Environment
CARE4BlueSea
Performance-based investments to improve the sustainability of the solid waste management sector in Albania, piloted in the Vlora South–Gjirokastra waste zone.
Overview
This project designed a performance-based grants scheme for municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in Albania, to be managed at the national level, with pilots designed in the CARE4BlueSea project area — with the aim of incentivising improved waste collection, increasing recycling (including introducing and increasing source separation), and increasing cost recovery.
The project will ultimately enable long-term sustainability by increasing recycling and supporting environmental and financial sustainability. A pre-condition for participation is implementation of a data management and reporting system.
Objectives
The objective of the CARE4BlueSea project is to design a performance-based grants (PBG) scheme for the municipal solid waste management sector in Albania, to be managed at the national level, and to design pilot projects in the CARE4BlueSea project area.
Key activities
- Municipal institutional strengthening
- Capacity building for improving solid waste management
- Training and exchange of experiences, peer learning
- Training of local government officials
- Training of elected representatives
- Statistics and data collection
- Statistics and data analysis
- Assisting development of the EPBI (Environmental Performance-Based Investment) manual
Results
- Data gathered and analysed on the situation of solid waste management in 12 municipalities in the Vlora South–Gjirokastra waste zone
- Model for environmental performance-based grants developed
- Model shared with the Ministry of Environment and the 12 municipalities of the project area in the Vlora South–Gjirokastra waste zone