Final Project Report
Solid Waste Management Improvement Project
Reference Number:
3050214
Award ID:
00042114
Project ID:
00048205
Implementing Partner:
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Award start date:
02-Dec-05
Award end date:
31 July-12
Period covered:
01 May 2009 – 31 July 2012
Report due date:
31 January 2013
Report submitted:
29 January 2013
Section I. Update on Project Outputs
Outputs
Progress towards outputs
Output 1: Recommendations
to amend the legislation on the
SW management and the
respective policies and
regulations are prepared
The comparison between respective EU legislation and Azerbaijan National
legislation has been conducted. The drafts of the Cabinet of Ministers’
regulations on incineration, on the management of landfills, and on the
collection, storage and transportation of the solid wastes were prepared and
presented to the Government. The drafts containing amendments and
changes to the Laws on “Industrial and municipal Wastes” and to the Law
on “Environmental protection” of the Republic of Azerbaijan have been
developed. Proposals to amend Azerbaijan Republic’s Code on
Administrative Breaches in part related to solid wastes were also made. The
drafts of reduction, reuse and recycling (RRR) Strategies and Cleaner
Technology Programmes (CTP) were prepared and discussed at the seminar
organized for the Government policy-makers.
Output 2: Surveys on per
capita waste generation
capacities for different seasons
are conducted
The project conducted comprehensive and reliable surveys on per capita
waste generation capacities in three locations - in Ismayilly, Sheki and in
Narimanov district in Baku. This was done for the first time ever in
Azerbaijan. The project used three different methods - at households,
garbage collection and at the utility services levels. The survey was done
during all four seasons. The results of the survey were presented to the
Government, shared with the stakeholders and similar projects and with the
general public. The guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA),
audit and inventory of SW have been prepared. The laboratory analysis of
pollution samples taken from solid waste landfills and dumps were
conducted and results of the analysis were shared with the stakeholders.
The results were presented to the audience during the final workshop.
Output 3: National Solid
The comprehensive data forms and questionnaires were developed to collect
Waste Data Bank is
developed
and record information on the solid waste sites, landfills and damps.
Information and samples for laboratory analysis were collected from 52
regions of the country. Excel-based Data Bank was developed, and now
includes information on all big illegal dump sites in the country. The main
results of activities 1 and 2 were also included into the Data-Bank
Output 4: SWM Feasibility
Study and Planning
Guidelines are prepared
Guidelines for estimation of the capital investments, transportation costs,
for different waste management scenarios and for environmental impact
assessment of municipal wastes were prepared. The model contract on solid
waste management between households, governmental organization and
utility services was developed. The Strategy of Public awareness campaign
for SWM has been created. Social video on sorting of municipal solid
wastes and booklet for public awareness campaigns in pilot areas were
made; the book containing major findings and outcomes of the project was
published and disseminated among all major stakeholders.
Output 5: Local Pilot Solid
Waste Management Project is
implemented
Ismayilly rayon was selected as a location for the pilot project. Necessary
estimations, matching possible technological options with the Project fund
were conducted. Technological equipment for processing of “soft” and
“hard” PET plastics was purchased, electricity supply improved and the
workshop was set. Trainings were conducted for the staff of Ismayilly
Utility Services on operating the technological equipment. Safety measures
were developed and local employees passed through these trainings. The
ownership of the pilot project has been passed to Ismayilly Communal
Utility Services and production of plastic products has started. The pilot is
located at the territory of the damp and produces multi-purpose plastic
pipes.
Section II. Update on Activities
Activity ID: ACTIVITY 1: Project Management
Planned start date
Actual start date
Planned end date
Actual end date
Purpose of Activity
Description of Activity
01 January 2009
01 May 2009
31 July 2012
31 July 2012
Ensure project delivery and quality of project deliverables
1)
Project management and coordination.
2)
Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Supervision
3)
Liaison with the Project Steering Committee, Consultants and
Stakeholders
4)
Preparing Work-plans, Accounting and Progress Reporting
5)
Conducting Audits and Evaluations
6)
Organizing Workshops and Training
7)
Reporting
Progress against Activity
1) Annual Work Plans were prepared and agreed. Specific activities and
targets for each year were also set.
2) The Project’s Steering Committee meetings (SCM) were held in January
2010 and in February 2011 and the Minutes of the Steering Committee
meetings were shared with the donors and with the Ministry of Ecology
and Natural Resources. Taking into account the delayed start-up of the
project on the SCM in February 2011 the decision has been made to
extend the project implementation period by nine month to July 31 2012.
