Geographic Area: Red Sea

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

Sector: Environmental sustainability

Executive body: DGCS

Institutional counterpart: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Other funding parties: -

Beneficiaries: Local communities and personnel of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Period of implementation: 2003 - 2006

Amount and nature of the funds: 230,000 € grant through the debt swap and a bilateral channel

Type of intervention: Technical assistance, capacity building, training

Objective: The management of the natural park

Description of the project:

The project aims at developing a managerial plan for the protected area of Gabal Elba destined to endorse the protection of the endemic flora and fauna and the sustainable development of the area.

Is a component of the Second Phase of the Environmental Program.