Management and treatment waste :

Constructing healthy and inclusive citiesof in urban areas

INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Wednesday, the 26th of October, till Friday 28th of October, 2011

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Lima, Peru

Management and treatment of waste in urban areas: Constructing healthy and inclusive cities

Wednesday, the 26th of October, till Friday 28th of October, 2011

Hotel Exclusive – Street San Martin N°550 (Height of 9th block on Larco Avenue)

Introduction: In the last years cities have been the scene of profound transformation; the growth of cities and our habits of production and consumption directly influence our living environment. In many cities the accelerated growth bring into evidence problems and insufficiencies in the planning of sustainable cities and reveal the necessity to anticipate problems urban societies might face in the future. Latin America is the most urbanized continent on the planet and the majority of Latin American cities have undergone immense urban growth in the last decade. This process has transformed the cities as we know them and lead to social, economic and environmental changes and challenges. The Peruvian society has been also affected by the phenomenon of metropolization. One of the most striking aspects in this transformation is the consolidation of the middle class, inserting itself into the internal consumer market which is necessary to maintain the pace of growth. This middle class directly affects the population-territory relation. The cities expand to the periphery areas and at the same time start these areas get more dense; demanding better coverage of urban services and infrastructure. The management and treatment of urban waste is one of the biggest worries for the urban authorities and the percentage of municipal funds spent on this issue in Peru is one of the most significant. Cities showing the most relevant experiences in waste management are also the ones that used innovative ways to tackle the challenges they face, transforming urban waste in a resource and generating value by properly managing it.

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Currently there is the effort to develop a modern approach in the area of waste management, focusing on a concept which Jeremy Rifkin calls “short circuits”, with outstanding experiences in some cities which generate energy from waste. Common phrases such as “from waste to resources” or “waste is gold” show that there is more efficient ways to incorporate environmental challenges in an integral vision of territorial development. With this focus, Ciudad Saludable, UNCRD-LAC and INTA join forces to bring together technicians and politicians of regional and local governments in an international event in order to analyze strategies which have already been implemented in some cities and which show future global tendencies in waste management and treatment. Ciudad Saludable is an organization of social entrepreneurs which support and drive the implementation of integral and environmental waste management models, contributing to social, economic and environmental changes in almost 100 cities in Peru. Its model is applied and replicated in other cities in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Ciudad Saludable fosters social and economic inclusion of the waste pickers; the creation of strategic alliances and mechanisms to formulate plans of integration of the public and private sector; the design of public policies; knowledge management of innovation of technologies with an intercultural focus; environmental education and communication; and the strengthening of the productive value chain, adding value at all levels. The Office of the United Nations for Regional Development (UNCRD) offers yearly international courses in regional development in Japan, Africa and Latin America. UNCRD also organizes and offers courses specialized in consulting services for countries and bilateral agencies and multilaterals, based on the necessities and interests of the respective countries or regions. Currently UNCRD works on two separate projects: Human safety and regional development ; and environment. The environmental project is currently dealing with the issues of environmental friendly and sustainable transport, sustainable production and consumption and waste management in Asia. The global association of urban development (INTA) is an international network that fosters the identification of urban solutions, organizing and promoting meetings of different actors and taking into account the complexity of territorial management in contemporary cities. INTA stimulates the reflexion and the interchange of experiences between professionals and urban decision makers to develop integral solutions that allow a balanced and sustainable development of territories. Themes and structure of the Forum: The first event of the forum will be the visit of waste management area which was implemented by the municipality of Comas and Ciudad Saludable. In this visit we will concentrate on the issue of appropriation of public space analyzing the collection and segregation processes in the district of Comas.

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After this technical visit, the French architect Jean Robert Mazaud, a pioneer in the field of sustainable urban solutions, will speak in the main conference about global trends in treatment of waste in urban environments, discussing issues of valorization of waste and circular economy, as well as sustainability of urban services. Afterwards there will be an analysis by the representatives of the Global Association of Urban Development and the presentation of cases from Egypt and Morocco, countries which count with huge metropolis and with challenges which are comparable to Latin American cities, not only in terms of urbanization indicators, but also in the size of the challenge. The second day of the Forum is divided in two thematic blocks; the first block, Cities with successful systems of public cleaning and economic and social inclusion of the waste pickers, we will present examples from Antioquia in Colombia, Quito in Ecuador and Minais Gerais in Brazil. This block will be initiated by the presentation of Dra. Albina Ruíz which will describe the model Ciudad Saludable suggests in order to construct healthy cities in Latin America. After the presentation of these experiences this block will be concluded by the presentation of Ing. Anseln Rosario from the Waste Wise resource Center, Bangalore, India. The debate will be led by Dr. Michel Sudarskis from de Global Association of Urban Development. The second section will focus on the social and economic valorization and segregation of waste as an instrument of inclusion. Analyzing the principal challenges of the economic and social inclusion of the waste pickers, presented by the Association of recyclers. The experiences of regional and national organizations will show us the advances in this area and present examples from Argentina, Chile and Peru. The debate will be led by Jorge Rochabrunt from Ciudad Saludable. The third day of the forum will begin with a round table and talk about the innovative solutions which can be implemented in the cities. The main session will present the initiative of the UNCRD-LAC: IPLA (International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities). Dra. Claudia Hoshino, Coordinator for Latin America from the United Nations for regional development will present to local authorities and to the general audience their suggestions and recommendations for Peruvian cities. The last block of the Forum: the role of private enterprises in the generation of inclusive opportunities in the recycling sector will showcase experiences of social and environmental responsible companies in Peru. Different sectors of the state and the international cooperation will show how public policy contributes towards the economic and social inclusion of recyclers. Sr. Ricardo Giesecke, Minister of Environment will officially close the event. Ciudad Saludable, UNCRD-LAC and INTA join forces to call a selected international group of leaders, experts in urbanization, decision makers of the private sector and representatives of social organizations to share experiences on innovative projects in the area of management and treatment of waste in the urban environment. This event is part of the promotion of global and sustainable strategies for cities with emphasis on the economic and social valorization of the waste pickers as a mean to inclusion.

