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The European Commission has 130 Delegations worldwide, manned by more than 5,000 staff encompassing all continents. The Delegations are normal diplomatic missions complementary to EU Member States’ Embassies and reflect the distribution of competences and functions between the EU Member States and the European Commission.

The Delegations are essential to the promotion of EU interests and values around the world, and are in the front line in delivering EU external relations policy and action, from the common foreign and security policy through trade and development co-operation to scientific and technical relations.
The Delegation of the European Commission to Egypt was officially opened in 1978. The current Head of Delegation, Dr. Klaus Ebermann, has rank of Ambassador and presented his credentials to H.E. Egyptian President in June 2005.

The Delegation deals with the broad political and economic agenda between the EU and Egypt, and will in particular play a role in the implementation and monitoring of the European Neighbourhood Action Plan with Egypt. It interacts with the government ministries but also with civil society and non-governmental organisations and reports to Brussels on developments in Egypt. An important focus is the management of the projects under the different development co-operation programmes concerning Egypt. The Delegation manages a development co-operation portfolio of over €1 billion in Egypt.

The Delegation’s Visitor's Centre has four computer terminals with broadband connection and direct online links to all EU websites of Institutions and Agencies. It also has a variety of official publications of the EU. The Delegation further provides information about the EU, its policies and positions to interested parties through its Internet site (http://www.eu-delegation.org.eg), or its monthly electronic newsletter accessible on the Internet site. The Delegation Press and Information Officer is in constant contact with the local press and with many foreign journalists.