This no-cost extension was approved by the Government of Norway
through an e-mail of 15 August 2011.
3) On July 14 2011 midterm Workshop was organized for the stakeholders
to inform about the progress of the project and to plan future activities.
4) Donor reports were submitted to the Government of Norway in June
2010 and July 2011 and December 2011
5) 10 international and 25 local consultants were hired by the project
during its life-time. 5 experts groups (Legal, Waste Survey, Data Bank,
Feasibility study and Local pilot project) were formed and assisted in
their work. Study tour was organized to Czech Republic for key Project
experts.
6) Research trips to 52 rayons of the country were organized; all big illegal
dump sites were visited. In the result of collected information, Ismayilly
rayon was selected for implementation of the pilot project for plastic
waste recycling.
7) Project assets were transferred from UNDP to MENR and Ismayilly
Communal Utility Services in accordance to the rules.
8) The Final Workshop with the participation of the Cabinet of Ministers,
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, all involved state agencies
and local authorities and donors took place on August 2 2012
Activity ID: ACTIVITY2: Laws, Regulations, Norms and Standards & RRR Strategies, Cleaner
Technology Program (CTP), etc.
Planned start date
Actual start date
Planned end date
Actual end date
Purpose of Activity
01 September 2009
12 November 2009
31 July 2012
31 July 2012
To review laws and regulations, identify respective priorities and assess
national priorities in developing capacities to amend the legal environment
related to the solid waste management.
Description of Activity
1) Review of existing sector plans, strategies, legislation, applicable norms
and standards, as well as institutional arrangements, in order to identify
legal barriers to proper management of non-hazardous industrial and
municipal solid wastes.
2) Draft missing sector legislation, regulations, norms and standards.
3) Prepare waste reduction, reuse and recycling (RRR) strategies.
4) Recommend appropriate legal, administrative and economic instruments
to support the RRR strategies.
5) Investigate the merits and steps necessary for introducing a national
Cleaner Technology Program (CTP) and possibly also a second-hand
raw material exchange facility.
Progress against Activity
1) ToRs for international and local experts were developed, and the team of
two experts, one from UK and the other from Azerbaijan, both with
international-level experience was created to work on the component
deliverables.
2) The team reviewed the scope of work and respective activities of other
SWM projects in Azerbaijan and took them into account when defining
more precisely the scope of its own work. In addition to the
GoNorway/UNDP funded project, there are two more SW managementrelated projects in Azerbaijan implemented by the WB and the EU. To
define more precisely the scope of work, the team conducted a
comparative analysis of all three projects. It’s been revealed that the EU
project is going to cover only the pilot area in Lenkaran. The WB
project, in turn, sees Baku as its major focus area. Therefore, it has been
confirmed that UNDP Project, as previously envisaged, should cover the
entire country and concentrate on the municipal/household solid wastes.
3) The National legislative acts and policy documents (Strategies,
Programmes, Decrees, Action Plans, etc.) were analyzed, their strengths
and weaknesses were identified, and reports on missing sector
legislation, regulations, norms and standards were prepared
4) Trips to regions were organized to collect information on the SW
regulations on the local level; the status of implementation of legislative
acts and existing institutional structures at the local level were analyzed;
landfill regulations were observed, and relevant reports were prepared.
5) Two EU Directives, 2006/12/EC on the SW and 91/689/EC on the Toxic
Wastes were analyzed and compared to the existing National Law on the
SW and EU Directives. No contradictions were revealed between them,
however many gaps have been identified in the national legislation.
6) Two more advanced national models on the SW, Czech Republic’s Law
and Abu-Dhabi Law were reviewed and decision has been adopted to
follow the Czech example, as a country with more similar historical
background and recent problems with the SW.
7) The organization of work between the legal/institutional team and Databank team has been analyzed and respective questions on the
institutional characteristics of the SWM in the regions were included
into the open-end survey questionnaires prepared for the policy-makers.
8) Field trips organized to almost all regions of the country revealed that
there are no standards, or even similar rules and procedures applied in
the regions to collection and transportation of SW and to the
management of the waste sites. Each rayon has created its own, in most
cases arbitrary, system of the SW management without taking into
account the respective regulations of the Cabinet of Ministries.
