Task Force 5: Capacity Building

building infrastructures for a sustainable, efficient, effective and target group-oriented capacity building covering relevant aspects of the entire life cycle of EEE

initiating and maintaining a dialogue with a relevant network/Community of Practice

identifying and developing sustainable approaches for capacity building (content and methodology) adapted to different target countries and target groups and test these in pilot projects

deducing criteria and standards for a sustainable capacity building

elaborating concerted recommendations and guidelines

initiating and attending public events to generate awareness

publishing regularly in the mass media and scientific journals

Projects and activities

Project: Creation and Maintenance of the StEP EduWeb, WorkWeb, InfoWeb & File -Gallery

Workshop: International workshop on e-waste management

The workshop intends to foster high level connections between various stakeholders in the e-waste problem. It aims at

1. working out a common problem definition and identifying the significant problem fields

2. and - in a joint approach – concluding on measures which appear feasible and essential for targeting these.

White Paper: Extending the Life of Computers with an Educational Program

Objective of this White Paper is to establish an educational programme by compiling and evaluating existing successful programmes.

Manual: How to de-manufacture a computer

Training programme: Summer/Winter school on sustainable e-waste management

Objective is to set up a summer or winter school on e-waste management with particular focus on participants from industrializing countries

Project: Annotated e-waste bibliography

This project intends to compile a bibliography of relevant literature on e-waste related issues to be presented online.