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Agenda: Wednesday 26th of October: 08:00 – 13:00 Technical visit to the system of waste management at the Municipality of

Comas: The conquest of local spaces by the waste pickers: municipal management experiences

13:30 – 14:45 Lunch 15:00 - 15:30 Official presentation of participants and organizing institutions Speech by the mayor of Comas, Sr. Nicolás Kusunoki Main conference: Treatment of waste in urban environments : Valorization, circular economy and sustainability of urban services 15:30 – 16:15 Sr. Jean-Robert Mazaud, Architect, Director of the Agency de Urbanism

Space and Archi-urgent, France 16:15 – 16:45 Panelists:

Sr. Jorge Rochabrunt, Managing Director of Ciudad Saludable, Peru Sra. Claudia Hoshino, Director of the Office for regional development, United Nations, Colombia

16:45 – 17:15 Q&A session and debate 17:15 – 17:30 Coffee Breaks Panorama Global: Urban strategies for waste treatment 17:30 – 18:30 Sr. Michel Sudarskis, General Secretary of the INTA

Sr. Mohammed Mbarki, Director of the Agency of Decentralization Oriental, Morocco Sra. Laila Iskandar, Representative of the ONG CID, Egypt

18:30 – 19:00 Q&A session and debate

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Thursday 27th of October 08:00 – 09:00 Registration of participants, handover of materials and credentials 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome First block: Constructing healthy cities in Latin America: the model of intervention of

Grupo Ciudad Saludable 09:00 – 10:00 Sra. Albina Ruíz Ríos, President of Grupo Ciudad Saludable 10:00 – 10:30 Sr. Ramiro Morejòn, Secretary of Environmental Affairs of the Municipality of

Quito, Ecuador. 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 – 11:15 Sr. Anibal Sepúlveda, Director of environmental health from Antioquia, Colombia. 11:15 – 11:45 Sr. Cido Gonçalves, Centro Mineiro de Referência em Residuos, Brazil 11:45 – 12:15 Questions and commentary 12:30 – 13:30 Sra. Anselm Rosario, Waste Wise Resource Center, Bangalore, India 13:30 – 14:00 Questions and commentary 14:00 – 15:30 Lunch Second block : Challenges in economic and social inclusion of waste pickers: advances in

Latin America presented by the protagonists. 15:30 – 16:00 Sr. Ezequiel Estay, Waste picker and President of the national movement of

recyclers from Chile. 16:00 – 16:30 Sr. Balbino López, Waste picker and President of the national network of

waste pickers from Peru 16:30 – 17:00 Sra. Monica Da Silva, Waste picker, City of Diadema, Brazil 17:00 – 17:30 Questions and commentary

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Friday 28th of October Round table: Mechanisms and innovative solutions for cities 09:00 – 11:30 Presentation from the initiative IPLA – UNCRD,

Claudia Hoshino, participation of invited authorities Leader of debate: Michel Sudarskis 11:30 – 11:45 Refreshments Third block: The role of private enterprises in the generation of inclusive opportunities for

waste pickers. 11:45 – 12:15 Radiograph of support for Latin America Sr. Luis Montoya, President, Latin America Beverages of PepsiCo 12:15 – 12:45 Recycling round table: good businesses from the base to the top Sr. Juan Varilias, Association of Exporters of Perú 12:45 – 13:15 Eco-efficient companies and recycling Sra. Fiorella Ceruti D Onofrio, Grupo Scotiabank 13:15 – 13:45 Questions and commentary 14:00 – 15:30 Lunch Forth block : Public policies for the economic and social inclusion of waste pickers from

the view of the government and International Cooperation 15:30 – 15:50 The health sector and recycling Dr. Alberto Tejada Noriega, Minister , Ministry of Health 15:50 – 16:10 Results of the program of municipal modernization (Component 2 –

Selective recollection) Sr. Miguel Castilla Rubio, Minister, Ministry of Economy and Finance 16:10 – 16:30 Development of management systems for waste in priority zones Sr. Makoto Nakao, Oficial Representative in Peru of JICA 16:30 – 16:0 Policies of the Inter-American Development Bank IDB/BID in order to

include economically and socially vulnerable groups Sr. Fidel Jaramillo, Representative from IDB/BID- Perú

16:30 – 17:00 Questions and commentary 17:00 – 17:30 Closing of Forum Dr. Ricardo Giesecke, Minister of Environment