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Geographic Area:
Fayoum and
Cairo
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:
Ministry of Culture – Supreme Council of Antiquities
Other funding parties:
-
Beneficiaries:
Cultural and artistic heritage, local communities
Period of implementation:
2003 - 2006
Amount and nature of the funds:
3,500,000 € grant through the debt swap and bilateral
channel
Type of intervention:
Technical assistance, capacity building, training
Objective:
Management and monitoring of the cultural and artistic
heritage
Description of the project:
The project resumes the work of the
First Phase in the
archaeological site of
Saqqara and proposes a new intervention in the area of Fayoum.
It includes an important component of training aiming at the
consolidation of the operative capacities of the personnel of
the Supreme Council of Antiquities in the field of conservation
and valorization of the cultural and artistic heritage of both
sites.
Is a component of the
Second Phase of the Environmental Program. |