9) When deciding on the strategy of the work under the component, two
paths were considered: 1) the path of cardinal legislative changes in the
existing National Law, and 2) to leave the existing Law intact and to
either amend already existing or create new rules/ regulations of the
Cabinet of Ministries. Taking into account that: 1) the National Law on
the SW does not contradict the EU Legislation; 2) Laws in Azerbaijan
are framework laws and are implemented through the rules adopted by
the Cabinet of Ministries, which do not require passing through the
parliament, the decision has been made to work on those rules and
regulations. The work on three drafts of regulations has started - on
existing Cabinet Ministers’ decision #074, 21/04/2005 on collection,
storage, and transportation of the SW, on incineration of SW and on the
management of landfills. The decision to work on the regulations for
incineration of SW was adopted taking into account that the construction
of a big incinerator in Baku is underway (by the time of preparation of
this report, the incinerator has been constructed), however, there are no
respective rules or regulations.
10) The work has started on the draft of reduction, reuse and recycling
(RRR) Strategy.
11) Drafts of the following legislative and policy documents were prepared
or amended:
- National Strategy for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (RRR) of SMW;
- Amendments to Decision No.074 dated: 21/04/2005 of the Cabinet of
Ministers on “Rules for cleaning of inhabited localities in compliance with
sanitary regulations, hygienic and environmental guidelines, temporary
storage, regular transportation and neutralization of domestic waste”;
- Law on “Industrial and Municipal Wastes” of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
- Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers on disposal of Waste in Landfills;
- Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers on creation of Ecological passport
for Incineration of Waste;
- Additions to the Law of Azerbaijan Republic on “Environmental
protection” in part related to solid wastes;
- Proposals to amend Azerbaijan Republic’s Code on Administrative
Breaches in part related to solid wastes were developed;
- Cleaner technology Program for SWM has been created;
Activity ID: ACTIVITY 3: Waste Composition, Characteristics and Generation Survey
Planned start date
Actual start date
Planned end date
Actual end date
Purpose of Activity
01 September 2009
12 November 2009
31 October 2011
31 December 2011
Field survey and laboratory analysis to determine generation quantities,
characteristics, specific generation capacity (kg/p/day), seasonal variations,
typical composition and physical characteristics of solid wastes.
Description of Activity
1) Field survey to determine municipal solid waste generation quantities
and rates.
2) Laboratory analyses to determine waste composition & characteristics.
3) Determine specific waste generation (kg/p/day), seasonal variations,
typical composition and physical characteristics of municipal waste.
4) Survey of the present municipal waste generation, collection and
disposal to determine the generation, collection and disposal situation in
three locations.
5) Inventory/audit of industrial waste generation and disposal situation in
three municipalities (Baku, Sheki, Ismayilly).
6) Environmental impact assessments/statements
1) Project team held a brain-storming session on the methods for data and
information collection in January 2010.
2) Taking into account that it was the first time such surveys were
conducted in Azerbaijan, two international experts, from Canada and the
US were hired. In consultation with them, the decision was made to
Progress against Activity
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4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
organize surveys with two types of questionnaires, one for general
population and the other for decision-makers working in the field of
SWM. The respective templates for data registration were developed.
10 NGOs (5 in Baku, 3 in Sheki, 2 in Ismayilli), 3 municipalities and 3
communal utility service organization (one in each location) were
selected to identify per capıta daily SW generation capacity. The
trainings were organized for the staff of each entity involved in surveys
in survey methodology.
Surveys in three localities were conducted during all four seasons. In
total 1200 families, 300 individuals and 52 decision-makers were
involved into the surveys. The results were summarized and presented to
the stakeholders and to general public.
Laboratory analysis of air, soil, and water samples taken from Balakhany
waste landfill in Baku, and in waste dumps in İsmayilli and Sheki were
conducted, including microbiological analysis.
The template has been prepared and inventory of waste landfills and
dumps in 52 rayons of the country was prepared.
Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment of solid municipal
wastes based on respective EU Directives were developed
Guidelines for audit of Solid municipal wastes based on EU-Directives
were developed
Training was conducted for the staff of the Ministry of Ecology and
Natural Resources and other state agencies on Environmental Impact
Assessment and on the audit of SMW
Activity ID: ACTIVITY 4: National Solid Waste Data Bank
Planned start date
Actual start date
01 March, 2010
19 July 2010
Planned end date
Actual end date
Purpose of Activity
31 October , 2011
31 July 2012
Assisting the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Reserves in establishing and
maintaining a computerized data bank on the solid wastes.
