Objective To draw policy relevant and theoretical lessons from an investigation of the decision-making processes for the building and siting of toxic and domestic waste facilities, identifying the factors influencing the success in reaching decision on the projects under consideration.The research identifies the factors which facilitate the decision-making processes on the siting of facilities for the disposal and treatment of toxic and domestic waste, and the conditions that can allow the diffusion and reproduction of these factors in different situations. The project consists of two parts : i) an analysis of five carefully selected case studies in five European (EC and non-EC) countries which can be described as 'successful': success here is defined as the ability to build and operate a waste disposal and/or treatment facility in reasonable (from the point of view of participants to the decision making process and the urgency of the waste management problem in the cases under consideration) time period. The methodology consists of a decision-making analysis technique where a fact-finding phase (mainly grounded on the analysis of documents and interviews to independent observers) precedes the actor analysis (based on interviews with the main actors involved). ii) a cross-national comparison of the case studies, in order to find out whether and why the elements that contributed to the success of waste facilities projects are common or differ in different countries. This phase includes the development of policy recommendations for improving decision making in the field of waste management. This project has been selected for additional funding under the PECO Programme. The project includes partners from Hungary and Slovenia. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste management Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0305 - Industry, innovation and waste management Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ISTITUTO PER LA RICERCA SOCIALE SCARL Address Via xx settembre 24 Milano Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Campus bellaterra, edifici b 08193 Bellaterra See on map Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA) Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via anguillarese 301 santa maria di galeria 00060 Roma See on map Institut de Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31,route de la maladière 1022 Chavannes-près-renens See on map Observatoire de l'Economie et des Institutions Locales France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue du général de gaulle 94010 Créteil See on map UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Drienerlolaan 5 7500 AE Enschede See on map