Promotion of waste to energy options for sustainable urban management in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is the implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Through the ongoing collaboration between the GEF and UNIDO, the latter is carrying out various GEF-funded projects worldwide across different thematic areas. UNIDO has prepared a GEF project entitled ‘Promotion of waste-to-energy options for sustainable urban management in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’ under the Climate Change focal area. The project aimed to promote waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies for sustainable waste management in the DRC. The project is expected to contribute to the DRC’s efforts to improve sustainable energy access in the productive sector.

The GEF/UNIDO project aims at promoting waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies for sustainable waste management through an innovative solution for the twin problem: (i) lack of provision of sustainable energy; and (ii) poor waste management and thus, aims at contributing to the twin goals of establishing an effective municipal solid waste management for Kinshasa city and promoting waste to energy projects in DRC. More specifically, the main outcomes and deliverables under the project are as follows:

i) Strengthened policy and regulatory environment for waste management;

ii) Development of efficient waste collection infrastructure;

iii) WTE technologies implemented; and

iv) Potential for replication assessed and capacity of relevant stakeholders strengthened.

v) Monitoring and evaluation.

Services:

• Work Package 1: Baseline and supplementary data collection and analysis

– Develop a baseline situation report with focus on challenges and opportunities for integrating low-carbon technologies in rural productive sectors, baseline projections of GHG emissions, and existing legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to the project, as well as identify potential incentive schemes;

– Assess capacities of relevant institutions to support the integration of integrated renewable energy systems in rural productive sectors in target communities;

– Detailed review of existing legal framework applying to urban/municipality/industrial areas intervention with low carbon solution, and develop a comprehensive proposal on how to support a conducive policy and regulatory framework for supporting the transition to sustainable forms of energy in urban/municipality/industrial areas.

• Work package 2: Stakeholder consultations and mobilisation

– Project stakeholder identified, consulted and mobilised;

– Co-financing from stakeholders identified and confirmed (signing of co-financing statements);

– Stakeholder consultation workshop organised and delivered;

– Project Document validation workshop organised and delivered;

• Work package 3: Project strategy and implementation design

– Project strategy developed and implementation modalities outlined;

– Gender analysis conducted and gender sensitive indicators developed;

– Project implementation and execution modalities outlined, and roles of stakeholders outlined;

• Work package 4: Detailed feasibility and outline design of selected pilot/demonstration projects

– 3 pilot projects identified: (i) biogas production, (ii) refuse-derived fuel production and (iii) ecological briquette production;

– Detailed feasibility studies and outline design of the pilot/demonstration projects developed;

• Work package 5: Completion of the CEO Endorsement document