1) Set objectives, define the scope, and establish criteria for the
development of a National SW Data Bank
2) Identifying and purchasing or developing appropriate software to
support the Data Bank.
3) Install and test software and train operators and managers.
4) Enter data obtained through the solid waste field surveys and other
sources into the Data Bank
1) ToR was prepared and an international expert from Canada was selected
to assist the Project team in identifying needs and recommending which
type of data bank is more appropriate for Azerbaijan. His
recommendation was: a) taking into account the level of development in
Azerbaijan, and b) the needs of the country in type of data, to use simple
Excel-based soft-ware for the foreseeable future. This is less
sophisticated, then the systems used in the Northern America and the
Western Europe, but more fitting to the countries of Eastern Europe and
CIS.
2) Set of data to be included into the Data Bank has been identified with the
participation of the international experts
Description of Activity
Progress against Activity
3) ToRs for the local consultants to work on the component were prepared,
and local experts were hired to collect data, including for chemical and
microbiological analysis
4) Data and information was collected. Local consultants traveled to all 52
rayons of the country, collected data from local stakeholders and regional
landfills according to developed survey inventory. Samples of soil and
water from landfills in 17 rayons were taken for the analysis of heavy
metal content (Balakhanı, Ganja, Mingechevir, Gakh, Oguz, Sheki,
Sumgait, Shirvan, Agsu, Gobustan, Kurdamir, Agdash, Barda,
Goranboy, Tartar, Dashkesen, Ismayilli) and mercury content exceeding
by several times acceptable level has been revealed in Sumgait area.
5) By using tendering procedure the server to support the software of data
bank was acquired.
6) “AzEcoLab” laboratory was contracted to conduct analysis of chemical
and microbiological compositions of waste samples taken from landfills
and dumps.
7) Data bank was created containing full information on all 52 dump sites in
the country, including geographic coordinates, distance to the settlements
and aquifers, amount of accumulated wastes, growth speed of the dump,
pictures, etc. The Data bank contains much of the results collected in
components 2-5 of the project.
8) In consultation with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources the
Server with the Data Bank has been provided to the Ministry of
Economic Development.
Activity ID: ACTIVITY 5: SWM Feasibility Study and Planning Guidelines
Planned start date
Actual start date
Planned end date
Actual end date
01 April, 2011
01 Nov 2011
31 October 2011
31 July 2012
Purpose of Activity
Creation of SWM Feasibility Study and Planning Guidelines, Public
awareness strategy
Description of Activity
1)
Progress against Activity
General feasibility study of waste collection, transportation, RRR
activities, treatment and disposal systems.
2) Planning guidelines for selection of appropriate SWM systems and
facilities.
3) Guidelines and model contracts for private sector participation in
financing, management and operation of SW services.
4) Guidelines for public awareness campaigns.
1. The following feasibility study and planning guidelines were
prepared:
- Calculation methodology and guidelines of feasibility studies applicable to
the management of municipal solid waste based on EU guidelines adapted
to the local conditions in Azerbaijan;
- Guidelines for estimation of the transportation costs (tons x per km) for the
different collection scenarios;
- Guidelines for estimation of the capital investments (per 1000 residents)
required for establishment of the waste management technical capacity
(including but not limited to vehicles, containers, construction of the
landfills, collection and segregation points) in pilot municipality;
- Estimation of economic cost for 3 basic waste management scenarios
including: Establish procedure and cost of fines for the mismanagement of
wastes in accordance with the economic costs of the environmental impact of
municipal wastes.
- Model contract on Solid Waste Management between households,
governmental organization and operational unite has been developed
- The Strategy of Public awareness campaign for SWM has been created
2. Social video clip on sorting of municipal solid wastes was prepared, and
used for enhancing public awareness in pilot areas; the clip along with
other project outputs was provided to the Ministry of Economic
Development.
3. Booklet for public awareness on SWM was published.
4. The book containing major findings and outcomes of the project was
published and disseminated among state agencies and stakeholders.
Activity ID: ACTIVITY 6: Local SWM Project
Planned start date
Actual start date
Planned end date
Actual end date
Purpose of Activity
01 March, 2011
01 September 2011
31 July 2012
31 July 2012
Selection and realization of a Pilot Project according to Implementation of
Activities 1-5. Carry out preliminary evaluations and pre-feasibility analyses
of demonstration project.
