GIZ – Nexus Project Regional Workshop

DaNang, Vietnam

June 25-27, 2014

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Philippines

ISSUES and CHALLENGES

• Rapid conversion of

agriculture areas to

built-up areas to give

way to economic

development and

urbanization, thus an

increase in demand

for imported food

ISSUES and CHALLENGES

Philippine Growth Rate (2000-2010) : 2.07%

LAGUNA Growth Rate (2000-2010) : 3.11%

SANTA ROSA Growth Rate (2000-2010) : 4.37%

• Continuously

increasing

population due

to availability

of jobs which

translates into

a proportional

increase in

solid waste

generation

SOLID WASTE FACTS

Waste

generation

rate

0.6

kg/person/day

Estimated

waste

170.802 MT/day

(based on 2010

population of

284,670)

Waste bulk

density

297 kg/m3

Diversion

(as of

2005)

25%

GHG

emissions

from solid

waste

103,296 tCO2e

( for domestic

and commercial

wastes only)

ISSUES and CHALLENGES • Contamination of groundwater resources

from improper domestic wastewater

disposal (poorly designed septic tanks and

seepages from above ground)

• Increasing greenhouse gas emissions

from solid wastes, wastewater, use of fuel

and electricity and industrial process

emissions

ISSUES and CHALLENGES

• Extraction of groundwater resources to

subsidize the water needs of the

residents, commercial and industrial

establishments and institutions

The issues and challenges identified by the Santa Rosa Nexus

Team at the early stages of project feasibility study were

synonymous to the problems identified as above in the ‘Urban

Nexus Challenge’

Source : ICLEI Workshop, Santa Rosa

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

(1)Attended the initial workshop in Bangkok,

Thailand, June 2012

The selected Asian cities had been provided with an extensive

and comprehensive overview of the Nexus concept

(2) Attended the second workshop in

Bangkok, Thailand, June 2013

The selected Asian cities had been provided with an

extensive and comprehensive line-up of available

technologies and research institutions to help the Cities

achieve security in food, water and energy

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

(3) Identified the following general

projects:

- Waste-to-Energy

- Wastewater Management

- Urban Agriculture

(4) Created the Santa Rosa

Nexus Core Team (Executive

Order No. 004 series of 2013,

August 22, 2013)

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

(5) Conducted and organized a workshop for

the Santa Rosa Nexus Core Team with GIZ

technical team and experts, August 29, 2013

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS (6) Specific project identification with GIZ

technical experts, September 12-13, 2013

City Slaughterhouse City Centralized Composting Facility

Santa Rosa Community Hospital

City Government facilities visited:

Proposed Relocation Site (Brgy. Labas

& Pulong Santa Cruz)

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

Gawad Kalinga Site (Brgy. Pulong Santa Cruz)

City Market

City Government facilities visited:

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

Ayala Land, Inc. (Nuvali-Santa Rosa)

Laguna Water Corporation

Private companies visited:

Greenfield Development

Corporation (Paseo de Santa Rosa,

Greenfield Automotive Park, GAP

Centralized WWTF)

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

GIZ Technical team and

Santa Rosa City

representatives meeting

with Ayala Land, Inc.,

November 22, 2013

GIZ Technical team

meeting with Santa Rosa

Nexus Core Team,

November 21, 2013

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

(7) Finalized the MOU (Memorandum of

Understanding) between the City

Government of Santa Rosa and GIZ

(8) Secured the ‘Authority-to-

Sign’ the MOU from the City

Council (Resolution No. 120-

2013, November 14, 2013)

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

(9) December 2-4, 2013,

Regional Workshop in

Bangkok, sealed the

agreement between the City

of Santa Rosa and GIZ thru

a MOU

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

March 13, 2014, visit of

GIZ team, identified site in

Brgy. Labas

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

January 17, 2014,

GIZ Technical

visit, development

of housing

designs

PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS

May 23, 2014 ICLEI first

workshop • The workshop concluded with GIZ and ICLEI SEAS

mapping out potential future nexus activities in

Santa Rosa. It was agreed that workshop results will

be reported to the Nexus Project Manager to

determine specific activities that may be supported

by the project, particularly in terms of doing the

social preparations. After which, ICLEI SEAS will

coordinate with the Environment Office with specific

nexus activities to be matched with the city’s

indicative calendar of activities.

• GIZ has already requested for cost estimates to do

soil testing in the proposed site. It is hoped that the

project design and cost calculation will be finalized

in the coming months in order to kick off the

project’s implementation.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

June 9, 2014,

Meeting with

National Housing

Authority

• Designs and costing of

multi level housing (3-

storey

• Possible funding from the

NHA for construction

• Payment Scheme

CHALLENGES IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION

• Source of funds for the project.

• Cost of the housing unit per target beneficiaries

• Since this type of housing settlement is new to

Santa Rosa, some post-construction management

may arise.

CHALLENGES IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION

• The project is highly dependent on the beneficiaries’

openness to a new type of housing (i.e., a muliti-level

housing) and the integration of social SWM, waste

water and urban agriculture components in the project.

• The upcoming 2016 local elections may pose some

delay in project implementation due to change in

leadership in the event that this project has not started

before the election period.

March 18-23, 2014 visit of Mayor in Germany

• Benchmarking on

waste-to-energy

projects in Germany

THANK YOU