Linking Community and Small Enterprises Activities with Urban Waste Management

M. DiGrigorio, T. Thi Tien, N. Thi Hoang Lan, N. Thu Ha (1998)

During the UWEP programme of WASTE one of the topics for research was named: ''Linkages between actors in waste management''. The aim was to find out if and what kind of links exist between various actors in waste management and what linkage between what actors proved to be of importance to support the development of an improved (more sustainable) waste management system. The research is carried out in several cities: Hanoi (Vietnam), Quezon City, Manila and Puerto Prinsessa (Philippines), Manizales and Medelin (Colombia). Local research teams, equipped with a jointly developed Terms of Reference, did field research during 2 to 3 months. They studied policy papers and research documents, interviewed actors and participated in field work.

The research proved not to be an easy task. The interpretation of the TOR, the transparency of the system and the willingness of actors to participate and the experience of the researchers themselves with this type of topic resulted in difference of findings.

This report should be seen as a draft report, but since its contents may be of value to other readers. Obviously, some of the obsevervations may be incorrect, some links may be missing, others too much stressed. However the studies are of value for further thinking in this field.

A Working Document is published as well, in which these UWEP case studies have been analysed parallel to case studies produced by the University of Amsterdam (Stelios Grafakos/I.S.A. Baud) and are presented in an analytical framework. Alliances in Urban Environmental Management, A process analysis for indicators and contributions to sustainable development in urban SWM

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