Expert/Firm for the Design of Solid Waste collection scheme and capacity Building in the Union of Oussat Wa Sahel El Qaytaa, North Lebanon

At the beginning of 2021, ACCD in partnership with the local governments of the Uom Oussat wa Sahel al Qyataa completed an assessment of Solid Waste Management capacities and equipment at the UoM Oussat wa Sahel al Qaytaa. The assessment analysed the existing facilities, equipment, management modes, gaps and priorities. It subsequently proposed a short-term action plan focusing on the most urgent needs. The proposed actions were chosen for:

Environmental, social, and economical sustainability.
- Flexibility to fit to any future action plan.
The resulting action plan revolves around 3 axis:
1- Upgrading storage and collection by increasing the number of bins and distributing them efficiently using GIS. Improvement of the routing scheme for collection.
2- Capacity building for municipalities focusing on creating a data management system, public reporting mechanisms.
3- Community awareness organised into different themes: role of citizens, prevention of littering, plastic bag reduction and rural home composting.
Under this consultancy, the expert/firm will lead the implementation of the first two axis: design of the storage and collection plan, and capacity building. The design of the storage and collection plan shall be conducted using GIS data such as: street information, demographic data, land use, location of collection stations and collection frequencies. The expert/firm must therefore lead the data collection necessary for the design of implementation in coordination with the UoM and municipal personnel and the SW Task Force. As a result, the distribution of bins to be acquired shall match the waste generation needs as well as the current collection equipment (type of vehicles) available at each municipality.
Capacity Development shall be conceived in a learning-by-doing approach where municipal staff participate in the design of the collection scheme while receiving specific training. Training shall cover basic principles of municipal SWM, reduction of littering and plastic use, sorting and composting. In addition, capacity development shall revolve around the creation of a sustainable data collection mechanism and information management system. Having reliable data is a pre-requisite for public accountability, which will be one of the core principles of the implementation of this project.