DHWG Project
The Support Green Economy-Decoupling Hazardous Waste Generation from Economic growth in Rwanda (DHWG Project) is a five-year Project that is being implemented across Rwanda by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) in partnership with stakeholders including the Rwanda Green Fund (FONERWA) and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of hazardous waste. The overal goal of the project is to support the Government of Rwanda and its private and public sector in decoupling hazardous waste generation and harmful releases from economic growth by enhancing the introduction of the 4R approach (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle and Recovery) in priority industries and economic sectors, while at the same time enhancing private sector led national waste treatment capacity to ensure the sound management of wastes.
Project Team
Project Manager
John Mugabo
Location
RDB New Building (KG 9 Ave), 2nd floor
jdmugabo@rema.gov.rw
Phone
+250 788716358
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The PEA Project will address the relationship between unsustainable management of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) and multi-dimensional povertyin Rwanda. The program will also support the country-driven efforts to mainstream poverty-environment linkages into development planning for national, sectoral and district development plans and budgets. The project will result in increasing and enhancing investments that deliver concrete and significant results in poverty reduction, environmental and natural resource sustainability and resilience building at national and district levels.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The PEA Project will provide strategic, financial and technical assistance to government partners to set up institutional and capacity strengthening programmes and carry out activities to improve the sustainability of environment and natural resource use in a manner that contributes to national development goals, including ending poverty, and achieving SDGs.. It will also build capacities for programming, budgeting and action that eliminates poverty and delivers sustainable ENR management at district-level, as well as increasing investments with enhanced impacts for poverty elimination and ENR sustainability catalyzed.
IMPACT
Contribute to reduce air pollution from fossil fuel engines and contribute to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets by retrofitting at 80 fueled motors in Kigali in a piloting e-mobility initiative
14/12/2021
Its partners and stakeholders will engage the private sector to invest in green jobs, conduct environmental audits for industries and train industries’ owners on environmental issues
14/12/2021
More than 500 government officials to be trained on mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change into the Action plan and budget.
14/12/2021
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