Regional development project for the Greater South. One of the components is the implementation of a solid waste and excreta waste management plan for the city of Les Cayes (the 3rd largest city in the country). The city’s current situation with regard to solid waste management and excreta represents a serious threat to the public health of populations and increases the risk of flooding.

This is a regional UN programme to expand primary waste collection in Monrovia, Paynesville and their outskirts through the use of small private operators. The project aims to build stakeholder and service operator capacities and develop recycling activities. It is being coordinated with the World Bank secondary waste collection and waste treatment project that is being implemented within the same area.

The aim of the project is to support the Federal Ministry in implementing the recently approved solid and plastic waste management policies and to propose guidelines on all the structuring stages, in a context where the private sector is driving the sector. It also aims to build the capacity of stakeholders, and to ensure the establishment of a coherent dialogue between the federal state and the federated states

Solid waste characterisation is part of the 2030 National Development Plan. This study will generate the quantitative and qualitative data needed to manage all forms of waste effectively and improve the sector (collection, transport, treatment, disposal), in particular by setting up a public-private partnership (PPP).

To capitalize on women’s experience and good practice in waste management in Algeria. Identifying positive practices in waste prevention, management and recovery should enable them to be replicated nationwide, with the aim of creating jobs for women in this sector.