ASEAN Municipal Solid Waste Management Enhancement (AMUSE)

GIZ has requested GGGI Laos to be an implementation partner for its forthcoming project titled, “ASEAN Municipal Solid Waste Management Enhancement (AMUSE)." GGGI portion is potentially Euro 500,000. The total budget of the project is EURO 6 million covering a number of ASEAN countries. On August 26, the AMUSE project appraisal mission team led by the lead consultant Joachim proposed to the GGGI Laos team that GGGI implement the project components linked to Lao PDR. The summary of the project components in Lao PDR is the following: o Budget: EUR 500,000 with the possibility of increasing the ceiling o Project duration: Sept 2021 – Sept 2024 o Candidate cities considered: Vang Vieng & Luang Probang o Focal Ministry: Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment (MONRE) o Expected outputs: 1) Policy – a national-level strategy for sustainable solid waste management 2) Pilot initiative – implementing a pilot project on improving waste management in a selected city