Global Partnership onWaste Management (GPWM)
The 7th Asia-Pacific Eco-Business Forum
14-15 February 2011
Kawasaki, Japan

Surya Prakash CHANDAK
Deputy Director
UNEP DTIE IETC

Preamble•••••••••UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
UNEP Governing Council Decision 25/8 on WasteManagement
9th Conference of Parties (COP) of Basel Convention in Bali –Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihoods
Waste as a thematic priority in UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD) 18/19
First consultation workshop on waste in Geneva
Feedback during various international events
Libreville Declaration on Health and Environment: vector
control and management of chemicals (particular pesticides)
and wastes, including biomedical (healthcare) and electronicand electrical wastes
UNFCC COP 16 (Cancun, Mexico): UNEP report on Waste andClimate Change
Second consultation workshop on waste and launching ofGPWM in Osaka
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Why GPWM is needed!
•Waste generation rates have been increasing rapidly due topopulation growth, urbanization, industrialization and economic
growth – new waste streams are (re) emerged (E-waste, waste
agricultural biomass, waste plastics, hospital wastes, etc.)•

Lack of data to develop and implement any plan/policy andtechnology•

Conventional waste management solutions (collect and dispose) arenot efficient and effective, and new systems including 3R (reduce,reuse, and recycle) are required.

•Hazardous waste is a major challenge for public health, environmentand contamination of non-hazardous / recyclable waste•

Financial, technical and human resources are challenges for national
and local governments to develop and implement efficient andeffective systems•

Waste as a resource to support local energy and material security•

Waste as a business to support local private sector and livelihoods
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Working Definition
The GPWM is an open-ended partnership forinternational agencies, governments,businesses, academia, local authorities andNGOs. GPWM supports the development ofwork plans to facilitate the implementation of
integrated solid waste management at
national and local level to overcome
environmental, public health, social andeconomic issues inflicted by waste and its
impact. GPWM will also support to undertake
policy dialogues and other activities toexchange experiences and practices. It will
facilitate enhanced awareness raising andcapacity building.
4Overall Objectives•

To protect human health and environment,
and to tackle adverse impacts of unsoundmanagement of waste•

To promote resource efficiency through waste
prevention and by recovering valuable
material and/or energy from waste•

To enhance international cooperation,knowledge management and sharing

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Expected Outcomes•
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Holistic approach on waste management is facilitated.
Already available information is shared and additional information iscreated to fill the gaps.
Members get benefited from each others’ actions.
Enables complementarities with various waste conventions,initiatives, and activities.
Activities are undertaken by partners in a coordinated manner.
Resources are utilized efficiently and effectively – avoiding
duplication of efforts, streamlining of resource utilization andinformation sharing across multiple activities.
Synergized efforts in holistic manner - activities and initiatives withincountries to be developed and implemented in synergy and inholistic manner.
Multi stakeholders involvement including academia, NGOs, private
sector, government and international organizations
Enhanced transfer of technology and knowledge
6Structure of GPWM

7Participation in GPWM
The GPWM will be a partnership for international agencies, governments, businesses, academia, local
authorities and NGOs. The Global Partnership is a voluntary and collaborative relationship between
various partners in which all agree to work together to attain the overall objectives described above.
(a) Each entity upon becoming a member of the Global Partnership will contribute to the development
and implementation of Global Partnership activities. Contributions may be in the form of financial
support, in-kind contribution and/or technical expertise.
(b) To be accepted as a member, interested parties shall submit a letter of intent to join the GlobalPartnership signifying their commitment to the Partnership objectives. Such letters should be submitted
to: Director, UNEP IETC, 2-110, Ryokuchi Koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0036, Japan, ietc@unep.org.
Such letters of intent to become a member of the Global Partnership will be made public through theGlobal Partnership website.
(c) Acceptance into the Global Partnership remains to the responsibility of the Advisory Board. Upon
receipt of letters of intent, the Secretariat will inform the applicant of the decision based on theconsultation with the Advisory Board.
(d) The Advisory Board retains the right to exclude any member that significantly breaches its
commitment to the objectives of the Global Partnership or the roles and responsibilities set in the Global
Partnership framework.
(e) Stakeholders can apply for observer’s status, and the secretariat will decide in consultation with theco-chairs regarding participation and roles.
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Focal Areas•Thematic and functional focal areas•The purpose of the focal areas is cooperation among the partyto achieve the objectives by sharing technology, financing,participating in the effort made directly and/or indirectly withthe consent of both GPWM as an entity and the particularmember(s)•Although a short list was made by the partners during themeeting, additional sub-focal areas can be developed andmade available for the Advisory Board to take decisionsubsequently as the need arises•

The participants proposed the following priority areas (subjectto the confirmation of respective lead members):
1. Waste prevention (ISWA)
2. 3R for waste management (UNCRD)
3. Waste agricultural biomass (UNEP-IETC)
4. Integrated solid waste management (UNEP-IETC)
5. E-waste management (SBC)
6. Hazardous waste management (SBC)
9Sub-Focal Area Activities &Work Plans
1. Focal areas working groups will develop a work planfor their activities, including timeline, identification ofresources, and fund raising strategy, in accordancewith the Global Partnership framework and reflecting
their accepted contributions. A work plan template
had been developed to provide guidance to theworking group of the respective sub-focal areas.
2. Members can propose activities, in addition to thosealready identified in the work plan, with a written
justification to the Secretariat with copy to therelevant working group lead member(s). The leadmember(s) will review it and submit it to the GlobalPartnership Advisory Board for consideration.

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Advisory Board
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Two Global Partnership will have two co-chairs that will be
designated at the opening of each Global Partnership meeting,
and will serve until the election of the new co-chairs at thesubsequent Global Partnership meeting. Should a co-chair not
be able to continue to term, a new one will be designated fromamong the Advisory Board members. The participants/partners
during Osaka meeting proposed India and Ethiopia to be CoChairs for first year (2011). Request letters will be sent toGovernment of Ethiopia and Government of India to accept theinvitation to be Co-chair.

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A Global Partnership Advisory Board will be established to serve
and advise the Global Partnership.

3.

The following representatives will be invited to serve as
members of the Global Partnership:•••

The Global Partnership co-chairs, who will also co-chair theAdvisory Board
The sub-focal area working group lead member
The Secretariat (ex-officio representation)

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Information Platform
Hosted by GPWM Secretariat- to promote, share and exchange information on
solid waste related issues in different countries,regions or cities.
- currently developed as a prototype with in-housecapacity and resources available to UNEP-IETC.
- full scale platform to host the information andlinks to the information of other entities.
http://www.unep.or.jp/Ietc/GPWM/info_platform.html
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Information Platform Structure

13Waste Baseline Data

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Guidelines, Compendiums,
Training Materials

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International Environmental
Technology CentreOsakaShiga2-110 Ryokuchi Koen,
Tsurumi-ku,
Osaka 538-0036, Japan
Tel : +81 (0) 6 6915 4581
Fax : +81 (0) 6 6915 0304
E-mail : ietc@unep.org
Web: http://www.unep.or.jp1091 Oroshimo-cho,
Kusatsu City,
Shiga 525-0001, Japan
Tel : +81 (0) 77 568 4581
Fax : +81 (0) 77 568 4587
E-mail : ietc@unep.org
Web: http://www.unep.or.jp

Thank You…

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