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Monday 28th
April 2008
"Sham
El Nessim Day"
Egypt Spring Festival
 Since the Age
of Pharaoh’s Egyptians celebrate the starting of spring season; this day
is called “Sham El Nessim “ . It falls immediately
on the first Monday following the
Coptic Easter.
In this day Wadi El- Rayan
Protected Area receives a huge numbers of Egyptian visitors to enjoy the
clear weather and great landscape view.
 They
gather in the visitor’s area swimming in the lake and enjoying
“Waterfalls area”.
 Wadi El-Rayan
administration took all the necessary measures for this day in order to
protect the area from any violation and ensure safety to the visitors.
The Protected Area Rangers and the Police Force made a great effort in
defining the visiting borders with guiding signs and organizing the huge
number of visitors.
January 21st- 31st
Solid Waste Management in
El Minya:
Mission of Italian Experts
A
technical mission was carried out between January 21st- 31st by the
Italian Engineers Marco Falcetta and Alberto Biondini. Its objectives
were the execution, in conjunction with the national team, of
preliminary joint field surveys, the definition of key attributes for
the characterisation of both dumpsites and each waste collection point
in the main city of each Markaz.
The mission was also aimed to finalize
the detailed assessment of Solid Waste Management practices in Minya
Governorate and to elaborate the related ToRs for the deployment of both
International and National Technical Assistance. A visit was also
conducted to the composting plants of Zawet Sultan and Mallawi
23th January 2006
NCS Workshop on Management effectiveness
A
workshop on management effectiveness for the Protected Areas
Management was held in Cairo on the 22nd and 23rd
January 2006 organized, facilitated and funded
jointly by the
Capacity Building and Institutional Support to
Nature Conservation Sector and the Biodiversity Assessment and
Monitoring projects. Both projects, belonging to the Nature Conservation
Sector (NCS) of the EEAA, are financed by the Italian Cooperation and
the Italian Debt Swap funds.
Purpose of Workshop
The purpose of the workshop was to enable NCS staff to undertake a rapid
assessment of the overall management effectiveness of Egypt’s system of
protected areas, through the application of the specific assessment
tools that have been developed for this purpose, the Rapid Assessment
and Prioritization of Protected Area Management (RAPPAM) Methodology.
It
was the first time that Egypt’s protected areas has been evaluated on a
systematic and consistent manner allowing the NCS to a better understand
and an improved dealing with the important management issues at a system
level.
The workshop was very successful and well attended with 78 participants
registering for the first day and 65 registering on the second day (some
NCS HQ staff were not required on the second day). All the protected
areas in Egypt were represented with the exception of the Nile Islands!
The participants were enthusiastic about the process as it allowed them
to address and debate many common issues in a systematic manner.
Preliminary results of the analysis of the some of the responses to the
RAPPAM questionnaire were presented in the final session of the
workshop. Though very preliminary these immediate results gave the
participants an opportunity to appreciate the value and the implications
of the exercise.
The analysis of the
responses will be completed this week and a detailed report of the
workshop will be prepared – including the presentations. The exercise
was a rapid assessment for the protected area system as a whole and the
next step will be a detailed assessment of the management effectiveness
of individual protected areas.
It is
anticipated that the ME assessments will lead to:
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Improve the public awareness
- Add
to the knowledge base of the Protected Areas
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Improve the conservation effectiveness
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Improve decision support on a system wide and individual PA basis
- Raise
political understanding and support and improve the profile of NCS
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Strengthen partnerships for participation:
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Increase the institutional culture for evaluation
17th January 2006
Solid Waste Management in
El Minya
The second workshop, of
a series of nine to be conducted, was successfully held in Minya on
January 17th, 2006. All nine Chairmen of the Markazes took
part to the event, which was chaired by H.E The Governor, General
Fouad Saad El-din. Personnel of the nine established satellite offices
participated also in the workshop, along with prominent Officials from
the Governorate and the Italian Coordinator of the Program Coordination
Unit of the EIECP. Local press, radio and television covered the event.
The main objective of
the workshop was to present the current situation of solid waste
management practices in the Governorate, as analyzed from
a comprehensive survey coordinated by the project. The exercise aimed to
better understand the problems and identify viable solutions.
Presentations on project concept design and plans
facilitated the discussions, which were open minded, various, and
constructive.
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