Geographic Area:

Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Dakahaliya, Gharbia and Assyut, Entire Egypt

Area of Development:

Social and human development

Sector:

Control of migratory flows

Executive body:

International Organization of Migration (IOM)

Institutional counterpart:

Ministry of Manpower and Emigration

Other Funding parties:

-

Beneficiaries:

Egyptian immigrants abroad, potential immigrants, Emigration department

Period of implementation:

2001-2004

Amount and nature of the funds

Multi-bilateral channel. 1,605,659.22 € [grant]

Type of intervention:

Technical assistance, institutional building

Objective:

Reinforcing the technical and institutional capacities of the Egyptian Government in the sound management of the Emigration sector

Description of the project:

The project aims at establishing an integrated information system in the scope of:

1. Facilitating the process of legal emigration and the integration of immigrants;

2. Improving the social conditions of Egyptian immigrants through reinforcing the cultural and economic ties with their country of origin;

3. Canalizing human and financial resources resulting from migration in order to benefit the development in Egypt.

Through the integrated information system, it will be possible to store, update and recover the useful data by means of analysis and communication. The acquisition and systemization of data will permit the localization of the Egyptian communities abroad, enabling a better definition of their profiles and consequently facilitating the process of contacting them. The dissemination of information will allow the immigrants to acquire information on the labor conditions abroad, the procedures and opportunities of finding jobs and their rights and duties. Moreover, through the information system, the immigrants will be kept informed of socioeconomic developments and investment opportunities in their native country. The Egyptian counterpart will receive material and technical support and will be adequately prepared to receive the entire know-how of the project in a way that allows its sustainability after the activities of technical assistance have elapsed.

Web site: http://www.emigration.gov.eg/index.asp