First national workshop will highlight the baseline data. All types of waste in the geographical area under consideration (national or city level) need to be assessed to develop a complete waste inventory. This activity will include source identification, quantification, and characterization of different types of wastes. It can be expected that different stakeholders have already made attempts to develop waste inventories and some data may already be available. As a first step of this exercise, all available data will be sourced and compiled. Depending on the adequacy and reliability of the available data, additional data will be collected through limited field monitoring and analysis to develop a good baseline data on waste generation. UNEP’s guidelines on data collection and analysis will be used. In addition to data on waste generation, an assessment of the extent and effectiveness of the existing waste management systems will also be carried out and the gaps and areas for improvement will be identified. Based on the information collected an outline of the waste management strategy will be developed.