CMI/ SWEEP-Net organise a workshop to synthesize and disseminate the analysis on the Cost of Environmental Degradation (COED)

The defects and shortcomings of the solid waste sector impact the health, the environment, the economy and social matters. The analysis of the costs of environmental degradation of the environment is tied to the solid waste management practices. This connection allows the reach for a better analysis of the actual effectiveness and impact of SWM, as COED measures the degradation in quality of life. COED defines and measures this diminished life quality as a result of environmental damages caused by waste, and as a result of the costs of non-action regarding this development. Thus, COED offers decision-makers a tool to take actions that are based on the ultimate costs and effects of the problem at hand. It also offers the necessary tools to better establish priorities of action, allocate necessary resources to remedy the damages, and reduce the associated costs.

In this spirit, a cooperation accord has been established between SWEEP-Net/GIZ and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI). The aim was to conduct COED studies together for the first time in three cities (Rabat, Tunis, Beyrouth).

After having realized the provisional reports for the three COED-Waste analyses in all three cities named above, a workshop on the synthesis of results is planned from 23 to 24 April in Marseille, France.

The presentation of the provisional reports on COED-Waste in the three cities set aside, the workshop in Marseille also has the objective to:

• Present and reach a general consensus on the chosen methodology 
• Discuss  the content of the COED-Waste reports (Rabat, Tunis, Beyrouth) 
• Discuss the next steps on promotion and dissemination of the results

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