SCOW Final Conference Report 1.5 Mb

SCOW project
Final Conference Report
December 2015
Introduction
The Final conference for SCOW project took place on Dec. 2nd 2015 at the Movenpick Hotel/
Ramallah with the participation of local partners including: Ministry of Agriculture, Environment
Quality Authority, Local Governments, and experts. Due to the current security situation in Palestine,
the European partners were not able to come to Palestine therefore some partners connected to
Ramallah via Skype and shared videos.
The aim of the conference was to publicize the achievements of the project in Palestine and other
regions, as well as to increase awareness of the project .Partners from other regions elaborated on
their successful activates with lessons learned, by presenting success stories, the impact of the
project and description of the situation in the regions before and after the implementation of the
project.
At the end of the conference 12 Trophies were given to the SCOW associated partners and
professionals from the SCOW composting network, to express gratitude and appreciation for their
efforts to make this pilot project succeed.
In order to serve the project and ensure full coverage of the SCOW activities and results, wide media
coverage was planned and done online and offline as well as press releases in local newspapers
(Annex 1), interviews on radio and TV stations. (Annex 2)
In total 49 people participated (6 females and 43 males) (Annex 3)
Opening Session
The opening session was moderated by Mr. Khaled Rajab, a Board member of HWE, who declared
the Conference officially open at the end of his statement. The official opening of the conference was
done by Mr. Mohammad Shahbari, delivered the statement of the Ministry of Agriculture on behalf
of Dr. Yousef Sufyan, Minister of Agriculture. After the statement of the Ministry of Agriculture,
opening remarks were delivered by Mr. Paolo Curradi, Head of Section- (Water and Land
Development) Office of the European Union, Local partners (Ramallah Municipality, Al Ittihad
Municipality, and Jericho Municipality), Ms. Gemma Nohales, BCNecologia (Via Skype) and Mr. Imad
Almasri HWE Chairman of the Board of Directors.
After the opening sessions, technical sessions were done including:
Session 2- Introduction to SCOW
Qasem Abdo- Land and Water Expert discussed the Biowaste management in the Meditation shore,
regards policies, objectives, drivers, compost needs, etc.
Michele Giavini, SCOW expert collaborator, from the Italian Composting Association/ ARSambient,
Gemma Nohales from BCNecologia, did a presentation on the objectives, tasks, main results and
public outputs of the SCOW project via skype audio call.
Session 3- SCOW Project's partners' experience and results
Presentations on the project implication and results as well as on projects' monitoring and evaluation
were done by the projects' partners: Catalonia, Genoa, Malta, Upper Galilee, and Corsica, all partners
made their presentations and sent them as a video which was showed to all participants in the final
conference, their experience and comments were valuable.
Mrs. Sawsan Al Qudsi did a presentation on the project implementation and results in Palestine.
Session 4- Biowaste management and composting for the benefit of
agriculture
The introductory speaker of this session was Mr. Hussain Abu Oun, from Ramallah and Albireh/Joint
Service Council, while the keynote address was made by Mr. Fawzi Abdo, UNDP, on the Green House
Gases Inventory of Palestine, solid waste emissions and composting as a potential mitigation
measure.
Session 5- closing session
The introductory speaker of this session was Mr. Imad Al Baba, from The Palestinian Environment
Quality Authority in his brief introductory; he spoke of the manifesto for proper waste management
and Med compost network.
The keynote address was made by Mr. Abdel Jabbar Abu Halaweh from the Joint Service Council/
Jericho. In his keynote address Mr. Abdel Jabbar looked at the challenges that face the biowaste
management in Palestine and discussed other aspects such as:
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The future of biowaste management and policies in the Mediterranean.
Lessons learnt from the project.
Potential for sustainability and replicability of biowaste management models.
Next step and recommendations for future initiatives.
ENI projects and other cooperation programs.
Recommendations:
The following are a summary of the recommendations raised by speakers and participants of the
conference:
On the legal and policy making level:
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The development of laws and regulations that promote the production and the use of
organic fertilizers in agriculture and land reclamation.
The development of laws and regulations that encourage investment in waste recycling and
organic waste, including the provision of facilities and incentives for investors in such
projects, which will be supporting the national strategy for solid waste sector projects in
Palestine.
The development of the current strategies and work cross-sectoral strategies, for example:
the preparation of a joint strategy between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of
Local Government to recycle organic waste and produce compost that will be used in
agriculture and land reclamation.
The development of public awareness raising strategies on agricultural extension on the use
of compost in agriculture.
