10 KoKMA staff undergo training in solid waste management, circular economy in Russia

The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has sent 10 staff drawing from heads of department to senior staff to the Peoples’ Friendship University (RUDN University) in Moscow, Russia, for an intensive training (lectures, seminars, case studies and field visits) on solid waste management and circular economy development.

This arrangement with Rudn University in Moscow is to build staff capacity on current measures on how to manage city municipalities and also learn from best practices.

The training forms part of a cooperation in science and education between the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly and Peoples’ Friendship University to train KoKMA staff in the field of waste management and circular economy from the international view point in order to gain knowledge on best practices to improve the Assembly’s efficiency on how to maintain, reuse, refurbish, recycling, and composting to reduce the use of harmful materials to decoupling materials used for economic growth to meets society needs.

Addressing staff at a short ceremony to bid them farewell, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon. Nii Adjei Tawiah, said the initiative would, among other things, increase the staff understanding by equipping and sharpening their professional knowledge and skills for improvement on service delivery and organisational effectiveness.

“This training will boost their morals to enhance development in Korle Klottey since the Assembly operates within the central business district (CBD) of Ghana,” said Nii Adjei Tawiah.

The MCE advised them to be disciplined and abide by the laws in Russia and be good ambassadors of Ghana during their one-month stay in Moscow.

On the part of the Municipal Coordinating Director, Emmanuel Baisie entreated the heads of department and senior staff to pay utmost attention to the areas of study in order to amplify their skills and competences which will enhance the capacity of the municipality for effective and efficient discharge of their duties.

The heads of department and senior staff from the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly are expected to gain knowledge in areas such as sources of waste generation and impact on the environment and biogeochemical and man-made cycles and the main types of waste and their description, principles of waste classification and subsequent processing.

Also, seminars on calculation of landfill gas emissions formed during municipal solid waste disposal, waste management in the smart city: current practices and future directions.

Participants from the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly will also participate in an international exhibition of equipment and technologies for waste management and waste water treatment “WASMA” in Moscow as well as a host of field visits to equip them on the best practices.

The departments and units that will benefit from the first batch of institutional capacity building were drawn from the Environmental Health, Works Department, Social Welfare and Community Development, Physical Planning, Central Administration, Human Resource, Planning and Coordinating Unit and Statistics Department.

BY TIMES REPORTER