The World Bank-funded Solid Waste Management Project in the South of the West Bank is awarded the Best Project in the World and Countries like Palestine

The World Bank-funded Solid Waste Management Project in the West Bank, implemented by the Higher Joint Solid Waste Management Council of the Hebron and Bethlehem Governorates, has been awarded the World Bank’s Best Project in the World and Similar Countries for Palestine.
A high-level delegation from the World Bank represented by Mrs. Ayat Suleiman, the World Bank’s Urban Sector Officer, and Mr. Youssef Habash, Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the World Bank Group, held a meeting at the Higher Joint Council in Minya. Mr. Hussein Al-Araj, the Minister of Local Government Mr. Mohammed Hassan Jabareen, the Deputy Governor of Bethlehem Governorate, Mohammed Taha Abu Alia and the Chairman of the Joint Council Dr.. Daoud Zaatari Mayor of Hebron and d. Vera Baboun, Deputy Chairman of the Council, Mayor of Bethlehem and the attendance of the Director General of the Joint Councils, Local Government Directors in Hebron and Bethlehem Governorates and members of the Board of Directors of the Higher Joint Council.
It is noteworthy that the project of solid waste management in the south of the West Bank aims to improve the service of solid waste management in an environmentally sound manner in terms of safe disposal in a sanitary landfill with all the necessary facilities, and aims to raise the capacities of municipalities in terms of technical and financial, this project comes within the strategy National Solid Waste Management in Palestine under the umbrella of the Ministry of Local Government and coordinating and following up the Joint Councils Department.
Eng. Yasser Dweik, Executive Director of the Council, explained that all these activities have been implemented and have achieved all the desired results, and as an additional support for this project has been obtained an additional project is a compensation project linked to the output, which is aimed at granting municipalities compensation for the landfill fees In return for the municipalities to achieve financial and technical standards aimed primarily to raise the financial and technical capacity of these municipalities have made great efforts and achieved good results.
Dweik added that this success is due to the wise management of the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors as well as the Executive Unit and all staff, as well as the continued and tireless support of the project team from the World Bank, led by Eng. Ibrahim Dajani and all team members as well as Ms. Noriko or all members of her team.
Turn dr. Hussein Al-Araj, Minister of Local Government, congratulated the Joint Council on this achievement, saying it is a national achievement, stressing that the solid waste file is one of the files that the Ministry attaches great care and support, and thanked the efforts of the administration of the Council to achieve this achievement, stressing that the Ministry stands supportive The Ministry of Local Government in the development of the local economy at the municipal level so as to increase its financial and economic capabilities to enable it to manage the local government sector effectively based on economic development in local bodies, stressing the role and importance of joint councils as a framework to achieve this Oh.
Dr. Daoud Zaatari, Chairman of the Joint Council and the Mayor of Hebron, confirmed that this award is the culmination of the efforts of the Joint Council to improve the service of solid waste management due to its environmental and health importance to the citizens, considering that it will remain an incentive to continue the efforts exerted as well as continuous development in this vital sector. Dr. Zaatari thanked the World Bank for its support to the Joint Council and for the award.
Dr. Zaatari thanked the Executive Management in this project, headed by Engineer Yasser Dweik for their role in achieving this achievement, which we are proud of globally, pointing out that the Joint Council looks very important to the exploitation of waste as a resource through activating the recycling of waste in the near perspective in addition to the need to work Serious to convert waste into energy enables us to rely on our sources and reduce dependence on energy from Israel.
Ayat Suleiman, the World Bank’s Urban Sector Officer, congratulated the Joint Council on this achievement, saying that Palestine, despite the difficult circumstances in which it lives, is making many achievements that surpass some countries living in better political and economic conditions. All domains.
She pointed out that the criteria that were prepared for this award were based on a number of things, especially the collective work of municipalities and local councils in this project as well as the participation of the private sector in addition to activation and networking with local communities and citizens.
Dr. Vera Baboun, Vice-President of the Council of Bethlehem, thanked the World Bank for the award of this award, pointing to the importance of this project at the level of municipalities and local councils, where he has made significant and qualitative shifts in the performance of municipalities in terms of financial sustainability of municipalities and councils to serve solid waste management Data assigned to the reality in line with the ground.
Mr. Mohammed Hassan Jabareen, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Chairman of the National Solid Waste Team in Palestine, pointed to the role of the Ministry of Local Government in supporting the solid waste sector in terms of implementing the national strategy for solid waste management through the national team as well as the leading role of the Joint Councils Department in following up this issue Necessary.
At the end of the meeting, Ms. Ayat Suleiman, the representative of the World Bank, who came specially from Washington to present this award and handed it to the Chairman and members of the Joint Council, reiterated her thanks to the Board and all parties contributing to this success.