DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME ON SANITATION

Urban waste recycling

Director of the Cooperation Project: Rossella Monti, Ph.D.

Didactic - Scientific Supervisors: Adelaide Pereira, Ph.D.

Tutors:

• Vittoria Riboni, BEng.
• Elisa Carantoni, BEng.
• Maria Cristina Ciancetta

The Hydroaid distance learning programme on Sanitation is enriched with the technical course "Urban Waste Recycling". This module offers an in depth course on one of the most relevant subject related to environmental sustainability and globalisation phenomena in developing countries.

The course has a managerial address even if some technical aspects are presented.

The programme include: a picture on the legislation frame in the western countries in order to introduce the law instruments to manage a recycling process at a national scale; the life cycle assessment of a product in order to evaluate its impact on the environment and its potential for recycling; the main elements to set up an industrial plan; the managerial organisation of the process; the main steps for waste separation; the technical aspects for the valorisation of some specific wastes.

The Urban Waste Recycling technical course is recommended to high rank technicians and managers of the developing and emerging countries to improve the capability of the local authorities in managing and governing the waste resources for the conservation of water and soil from pollution phenomena.

Participation is open to 80 professionals -with a technical educational background- from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Balkans and the Middle East.

This course is a complement to the courses of the Hydroaid's distance learning programme on Sanitation. Nevertheless the former students to the Hydroaid's course in Turin; to the distance learning "Technical Course on wastewater treatment and urban waste disposal" editions 2009 and 2010; to the distance learning "Gestao Integrada em Saneamento: Experiencia Italiana" edition 2009 are recommended to participate only if their job duties deal with the waste issue. This distance learning is in fact an in-depth course.

New participations of high rank technicians and managers employed in the waste local utilities and in the governmental/Public environmental departments, is welcome.

The selection will be based on the application forms filled by the candidates and the required documents. The participation of the young professionals working on waste management is favored. Women’s applications are taken in due consideration.

This course involves in the didactic activities the scientific & technical partners of the Association plus some leading Italian institutions and association in the field of environment governance, namely:
AIAT Association of Environmental and Planning Engineers,
AMIAT the waste utility of the Turin area,
ATOR Turin optimal district for the governance of waste,
FEDERAMBIENTE the association of all the Italian private and public istitutions working for the environment,
UNIVERSITY of SASSARI.

The course is free of charge. Nevertheless, we ask for a serious commitment when enroll at the course so that your participation excludes the one of another. So please, evaluate carefully your interest and your possibilities (time, connection ability etc) to attend the on line activities.

DURATION: October 4th through December 17th 2010

STAGE OPPORTUNITY: At least 5 among the best participants from Sub Saharian Countries will be invited to attend 10 days of stage in Italy next November.

LANGUAGE: The official languages of the didactic material are English, Spanish and Portoguese. The didactic management on the e-moodle platform will be in English.

Contacts:
hydroaid@hydroaid.it

DEADLINE TO APPLY: July the 30^th
Before filling the application form read carefully the call for application