Beautiful Town Platform in Africa (ACCP)

Last updated on February 18, 2025.

ACCP logo

The Beautiful Town Platform in Africa (ACCP) was established in April 2017 by the Ministry of the Environment and JICA as a forum for sharing knowledge and experience regarding waste in Africa and promoting the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in collaboration with Yokohama City, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT), and African countries and cities.
Yokohama City has been positioned as a base for training in Japan for its knowledge of waste management and advanced technologies, and conducts training for managers in waste management departments in various African countries.

Group photo at the 2nd Plenary Meeting
2nd Plenary Meeting

In addition, at the ACCP Plenary Meeting, participants exchanged opinions on issues in African countries and publicized the initiatives of Yokohama City.
Going forward, we will continue to promote cooperation with Africa in the field of waste through ACCP.

Overview of Beautiful Town Platforms in Africa

History of Establishment

At the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 6) held in August 2016, the necessity of a platform for improving waste management in Africa was confirmed, and further promotion of cooperation was declared. In response to this declaration, the Mapt Declaration, including the establishment of a platform, was made at a meeting held in Mapt, Mozambique the following year, and the "Beautiful African Town Platform" was established.

Mission

By 2030, African countries will realize clean cities and healthy lifestyles and achieve the SDGs related to waste management.

Members

African countries and cities, Ministry of the Environment, JICA, Yokohama City, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)

Implementation of waste management training

In Yokohama City, we conduct training for persons in charge of waste departments in African countries.

Purpose

Each trainee clarifies the issues of waste management in their own country and learns actual examples of Japan, mainly in Yokohama, to solve those issues.
In addition, as a result of the training, we will create an action plan for utilization in our own country and necessary measures.

Lecture on an overview of waste management in Japan
Lectures on waste management in Yokohama City and inspection of facilities
Lectures and inspections on the initiatives of local and private businesses
Create and present an action plan based on the content of the training

Photographs at the time of inspection Inspection

Photos at the closing ceremony Closing ceremony

Training conducted in Yokohama City

In the 1st to 5th sessions, training was conducted in Japan. In the 6th to 13th sessions, online training was conducted. From the 14th onwards, training will be conducted in Japan after the online training.
To date, 169 people from 41 countries have participated.

Breakdown of participation
Time	Period	Countries, Number of Participants
1st	February 1, 2018 From February 23	Sudan, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire (9 people from 5 countries)
2nd	August 6, 2018 August 24, 2021	Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Sudan, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Liberia (11 participants from 11 countries)
3rd	February 12, 2019 From March 5	Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Comoro, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Senegal, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Madagascar (13 participants from 11 countries)
4th	August 1, 2019 From August 30	Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia (12 participants from 12 countries)
5th	November 14, 2019 From December 6	Gabon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Comoro, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso (16 participants from 10 countries)
6th	January 14, 2021 From July 2nd	Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Sudan, Botswana, Rwanda (8 people from 7 countries)
7th	January 18, 2021 From July 13	Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo, Madagascar, Djibouti, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (14 participants from 9 countries)
8th	March 2, 2021 From March 18th	Eswatini, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Malawi, Mauritius, Liberia (11 people from 7 countries)
9th	October 6, 2021 From December 14th	Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda (12 people from 10 countries)
10th	January 12, 2022 From March 2nd	Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Niger, Togo (4 people from 4 countries)
11th	May 16, 2022 From July 21	Egypt, Tunisia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Liberia, Uganda, South Sudan (10 people from 7 countries)
12th	October 3, 2022 From December 15th	Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Benin (8 people from 5 countries)
13th	February 21, 2023 From March 15th	Zambia, Senegal, Botswana, Madagascar, South Sudan (8 people from 5 countries)
14th	June 1, 2023 From August 2nd	Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Zambia (9 people from 9 countries)
The 15th	October 10, 2023 From December 13	Algeria, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Mali, Senegal, Tunisia (10 people from 8 countries)
16th	June 13, 2024 From July 30	Botswana, Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zambia (5 people from 5 countries)
The 17th	October 31, 2024 From December 11	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia (11 people from 10 countries)