Gaza Solid Waste Management Project

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The development objective of the Solid Waste Management Project for West Bank and Gaza is to improve solid waste management services in the Gaza strip through provision of more efficient, environmentally, and socially sound waste management systems. The project has four components. The first component, solid waste transfer and disposal facilities will finance: (a) construction of a new sanitary landfill; (b) construction of two transfer stations; (c) provision of operational equipment for the sanitary landfill and two transfer stations; (d) access roads to landfill and transfer stations; (e) sanitary closure of existing dump site; (f) abbreviated resettlement action plan (ARAP) implementation; and (g) land acquisition for the first-stage development of Al-Fukhari (Sofa) landfill and transfer stations. The second component, institutional strengthening will finance: (a) capacity building for the Joint Services Council for Khan Younis, Rafah, and Middle Area Governorates, technical operations unit (TOU), including its Board members also on value proposition of citizen engagement (CE) and the mechanisms to be implemented under the project; (b) capacity building for participating municipalities; and (c) capacity and implementation of CE mechanisms, which will include the concept of co-responsibility among citizens, private operators, and government entities for solid waste service delivery to stakeholders. The third component, primary collection and resource recovery will finance: (a) studies to optimize primary collection services in the Gaza strip; (b) the supply of waste collection equipment; (c) studies for waste recovery; and (d) pilot investments for recycling and composting. The fourth component, project management will finance: (a) municipal development and lending funds (MDLF's) administrative fees and establishment of a project development and safeguards unit (PDSU) to manage project implementation; (b) consultants for landfill design review and value engineering, construction supervision, and contract management; (c) operational and maintenance for the landfill and transfer stations; and (d) other independent consultancies, including independent review and monitoring of environmental and social safeguards requirement and beneficiary assessment and other CE mechanisms that have been identified for this project.