Second Solid Waste Management

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The overall development objective of the Second Solid Waste Management Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to improve the availability, quality, environmental soundness, and financial viability of solid waste management services in participating utilities/regions. There are three components to the project. Component A: waste management. This component invests in rehabilitating existing disposal sites, closing wild dumps, improving collection infrastructure, supporting equipment purchases, and to a limited extent, converting existing small dump sites to transfer stations. At more advanced regional landfills the component will also support upgrading processes such as sorting, recycling, and gas capturing; and prior treatment of waste. It will also cover operational cost of regional Project Implementing Teams (PITs). The component includes 10 percent co-financing from the entity governments. Component B: capacity building. This component provides technical assistance and engineering services to participating regions and will finance institutional strengthening and capacity-building activities benefiting the entity-level institutions involved in solid waste management. It supports the preparation of feasibility studies, financial, environmental and social assessments of landfill sites, and provides support for bidding procedures for the investments and services provided under Component A. The component will also finance a public communication program and environmental monitoring. In addition it may support strategic studies for hazardous waste management and inter-state cooperation in solid waste management. Component C: project management and operating cost. This component supports Project Management Unit (PMU) operation in both entities and assists project implementation.