The support provided by Seureca covers both waste collection systems and treatment facilities and combines technical, commercial and social expertise towards a more structured waste management sector in the city.
One full time expert is seconded into the Djibouti’s public roads office (OVD) for 3 years, providing a permanent support to the client and encouraging knowledge transfer to the local managers.
So far, Seureca focused its support on two main areas:
- The creation of a new garage to host the 50 waste collection trucks owned by OVD. For this, Seureca worked on the garage concept and detailed design. Following a tender, the new garage is currently under construction and will be operational in 2015, improving the operating procedures for waste collection and protecting the office’s assets for a longer lifetime.
- The setup of collection points in the most condensed area of the city, Balbala district. After identification of optimized collection points in the area, Seureca is providing design, tendering and commissioning services to OVD for the creation of 12 centralized collection points, with the objective of fighting against street waste dumping and enhance living conditions for 200,000 inhabitants.
Seureca’s assistance also encompasses institutional and social engineering components. In partnership with Naldeo, relationships have been made with the municipality and the informal sector to raise awareness about the environmental, social and health challenges faced in the waste sector and find solutions for optimized governance in the long run.
Client benefits:
- New and operational collection facilities
- Capacity building
- Stakeholder management
Solution:
- 3-year technical assistance
- Design, tender & commissioning
- Governance engineering
Population of 700,000
200,000 people living in informal settlements
3-year
technical assistance