The development of strategies that support organic products, and find a suitable market for
such products both inside and outside Palestine.
On the community awareness level:
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Developing demonstration site of land using the organic compost, and other areas where
chemical fertilizers are used, and to compare across these observations, which will provide
awareness on the ground.
Raise awareness among decision-makers and policy-makers on the importance of supporting
recycling organic waste and converting it into organic fertilizer used in agriculture and land
reclamation.
On the current project level:
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Provide all forms of support from all partners and related parties to ensure getting the best
results from this pioneering pilot project and introduce them as a model.
All parties must work on the development of the existing projects and on providing the
necessary financial support to ensure the expansion of these projects and increase the
production capacity of them, which will lead to economic viability and reduction of
production costs.
The development of current projects through the use of up-to-date technology in
production.
Production of liquid organic fertilizers.
The development of mechanisms to enable benefiting from the input of these projects
(biomass) to produce the energy required to self-run these projects.
Utilize technology to produce industrial soil and silage as one of the outputs of these
projects.
Continuous monitoring of these projects to get the best results.
Conduct a market study to open new markets for the products of these projects.
Fund and support projects that work on separating organic waste from the source in order to
ensure the provision of raw materials for these projects free of charge and as a source of
revenue in the future.
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Set up factories for manufacturing agricultural fertilizers, depending mainly on manure as a
major raw material, and improving the product by adding some additives to enhance the
quality of the final product.
Media coverage links
Annexes:
Annex 1: Press release
http://www.alquds.com/pdf/1449190288884976200/1449190373000/
http://www.wafa.ps/arabic/index.php?action=detail&id210381=
http://www.aramnews.ps/aram-cell/2983.html
http://www.raya.ps/ar/news.927283/html
http://www.raya.ps/ar/news.927135/html
http://www.alsafeernews.com/ar/articles/17928.html
http://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2015/12/03/825230.html
http://www.alhaya.ps/newsite/details.php?id=274369
https://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=81320
Annex 2: links for the interviews
http://www.alquds.com/video/1449062245616737600/
Annex 3: Attendance sheet
Name
#
Institution
1
Kasim Abdo
Water, Land Expert
2
Mohammad Shabbari
MOA
3
Fawzi Abdoh
UNDB
4
Imad Al baba
EQA
5
Abdel Jabar AbuHalawa
JCSPD/Jericho
6
Ayman AbuThaher
EQA
7
Mohammad Turshan
MOPAD
8
Husain Abououn
JSCRAB
9
SaidHdudairi
JSCRAB
10
Adli AbuHijleh
AQUA
11
Hisham Bazzar
Alittihad Municipulity
12
NazzalBazzar
Alittihad Municipulity
13
Musa Hadeed
Ramallah Municipulity
14
Sameer Samara
MOA
15
Abdalla Dahla
MOA
16
Fawzi Ziada
UMTPAL Company
17
Eng Mooneer Jardat
Joint Council Service for Solidwaste Jenin
18
Eng Mohammad Hamarshah
Jericho resorts vellage
19
Jouda saeed
Jericho Municipulity
20
Salem Ali
Jericho Municipulity
21
Kader waleji
Jericho Municipulity
22
Eng Abed Alrhaman
Abu Flan Company
23
Mohammad Sbeih
Agricultural Engineer
24
Ibtisam abuhaijai
MOA
25
Husam AL-taweel
ommar alard
26
Fayha Nijem
Agricultural Engineers home society
27
Iyad fayes Malloh
Thinnabeh Composting Plant
28
Talb AbuHani
Thinnabeh Association
29
Alfred Azaz
ommar alard
30
Imad Ghanma
MOA
31
Frederico DE NARDO
Appropriate methodologies and techniques in
international development cooperation
32
Saif Hamad
Zahrour Resturant
33
Saleem Malsa
Ceaser Hotel
34
Paolo curradi
The Office of the European Union Representative
35
Mr carlo Marsico
The Office of the European Union Representative
36
Dr Zughaire Fattah
37
Malvina Al Jamal
Ramallah Municipulity
38
Rasheed Mohammad
Alittihad Municipulity
39
Ala Awni
Thinnabeh Association
40
Imad Al Masri
Nablus Muincipality
41
Sawsan Al Qudsi
HWE
42
Taghreed Dweik
HWE Board Member
43
Mohammad Qwareeq
HWE
44
Hanan Mohammad
HWE
45
Alia Al Taweel
Consultant
Annex 4: Agenda
Annex 5: Photos