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Inception Partners ObjectivesTarget
Audience
Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP) Overview
2017 International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
United Nations University (UNU)/United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
To monitor developments of e-waste over time, and to help countries to produce e-waste statistics.
Policy Makers
Industry
Academia
UN Agencies
Media
General Public
Institutions
GESP Core Functions
Collect datafrom countries and build a global e-waste database to track developments over time and to inform policy makers and industry.
Enhance the understanding and interpretation of global e-waste data and communicate the data to the general public and relevant stakeholders.
Build national and regional capacity to help countries produce reliable and comparable e-waste statistics through regional workshops.
Map recycling opportunities from e-waste, pollutants, and e-waste related health effects and identify best practices of global e-waste management.
Inform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11.6 and 12.5 by monitoring relevant waste streams and track the ITU Connect 2020 target 3.2.
Global E-waste Database
Creating Awareness
Capacity Building
Identify Opportunities
Monitor E-waste Streams
Core functions of the GESP websitehttps://globalewaste.org/
PUBLICATIONS
ArticlesBooksScientific papers
DATA SHARING
Country sheetsInteractive map
CAPACITY BUILDING
Workshops Training
Launch of the GESP website and interactive map for data visualisation.
Publication of the Global E-waste Monitor 2017. Within hours the report reached an audience of 400+ million and was featured by leading media outlets and international news services, including National Geographic, Washington Post, and New York Times. It was covered in over 80 countries, in 25 languages, and in close to 2’000 news items.
GESP Key Achievements
Regional capacity building workshops in East Africa, Latin America, and the Arabian States: Over 180 people from 40 countries were trained.
Publication of the second edition of “E-waste Statistics: Guidelines for classification, reporting and indicators”.
Ongoing and Upcoming Activities
The Global E-waste Monitor 2020
Report launch in Feb/Mar 2020
The report aims to increase awareness of the growing issue of e-waste by providing a comprehensive overview of global e-waste statistics, enhancing understanding and the interpretation of the data.
Regional E-waste Monitor for: • Latin America• Arab States• Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) plus Georgia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine
Regional E-waste Monitoring aims to collect, build and improve e-waste statistics through improving data availability and quality, and increase regional capacities on e-waste statistics for country specific stakeholders.
National E-waste Statistics Training (South-South) for:• Malawi• Namibia
The Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP) can organize workshops to train and build capacities of stakeholders to produce internationally comparable e-waste statistics for their country.
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