Expert pool for advice on e-waste management in Ghana

Reference number: 81292344

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Art und Umfang der Leistung: Beratung, allgemeine Dienstleistung

Description: The contractor should contribute to all outputs and indicators of the e-waste project in Ghana (primarily output 1 and 2). The task is to provide a pool of national and international experts delivering advice to national and local public and private stakeholders. The assignment comprises 3 work packages.

WP 1
Elaboration of models for WEEE management to be agreed upon between national and local level sector stakeholders. Experts are needed for technical solutions, for the support to the operationalization of the recycling fund, for the training and support to the health and environment officers of the MMDAs and the support to the implementation/ enforcement scheme of the legislative framework and technical guidelines. The involvement of all relevant stakeholders and decision makers is required. A technical working group with relevant governmental participation as well as civil society partners and technicians with a clear mandate should steer the implementation process. The consultants shall develop concepts and recommendations for different aspects of WEEE management, moderate and support design, organization and logistics for multi stakeholder dialogues on WEEE management, provide inputs to stakeholders and in meetings of the relevant technical working groups or other stakeholder dialogues, provide on-the-job advice and trainings on the design of management mechanisms (particularly financing mechanisms) to national mandated institutions, advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the implementation and enforcement of regulations (LI 2250 and Technical Guideline), analyze strengths and weaknesses as well as potential impacts of different management options and formulate recommendations in order to facilitate the design of management models and decisions by the national technical working groups. The expert pool shall provide demand-driven support to trainings for MMDA staff and stakeholders in charge of e-waste management as well as to decision-makers on regional level in order to promote the harmonization of stakeholder views and an effective implementation of the management models elaborated in the technical working groups. The expert pool shall also identify capacity development needs of national/ local consultants or young professionals and propose training or coaching activities for them in order to contribute to a broader upgrading of e-waste expertise in Ghana.

WP 2
Technical support and business development to private sector companies in the recycling sector in Ghana The private recycling sector in Ghana is so far not capable to provide sustainable technical solutions for recycling and disposal of e-waste and related waste fractions. The last audit of the EPA showed that most of the companies are not compliant with the legal framework. Technical as well as business support is required to upscale the sector. One important element for improvement is thus the support to the implementation of improvement measures and the corrective action plans in selected recycling companies, in order to make them capable to tender for the recycling of problematic fractions and to ensure the environmentally sound treatment of these fractions. In addition, other additional business models for reuse and recycling of e-waste shall be promoted. The expert pool shall support and complement the GIZ staff with technical expertise and the establishment of promising partnerships and provide trainings for companies. The experts shall provide recommendations to private companies on suitable technical solutions in order to improve the environmental performance of existing recycling activities, provide advice to recycling companies on how to implement the corrective action plans elaborated by the EPA, coordinate with EPA on priorities they see for the implementation of corrective action plans and advise the EPA how it can support the recycling companies, provide recommendations and propose potential partnerships to establish new solutions for recycling, upcycling or re-using problematic e-waste components, support the GIZ team and individual national companies in establishing suitable contacts and partnerships with international companies, advise the umbrella organisation of e-waste recycling companies (EWROTA), give peer advice to or tandem assignments with local young professions or local waste management consultants.

WP 3
Advice to operators of 2 collection and dismantling centers in pilot locations on operational and financial aspects linked to WEEE management models agreed upon on the national level In Kumasi and Tamale the project activities build on the infrastructure for a collection and dismantling centre financed by the Worldbank. The measures will include the operator model, organizational development of scrap workers associations, input/output assessment, permitting processes, layouting and trainings. The expert pool is expected to support in advisory processes regarding selected aspects linked to the WEEE management models selected on the national level. These include 1. mechanisms for collection, 2. how the local stakeholders in the pilot locations can benefit from nationally established financing mechanisms and 3. how the local collection and dismantling stakeholders can establish viable business relations with formal recyclers. The assigned expert is also expected to contribute to upgrading national expertise through mentorship and coaching to local consultants. The consultant shall support national consultants and the GIZ team in assessing the experiences gathered on the local level, in order to inform the recommendations to the national level on pricing and financing mechanisms, coordinate with local stakeholders, collection and dismantling centers in pilot locations on needs and options regarding financing mechanisms and support local collection and dismantling centers and other local stakeholders on establishing viable business relations with formal recyclers.

Duration in months: 31
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals: GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference.