{"id":717,"date":"2019-10-15T05:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T05:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josepzapater.net\/?p=717"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:08:59","slug":"unhcr-the-environment-and-syrian-refugees-in-the-bekaa-valley-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josepzapater.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/15\/unhcr-the-environment-and-syrian-refugees-in-the-bekaa-valley-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR, the environment and Syrian refugees in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nmanagement of solid waste is one of the foremost environmental and public\npolicy problems affecting Lebanon \u2013 so much so, that in 2015 the mounting\npresence of garbage on Beirut\u2019s streets sparked one of the biggest series of\npublic demonstrations since the civil war. Since 2017, UNHCR together with\npartners is heavily involved in supporting Lebanese municipalities in the Bekaa\nvalley devising and implementing integrated Solid Waste Management (SWM)\nstrategies. Activities in this sense exist also in the North of the country.\nNow, why is UNHCR, not known as a development organization, so invested in SWM\nissues in Lebanon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Certainly,\nUNHCR prides itself in being a strong supporter of causes such as the\nenvironment, gender equality and LGBT rights. At the same time, the will to\nhelp the public administration, including local authorities, to deal with the\nwider consequences of the Syrian crises, as well as the promotion of peaceful\ncoexistence, is also what\u2019s behind UNHCR\u2019s interventions on solid waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syrian refugees\nhave almost doubled the demography in the Bekaa valley. However, their presence\nis not one of the foremost causes of environmental damage \u2013 by far, the first\nplace corresponds to industrial waste. Refugees do, of course, produce waste.\nThis generates an additional burden on municipal authorities, responsible to\ncollect waste from the about 1,500 informal tented refugee settlements (ITSs)\nexisting in the Bekaa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the\nfact that the great majority of sewage from ITS is properly collected and\ntreated, intense accusations have recently been levelled against the\nhumanitarian community and refugees themselves as being a primary cause of\nenvironmental damage. At the same time, a recent UNDP coexistence survey has\nidentified the management of solid waste as one of the foremost causes of\nsocial tension in the Bekaa valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompted by these concerns, UNHCR, together with our partner Anera (www.anera.org<\/a>), started in 2017 a pilot project in the municipaly of Majdel Anjar, bordering with Syria and host to 25,000 Syrian refugees, to help authorities implement an integrated SWM strategy. The project stumbled into some initial difficulties. In particular, by mid-2018 it had to be almost redesigned due to, among other, an incomplete understanding by UNHCR and partners of the public policy intrincancies of the sector. We embarked, then, into a three-month rigorous evaluation of the pilot project to identify whether we were up to the task in a technically complicated sector ridden with social sensitivities. After identifying a need for stronger technical expertise, teams were reorganized and we decided to continue with the project. By now, a sorting facility has been built in Majdel Anjar, communities have been trained for sorting and source and coordination has been ensured with the nearby municipality of Bar Elias so that the cycle of garbage processing can finalize in their processing plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Majdel Anjar sorting facility<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The project\nis also growing. By the end of the year, we hope to inaugurate a sorting and\ncomposting facility in Temnine el Faouqa, and to commence work to rehabilitate\nthe dumpsite in Mansoura. We will also grow in the next year into new\nmunicipalities, focusing on community mobilization and strategic planning,\nfollowing policy priorities set by the Minister of the Environment. New\nmunicipalities have been selected on a carefully chosen set of indicators\nmixing technical need, coexistence issues and coverage of the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnerships have been key to this success story. Anera and UNHCR have grown into trusting partners, with a strong sense of collaboration and common purpose. UNDP has provided infrastructure and garbage trucks and ensures sector coordination at the national and local levels. We are planning to extend the collaboration, given the excellent relationship and complementarity between the two agencies in Lebanon. Local NGO SAWA Group has provided expertise in community mobilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ever,\nmunicipal authorities and host communities have wholeheartedly welcomed the\ninitiative, given the sensitivity of issues of solid waste management as well\nas the current scarcity of municipa financing given also the difficult economic\nsituation in the country. There is also very strong collaboration with the\nMinistry of the Environment as well as the Ministries of Social Affairs and the\nInterior and Municipalities. Last but not least, refugees have proven loyal\npartners, embracing sorting at source and enthusiastically participating in\ncleaning campaigns. It is important to underline that community mobilization\nactivities include both refugees and Lebanese, thereby facilitating contact and\nunderstanding between both communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anera teams sensitizing Syrian and Lebanese children at school on sorting at source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The project\nhas also had some unplanned positive effects. In my experience, it is relatively\neasier to find allies and friends, as well as motivated local staff, when\nworking in operations with internally displaced persons \u2013 after all, one is\nworking for the country where the Office is. With refugees, we are working for\nforeigners, which is oftentimes much more difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It goes\nwithout saying that one of the satisfactions of working in the Bekaa has been\nthe high level of motivation and professionality of our local staff, as well as\nthose in the Beirut office. At the same time, our work with SWM has also\ncontributed to boost that motivation, given that it addresses a problem, the\nenvironment, which is becoming almost existential for the Lebanese. What is\nmore, the expertise of local staff, as well as local NGOs, has proven\nparticularly useful in a very complex sector where technical, social and\npolitical issues are so inextricably linked. Last but not least, our\ninvolvement in SWM has also prompted the Office in the Bekaa to start cleaning\nits act when it comes to its own waste and environmental measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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