Indonesia: Solid Waste Management for Sustainable Urban Development Project

proposed

Component 1: Solid Waste Infrastructure in Participating Cities and Districts. This component will finance priority investments in waste management infrastructure in each participating city and district, including support for better utilization and upgrading existing infrastructure. Priority investments include: (i) the construction of integrated waste treatment facilities (resource recovery and refuse derived fuel (RDF) plants) and upgrading existing landfills; (ii) the provision of waste collection facilities and transport services. The latter subcomponent covers the construction and/or rehabilitation of transfer stations and the procurement of goods and equipment, including collection containers and fleets, mechanical cleaning equipment, compaction systems, tracking systems, or route optimization software with considerations to improve services in low-income areas, among others. Component 2: Capacity Building, Technical Assistance, and Implementation Support. This component will finance activities related to: (i) capacity building and technical assistance for institutional strengthening including training and workshops for regulators and operators; knowledge-exchange programs and citizen engagement and awareness campaign; waste management planning and budgeting; training on waste service costs and levies as well as its optimization, inter-regional coordination, handling the integration of waste pickers, independent aggregators, especially women, into formal SWM businesses; alternative service delivery models including private sector participation; among others, and (ii) Implementation and Project Management Support including: procurement, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, environmental and social safeguards, and construction oversight and quality assurance. It will provide support to the relevant national and local officials for effective project implementation.