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NATURAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
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ALEXANDRIA
GROWTH POLE PROJECT
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
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Project Description |
The Government of Egypt,
Alexandria Governorate, has
received a PHRD grant from the
Government of Japan toward the
cost of project preparation of
the Alexandria Growth Pole
Project (AGPP) with the World
Bank. The objective of AGPP is
to enable Alexandria to take
advantage of its competitive
endowments, better manage local
assets, and remove constraints
to private sector-led growth,
while ensuring the
socio-economic integration of
the poor. The major components
of the project are:
Improve Local Investment
Climate, Local Economic
Development, and the Urban
Upgrading of three squatter
settlements.
NSCE Main Tasks:
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Defining the environmental
and social objectives as
well as the area of
influence related to each of
the four components;
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Conducting scoping sessions
on the terms of references
that will be developed for
this assignment;
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Conducting alternative
environment and social
analysis related to the
three components as
appropriate;
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Identifying major
environmental safeguards
that are to be triggered and
issues related to each
component, and their direct,
indirect, cumulative and
cross-sectoral impacts;
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Identifying the major social
issues as well the
appropriate social
safeguards that could be
triggered;
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Determining the appropriate
institutional arrangement
and local policies required
to mitigate any adverse
impact;
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Assessing the environmental
and social baseline
requirements;
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Preparing a resettlement
policy framework.
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Conducting periodic
consultations on the IESIA
with local stakeholders,
project affected people,
project beneficiaries and
local NGOs;
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Prepare and finalize after consultation the IESIA
report, including
component-specific
environmental management
plan, and an executive
summary in English and
Arabic.
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Period |
Feb. 06 - May 06
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Donor |
World Bank |
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Country |
EGYPT
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STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR
THE RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN
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The Strategic
Action Program (SAP) for the Red
Sea and Gulf of Aden has been
developed by countries of the
region in cooperation with the
Global Environment Facility
(GEF) and its implementation
agencies.
SAP
is a multi-facetted project and
has been divided up into eight
interconnected components. Its
overall goal is: a) to adopt the
most efficient and effective
strategy in order to reach out
to large communities and enhance
their adoption of best practices
and b) gain new understanding of
their coastal environment as a
source of economic support and
c) improve the livelihoods at
the coastal communities. One of
the sub components of SAP is a
Public Awareness and
Participation Program with the
immediate objective to enhance
public awareness of the
importance of coastal and marine
resources in the region and to
promote the active role of the
public in their conservation.
Under a
consortium with ACDI/VOCA, NSCE
has been commissioned by PERSGA
to carry out a social marketing
assessment and to design a
detailed micro-grant programme
that would provide financial
support to local environmental
and community groups, as well as
to prepare a strategic work plan
based on the findings that will
lead to the goals of the SAP.
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Project Description |
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Period |
June 2001 – March 2002
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Donor |
World Bank / UNDP |
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Country |
EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN,
SOMALIA, DJIBOUTI, YEMEN, SUDAN |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT OF NORTHERN SINAI
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
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Project Description |
The Northern
Sinai Agricultural Development
Project (NSADP), as proposed by
the Egyptian Government,
envisaged the reclamation of an
estimated 400,000 feddans of
desert land situated on the
Mediterranean coast of the Sinai
Peninsula. The proposed project
aims to increase agricultural
production through agricultural
and livestock development while
generating employment through
the settlement of small holders
and graduates from the Nile
Valley. NSCE participated, as
subcontractor, to the
multi-disciplinary environmental
impact study commissioned by the
World Bank to Euroconsult, the
principal contractor. The
purpose of this study was to
identify the potential impacts
of the NSADP on the physical,
biological, and social
environment of the region, and
to work out mitigating measures
to reduce or minimize possible
negative effects on the project.
The NSCE staff carried out a
survey in the form of in-depth
studies, group interviews with
members of the local tribal
groups to ascertain the existing
tribal land and water rights,
and to assess local natural
resources management by the
traditional leaders and their
effective present authority. The
linkage and impact with the
large-scale program were
analyzed, negative impact and
risks were identified, and
measures were recommended and
discussed with local
communities. Subsequent
mitigating plans were formulated
and included in the final study
report.
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Period |
1992
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Donor |
World Bank |
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Country |
EGYPT
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MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL PLANT
RESOURCES TO BENEFIT RURAL
WOMEN THE NEAR EAST REGION
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Project Description |
Rural men and
women play an important role in
the management of natural
resources in the Near East and
North Africa Region. In fact,
this region is home to a wide
diversity of plant genetic
resources. The semi-arid and
arid areas of the region also
have an abundant richness of
wild plant genetic resources,
including especially aromatic,
medicinal, herbal, and food
species.
Rural women are especially
involved in the management and
conservation of biodiversity,
and they own indigenous
knowledge and practices.
However, those skills are
neither recognized nor
valorized.
FAO gives
special attention to rural women
and works on developing
gender-sensitive methodologies
and guidelines for improving
their economic status. Thus, it
has commissioned a study on
Gender and management of natural
plant resources with a focus on
making more visible the role of
rural women in the natural
resources management and provide
advice on how to help rural men
and women to best manage natural
resources and to improve their
livelihoods through income
generating activities. The study
outputs should also contribute
to the inputs for the regional
expert meeting in the same
subject, to be held in May 2005
NSCE,
in cooperation with the Desert
Development Center (DDC),
delivered: A sub
regional assessment, in the
three countries, of gender roles
in natural resources management,
local practices, recent
innovations, constraints and
potential. Guidelines to enhance
the
sustainable management of
natural resources and increase
benefits for rural men and
women.
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Period |
April 2004- Dec. 2004
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Donor |
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)
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Country |
EGYPT, SUDAN, MOROCCO
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MATROUH RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT PROJECT
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Project Description |
NSCE has
designed and developed a
comprehensive
management-training program
to improve the managerial
and operational aspects of
Women in Development Unit
 (WDU)
within the “Women in
Development Strategy”
project.
The project
is a World Bank-funded
scheme executed by the
Egyptian Ministry of
Agriculture and Land
Reclamation with the
technical assistance of
ICARDA. It aims at
developing the capacity of
targeted project staff to
identify and address the
gender issues in the
resource management of
Matrouh area and to define
and operationalize a
relevant strategy and action
plan. NSCE carried out a
needs assessment of gender
issues pertaining the
overall objectives,
structure and work plan of
the project. Subsequently,
NSCE conducted a training
need assessment of the staff
of the WID unit and
sub-departments at central
and district levels.
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Period |
Apr. 1999 – Apr. 2000
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Donor |
World Bank |
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Country |
EGYPT |
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