2 Days Deep Dive Training on Waste Wise Cities Tool by UN-Habitat

On the 3rd and 4th of February 2021, UN-Habitat and Wasteaware hosted the Two-Day Deep Dive Training on the Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT). The training was hosted on the videoconferencing application Zoom and was available in both English and French. The Deep Dive Training featured presentations from experts in the WaCT methodology, as well as videos summarizing each step in the guide. Participants were invited to contribute to a group discussion to share their thoughts on how the WaCT may be useful to them. Recordings are available here: (1 st Day and 2nd Day). More details are here.

Safe Management of Landfill in Addis Ababa by JICA & UN-Habitat

In December 2018, JICA and UN-Habitat co-organized a 5 days training on safe management of landfill in Addis Ababa. The training programme included lectures and onsite training at Koshe Dumpsite, where UN-Habitat was implementing the rehabilitation of collapsed slope. UN-Habitat expert team provided lecture series on landfill management for different technological options. Participants also visited newly constructed Waste to Energy Plant and plastic recycling companies in Addis Ababa and learned from their experiences. 30 waste management officers from 14 ACCP members benefitted from this study tour.

Solid Waste Management Training Courses by JICA

JICA provides comprehensive solid waste management training under “Knowledge CoCreation Programme for African countries”, every year in English and French, through collaboration with Yokohama City. The training consists of series of lectures, site visits, and action planning activity and participants learn not only from Japanese experience but also through the interaction with other participants. Although participants are usually invited to JICA Yokohama training centre the training programme, it has been online due to the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020. More details are here and here.

ACCP Webinar Series

The ACCP webinar series aims to share knowledge and experiences to tackle common challenges in solid waste management observed in the continent so that the member countries and cities can interactively learn solutions for improved solid waste management and shift towards an urban circular economy. The webinar series consists of below three webinars. More detail is here.

1. How to Improve Waste Collection Rate in African Cities?

2. Covid Waste Management in Africa

3. How to Turn Open Dumpsites into Controlled Waste Disposal Facility in African Cities?

4. Waste and climate change – Appropriate technologies and good practices in Africa

5. Plastic pollution from waste – How to “stop the tap” of plastic leakage in African cities?