Opportunities for a Public-Private

Infrastructure Partnership (PPIP)

in the E-waste Value Chain
in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)
Research Agency: Ballack-Hyper’s Holding, Yamoussoukro – Côte d’Ivoire

©June 2018
Problem Identification

Current Situation Desired Situation

Main Objective
Analyze the opportunities associated with an availability-based PPIP e-waste recycling
industry in Côte d’Ivoire

Targeted Impacts
National

Represent a potential to pilot-test a greenfield social PPIP to address some urgent national needs
Policy

(green employment, environment and health quality improvement)

▪ Attract business opportunities through a professionalized material recovery industry

(circular economy) and supply of the local existing market with refurbished electronic
Development

and electric appliances (preferred option for low-income households, micro and small enterprises);
Economic
Socio-

▪ Provide a CSR opportunity to the private sector to significantly mitigate rampant related
environmental and health challenges;
▪ Provide an opportunity to develop a vocational training curriculum in e-waste management
and skills upgrading.
[Data: 25,000 tons EEE imports per year, of which 48% are e-waste (WEEE). Source: UNEP, 2012.]
Stakeholders

State Actors - National Steering Committee for PPP (CNP-PPP)

- Ministry of the Environment (Sub-Directorate of
Hazardous Waste and National Waste Management
Agency - ANAGED)

Non-State Actors - AFECAMCI and FENAFER.CI (leading e-waste dealers

associations)
- PARO-CI (leading civil society organization in e-waste
management and information dissemination)

Beneficiaries Community
Benefits and Impact

Public Sector - An opportunity for the National Steering Committee for PPP (CNP-
PPP) to diversify their PPIP portfolio
- An opportunity to pilot-test a greenfield social PPIP to address an urgent
national need (inter-generational contribution to the quality of life)
- An opportunity to introduce a vocational training curriculum in e-waste
management and skills upgrading

Private Sector - An opportunity for current e-waste business actors (AFECAMCI and
FENAFER.CI) to develop innovative solutions that can significantly
mitigate rampant related health challenges
- An opportunity to attract other potential private investors in the local e-
waste value chain
Beneficiaries - A potential incidental improvement in life quality and expectancy
Social Inclusion Plan

- Women and girls represent about 30% of waste pickers and

dismantlers: plea for special on-site safety measures

- Inclusion of disabled persons in the dismantling process: e.g.

mentally-disabled workers in German e-waste dismantling units
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

- Monitoring tools: activity tracking record and meeting reports

- Project evaluation methodology: survey with targeted key

stakeholders (National Steering Committee for PPP - CNP-PPP,
Sub-Directorate of Hazardous Waste, National Waste
Management Agency – ANAGED, AFECAMCI, FENAFER.CI
and PARO-CI) to assess understanding and willingness
Data Collection Plan

Task/Action Deliveries Time Frame

Survey with health and environment - printing and distribution of the
specialists, educators and the general public. questionnaire (hard copy); 4 weeks
(targeted number of surveyees: 100) - mass-distribution of the on-line
survey.

Discussion (semi-structured interviews) with - prepared interview question set;

the key stakeholder leads (targeted number of - documented PPIP e-waste success 9 weeks
respondents: 25) stories

Preparing a SWOT analysis based on the - text review

data/information collected from the survey 2 week
and interviews

Writing a report and recommendation on the - text review/proofreading

feasibility of a PPIP e-waste recycling facility 2 weeks
New Areas for Review

▪ Emphasize relationship management with the current informal sector dealing with the e-waste business
for a better ascertainment of risks associated with formalization (e.g.: loss of business);

▪ Consult with financial specialists for a better understanding of any profitability (IRR) of a professional
e-waste recycling facility (dismantling, export of rare earth, refurbishing and manufacturing of
universal spare parts…);

▪ Further investigation on success stories of PPIP in the e-waste value chain, that can serve as references
for the project identification and justification;

▪ Include new significant stakeholders as follows:

- Ministry of Trade: updated estimates of electric and electronic equipment (EEE) imports;
- Ministry of Industry: regulatory framework and guidelines on EEE industrial policy
- Ministry of IT and Digital Economy: understanding of the extent of the “one citizen, one computer”
policy by the national agency for universal telecommunication services – ANSUT
(https://www.ansut.ci).
Risks and Mitigation Strategies

Risks/Challenges Mitigation Strategy

E-waste recycling facility not being a priority on Increase sensitization campaigns and lobbying on the
the Government agenda (PPP projects pipeline) professionalization of the e-waste value chain

Immaturity of the local market to attract investors Advocate with the Sub-Directorate in charge of
for such a social PPIP hazardous waste and the National Waste Management
Agency – ANAGED to push for an improvement of the
e-waste value chain management, with regard to
associated health and environmental damages
Existing market sounding results showing the Advocate with CNP-PPP for a comparative analysis of
unsuitability of an e-waste PPIP for the country other procurement options (traditional, alliance and
privatization) and pilot-test the preferred option

Weak community mobilization Develop and implement an extra-curricular activity

(awareness raising ) on e-waste
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