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Waste management is an important dimension of environment protection. According to the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC, WM strategies must aim primarily to prevent the generation of waste. The waste should be treated as secondary raw material, reused, recycled, recovered or used as an energy source. As a final resort, waste should be disposed of safely by incineration or in landfills.

The aim of the project is the education of the target groups: representatives from waste or environmental department within municipalities, VET schools and decision makers, for sustainable WM in line with the national and EU policies and in long-term contributing to the development and management of waste resources on both a local and global scale. 

Project objectives are focused on the: 

    • Development and implementation of new and innovative professional courses for the waste sector in line with EU Waste Framework Directive. 
    • Improvement of the level of competencies and skills at municipality level in the field of sustainable WM. 
    • Minimalization of the gap between the needs for new knowledge, lack of educational programs and challenges of target groups in sustainable waste management.