Wastewater and Waste Programme “Clean Mali” – Mali Sanya
Context
Municipal sanitation and waste management services remain poorly developed in Mali with the access rate in rural areas being at just 20% and in urban areas 53%. Problems concern the increasing pollution of surface and ground water, and the lack of sanitation facilities. In the waste sector, there is no adequate waste management to cope with the increasing volume of waste, leading to much of it not being collected or being disposed illegally in the open countryside. In addition, household waste is burned in the open, resulting often in smouldering fires and the emissions of toxic gases that also affect the health of the Malian population. At the few official landfills that exist, mostly women (98%) sort the waste and sell the recovered recyclables at low prices yet having little opportunities for formal employment.
Project description
The programme “Mali Sanya” (Clean Mali) aims at the sustainable development of peri-urban centres and small towns in terms of drinking water supply and sanitation and waste management (circular economy). The project is implemented by GIZ, with the focus on improving sanitation and strengthening the circular economy and the objective of sustainably improving sanitation and recycling for 40% of residents in the provincial centres of municipalities involved in the project. This makes a decisive contribution to the protection of water resources.
Within the GIZ project, AMBERO Consulting is responsible for the support of selected small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in Mali in leveraging sorted waste through planning and implementing at least 5 innovative business models in the circular economy and by doing so closing gaps in the circular economy and promoting employment. A particular focus is the promotion of job opportunities for young entrepreneurs and women in Mali.
Services
- Evaluation of a pre-mapping and market study of promising SME and start-ups in Mali, already conducted by GIZ:
- Analysis of the current market (supply and demand) in the waste and wastewater management;
- Identification of the potential of the sector for the creation of stable and sustainable jobs;
- Development of a strategy for job creation in the waste and wastewater sector.
- Identification of 10 innovative business models for SMEs and start-ups in the waste and wastewater sector:
- Elaboration of an informational guide for SMEs in Mali about the different business models, including information on required investment, key success factors, challenges and risks, social and environmental impacts, production process, profitability analysis of production, profit and loss account and breakeven point
- Selection procedure:
- Preparation of criteria catalogue to select the most promising start-ups and SMEs in Mali;
- Selection of 13 companies with the greatest innovation potential for the waste and wastewater sector.
- Development of business models and accompanying of the start-up/SME:
- Individual coaching/counselling of the enterprises to evaluate the current financial and administrative capacities, identify needs and measures to improve the business and to ensure it is well equipped to receive and manage investments.
- Support in the legal formalisation of the enterprises.
- Technical and commercial advice to each enterprise to develop tailor-made business plans and scaling-up of activities to as many positive employment effects as possible.
- Organisation of workshops and trainings.
- Distribution of Success Stories (Knowledge Management):
- Elaboration of a methodology to distribute the success stories of the selected and accompanied start-ups/SMEs in Mali effectively.
- Elaboration of professional videos and informational one-pagers about the companies and their activities.
Sustainable Development Goals
This project acts on implementing the following Sustainable Development Goals:
