81217695 Concepts for sustainable waste management

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

The unsustainable management of growing quantities of waste from electric and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) is a rising challenge worldwide. Many partners in low- and middle income countries have insufficient experiences regarding the setup and implementation of regulatory and financing mechanisms related to e-waste management, as well as take-back and recycling systems. The models in place in industrialised countries are not always suitable for developing and emerging economies where the economic and social conditions related to e-waste management are often quite different.
The GIZ sector project develops concepts on e-waste management and supports the organisation of 2 EWAMs (one in Tanzania in November 2017 and 1 in Asia in 2018) and one ‘Business boot camp’ for e-waste recyclers. It aims to use these events to identify and reinforce initiatives in selected African and Asian countries to be facilitated by targeted advice and peer exchange as a follow-up to the academies, addressing countries’ specific challenges related to setting-up/developing further sustainable e-waste management systems.
The consulting services under this assignment contribute primarily to the second field of activity of the sector project which pursues the following objective: ‘Public and private stakeholders in selected partner countries have improved capacities for the implementation of solutions for improved e-waste management’. Complementarily, the consulting form shall also support knowledge management of good practices and the conceptual advice to the BMZ on e-waste management.
Selected African and Asian countries showing special interest and commitment shall be supported through a flexible advisory mechanism to overcome bottlenecks in developing sustainable e-waste management systems. For that purpose, a pool of specialized experts shall be set up that allows responding to the specific demands articulated from different countries. The pool of experts shall provide short-term advisory inputs to support African countries like Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Asian countries like India, Indonesia, Vietnam as well as regional initiatives to establish and develop further sustainable e-waste management systems.
The advice should cover the following aspects of e-waste management:
— e-waste legislation, regulations or procedures for monitoring and enforcement,
— establishment and management of registries and/ or producer responsibility organisations as steps for implementing EPR mechanisms,
— partnerships between different stakeholders for effective take-back and recycling systems,
— design of strategies and arrangements for including the informal sector in e-waste management schemes,
— design of financing mechanisms and financial incentives for controlled e-waste collection and recycling systems (product fees, etc.),
— business models for recyclers on positive and negative value e-waste fractions, including recycling standards.

Beschreibung der Optionen

It is possible that the assignment described in the ToR is broadened during the period of implementation of the consultancy contract. In this case, the input of the existing experts/expert pools may be increased and additional national pools may be added. A contract supplement may be offered. Options and conditions for this non-compulsory broadening are mainly but not limited to the following:
— additional demand for technical assistance for additional related topics,
— longer-term advice in selected countries,
— further countries.
A follow-up contract to the contract resulting of this tender is possible. Depending on the mandate and volume of available funding, additional services, such as, but not limited to:
— additional demand for technical assistance for additional related topics,
— longer-term advice in selected countries,
— further countries.
May be required.

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