Designing and Implementing a Public Module on Sanitaiton (PE0125)

Description of the commitment

What is the public problem that the commitment addresses?

In Peru, citizens, local governments, and local authorities face limited availability of clear, accessible, and understandable information on solid waste management, which makes it difficult to know how the waste generated in their localities is collected, transported, treated, and disposed of. Currently, the Solid Waste Management Information System (SIGERSOL) concentrates the reports submitted by generating and operating companies; however, these are carried out on a quarterly or annual basis, which delays the public availability of data and generates inconsistencies between what is declared and what is actually managed. This gap prevents the population and local authorities from accessing timely and visual information on waste management, affecting citizen oversight, local decision-making, and the planning of actions against waste and environmental contamination problems.

Likewise, the information currently available is presented in technical language, barely understandable to citizens, which limits its use and educational potential. As a consequence, the absence of accessible and quality environmental information reduces transparency, weakens accountability, and prevents strengthening trust between citizens and the public institutions in charge of solid waste management.

What is the commitment?

The commitment consists of designing, co-creating, and implementing a public reporting and visualization module within SIGERSOL that makes available, in an open, timely, and understandable manner, the information recorded on generation, transport, treatment, valorization, transfer, and final disposal of solid waste. The service prioritizes clear language, dashboards, and infographics, and downloads in open and interoperable formats, so that citizens and public entities can consult and use the data for citizen oversight, oversight, and decision-making purposes. The updating of information will follow the official SIGERSOL reporting calendar (quarterly/annual), with progressive improvements to reduce publication backlogs, according to regulatory and technical feasibility.

The objective of the commitment is to make available to citizens and subnational governments reliable and timely information on solid waste management, strengthening transparency, accountability, citizen participation, and evidence-based decision-making. The users of this module would be:

• Citizens and civil society (organized waste collectors, environmental groups): simple visualizations to understand the local situation and exercise social oversight.
• Local and regional governments: inputs for planning, oversight, and improvement of public cleaning service delivery.
• National government (governing bodies and OEFA): aggregated monitoring, coherence, and traceability of information.
• Generating and operating companies: feedback on their reports and data consistency.
• Academic sector and researchers: access to open data for analysis and proposals.

With the implementation of the commitment, the following is expected to be obtained:

• Public module in SIGERSOL with dashboards, maps, and infographics aligned with Open Government standards.
• Standardized and traceable data, supported by waste and economic activity catalogs, with automatic validations to improve quality and coherence.
• Greater use of information by citizens and subnational governments (evidenced in access metrics and public decision-making cases).

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem?

The commitment proposes the design, co-design, and implementation of a public reporting and visualization module within SIGERSOL, which will make validated, standardized, and traceable information on solid waste management available to citizens and subnational governments in a clear, understandable, and visual format. This module will allow citizens to consult indicators, maps, and reports on the generation, transport, treatment, valorization, and final disposal of solid waste, presented in citizen-friendly language, with infographics and interactive dashboards that facilitate understanding of the environmental problem at the local level.

The solution will be built through a participatory co-design process, with virtual and decentralized workshops that gather input from the various actors-citizens, local governments, waste collectors, academia, and companies- ensuring that the service responds to their real needs. Likewise, the module will strengthen accountability by showing verifiable information on the responsible actors and the actions they carry out at each stage of waste management, reducing opacity and strengthening public trust. In this way, a shift will be made from a model centered on technical declarations to an open environmental information public service, oriented toward citizens, which promotes transparency, participation, environmental co-responsibility, and evidence-based decision-making.

Why is the commitment relevant to the principles of Open Government?

The commitment is relevant because:
• It publishes more information and improves its quality: solid waste management data will be opened, standardized and validated, available for public consultation.
• It improves access by the general public: the data will be available on a digital platform with visual indicators, interactive reports, and free access.
• It fights corruption: transparency in critical data (collection, transport, final disposal) limits spaces for improper practices in waste management.

Actors Involved

Public entities: Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) General Directorate of Solid Waste Management, Regional Governments, Provincial and District Municipalities, Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation (SGTD) of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), to articulate interoperability and open government guidelines.

Civil society and academia: Waste collector organizations, environmental groups, and universities.

Commitment Program

Milestone Activity | Responsible Organic Unit | Verification Method | Start date | End date
1. Co-design and validation of the transparency module with citizens, local governments, and the private sector. Activities will include virtual feedback workshops and prototype adjustments based on findings. | MINAM-General Office of Information Technology (OGTI) in coordination with the General Directorate of Solid Waste Management (DGGRS) | Findings report and improvements incorporated into the final module design. | January 2026 | December 2026
2. Pilot implementation with citizens, selected local and regional governments. | MINAM and pilot municipalities | Implementation report, lessons learned, and iterative service adjustments based on pilot user feedback. | January 2027 | June 2027
3. Public citizen launch: Execution of the communication strategy that will position the platform. | MINAM-DGGRS, DGECIA, and OGTI | Platform available for public access. | July 2027 | December 2027
4. Evaluation and strengthening of interoperability between national government entities, local and regional governments for the benefit of citizens, and within the framework of the National Environmental Information System-SINIA. | MINAM-OGTI in coordination with regional/local governments | Interoperability report and implemented improvements. | July 2027 | December 2027

Final Product

Free-access module for information recorded in SIGERSOL, which allows citizens, local and regional governments to access information on the generation, transport, treatment, and final disposal of solid waste, with validated indicators, full traceability, and availability in open and interoperable formats, aligned with Open Government standards with dynamic visualizations and indicators that facilitate citizen interpretation.

Result Indicators for the Sustainability of the Commitment

- Number of local and regional governments that use the platform for environmental decision-making.
- Level of consistency and standardization of information (reduction of duplicate or inconsistent records in SIGERSOL).
- Number of citizens and organizations that access public information through the reporting module (visits and/or downloads).
- User satisfaction in the use of the reporting module.

Commitment monitoring information

Entity responsible for the commitment Ministry of the Environment (MINAM)

Organic unit responsible for commitment monitoring General Office of Information Technology (OGTI), in coordination with the General Directorate of Solid Waste Management (DGGRS)