Geographic Area: Cairo

Sector: Archaeological / cultural

Other Funding parties: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Applicant: Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)

Executive body: Italian-Egyptian Center for restoration and archeology (CFPR).

Beneficiaries: Population of Helmiah

Period of implementation: 2004/2005

Amount and nature of the funds: 213,333 € grant through the Debt for Development Swap programme

Type of intervention: Technical assistance, training, capacity building, civil works

Objective: Completing the cleaning and restoration of Yashbak Palace area

Description of the project:

The project is part of the program "Professional Traning for Restoration and Archaeology", promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose aim is to recovery and valorize the monumental complex of Yashbak Palace, in the Islamic Cairo (Old Cairo), through the training of local professional operators in the field of restoration.