Multi-country

ON THE GROUND
Environment
Multi-country
CLIMATE
CHANGE
Project co-financed by:
Africompost
CZZ 1690. Waste
Institutional partner
Area
Climate change
Beneficiary
GoodPlanet Foundation
Amount of FGEF grant
€1,000,000
Co-financiers
AIMF, AFD, GoodPlanet, Gévalor, UNEP
Risø, Municipalities concerned
Total project amount
€7,135,000
Date granted
5 July 2011
Estimated project duration
4 years
Ministry of Sustainable Development
This project offers solutions for improving waste management
in urban environments whilst contributing to the combat
against climate change.
It supports the development of organic waste composting
plants in six African towns.
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Context
Aims
Urban waste management is an issue with both local
and global implications. In developing countries,
the municipalities have to manage quantities of waste
that are increasing exponentially, without having
dedicated financial resources.
The project aims both to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse
gas emission from household waste landfills and to improve the waste
management sector in the least developed countries.
Globally, the anaerobic decomposition of organic
materials in household waste plays a significant role in
global warming, through the emission of methane,
a powerful greenhouse gas.

installation of operational composting plants generating good
quality compost

sale of carbon credits generated by the reduction in emissions of
methane from waste

empowerment of partner structures and sharing the experience
gained.
The Africompost project proposes dealing with these
two problems through the development of organic waste
composting, a “green” methodology that helps to
improve household waste management in developing
countries, whilst creating local employment and
reducing the sector’s environmental impact, both locally
and globally.
The specific aims of the project are threefold:
These three aims shall be conducted with the transversal concern of
contributing to improving the overall household waste management sector
in the towns concerned.
For more information, visit: www.ffem.fr
The French Global Environment Facility (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial – FFEM) is a bilateral public facility created in 1994 on the initiative of the
French Government. Its secretariat and financial management are entrusted to the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s development agency.
Climate change – Project co-financed by French Global Environment Facility – Multi-country
Project description
Activities will be developed around three components:

Detailed feasibility study
The partner localities shall be selected based on a set of specifications. The composition of the amount of household waste
produced shall be analysed. Measures shall be identified for dealing with dangerous waste and for ensuring the quality of the
compost.
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Support for the development of and access to carbon finance, in particular through:
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support for fitting out, equipping and coming on stream of composting plants;
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support for introducing commercial services, agronomic tests and promoting compost;
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introducing a mechanism for monitoring and calculating the reduction in emissions and quality control;
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training to manage the missions self-sufficiently;
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training local executives in the essential aspects of the project (composting techniques, carbon monitoring, commercial
aspects, accounting).
• Innovation, capitalisation and audit
Accounting audits and North-South and South-South exchange workshops shall be carried out. Research into facilitating access to
carbon finance and capitalisation on the various activities and measuring their impact shall be undertaken.
Expected results and impact
Africompost has built on the successful experience of an initial project in
Madagascar, financed by FGEF as part of its small initiatives
programme.
The Africompost project meets the needs of creating local employment
in the countries concerned and contributes to the combat against climate
change and the management of waste in developing countries.
In addition to the creation of employment for the sorting-composting
operations, the compost sold to farmers also helps reduce emissions of
methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas.
Moreover, the economic durability of these plants will help the largerscale distribution of this simple and innovative technology.
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Dates and amounts

The project started in September 2011 for 4 years

The FFEM grant totals €1,000,000

The total amount of commitments for financing the project is €7,135,000, with €0.65m by AFD.
14%
Co-financing
FFEM booklet. Climate change
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FFEM
86%
For more information: www.gevalor.org
Contacts
FFEM
FFEM Secretariat / AFD - 5, Rue Roland Barthes, 75598 Paris cedex 12 - France www.ffem.fr
> Denis Vasseur – Climate Project Manager - Tel: +33 1 53 44 39 50 - @ : [email protected]
> Communication / Press - Tel: +33 1 53 44 39 41 - @ : [email protected]
For more information, visit: www.ffem.fr
The French Global Environment Facility (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial – FFEM) is a bilateral public facility created in 1994 on the initiative of the
French Government. Its secretariat and financial management are entrusted to the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s development agency.