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CLEANER ENERGY SAVING MEDITERRANEAN CITIES
ROAD MAP FOR SEAP IMPLEMENTATION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL
FINAL REPORT
Sector
National strategies/
programs/ planning tools Relevant provision Remarks/Recommendations
Waste Sector
National Solid Waste
Management Programme
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(NSWMP)
The NSWMP goals are:
Component A: Institutions, Policy and Legislation
Component B: Investment Programming and
Implementation
Component C: Professional Capacity
Development
Component D: Planning, Services and
Infrastructure, Improved Services and Facilities
Component E: Civil Society Participation
Component F: Implementation and Monitoring.
The NSWMP together with its partners and stakeholders is
working on transforming challenges into opportunities for
Egypt’s solid waste sector. It is launched in response to solid
waste challenges in Egypt, where only 60 per cent of solid
waste is actually collected, less than 20 per cent is recycled
or properly disposed of.
NSWMP activities and capacity building:
Second Round of “Planning for Integrated Waste
Management“ Training (NSWMP), 11-12 May
2016
On 15 th of March 2016, the NSWMP in
collaboration with the Recycling and Economic
Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA)
organized a one-day workshop in Cairo on
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for
waste tyres. The workshop was attended by
industry representatives, government entities,
recyclers and cement companies.
First Round of “Integrated Waste Management
Planning” Training, 19-21 April 2016,
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The National Solid Waste Management Programme (NSWMP) - available at: http://nswmp.net/ (Accessed: 22.08.2016)
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THIS PROJECT IS FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE HUMAN DYNAMICS CONSORTIUM