Call For Proposals: Improving Waste Management and Promoting Renewable Energy in Monrovia, Liberia
The Cities Alliance Liberia Country Programme has launched three innovative funding opportunities, funded by the European Union, that target Liberia’s urban poor settlements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable energy initiatives and solid waste management. The funding opportunities fall under two projects implemented by the Liberia Country Programme on solid waste management (SWM) funded by the European Union that are helping communities develop lasting capacities to collect primary waste and piloting innovative waste-to-energy approaches.
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The funding opportunities come in three categories:
1. Grants for Waste Reuse Pilot: Recycling & Organic Waste to Composting
The grant facility will provide financial assistance to existing initiatives working in the solid waste sector in the areas of composting and recycling. This activity is embedded in the project “Delivering Climate-Resilient Solid Waste Management Services in Greater Monrovia, Liberia through Community-Based Enterprises,” which is funded by the European Union.
2. Loan Facility for Community-Based Enterprises in the Solid Waste Sector
The loan facility that will provide financial support to community based enterprises (CBEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve solid waste collection and management services through procurement of waste collection equipment and venturing in composting and recycling of organic and plastic waste.
3. Grant for Renewable Energy and Waste-to-energy in Greater Monrovia
The loan facility that will provide financial support to community based enterprises (CBEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve solid waste collection and management services through procurement of waste collection equipment and venturing in composting and recycling of organic and plastic waste.
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Now in its second year of implementation, the EU-funded Solid Waste Management projects have led to improved coverage and effectiveness of SWM through Community Based Enterprises (CBEs). It has also improved awareness of climate change and climate-resilient SWM in informal settlements. In 2019, Cities Alliance completed three feasibility studies that established a baseline and diagnosis of the SWM sector in Greater Monrovia, including the CBE system, and assessed composting and recycling initiatives. By the end of 2019, 30 CBEs in the primary waste collection system were fully operational with reinforced proficiencies in good practice, human resources, and financial management. Since the start of the activity, the number of communities with waste management coverage by CBEs has increased by almost 150%.
Update as of September 16th, 2020:
Responses to Requests for Clarifications, Call for Proposals:
Call for Proposals: Microfinance Loan Facility for CBEs and SMEs Revolving Fund Loan Scheme
