Geographic Area: Egypt (Suhag,Assiut,Siwa,Sinai)

Area of Development: ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE CARE AND SUSTAINABILITY

Sector: Cultural Heritage

Executive body: UNESCO

 Institutional counterpart: NCW and UNESCO

 Other Funding parties: NCW- Egyptian  Government’s Contribution Total Amount 1.240.000 US $

 Beneficiaries: The  Egyptian women population

Period of implementation: January 2005 – December 2005

Amount and nature of the funds: 250,000 US$  grant

 Type of intervention: Technical assistance, training

Objective:

Preserving Cultural Heritage, Economic Empowerment of Women, Income-generation, Poverty alleviation and Spatial development, Sharing Cultural Wealth.

 Description of the project:

The principle objective is to enhance the role of women in preserving and developing Egyptian cultural heritage in the following domains:

• traditional craftsmanship,

• oral traditions, expressions, proverbs

• performing arts.

The project aims is to initiate the safeguarding of traditional arts and handicrafts against the threat of industrial standardization. Another major goal is the economic empowerment of women encouraging entrepreneurship and the development of small scale enterprises in order to create employment to women living in underserved regions and villages.  Moreover, training, networking, dissemination and publications will be carried out.