Training for Module III on Urban Waste Management: Model of calculating cost and tariffs

In the framework of the annual program on experts capacity raising in public administration on “Urban Waste Management”, dldp in cooperation with the Albanian School of Public Administration held a training on Module III on “Calculating Cost and Tariff” in Saranda on October 5-7th.

Being that the LGUs established after the implementation of the territorial reform have different levels of offering the service and different approaches on the way of covering the costs of the service, this module is very important and serves the municipal employees for getting to know the instrument for calculating costs and tariffs in the new LGUs.

Module III of the Annual Program of Training on Urban Waste Management had as a primary objective the financing of the service and calculating costs and tariffs.

During the first day of the training, the dldp engaged experts presented these topics:

-Management systems and budgeting models.

-Main elements of waste management costing as well as the legal framework, principles of financing, costs items and their comprising elements.

-The model of cost calculation and exercises based on this model. 

During presentations there were also open discussions from the participants as well as illustrations with similar cases from LGUs with experience in this field.

In the second day of the training, presentations were focused on:

-Possibilities of going from cost coverage.

-Main elements of waste tariffing as well as the legal framework, principles on establishing the tariff, tariff’s items and comprising elements, finding data, costs and tariffs in the landfill illustrated with the case of Bajkaj landfill.

The findings from the work of different municipalities in financing the service and covering costs through tariffs or other resources caused a lively debate and discussion among participants and experts. The former had the possibility to test the model of cost and tariffs calculation and gave examples on different cases from their work and experience in the municipalities they are working.

The training was closed with a visit in Bajkaj landfill, where the participants got to know another model of urban waste management. The management of Bajkaj landfill from a special enterprises depending from Qark’s Council, difficulties in covering the additional treatment costs regardless from the payment of dues from Saranda, Delvina, Finiq, and Himara municipalities, the process of treating water after processing waste, etc., were topics of interest for the people present in this training.