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WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED COASTAL
ZONE MANAGEMENT
10 -12 FEBRUARY 2007
The 2nd regional workshop on “Integrated Coastal Zone
Management”, supported by the European Commission will
be held at the Marriott Hotel from 10th to 12th February
2007. The workshop is part of the EU-funded Short and
Medium Term Environmental Priority Action Programme for
the Mediterranean (SMAP), which was conceived following
the Barcelona Declaration in 1995 with the general
objectives of reversing the trend of environmental
degradation and contributing to sustainable development
of the Mediterranean region.
The SMAP programme covers 10 countries in the southern
Mediterranean region: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Gaza and the
West Bank. EU funding of the programme amounts to
approximately €50 million.
The third phase of SMAP was launched end of 2005 and
focuses on the promotion of Sustainable Development
Strategies in the Mediterranean and the provision of
support to eight integrated coastal zone management
projects in the region.
Two of the SMAP III projects are implemented in Egypt in
partnership with Egyptian authorities:
• The first project (€600,000 or EGP 4.2 million)
entitled “Alexandria Lake Mariout Integrated Management”
is conducted by the authorities of the city of Barcelona
in partnership with Alexandria Governorate and the
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency.
• The second project (€1.5 million or EGP 10.5 million)
entitled “Plan of Action for an Integrated Coastal Zone
Management in the area of Port Said” is carried out by
the University of Sassari (Italy) in collaboration with
the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
and Zagazig University.
The workshop will bring together SMAP correspondents of
all the Mediterranean partner countries, representatives
of the projects on integrated coastal zone management,
the Technical Assistance Team and the Delegation of the
European Commission in Cairo who is in charge of
overseeing this programme.
ENDS
Contact: Germaine Demian
Press and Information Officer
Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt
Tel:3749 46 80
germaine.demian@cec.eu.int
http://www.eu-delegation.org.eg |