Geographic Area: Governorates of Cairo, Minia, Matrouh, Giza, Red Sea, Fayoum

Area of Development: Control and sustainable management of the environmental, artistic and cultural heritage

Sector: Environmental sustainability, conservation and restoration 

Executive body: DGCS

Institutional counterpart: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, UNDP

Other funding parties: Egyptian government

Beneficiaries: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Period of implementation: 2003 - 2005

Amount and nature of the funds: 12,061,000 € grant through the Debt Swap and a bilateral channel

Type of intervention: Capacity and institutional building, training, technical assistance

Objective: Appreciation and protection of the environmental resources and safeguarding the cultural and artistic heritage 

Description of the project:

The program continues and expands the experience of the Environmental Program of the Italian Cooperation concluded in 2003. It proposes an integrated initiative with the purpose of protecting and supporting the environment and the resources. Besides establishing a coordination unit, the program, includes 8 components:

1) Decision-Support System for water resources planning

2) Capacity Building of the Department of the Protection of Natural Resources in the Environmental Agency

3) Protected Area of Gabal Elba

4) Protected area of Wady el Rayan

5) Legal and Institutional Framework of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

6) Management of solid waste in El Minia

7) Environmental Improvement of the Oasis of Siwa

8) Valorization of the artistic heritage of Fayoum and Saqqara

Web site of the programme: www.eiecop.org