Global Digital Solidarity Funds Reuse and ewaste Programs by Ciss KANE Projects Manager, Head, Ewast

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Global Digital Solidarity Funds Reuse and
e-waste Programsby Cissé KANEProjects Manager,
Head, E-waste and Reuse Programs, DSFE-waste
Africa project stakeholders meeting Geneva
Switzerland Sunday 17 May 2009
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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

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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

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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,e
  n/

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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

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E-waste management program in Africa

• ?managed inappropriately, electronic and
  electrical waste can be a threat for public
  health and the environment

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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

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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

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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.

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Expected outcomes 2

• concrete 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

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E-waste and reuse actions

• Needs 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

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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.

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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.

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Contacts

• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail secretariat (at)dsf-fsn.org
• Website www.dsf-fsn.org

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• Thank you.