This module has been developed to further consolidate the initiatives undertaken by many project in the last 15 years and the Albanian Government latest vision to finally implement the accumulated knowledge on service provisions. The manual is focused on the waste management services only. This manual is developed on the gathered experience and developed training curricula, manuals and guidelines to increase local level experts’ capacities implemented by Swiss supported program dldp. Such packages have been developed for strategic planning and public finance management, waste management, e-gov and fund accessing.

Waste Management Stakeholders and Responsibilities-Institutional Arrangements There are a number of different role-players involved in solid waste management provision and the municipality needs to establish a clear institutional map in terms of who is responsible for what in the solid waste management system. The following issues need to be clarified.

One of the most important issues facing municipalities in the provision of waste/resource management services is the issue of cost recovery. From the perspective of the municipality the recovery of costs represents a key budgetary aim.

Waste minimization represents a set of approaches, methods, activities and processes aiming the reduction of the volume of waste to be final processed. Recommended at all strategic documents and EU legislation, waste management should follow the following principles, starting from the most preferable to the less one