Short Consultant Contract for Solid Waste Management Case Study Assessment in Asia

 

ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, South-East Asia, seeks a qualified and experienced person as Short Consultant in developing case study on Solid Waste Management Case Study in Indonesia as part of a larger assessment in Asia (tentatively Armenia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand).

 

Covering institutional, regulatory, physical, environmental, social, financing, cost recovery and PPP aspects.  From this, recommendations will be developed for each city, including outline strategic objectives and milestones, likely investment levels and modalities (including PPP modalities), and sector support initiatives necessary to incrementally improve SWM service provision and effectively invite private investments. The TA will cover a wide spectrum of population size in Asian cities and include cities in population range of above 5 million (large city), 1-5 million (medium city) and below 1 million (small city). Given the space constraints to establish new waste management facilities, Waste to Energy technologies together with other treatment options are likely to be important aspect of SWM strategy.

Output 1: Selection of five CSC based on criteria prepared and applied for such selection (by end of 6 months)

(i)        Perform a preliminary evaluation of the status of municipal SWM in the participating countries.

(ii)       In coordination with RSID, PSOD and Urban Development and Water Divisions of Operations Departments, identify key selection parameters to be utilized at the country and municipality level in the selection of nine cities representing large, medium and small towns in participating counties. Hold the inception workshops in the shortlisted countries to explain the scope and methodology of the TA and identify candidate cities for selection of CSCs. Identify additional countries and cities if necessary in covering ADB’s South Asia and/or South East Asia in a manner that at least one country from each region is included in the TA.

(iii)      Complete a desk review of available information pertaining to the SWM systems of each selected city.  Where possible, this should include (a) population, spatial distribution, and growth (b) economic activity and growth, (c) waste generation (current and future), (d) waste characteristics (household, commercial, institutional), (e) existing SWM system (waste reduction, recycling, collection, transfer, treatment, and disposal), (f) existing institutional setup, level of PPP and informal sector participation, (g) regulations and enforcement, and (h) financing and cost recovery. Follow it by a site visit by national consultants to fill the gaps and validate the information.

(iv)     Identify international best practices appropriate for size, waste characteristics and revenue streams for the selected cities, and draw lessons for SWM in these cities. Develop ranking criteria for assessing the commitment and preparedness of these cities to develop and implement long term SWM strategies.

(v)      In each of the selected cities, convene a workshop with active SWM stakeholders in order to discuss the current status and constraints of the SWM system.  Stakeholders should preferably include (i) relevant municipal agencies, (ii) private sector service providers in SWM (including formal/informal recyclers) (iii) public representatives,(iv) financing institutes (v) international donors involved in SWM, and (vi) NGOs and community groups.

(vi)     Prepare draft SWM strategy for CSCs including likely projects for transportation, treatment and disposal of waste, estimation of capital and operating costs, likely revenue streams, strategy for cost recovery and key policy and regulatory initiatives.

(vii)    Convene wrap-up meetings with key institutions and discuss the preliminary findings of city level assessment, reach preliminary conclusions regarding SWM strategic vision, and assess their commitment for developing and implementing long term SWM.

(viii)   Apply the selection criteria for CSC to the selected nine cities and rank them for their preparedness and suitability to develop long term SWM and finalize the five CSC for detailed investigations.

(ix)      In conjunction with Resident Missions in the selected countries, establish communication with relevant institutions and stakeholders in each CSC, and organize the protocol, agenda and logistics for each city level in depth assessment.

Output 2: Development of SWM strategies for CSCs (by end of 15 months) 

 

(i)   For each CSC, analyze the results of the desk review, supplemented by the city level investigations and consultations, and prepare a draft SWM strategy for a time horizon of 20-25 years.  The strategy is envisioned to include (a) city profile, (b) willingness and ability to pay for the services by the consumers (c) Findings of SWM sector review (d) a summary of SWM issues, constraints and opportunities, (e) sector recommendations, in terms of strategic objectives and milestones, investment requirements (including PPP modalities), and outline of sector reforms and capacity strengthening initiatives, and (f) identification of specific projects that will implement the SWM strategies including those that can be potentially financed by ADB.

(ii) Undertake technical and commercial pre-feasibility study for the key projects identified for SWM strategy for the CSCs, identify investment needs including capital, operation and closure/decommissioning costs, estimate revenue streams and gap in funding. Review the bidding documents and contract agreements for PPP initiatives in SWM in the respective countries, identify areas of weakness by comparing with international best practices and draft policy and regulatory reforms required for sustainable SWM in CSCs. Discuss the findings and recommendations in a workshop with private sector operators (existing and prospective), regulators and NGOs in each CSC/country to finalize the sustainable SWM strategy and recommendations for sector reforms.

(iii)       For cities where the scale or the characteristics of the waste is not adequate for PPPs, establish guidelines on corporatization of public entities and provide action plan for institutional strengthening for effective public management.

(iv) Prepare case study briefs for each of the CSCs and a summary presentation of assessment findings, to be utilized for subsequent technical and professional presentations and assist discussion on SWM in country partnership strategy.

Output 3: Preparation of Action Plan for SWM projects for each CSC and the Final report (by 24 months)

(i)        For each specific project identified in Output 2, prepare a detailed action plan including the basic project structure and bidding procedures. A project may take a PPP form, for example, a concession. In this case, the action plan shall include a term-sheet describing the key parties, respective rights and obligations, commercial terms, and risk allocation in sufficient details to form the basis for the actual project contracts. If the award of the concession will be through a competitive process, the action plan will include broad parameters of the bidding process, including the basic qualification of the bidders and activities to be completed (such as allocation of lands and regulatory clearance etc.) before award of concession.

Following is a brief description of the tasks the international and national specialists will perform under the TA.

 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals for this challenging position. The ideal applicant will have extensive experience Solid Waste Management, Policy Advocacy or Finance aspect of Solid Waste Management. Please send your application to Irvan Pulungan, ICLEI Indonesia Country Director at irvan.pulungan@iclei.org with Short Consultant Contract position as the subject of your email.

Closing date for applications is 5 pm Wednesday 30 April 2014.