Global Digital Solidarity Fund’s Global Digital Solidarity Fund’s Reuse and e-waste ProgramsReuse and e-waste Programs
by by Cissé KANECissé KANEProjects Manager, Head, E-waste and Reuse Programs, DSFProjects Manager, Head, E-waste and Reuse Programs, DSF
E-waste Africa project stakeholders meeting Geneva Switzerland E-waste Africa project stakeholders meeting Geneva Switzerland Sunday 17 May 2009Sunday 17 May 2009
The Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF)
• The DSF is a global financing foundation, which strives to:
• reduce the digital divide
• put information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the service of development
• build a solidarity-based and inclusive information society.
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The Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) • The DSF, one of the major outcomes of the WSIS
is dedicated to bridge the digital divide throughout the World
• Launched in 2005• New type of Organisation : State Governments,
Local Authorities, Private Sector and Civil Society are founding members
• New financial mechanism : the 1% digital solidarity contribution
• DSF is member of the StEP initiative
DSF Main Programs
• Telemedecine and tele-education programs in Africa, Latin America and Asia
• E-collect Program
• E-waste management Program in Africa
• 1000 telemedecine units program in Africa
• E-education program
• Receiving many request for funding from all over the world
DSF E-collect Program
The DSF has launched the E-collect Program : Re-use of second hand computers for education and training programs :
http://www.dsf-fsn.org/cms/content/view/234/lang,en/
E-waste management program in Africa
• Annually more than 50 millions tones of e-waste is generated
• e-Waste contains both valuable materials, as well as highly toxic substances
• These substances are being manipulated by people from the informal sector, often in an inappropriate way
E-waste management program in Africa
☞managed inappropriately, electronic and electrical waste can be a threat for public health and the environment
Partners of the e-waste program
• Hewlett Packard Corporation (HP) – World Leading IT Company
• Empa – Swiss Materials Science & Technology Research Institute
• Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) – International Financial Organization for The Digital Solidarity
Materials Science&Technology
Objectives of the e-waste programme
• Assess e-waste management situation in Kenya, Morocco, Senegal
• Support replicable pilot project for the processing of e-waste in South Africa
Expected outcomes of the E-waste program
• Public Health and the Environment : Protect the people of Africa and their environment from the damaging effects of e-waste
• Digital Solidarity : through training and capacity building
• Safety and jobs creation : Make the e-waste processing sector more viable by creating jobs and seeking to improve working conditions in this sector.
Expected outcomes 2concrete proposals designed to:• Protect the people of Africa and their
environment from the damaging effects of e-waste;
• Make the e-waste processing sector more viable by creating jobs and seeking to improve working conditions in this sector.
• A national E-waste Strategic Committee has been set up in each country
E-waste and reuse actionsNeeds to set up e-waste facilities at a national or regional level (to
be determined)
Need to set up legal framework (national and international)
Needs to sensitize people in developing countries: (administration, refurbishers, informal dismantlers, citizen) on e-waste issues:
• Disposal• Collection• Dismantling• etc
For a global partnership
• Need of a global partnership (including cities and regions) to allow access to the information society: it is possible through the DSF
• Many initiatives on e-waste (assessments) has been identified so far in many countries in Africa
• Need of a global partnership (including cities and regions and the private sector) to tackle e-waste management problem in Africa and throughout the world
• A phase II of the project is needed (need of a partnership and support of governments from industrialized countries, electronic manufacturers, telecom service providers, recyclers, etc.
Durban Declaration
• improve cooperation between national, African and international players through a multi-stakeholder process
• to create awareness at all levels of governance and the general public
• to enable the recycling markets by identifying the appropriate material trading routes
• to develop a policy and legislation framework, • to promote best available technology and practice through
technology transfer and capacity building.
Contacts
Tel: + 41 22 979 32 50
Fax: + 41 22 979 32 51
E-mail: secretariat (at)dsf-fsn.org
Website: www.dsf-fsn.org
Thank you.
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