Turkey, Technical Assistance for Solid Waste Management
Project Areas
In order to accelerate Turkey's accession to the EU, the Consultant - as a part of a Consortium - prepared ISWM projects for eight Unions in the eastern part of Turkey.
The project preparation consisted in the detail design of eight ISWM systems, including tender documents and IPA application documents, strengthening of local municipalities for project implementation and compliance with national and EU legislation.
The projects are meant to be approved and ready for financing and implementation under IPA funds in accordance with Turkish Legislation and the EU Acquis. Following unions have been part of the project:
- COKAB Union (Artvin & Erzurum),
- Viranseh Ceylanpinar Union (Sanliurfa)
- Akdeniz Solid Waste Union (Mersin)
- Siverek Environmental Service Union (Sanliurfa)
- Ordu Centre Neighbourhood Municipalities Union (Ordu)
- Hakkâri Municipalities Solid waste Management Union (Hakkâri)
- Elbistan (Kahramanaras)
- Silvan (Diyarbakir)
| Client | Department of EU Investments within the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation (MoEU) |
| Financing Agency | European Commission, Belgium |
| Location | Turkey (eastern part) |
| Services Period | 2012 – 2014 |
| Project Cost | 2.5 million EUR |
| Technical Data | |
| Total of app. 1.8 million inhabitants (2025) |
| Total of 700,000 t (2025) |
| Total of 600,000 t (2025) |
| Services | |
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