Experience sheets on the integrated management of the urban environment

Title	Creation of microenterprises for the decentralisation of municipal services (Quito, Equador)
Summary	In 1994, the Municipality of Quito, with the support of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), elaborated a project for the decentralisation of muncipal urban services through the creation of microenterprises dedicated to waste recovery, street cleaning, maintenance of green areas, the management of hygiene services and public parking lots, and the recycling of plastic. The objectives of the project are the following: to improve the quality of life and the quality of public municipal services the creation of 9 private microenterprises, which generate stable jobs for the unemployed to dispose of a model for the social privatisation of basic sanitation services, tested and operationnal. The beneficiaries of the project are the populations in areas where the microenterprises operate, the unemployed and the municipality of Quito. The expected results are the following: to clean and sweep on a daily basis the hitorical centre of Quito; to satisfy the daily requirements in terms of hygiene services for around 2100 people who pass through various districts to organise and control parking in around 3.5 km of streets in Quito, attending some 1500 motorists per day to generate 90 stable jobs through the creation of 9 microenterprises.
Operator	CENTRO DE PROMOCION Y EMPLEO PARA EL SECTOR INFORMAL URBANO (CEPESIU)
Key Words	Infraestructura y servicio de vías públicas Acondicionamiento de calle y espacios públicos Descentralización Microempresa