Geographic Area: Governorate of Cairo

Area of Development: Support to the economic and productive system

Sector: Handicraft - Poverty alleviation

Executive body: DGCS 

Institutional counterpart: Ministry of Tourism and Governorate of Cairo

Other funding parties: -

Beneficiaries: Ceramics hand workers

Period of implementation: 2003

Amount and nature of the funds: 920,000 € grant through the debt swap

Type of intervention: Construction and restoration of buildings

Objective: Construction of 32 ceramic laboratories

Description of the project:

The project involves the completion of 32 handicraft ceramic laboratories in the area of Fustat (Old Cairo). It features in a context of economic and social development targeting the population historically rooted in the area.

The project has been proposed by the Ministry of Tourism also in the aim of conserving and appreciating the indigenous cultural heritage. The area of Fustat is included in the tourist routes and is considered of particular historic interest. The project intends to give possibility to the handworkers of the location to improve their economic conditions and to manufacture the ceramic handicrafts in healthy work conditions.