Waste Management and Pollution Control
The Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries (J-PRISM) completed a mid-term review in 2013, the results of which were accepted during a signing event at SPREP this month.
“We appreciate the mid-term review and the opportunities that it provides for the continuation of this project and beyond and I am very happy to sign this with you,” said Mr. David Sheppard, Director-General of SPREP.
“Closely integrating our work has benefits for both SPREP and the delivery of the programme by Japan - this has been a successful model that could be applied in other work areas of SPREP.”
The Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Fiji Islands, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu and Republic of Vanuatu are the direct recipients of the J-PRISM. Cook Islands, Nauru and Niue also benefit from the project mainly through training opportunities.
The project aims to increase the capacity of people and institutions in these countries to better manage solid waste and to implement the Regional Solid Waste Management Strategy 2010 – 2015 for the Pacific Region.
The J-PRISM success to date includes the introduction of a market waste composting system in Fiji, better home composting in Kiribati, dumpsite improvements in Federated States of Micronesia and the Solomon Islands, and South-South cooperation with Fiji sharing its experience in the principles of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling with other Pacific islands.
The J-PRISM began in 2011 and builds on the support provided by Japan in collaboration with SPREP to Pacific island countries to address solid waste management issues. It ends in February 2016.