Geographic Area:

Sinai

Area of Development:

Control and sustainable management of the environmental heritage

Sector:

Planning water resources

Executive body:

DGCS

Institutional counterpart:

National Water Research Center

Other funding parties:

Egyptian government

Beneficiaries:

Population of Sinai

Period of implementation:

2003 - 2006

Amount and nature of the funds

2,000,000 € grant through the debt swap

Type of intervention:

Capacity building, construction of buildings, public awareness

Objective:

Protection of the territory

Description of the project:

The four-year project aims at accomplishing works of protection from alluvial phenomena, collection and reuse of the superficial waters. It also seeks to organize a system of monitoring and civil protection.