Description of Activity
1. On the basis of collected information, survey and analysis and in
consultation with the major stakeholders, to determine the geographic
area for the pilot project.
2. Carry out preliminary evaluations and feasibility studies to determine
the types of wastes being processed.
3. In consultation with the international and local experts and by taking into
account locally available options, determine major characteristics of the
pilot project.
4. Analyze demonstration projects identified during the workshop, and
recommend the most appropriate project for further investigations and
elaborations.
5. Get approval from the Steering Committee for further planning of the
selected demonstration project.
6. Prepare technical plans, estimate investments and operation costs, and
design the pilot project
7. Implement the pilot project
1) According to the developed RRR-strategy and information collected under
components 2-5 Ismayilly rayon has been selected for the pilot project. One
of the major factors for selection was a very positive attitude and genuine
interest shown by this rayon’s executive authorities;
2) After serious analysis and estimations, in particular, by taking into account
the absence of waste trucks with separate sections for different types of
wastes, and very high cost of those cars, exceeding opportunities and scope
Progress against Activity
of current project, the decision has been made to concentrate attention and
resources on plastic waste recycling.
3) By using recommendations of local and international experts, and on the
basis of cost estimations, the decision was made to use equipment produced
and refurbished in Azerbaijan. The main goal of the pilot project was to
demonstrate technical feasibility and financial sustainability of such project
to the local authorities and local utility services.
4) Technological equipment for pilot Project was selected according to
assessments of International and local experts. Production of plastic pipes
and hoses from “soft” plastic and plastic PET powder, mainly from plastic
bottles was selected as the most suitable option.
5) 5 pieces of equipment were installed: one transformer, one crasher for
PET with the capacity of 1 ton/per day, and 3 pieces of equipment – 1
crasher, one refined crasher and one molder to produce pipes and hoses of 3
different diameters (18 mm, 20mm and 22mm).
6) The staff of Communal Utility service enterprises in Ismayilli were trained
in sorting and processing of plastic wastes and in production of new
products.
7) The safety instructions for the employees of the workshop were prepared,
trainings were conducted and respective control mechanisms on observing
those procedures were established.
8) The ownership of the equipment of pilot project has been transformed to
Communal Utility Services of Ismayilly rayon.
Section III. Update on Risks Log
Type of Risk
Description
Comment or Management Response
Financial
There is a risk that the budget
allocated for particular components
may not be sufficient to implement
them in full
Recommendations and suggestions of local
and international experts, in consultations
with the stakeholders, were used to
determine the budget allocation to achieve
the highest utility results for the project. As
a result of close attention, this risk was low
throughout the life-time of the project.
Operational
Lack of local capacities in modern This risk has been mitigated through the
approaches to the SWM
involvement of the international consultants
in the project planning and implementation.
International consultants worked closely
with the local consultants. The inquiries and
advertising methods were used to attract the
best possible expertise from within the
country. Special attention was paid to the
implementation of local project in Ismayilly.
Local experts from Baku traveled to
Ismayilly and trained local specialists. This
risk was medium throughout the life-time of
the project, however, constant attention and
necessary arrangements allowed to deal
successfully with this risk.
Organizational
In addition to UNDP project, there
are also WB and the EU projects on
the SW; one more strong local
institution, “Temiz Sheher” (“Clean
City”) was created to improve the
system of the Solid Waste
management
in
Azerbaijan.
Therefore, there is a risk of
overlapping activities on the one
hand, and lack of necessary
coordination and communication
between different projects on the
other.
Other
Methodological: Determining per
capita waste generation capacity is
difficult
and
may
produce
significantly
different
results
depending on the methodology used.
Other
Project results, in particular
guidelines developed or results
obtained under the per capita waste
generation capacity survey may not
be accepted by the government as
contradicting to their already set
policies.
The consultation mechanism has been
established between the project teams of
different SWM related projects with the
active participation of the UNDP Project
team. The UNDP Project team members
actively participated in the respective public
events and workshops organized by other
entities, and in turn other teams’ members
were duly informed about results of UNDPlead project and when necessary consulted
on its outputs.
Selection of the pilot areas in Ismayilly and
Sheki was conducted by taking into account
the geographic area concentrations of other
projects.
Since the UNDP project was well-ahead in
all components of the work, this risk was
low through the life-time of UNDP project.
