Stakeholder Consultations

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 420.

The key stakeholders in the OBA project include waste producers (households, hotels/restaurants, shops/retail, industry, hospitals, etc); Municipality; Tole Lane Organizations (TLOs), NGOs; government agencies (SWMTSC; TDF); waste pickers and private sector companies involved in waste collection. Stakeholder assessments were carried out during project preparation, and an overall strategy for stakeholder engagement has been outlined in the project operations manual at the operations stage of the project. Between March –September 2012, a series of consultations were held with the municipalities and other stakeholders, including TLOs, municipal officials, NGOs, and political representatives as a part of preparatory studies. In addition, extensive consultations were held in September 2012 in selected municipalities and at the central level during preparation of the draft ESMF. A report on all the consultations carried out to date is included as an Annex in the ESMF. These consultations confirmed the basic design of the OBA project, but also resulted in a number of improvements to the project design, including:

• inclusion of environmentally safe and acceptable waste disposal as a performance indicator under the project
• inclusion of a TA component to finance implementation support/technical assistance and training to municipalities in the following areas: (i) preparation of SWM-SIPs: (ii) establishing an operational manual for landfill and upgrading landfill operations and management expertise; (iii) design and implementation of awareness campaigns; (iv) design and implementation of 3R activities; (v) establishing the M&E and performance management systems for SWM services. This TA component complements (but does not duplicate) what is already provided for under the UGDP/ETP.

The draft ESMF and executive summary was disclosed in both the website of TDF (http://www.tdf.org.np/new/) and SWMTSC (http://swmtsc.gov.np) on Nov 2, 2012. The Nepali version of the executive summary has also been disclosed at the municipality level. These documents will also be disclosed in the Bank's InfoShop.

[1] It was during interviews with the different stakeholders in the municipality revealed that not all waste pickers want to have a permanent appointment. They prefer to have the freedom to do waste picking themselves.

[2] A buy-back centre is a facility where individuals, waste pickers, street hawkers, small vendors etc. can deliver recyclable materials and get a payment in cash for the materials at the delivery.

[3] Existing stations are not properly located from an environmental point of view (close to surface water bodies)

[4] Ref to NEIA Guidelines for SWM Project in the municipalities in Nepal, SWMRMC

[5] No resettlement problems or loss of land is foreseen at the actual location of the composting facility. IEE not required

[6] ‘Linked' activity is an activity on which feasibility or success or meeting the objective of the OBA supported activity is dependent.