In June 2023, UNOPS North Africa Office is going to start the project ‘Building the capacities for plastic waste management in the ‘Greater Tripoli’ area’ in Libya.
The project goal is to pilot an inclusive and circular business model engaging communities, private businesses and local authorities to promote collection, recycling and re-introduction of high-quality plastic that will be recycled into new products.
By focusing on plastic waste management, this project intends to tackle environmental, employment and economic sustainability concerns: plastic waste management will be an entry point to reduce environmental pollution, create new jobs/employment opportunities and promote adoption of circular business models in Libya. The project will be implemented as a small-scale pilot initiative in the following municipalities in Tripoli district:
Municipality of Souq Al Joum’aa;
Municipality of Abu-Salim;
Municipality of Tripoli Centre.
The project will last 30 months and accompany target stakeholders across the entire plastic waste cycle, from the community engagement in plastic waste sorting at source and collection, to the support to private sector operators to introduce and operate mature recycling technologies, to the improvement of know-how of target municipalities’ staff.
The initiative will be led and coordinated by UNOPS, and implemented in cooperation with UN Habitat.
Under the direct supervision of the Senior Project Manager, the Plastic value Chain Expert will be responsible for the following tasks:
Provide subject matter advise on plastic recycling, and all related aspects within the plastic value chain to the National Technical Expert and to the project team;
Support the National Technical Expert in his/her role as technical leader and responsible for carrying out the plastic value chain assessment in the target
municipalities, with specific focus on private sector involvement and capacities in plastic recycling, including: definition of the assessment’s detailed scope and methodology, identification of relevant stakeholders to be consulted, execution of the assessment through stakeholders consultation, findings analysis and drafting of the assessment report;
Provide technical guidance, inputs and supervision to capacity development activities devoted to local civil society organizations;
Provide technical guidance, inputs and supervision to waste sorting awareness raising campaigns carried out in target municipalities to the National Technical Expert and to the project team;
Support the project team in the selection process of private companies engaged in the plastic value chain that will be involved in the project, including assessment of their operating capacities, facilities, equipment, as well as technical and business capacity development needs;
Provide technical guidance, inputs and supervision to capacity development activities devoted to private companies, including expansion of customers basis in the Mediterranean region to the National Technical Expert and to the project team;
Provide ad hoc inputs and support to capacity development activities devoted to target municipalities staff, in coordination with the project team.