Certificate of Advanced Studies in ‘Urban Waste Management Applied to Developing Countries’

• Head of services
• Executive Officers
• Managers
• Engineers

This Advanced Certificate is intended for decision-makers, executives or managers of:

• Operational services in one or more of the ‘four links in the waste chain’
• Institutions involved in waste management at national or regional level
• Municipal services in cities or inter-municipal communities
• Public, semi-public or private sector

Prerequisites:

• Be an institutional, financial or organisational manager in the waste sector
• Have at least 5 years’ experience in the sector or urban services
• Be aged between 30 and 50
• Have responsibilities for all or part of the waste process chain
• Be able to breathe new life and a transformation plan into your city, region, company or department

REMOTE – Upgrade modules with three-hour live sessions led by a lecturer from the University of Nairobi and  an expert from SUEZ or AFD

• Institutional and regulatory framework
• Characteristics and characterisation of waste
• Infrastructure and its management
• Economics and finance
• Public health and agronomic recovery
• Transition to a circular economy

IN-PERSON – Kenya – Case studies and related courses

1. Governance and Financing
   1. Organising governance around CAPEX/OPEX financing
   2. Taxation to finance municipal waste collection and treatment
   3. Implementation of a waste financing tax
   4. Green finance
   5. Project financing
   6. Governance frameworks and long-term operation
2. Contractualisation
   1. Mastering the regulatory framework applicable to waste
   2. Leadership & management
   3. Environmental and sector regulations
   4. PPP modalities, monitoring methods and procurement
3. Technical
   1. Definition of technologies from collection to landfill
   2. The value chain of emerging sectors
   3. Development of the waste/energy bridge
   4. Green Landfil model and sector
4. Innovation & Digital
   1. Digital and non-digital innovation in the sector
   2. Advantages of new technologies WIKTI
   3. Innovation and decision-making
5. Social inclusion
   1. Change management in the waste cycle
   2. Social inclusion with stakeholder involvement for project success and sustainability

PROFESSIONAL THESIS – Kenya

The thesis must focus on the change management of their waste management department in certain areas for improvement – i.e. a change management plan that is realistic in terms of the situation on the ground and their capacity for action upon their return, or based on what their senior management asked them to do when they enrolled

The topic will be validated in advance by the selection panel

The panel will be composed of one person from higher education and two professionals from the sector

The dissertation will be graded as follows

• A written mark according to a grading scale decided by the Chair’s teaching council
• A mark for the oral presentation

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