The case for citywide IEC strategy for Addis Ababa’ssolid waste management system

摘要

Information, education and communication (IEC)-related activities being undertaken by the variousactors in the solid waste management (SWM) system of the Addis Ababa City Administration (AACA)were reviewed employing a rapid appraisal methodology. Brochures, posters, awareness enhancing andskills training workshops, compost demonstration sites and event-based radio- and TV-based educationalprograms are found to be the major media employed with varying levels of importance in disseminatingSWM-related messages. The coverage and level of coordination among the various IEC-relatedinterventions is found to be low, which precluded achieving synergetic impact. The absence of a citywideIEC strategy for SWM is highlighted as a missing link in the rather bad state of affairs in the city’s SWMsystem and hence its sanitation situation. The study has identified a number of issues that should be takenup in the attempt to create sufficient capacity to plan, execute and coordinate IEC activities in SWM.