Life Third Countries Marseille Horizon

Life Third Countries IWM Agency - Vlore (Albania)

Horizon 2020 Conference on Municipal

Waste Management

Presentation structure

• Context• Stakeholders and partnership • Life project results and outcome• Partnership relations• Strength and Weakness• Advice

GENERAL CONTEXT TERRITORIAL CONTEXT

ADRIATIC EURO REGION - ALBANIA - VLORE REGION

INSITUTIONAL CONTEXT: AREA OF CROSS BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN

ITALY AND ALBANIA

DECENTRALISATION ACTION OF ALBANIA GOVERNMENT

PRESENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN VLORE TERRITORY (World Bank, UNDP)

TEMATIC CONTEXT

PLANNING ON URBAN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Adriatic Area

Vlore Region

Urban Waste Management in Vlore 1

Urban Waste management in Vlore 2

LOCAL CONSTRAINS

ALBANIAN LEGISLATION ON WASTE MANAGEMENT NOT FULLY APPLICABLE

REGIONAL AUTHORITY WITH COMPETENCIES ON PLANNING BUT WITHOUT A STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION AND APPROPRIATE PLANNING METHOD

WASTE MANAGEMENT NOT REALLY UNDER CONTROL OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS

LACK OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SOLVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS

PROJECT IDEA AND PARTNERSHIP

1.WHAT COULD LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS DO?

2. HOW CAN CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION FIND SOLUTION FOR THIS “HARD”

PROBLEMS?

OUR PARTNERSHIP PRINCIPLES

• Coherence of the project contents with each stakeholders policies and priorities

• Coordination with other regional and local structures, possibly involving other national or regional bodies

• Complementarity of the project with other programmes and actions

• Concentration on shared actions

Master Plan on Waste management:

“Vlore and Marche Regional Authorities partnership

Local Needs and constrainsProject generation

-Training and personnel- Define planning methods-Lack of recycling activities

- New dumpsite and treatment plantto manage waste

- Improve public awareness

European Union financialprogramme for

environment and cross border cooperation

Marche Regional Authority

Assistance and co-financing

Vlore Regional authorityCofinancing and Personeel

I nternational agencyI talian GovernmentWorld Bank – UNDP

Albanian Government

Local stakeholders in Vlore Region

I dea and methods to managesolid waste management in

Regional territory

Regional Agency for an Integrated waste management

Project plan - Regional Plan of waste

management -Localization criteria for dumpsite

- Pilot project -Training and

- Awareness campaigns

Linea LIFE Third country + N. 3 Interreg IIIA

cross border projects

Vlore Regional Authority co-financing

Technical Personnel

Marche Regional Authority

co-financing+

Technical assistance

Law 84/01 Italian Ministry for foreign affair World Bank ICZM Prog.

UNOPS Programme

N. 4 town council of Vlore regionsCo-financing

Local Personeel

Integrated Waste Management Agency on Vlore Regional Authority

Main project objectives of Life IWM project.

TO ESTABLISH STRUCTURE ABLE TO COORDINATE AND PLAN WASTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE VLORE REGIONAL AUTHORITY THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE REGIONAL PERSONNEL.

TO DEFINE USEFUL TECHNICAL TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Results and Output of Life IWM project ACTION: TEAMBUILDING

Training course on Planning principles on waste management

Beneficiary: Network of public officers of all public institutions involved (N.1 Regional Authority + 7

Municipalities + N. 15 people involved).

Results and Output of Life IWM project

ACTION: TRAINING ACTIVITY • Training courses for local planners of the

municipal authorities • Training courses for technicians of waste

collection and transport • Training courses for tourist operators • Training courses for operators and port workers Beneficiaries: all local stakeholders in Vlore

Territory and in other neighbouring territory

Results and Output of Life IWM project

ACTION: PLANNING ACTIVITY • Social and economic analysis • Database and collecting data model • Collecting data on area with waste collecting services • Collecting of all environmental laws in Albania • Defining of sustainable size of local treatment plants • To define several scenario in Vlore region

Beneficiaries = Experts involved(People of local institutions who act with the

assistance of Italian public officers)

Results and Output of Life IWM project

ACTION: LOCALIZATION CRITERIA FOR DUMPSITE

• Localization criteria• Matrix elaboration• Schedul of Municipality areas with GIS System

Beneficiaries: Local Authorities and planners

Results and Output of Life IWM project

ACTION: PILOT PROJECTS

• 1 pilot project for the building up a system of waste separated collection along the seaside of Himara, Saranda and Lukova with more than 500 bins.

