In a joint initiative the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ) and Holcim Group Support LTD (Holcim) have developed guidelines on co-processing waste materials in cement production. These guidelines provide information to public authorities, private enterprises, non-governmental organizations etc. on the use of waste material as an alternative resource for energy and material recovery in an environmentally sound manner. The implementation of this expertise requires capacity building of the involved stakeholders to achieve the full benefit of co-processing.

The training targets are based on the requirements for capacity building as stipulated in the guidelines mentioned in the objective. Over all the module of this specific training kit, these are:

• formulation of waste management policies
• formulation and interpretation of waste statistics
• authorization and controlling of co-processing
• assessment of new materials for co-processing and waste source quantification
• monitoring of operation and transportation (methodologies of emission analysis and evaluation of analytical data)
• management of occupation health and safety of the workers within the cement plant and during transportation
• enforcement of the national regulations and permissions
• systematic communication with stakeholders and the public