (TFGWM) in September
2010. The TFGWM aims to:
• promote and raise awareness of the new challenges
put by globalization to waste management practices
and planning,
• examine the necessity for, and if appropriate to
develop, a “road - map” towards substantial improvements
to waste management worldwide,