Already the first steps in data collection
revealed that risk. For example, sometimes
businesses damp their wastes into private
residential areas, or it was not possible to
define accurately the number of people in
each household surveyed. Therefore, to
diminish this risk three methods of per
capita waste generation capacity were
developed and used by the project.
Combination of results of three methods
allowed to significantly reduce this risk. The
risk is low.
Throughout
the
entire
project
implementation
period,
close
communication was held with both the
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
and the Ministry of Economic Development.
All results of the project were shared with
them on time, necessary consultations were
held, therefore, this risk has been
minimized. Even more importantly, the
results of the project, its outputs are used by
the Government to set future policies of the
country in the management of solid wastes.
The risk has been significantly lowered,
however, not completely eliminated, as still
sufficient level of communication is still not
attained among different government
agencies.
Section IV. Update on Issues Log
Type of Issue
Description
Comment or Management Response
1) Change
It's been initially planned to use
complicated software for the
National SW Data Bank. However,
hired international consultant advised
to use an Excel spreadsheet saved at
the server located at the MENR
2) Change
Initially the project planned to collect
data on both the household wastes
and on the industrial wastes.
However, the project implementation
has shown that there is no reliable
data on the industrial wastes and it is
impossible to collect any more or less
meaningful data, as there is no
regulatory mechanism requiring
enterprises to collect and report on
those data. In addition the enterprises
“free ride” on the government’s
promotion of entrepreneurship and
easily reject any attempts to collect
such data as interference.
Taking into account that Excel-based nonsophisticated programs are used by
countries with characteristics similar to
Azerbaijan,
the
Project
Team
recommended to the Steering Committee
to also use simple Excel-based
spreadsheet rather than complicated and
expensive software. The decision was
made to use such an Excel-based spreadsheet. The decision has proved right, the
Data Bank has been successfully created,
contains necessary information and is
user-friendly. The future usage of the Data
Bank lies with the Ministry of Economic
Development.
Since there is no mechanism to collect
data on industrial wastes, the Steering
Committee has decided to limit the data
collection to the domestic wastes. At the
same time the Steering Committee
recommended to include the industrial
waste data collection and mechanism of it
into the scope of the component on the
waste regulation of the current project.
This is being taken into account when
preparing the respective regulation of the
Cabinet of Ministers on waste collection,
storage and transportation.
3) Change
In the initial design of the project
public awareness component had
limited scope. However, the project
implementation has shown the need
to enhance this component. In
particular, it was recommended by
one of the international consultants,
as the strengthening of this
component will have a very positive
impact on the implementation and
impact of the entire project.
4) Change
The project had a rather slow start.
The surveys to determine per capita
waste generation capacities had to be
conducted during 4 consecutive
seasons. Therefore, it was not
possible to compensate for the delays
of the start-up period. Therefore, the
project team, following advice of the
international consultants, suggested a
9-months no cost-extension.
5)
Change
During the project implementation,
the Government of Azerbaijan took
the decision (January 2012) to entrust
the
issues
of
Solid Waste
Management to the Ministry of
Economic Development.
Taking into account recommendation
provided by the international consultant
and the Project Team, it’s been discussed
and decided to enhance the scope of the
public awareness component, which is
currently the part of the “Feasibility
studies” Activity of the Project. The
necessary activities were taken into
account, two NGOs conducted successful
public awareness campaign in Ismayilly
rayon, social video clip has been created
and used for the meetings in schools and
shown on TV to create a favorable
condition for the implementation of the
local pilot project in Ismayilly.
The Steering Committee recommended to
accept
proposed
9-month
no-cost
extension and continue the project until
July 31 2012. The project budget was
adjusted accordingly. In particular, the
funds freed from not-buying expensive
software for the solid waste data bank
were used for the broader public
awareness campaign, and for the pilot
project on recycling plastic wastes in
Ismayilly rayon.
In order to ensure the sustainability of
results, the project cooperates with the
Foreign Investments and Assistance
Department of the Ministry of Economic
Development and submitted all the project
products (reports, Data Bank) to them for
further use.
The Project Team jointly with Sheki Communal Services Department’s staff during
waste per capita generation studies
Waste Disposal Site in Ismayilly rayon
Youth participants of environmental awareness campaign conducted in Ismayilly and Gabala rayons
Plastic Wastes Processing Workshop in Ismayilly rayon created by the Project and provided to Ismayilly
Communal Services Department