Maimunah Mohd Sharif, The Executive Director, UN-Habitat

“UN-Habitat supports cities to rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle your waste.”

Maimunah Mohd Sharif, The Executive Director, UN-Habitat

EVENTS

Call for Expressions of Interest – DIY-WaCT with technical support through ACCP

DG 11.6.1 survey using the Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) support cities in improvement/ establishment of sustainable municipal solid waste management system. Selected cities will apply DIY-WaCT with training and technical support through ACCP, and will have more consultations with the Secretariat of ACCP.

Deadline: 15 March 2024

Join ACCP

Any African city that is committed to ACCP key principles can join!

To join, a city official or representative is asked to submit a “letter of intent” addressed to the Executive Director of UN-Habitat through the following e-mail accp@un.org.

Joining African Clean Cities Platform does not imply any legal or financial obligations. A sample letter can be downloaded in different languages here.

ABOUT ACCP

ABOUT ACCP introduces the background of ACCP and the expansion of its network, as well as the challenges of waste management in Africa.

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES provides information on upcoming and past events including capacity development opportunities. Newsletters can also be found here.  

ACCP KNOWLEDGE HUB

ACCP KNOWLEDGE HUB is a one-stop shop showcasing the solutions, good practices, guides, and other interesting materials.

SDG 11.6.1
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SDG 11.6.1

Understanding the current status of municipal solid waste is the first step to improve waste management in your city. Measuring SDG indicator 11.6.1, ‘proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal solid waste generated, by city’ provides those key data and information.