Computers, Handys, Bluethooth headphones - more and more electronical devices with complex builds are put onto the market. In today's society not having a internet-ready devices can already be counted as an essential need in order to have access to information and interact with other people. However, all these devices are made from valuable materials such as raw metals which are limited resources. There efficient and suffient usage and recycling is thus of utmost important. For this there is also a need to find ways to collect the material in order to re-introduce them into the market - using recycling processes that have been recently created or still have to be developed. 

For this topic Dr. Karima Hamouda from the GFA Consulting Group was invited. 

GFA Consulting Group is one of the leading European consulting firms active in the development cooperation sector. GFA has implemented complex studies and projects worldwide since 1982. Leading development agencies, ministries and public clients have entrusted GFA with helping them to manage projects financed through bilateral and multilateral funds. Working in cooperation with stakeholders in government, the private sector, NGOs and citizens' groups, GFA balances innovation and reliability to meet local needs. 

Dr. Karima Hamouda is a Waste Management Consultant at GFA Consulting Group, based in Hamburg. She has 9 years’ of experience in advising public and private sector clients and helping decision makers in moving towards a circular economy and in building technical, economical and institutional strategies for better waste management - through the strengthening of relevant institutions, developing coherent policy frameworks and strategies involving all stakeholders. 

Her profession and work focuses on providing the following services:

• Developing and implementation of technical, economical, legal operational approaches of Municipal solid waste management and Circular economy
•  Coordination of activities in waste treatment and recycling solutions: WEEE, industrial hazardous waste and municipal solid waste
•  Developing of Training Modules, Training Manuals and Training Material, incl. implementation of Training of Trainers programs
•  Preparing tender dossier according to local and international procurement procedures

Dr. Karima Hamouda is a Waste Management Consultant at GFA Consulting Group, based in Hamburg. She has 9 years’ of experience in advising public and private sector clients and helping decision makers in moving towards a circular economy and in building technical, economical and institutional strategies for better waste management - through the strengthening of relevant institutions, developing coherent policy frameworks and strategies involving all stakeholders.

Her profession and work focuses on providing the following services:

• Developing and implementation of technical, economical, legal operational approaches of Municipal solid waste management and Circular economy
• Coordination of activities in waste treatment and recycling solutions: WEEE, industrial hazardous waste and municipal solid waste
• Developing of Training Modules, Training Manuals and Training Material, incl. implementation of Training of Trainers programs
• Preparing tender dossier according to local and international procurement procedures

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