4th Global Forum of Cities for Circular Economy (GFCCE) Workshop cum Exposure Visit for African Nations in Accra, Ghana, 21-23 November 2023

In order to facilitate circularity in management of municipal solid waste in the African region, CSE has created a forum called the “Global Forum of Cities for Circular Economy (GFCCE)” in 2021 with Governments of African and Asian nations. Kindly refer to the GFCCE brochure for more details. GFCCE is meant to provide a platform for technical and policy support, sharing new knowledge, practices, and evidence-based learnings to improve the solid waste management ecosystem in the partner countries in the global south. Currently GFCCE has 19 member states, of which, 15 are African nations (Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa and Rwanda) and 4 are Asian nations (Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka).

CSE has already organized three rounds of capacity building events for the GFCCE member states between July 2022 and May 2023 in Dar es Salaam and India respectively. During this period, CSE studies the current ecosystem of waste management by African nations in two different reports (attached for kind reference) to assess the current situation and come up with actions to be considered for improvement going forward. At the end of the 3rd GFCCE event in India during May 2023, the forum adopted a “Agreed Common Agenda for Action” comprised of the key areas for actions to address the policy, institution and implantation level changes to act based on the collective learning.

Based on the learnings from the first three GFCCE events, Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Government of Ghana and CSE is going to co-host the 4th GFCCE workshop cum exposure visit in Accra, Ghana with from 21 – 23 November 2023 with senior ministry representatives from 15 African nations. During the event, CSE will release a comprehensive toolkit for profiling and ranking of African cities based on solid waste management performance. CSE is also going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Environment Protection Agency, Government of Ghana.

Dignitaries
His Excellency Dr. Kwaku Afriyie Hon’ble Minister Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Ghana	Her Excellency Dr. Freda Prempeh Hon’ble Minister Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources Ghana	His Excellency Shri Manish Gupta Ambassador Embassy of India in Ghana, Government of India, Ghana	Hon’ble Dr. Lawyer Henry KwabenaKokofu, Executive Director, EPA Ghana
Her Excellency Ms. Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey Hon’ble Mayor Accra Metropolitan Assembly Ghana	Sunita Narain Director General Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi, India
List of Participants
Joy Hesse Ankomah Deputy Director EPA Ghana	Engr. Solomon Nuetey Noi-Adzeman Director of Waste Management Department, Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana	Alain Theophile Bela Manga Chief of Service of Toxic and Hazardous Waste, Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, Cameroon	Djedji Benjamin Onamoun Deputy Director of Environmental Technologies, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Cote d'Ivoire
Ndumiso Cyprian Magagula Environment Inspector – Waste Management, Eswatini Environment uthority, Eswatini	Fikru Alemu Nega Senior Expert, Green Technology Administration and Monitoring, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia	Rose Kemunto Mokaya Public Health Practitioner, Department of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Kenya	Hortencia Joana Macombo Massinga Head of Department, Ministry of Land and Environment, Mozambique
Nicco Libuku Masule Senior Conservation Scientist, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Namibia	Sylvie Mugabekazi Chief Executive Officer, The Cleaner Production and Climate Innovation Centre, Rwanda	Michelle Christelle Iradukunda M. Urban Development Sector Specialist, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), Rwanda	Alassane Samba Balde Technical Assistant, Ministry of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Senegal
Babalwa Ngomani – Zajiji Manager – Environmental Services, Ntabankulu Local Municipality, South Africa	Dr. Samuel Gwamaka Mafwenga Director General, National Environment Management Council, Tanzania	Dr. Menan Hungwe Jangu Director – Research, National Environment Management Council Tanzania	Mugambwa Richard Mukasa Environment Inspector and Project Manager – Municipal Solid Waste, National Environment Management Authority, Uganda
Brian Siakabeya Principal Solid Waste Management Officer, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Zambia	Leon Gift Mutungamiri Acting Provincial Environmental Manager for Harare, Environmental Management Agency, Zimbabwe