• 25 sites for the separated waste collection located within the schools of the Vlore Region.

• 1 ecological island for the used oil collection in the Port of Durres.

• 1 pilot project for the used paper collection through a system of bins and an ad hoc truck.

Beneficiaries: Local Authorities and citizens

Results and Output of Life IWM project

ACTION: AWARENESS ACTIVITIES • Illustrated “waste book” for schools and students • An education plan for teachers• A Training course for teachers on environmental

education

• Public campaign on waste collection

• Beneficiaries: all local stakeholders in Vlore Territory including citizens and schools

Main outputs – Regional Plan

Main outputs - Education Plan

Agency and structure

Pilot projects

Awareness

Pilot projects

Localization criteria - GIS Application

Localization criteria - GIS Application

Localization criteria - GIS Application

STRENGTHS

1. Ownership by the local stakeholders. The action was agreed among all partners.

2. The initiative corresponds to the territorial “vocation and needs ”

3. Real joint assessment and implementation.4. Good results in terms of multiplier effect5. High capacity to create financial sinergies with

International and National donors.6. High involvement by the local beneficiaries in

particular with awareness activity.

WEAKNESS

• Personnel of Regional office under the effect of “political spoil system”

• Regional Authority too weak in Albania in terms of resources

• Lack of good dialogue with private sectors.

ADVICE

• It is very important to mantain an integrated approach in waste management projects.

• To obtain political ownership of the projects at all levels.

• Financial sinergy is essential • To improve the role of public officers of

European local authorities as tutor with Third countries partnership.

ADVICE

• To create always a specific common goal for each group of stakeholders or public administrator

• Try to organize training as a workshop to solve specific technical problems.

• Don’t forget project management• Do not undervalue the power of children to

spread practical concept to other family members.

Thank you very much for your attention

Paolo Rotoni Marche Regional Authority

SE.A Technical GruopTel. + 39 0718062316 M.P +39 [email protected]

[email protected]

Physical evaluation

Physical Evaluation of the Waste Vlora District

10.0%4.0%

14.8%

0.7%

11.8%1.6%20.8%

17.9%

18.4%

Paper and Cardboard

Textile

Plastic

Metals

Glass

Iron

Organic

Granular Materials

Others

Regional Plan IndexTable of Content

Chapter 1—Introduction

Chapter 2-- Legal Framework2.1 European References

2.1.1 The 6th European Program for the Environment 2.1.2 European Instruction on Waste

2.2 Italian Legislation2.3 Albanian Legislation

Chapter 3—Analysis3.1 General View of Albania

3.1.1 Macroeconomics Dynamics 3.1.2 Demographic Prospective

Regional Plan IndexChapter 3—Analysis (from previous page)

3.1.3 Production of solid urban waste in Albania3.1.4 The composition of the solid Urban Waste (RUW) in Albania

3.2 Vlora District3.2.1 Administrative and Demographic view of Vlora District3.2.2 The Economic View – Typology of the Companies

3.2.3 Health Services3.2.4.Educational Sector3.2.5 General View of Tourist Market in Vlora District3.2.6 Waste Management system in Vlora District3.2.7 The Average Composition of Urban Waste in Vlora

District3.2.8 The Locations of Waste dumpsite in Vlora District3.2.9 Existing recycling activities in Vlora District3.2.10. Conclusions for the Analytical Part

Regional Plan IndexPart II - The Project Scheme The Plan for the Waste Management in Vlora DistrictChapter 4 – Scheme of Regional Planning

4.1 Preliminary Evaluations4.2 Methodology4.3 Forecast of Waste Production for the Upcoming Years4.4 Scheme of the plants

4.4.1 Prediction of the separated waste flows and recycle 4.5 Data on the Organic Plant Typologies4.6 The Use of the Qualified Compost4.7 Other alternatives for Recycling plants 4.8 Cost evaluation

4.8.1 Costs evaluation for a compost and bio-mechanical treatment plants4.8.2 Cost Evaluation for the Dumpsite Plant

Chapter 5 – The Localization criteria for dumpsite and treatament plantsChapter 6 – Regulation for the Organization of Recycling systemChapter 7 – Promoting, Educational and Informative ActivitiesChapter 8 - Conclusions

Illustrated book on Waste

Illustrated book on Waste

Potential dumpsite of WB

Saranda survey