Speakers of the first Training module:

• Oksana Mylianyk, law expert at Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine;
• Olha Melen-Zabramna, law expert, head of Legal Department at ICF “People. Law. Environment.”;
• Volodymyr Slabyi, board chairman of Ukrainian Packaging and Ecological Coalition (UKRPEC).

Competencies Acquired Upon Completion of This Module:

• Basic knowledge of national waste management legislation;
• Understanding the principles of waste management in Ukraine in alignment with EU directives;
• Ability to critically interpret upcoming laws and regulations on waste management;
• The ability to use waste management terminology accurately in Ukrainian and English.

Speakers of the second Training module:

• Enzo Favoino, Chair of the Scientific Committee, is a technical expert and researcher in the Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza, with decades of experience in separate collection, recycling, composting and prevention. Favoino is also an expert in EU waste legislation and a valuable resource in European policy-making. He is one of the founders of the European Compost Network and coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Zero Waste Research Centre.
• Gabriele Folli, Parma City Council, Zero Waste Italy expert.
• Jeck McQuibban, the Head of Local Zero Waste Implementation at Zero Waste Europe, based in Brussels, head of Local Zero Waste Implementation program.
• Britta Peters, Senior Advisor at Hamburg Institute for Innovation, Climate Protectionand Circular Economy (HiiCCE).
• Joana Bustorff Gomes – Technical Specialist in the Environmental Management Department of the Oeiras City Council, Portugal.
• Francisco Pereira, Technical Specialist in the Department of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Guimarães City Council, Portugal.
• Dmytro Veriovkin, Project Manager at “Neo-Eco Ukraine”.
• Halyna Mykitchak, Acting Head of the Ecology and Natural Resources Department of the Lviv City Council.
• Oleh Yadchyshyn, Head of the Hazardous Waste Management Unit at State Enterprise “Bodnarivka”.

Competencies acquired upon completing this module:

• The ability to identify priority goals for a sustainable and efficient waste management system and develop its key principles according to them;
• An understanding of the main aspects of collecting various fractions of household waste;
• Comprehension of how the characteristics of different household waste fractions (e.g., volume, density, compressibility, fermentability, etc.) influence decisions on optimizing the fleet of municipal vehicles, determining the number and types of containers, as well as setting the frequency of household waste collection;
• The ability to consider “operational integration and optimization,” i.e., how all waste collection schemes work together to create synergy (e.g., reducing the frequency of collecting mixed (residual) waste when separate collection for specific fractions is in place).

Speakers of the third Training module:

• Enzo Favoino, Chair of the Scientific Committee, is a technical expert and researcher in the Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza, with decades of experience in separate collection, recycling, composting and prevention. Favoino is also an expert in EU waste legislation and a valuable resource in European policy-making. He is one of the founders of the European Compost Network and coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Zero Waste Research Centre.
• Dalila Sepúlveda, Environmental and Sustainability Director at Guimarães Municipality
• Taras Kolodii, Commercial Director at “GreenEra Ukraine” company, which provides comprehensive services for the collection, sorting, and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW).
• Tamara Demchenko, Independent Expert on Tariff Formation in the Field of Household Waste Management.
• Joachim Quoden, Managing Director of EXPRA — the European Alliance for Extended Producer Responsibility.
• Gemma Nohales and Mike Stinavage, Coordinators of the LIFE BIOBEST project, a project which researches the process of collecting and composting biowaste and implementing best practices on-site.
• Chloé Schwizgebel, Project Coordinator at the Fair Resource Foundation, an NGO based in the Netherlands and Belgium aiming to reduce resource use.
• Marco Ritzkowski, Head of Research & Development at the Hamburg Institute of Innovation, Climate Protection, and Circular Economy (HiiCCE).

Competencies acquired upon completing this module:

• The ability to develop tariffs in the waste management system in compliance with new Ukrainian legislation.
•  An understanding of how economic incentives function in the overall waste management system.
• Understanding of how the “pay-as-you-throw-out” principle works and the ability to assess the appropriateness and necessity of its implementation at the local level.
• An understanding of the advantages of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) systems, deposit-refund systems, and the specifics of their implementation at the national and regional levels.

Speakers of the Fourth Training Module:

•  Laura Jota, representative of the municipal company Vitrus Ambiente, responsible for waste collection, city and public building cleaning, and management of public parking in the city of Guimarães, Portugal;
•  Mike Stinavage, coordinator of the LIFE BIOBEST project, which studies the process of separate collection and composting of organic waste and the implementation of best practices on-site;
•  Jack McQuibban, head of the Local Zero Waste Implementation Program, Zero Waste Europe;
•  Oleksii Kovalenko, head of the public organization “Forum for Civil Society Development”, international expert of the Council of Europe, member of the “Open Government Partnership Initiative” coordination council;
•  Yevhenia Smolienko, legal advisor at the “Smart Environment. Khmelnytskyi” office;
•  Volodymyr Podobivskyi, director of “MAGNETICVAN MUNICIPAL TECHNOLOGIES” LLC.

Competencies gained from this module:

•  Knowledge about planning, measuring, and monitoring activities in the field of municipal waste management as a whole;
• Understanding the importance of implementing planning, measuring, and monitoring activities in the field of municipal waste management;
•  Knowledge of methods for data collection and information management regarding waste and its management;
•  Understanding the importance of information about the composition of mixed (residual) waste for further decision-making regarding the implementation of new practices;
•  Knowledge of developing a waste management strategy.