Individual Consultant - Development of detailed TOR for ISWM Standards, Guidelines & Policies SU-T1169
Post of Duty: Suriname.
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About this position:
Suriname has a surface area of 163,265 km2, of which 93% consists of tropical forest areas. Its population is about 598,000 inhabitants. The economy of Suriname is driven by its abundant natural resources, with mining accounting for nearly half of public sector revenue and gold representing more than 80% of total exports. Suriname was estimated to generate around 253 kton of waste, including 140 kton of household waste and 28 kton of industrial waste by the end of 2022. A total estimate of 2954.31 m3 of hazardous waste is generated per year within the Greater Paramaribo region, which is the most dominant region in Suriname when it comes to generation of hazardous waste as it covers 45% of the total population. Projections for 2040 indicates that 403 kton of waste will be generated, including 263 kton of household waste[1]. More than 95% of all waste, including hazardous and infectious waste, is dumped on open and controlled dumpsites, with limited environmental and public health protection. An integrated solid waste management plan (IWMP) was commissioned in September 2022 by the Government of Suriname and provides the roadmap and actions required to overcome the challenges in waste management.
A Technical Cooperation SU-T1169 was approved in December 2022 and will support the implementation of identified priority activities that are included in the IWMP which was provided under a component of the CReW+ program for Suriname as a partnership project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) being co-implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Integrated solid waste management in Suriname has legislative, institutional, and financial challenges that affect progress in the areas of waste collection and transportation; waste reuse and recycling; management of medical waste, hazardous waste, e-waste, etc. and overall safe waste disposal as there are no sanitary landfills; hence, open dumping, controlled dumping, burning, and other practices are prevalent in the various districts throughout Suriname. These challenges result in inadequate environmental management practices posing risks to human health, the environment, and the countryโs ecosystems. The main challenges that contribute to this situation are: (i) The lack of national coordination of agencies involved on all aspects of integrated waste management; (ii) several agencies are currently involved in Solid Waste Management (SWM), with overlapping functions and their regulatory roles/responsibilities are not always clear; (iii) a lack of adequate guidelines and operational standards based on the integrated waste management principles in context with the Environmental Framework Act (2020); (iv) waste management is heavily subsidized by the central government, without any collection of fees from households or companies; (v) where collection services are not provided, waste is dumped illegally on vacant lots in the city, in water bodies or randomly in rural areas; (vi) there are no systems in place for separate collection and protected disposal of hazardous waste streams in Suriname; and (vii) limited information and data available regarding waste.
Solving the challenges faced by Suriname on ISWM, requires of a concerted effort from Government, Civil Society and Developing agencies. In that sense the Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment has taken the lead in developing and implementing the IWMP and has received direct support from the French Development Agency (AFD) to finance activities to address challenges (v) and (vi). The TC will complementarily finance activities to address challenges (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vii) in coordination with AFD.
The objective of this consultancy is to develop the terms of reference for a firm to develop standards, guidelines and policies documents to improve integrated solid waste management in Suriname and to support national environmental education, awareness programs and behavioral change in Solid Waste Management.
What youโll do:
The consultant's scope of services will complete the first phase of Component 2 of this TC. This will encompass a comprehensive review of the current waste management system in Suriname and develop detailed terms of references for a firm to conduct the activities outlined in tasks 5 (i, ii, iii & iv) under the second phase of Component 2 to improve integrated solid waste management in Suriname. The key tasks for this first phase consultancy are as follows:
1. Conduct review of all relevant policies and legislation, including the Environmental Framework Act (2020) and relevant sections on waste management.
2. Review the Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) and recommendations.
3. Review prior reports or ongoing national or regional project activities[2] that define the trajectory for improving waste management in Suriname inclusive of review of any ongoing projects being implemented by other agencies in the sector for Suriname.
4. Review of existing standards for collection and separation of hazardous waste in Suriname with a focus on the definition and classification of hazardous waste streams and operational procedures for separation & safe collection.
5. Develop detailed terms of reference for each of the following activities:
i. Development of regulatory framework that includes standards, guidelines and best practices that will complement the existing standard for waste collection and processing โSSB 010:2019 - Part 1: Collection of Household, Medical, Industrial, Separated and Bulky wasteโ and will focus on the operations of current dumpsites, controlled dumpsites, manual sanitary landfills and engineered sanitary landfills; including entrance regulations, waste testing, acceptance procedures and related environmental and health protection measures.
ii. Development of regulatory framework that includes standards and compliance mechanisms for managing and treating of hazardous waste to complement the existing standard for waste collection and processing โSSB 010:2019 - Part 1: Collection of Household, Medical, Industrial, Separated and Bulky wasteโ by expanding any gaps in definition & classification of hazardous waste streams, operational procedures for separation & safe collection, and include sections covering the treatment, storage, safe disposal and management of hazardous waste streams that provides protection for the environment and human health.
iii. Development of a detailed marketing study for key reuse and recycling products (paper/cardboard, glass, metals, plastics, leather/rubber, textiles, organic waste, etc.), and recommendations for financial and tax incentive measures to support these markets, both on a national and a regional/Caribbean scale.
iv. Development of a phased national awareness campaign strategy on the principles of sustainable waste management based on the 5-R principles (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle), directed to different target groups, such as households, offices, companies, and educational centers. Including the preparation of methodological toolkits to support awareness campaigns that builds upon previous national and regional initiatives.[3]
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