Corporate and Social Responsibility

Interaction with local population

The project aims to be developed in the interest and with the participation of the local population. The consortium has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan with key elements defined by the non profit ‘Waste Transformation for Energy (WT4E https://wt4e.com/ )’ specialized in implementing such programs in conjunction with a few local NGO’s.

This includes a pilot waste pre-collection project in a single village located in the peri-urban or rural area, with the aim of replicating the proven system in other peri-urban villages at a later stage. The main objective is to increase primary waste collection in rural villages by up to 75%, in view of constructing around a hundred additional Waste Collection Points (PRNs). The CSR budget are all secured and inserted in the project BP.

Women First in line

Slide On the social aspect, the impact will be precisely assessed through a pilot reintegration program for 10 informal women workers (and over a 100 women once the project is fully launched into construction) from the unsecured current informal dumpsite situated in the middle of the Holy City, where each will manage a Waste Collection Point. This program aims to promote both employment and gender equality for the less advantage fringe of the population, and will extend to all PRNs built under the project.

Some figures

3 M€

Total budget for the entire program

1 M€

Initial contribution from the EPC CNEEC at the project’s “Financial Close.”

The project developers are confident that they will attract further funding for social causes, alongside as working with existing NOG’s to support such programs.

Educational Involvement

Alongside with planting trees all around the Sahel located City, an educational component on waste management issues and professions will also be introduced, including the creation of a dedicated Training Center in collaboration with the University of Touba, as well as continuous training for local employees at the Integrated Waste Recovery Center (CIVD).