Submission form: Submission #2307

Section I
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Name of entity submitting the pledge: The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Freetown
Pledging entity: Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
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Full name: Pablo Mariani
Position: KMO
Country of implementation: Sierra Leone (217)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
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Email Address: pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
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Section II
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Name of the pledge: Freetown Waste Micro-Enterprise Project
Type of pledge (please select): Individual (by one state/actor)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Empty}

Section III
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Nature of the pledge: Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for  the IMRF); structured

Section IV
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Please select the main three GCM objectives the pledge is/are meant to support: 15. Provide access to basic services for migrants; 16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

Section V
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Please indicate which GCM Guiding Principle is/are particularly relevant for the pledge:
People-centred (738); International cooperation (739); National sovereignty (742); Rule of law and due process (741); Sustainable development (740); Human rights (259); Gender-responsive (258); Child-sensitive (257); Whole-of-government approach (737); Whole-of-society approach (736)


Section VI
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Please provide a description of the pledge:
Freetown commits to provide green livelihood opportunities for migrant, refugee, and marginalized youth living in informal settlements while improving waste management throughout the city. In 2021-2022, the city’s Waste Management Micro-Enterprise Program expanded to 40 new entrepreneurial teams to deliver waste collection services within informal settlements and to other Freetown residents. The builds on gains made by 80 existing waste management micro-enterprises supported by the Freetown City Council. Through this expansion, the city ensures that more youth living in informal settlements, the majority of whom are rural migrants, access the opportunity to jointly improve their livelihoods. Project clients are provided with initial business investment support that includes a motorized tricycle cart, sanitation tools, business registration, training, and business development mentoring. This project is supported by the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees. To sustain and scale the Global Cities Fund initial investment, FCC directly funded fifty percent of tricycles purchased, allowing the city to continue to reach the most vulnerable Freetonians while creating a cleaner, greener Freetown for all.

Freetown’s most recent phase of the project has three key impacts:
1.	240 youth in informal settlements have access to green livelihood opportunities, including 180 young rural migrants and at least sixty women. 
2.	At least 1,500 households have improved access to waste collection services, sanitary conditions, and reduced waterway and water point contamination. 
3.	Freetown City Council has strengthened capacity to support delivery, job creation in informal settlements, and improved the public health of citizens. 
Freetown’s project has the following key innovations:
•	Piloting a new a new financial mechanism to sustain and scale the Global Cities Fund initial investment. Through the project, Freetown designed a loan repayment scheme that allows its Waste Management Micro-Enterprise Program to sustain itself as it scales to help more people find work while creating a cleaner, greener city. 
•	Strengthening Freetown City Council’s collaboration with Global Cities Fund Strategic Partners: UN-Habitat, UCLG, IOM, and UNHCR. 



Section VII
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Please indicate the tentative deadline within which this pledge is expected to be realised: 31 Dec 2024

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