Italian Cooperation in Egypt

The "Other Egypt"

New Tourist Routes and Sites

for the Community Development

Speeches index

• Dr. Nino Merola, Director of Italian Cooperation Office

• Dr. Moustafa Fouda, Director Nature Conservation Sector NCS, EEAA

• Dr. Ahmad Marey, representing the Ministry of Tourism

• Dr. Hussein El Zomor, Vice Secretary General Fayoum Governorate

• Dr. Nino Merola, Director of Italian Cooperation Office

  • Introduction: Italian Government’s commitment to preservation and sustainable use of environmental, artistic and cultural Country’s heritage.

• Dr. Moustafa Fouda, Director Nature Conservation Sector NCS, EEAA

• Dr. Marco Marchetti, Environmental Project Coordinator, Italian Cooperation

  • Sustainable environmental practices:

    • definition of better practices aimed at the preservation of the environmental heritage and at the promotion of cultural and archaeological sites (protected areas, archaeological sites).

      Definition of communication strategies concerning initiatives and interventions developed by the different agencies working in this field (provisional).

• Dr. Maria Casini, Archaelogical Expert-Italian Cultural Institute

• Dr. Antonio La Rocca, Archaological Project Coordinator - Italian Cooperation

  • Presentation of the Italian commitment in the preservation and promotion of the historical, architectural and archaeological heritage in the involved areas. A case study: the application to Fayoum Oasis and North Saqqara Necropolis of the "Institutional Support to the Supreme Council of Antiquities for Environmental Monitoring and Management of Cultural Heritage Sites (ISSEMM)"

•  Dr. Vincenzo Valenti, Project Coordinator:

  • "The Other Egypt": promotion of new Tourist Districts

• Ms. Maria Donata Rinaldi, COSPE Representative in Egypt

  • Local knowledge for a Global world. Cultural heritage, traditional handicrafts and organic food between Ecotourism and Fair Trade: linking local producers from marginalized communities to fair national and international markets

  • Ms. Zohra Merabet, Executive Director, NSCE (North South Consultants Exchange)

    • The Fayoum Governorate experience. Ecotourism and its social dimension as an integrated approach for conservation, promotion and protection of the environmental, archaeological and cultural heritage. (local traditions, handicrafts, etc.).

• Mr. Umberto Di Maria, – Deputy Chairman AITR, Italian Association for Responsible Tourism

  • Responsible Tourism in Egypt: put the local community first.

• Mr. Mahmoud El-Kaissouni, Chairman of the Ecotourism Commission, Egyptian Federation for Tourism)

  • Ecotourism and tourism development policies in Egypt: complementarities and future challenges.

• Conclusions