The Ministry in charge of the environment, sanitation and sustainable development launched a great project in the early months of the year 2017. This project is called ?? OPERATION GRAND MENAGE?? which means operation of great clean up. Since its launch in the month of February, it has become a success but there are still great challenges that are making barriers to the full success of this project.

SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT GREAT CLEAN UP

Once initiated the operation of great clean up is supposed to take place the 1^st of each month.              As a matter of fact, the operation requires that each citizen in the city of Abidjan sweeps, clean up or wash in front of his house or yard. What we notice is that the operation is effectively run the 1^st of each month and this constitutes its first point of success. The second point of success is that even army groups are engaged and run their great clean up?s operation beyond their military camp. They clean the streets the first of each month. The two points show that the operation has succeeded, but there are some challenges which are impeding the project to run very effectively as wanted by the founders.

CHALLENGES IN CARRYING OUT THE GREAT CLEAN UP

This ambitious project which aims at transforming our environment where we live, eat and sleep into a clean place is facing obstacles. In effect, many people are not aware of the project, they do not even know that this kind the ministry in charge of the environment has initiated this project. Therefore, they do not carry out actions and they do not participate to the operation while this operation concerns everyone living the city of Abidjan, because according the authorities in charge of the project, if your neighbor has a dirty environment you can be affected though you have a clean environment. So, the fact that everyone is not taking a step into this project shows one the difficulties this initiative is facing. Also, there are many people who neglect the project while they know its existence. They do not care about it and they refuse to carry out actions. This again shows that the project is still hurting the wall. It is very important to find ways to get everyone involved.

SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT GREAT CLEAN UP

As the project is still not yet effectively going on, we have to think about solutions that can help accelerate the effectiveness of the project. The first thing to do is to communicate on the project. In fact, the authorities in charge of the project have to raise awareness around the project, they must use all possible channels to inform people and let them know the importance of this project. Secondly, they have to sensitize people. As a matter of fact, they can send volunteers on the field and they can go from house to house to sensitize people by explaining the project, its objectives and its possible results. Finally, they have to create representation in each of the ten communes of the city of Abidjan, and these representations have to form, train and equip the citizens with skills related to environmental sustainability.