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 The
“Legal and Institutional Framework Project (LIFP)” is a
component of Phase II of the Egyptian-Italian Environmental
Cooperation Program (EIECP). The program aims at contributing “to
the protection of Egypt’s natural and cultural resources”. The
Phase II of EIECP will have a life span of three years, starting from the 1st
June 2004.
 The
general objective of the Legal and Institutional Framework Project
is addressing weaknesses and inconsistencies of some specific areas
of the environmental legislation and its implementation, and to
strengthen the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
/ Egyptian
Environmental Affairs Agency’s capability to cope with legal
environmental issues, its institutional role with respect to the
other public institutions, and therefore its capability to impose
environmental considerations as cross-sector issues.
The
Project pursues the following specific objectives,
related to the priority thematic areas identified during the
preparation of both the Program and the Project:
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Solid
Waste Management:
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To
redraft solid waste management legislation with
a view of having harmonized and integrated
legislation, matching with the recent
developments.
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Protected
Areas:
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To
improve the effectiveness of legislation on
protected areas.
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Marine
Environment:
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To
enhance Egyptian legislation for the protection
of marine environment, through a more effective
implementation of international and regional
conventions as well as national legislation.
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Capacity
Building:
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To
strengthen the legislative and regulatory role
of MSEA/ EEAA through building the legal capacity
of EEAA, and to educate and train judicial
officers, prosecutors and judges on legal
environmental issues, as well as EEAA,
Governorates and field officers.
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The expected outputs are the followings:
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New solid waste management regime (or parts of it) drafted.
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Inconsistencies, overlapping and contradictions between existing SWM
legislation identified and proposed for elimination.
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Internationally accepted environmental standards for the
construction and operation of solid waste management facilities
compiled and prepared.
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Quality and environmental standards to be followed by solid waste
management private entities established (e.g. standards to be
specified in the concession from the public authority to the private
entity in order to ensure that the service is managed properly).
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Roles and responsibilities of the entities involved in solid waste
management (EEAA, decentralized offices, NGOs, private sector), with
regard to the different phases of policy, planning, regulation, monitoring and enforcement with specific attention to the
distinction between the entities responsible for operations and the
entities responsible for regulation and control, well defined.
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Incentive measures for waste reduction, recycling and composting
proposed.
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A report assessing the state of the art of compliance with Law n.
102 of 1983 in selected protected areas prepared.
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Guidelines for the correct implementation of Laws, Executive
Regulations and Decrees directly or indirectly relevant to protected
areas elaborated.
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Reform of existing licensing system for activities within protected
areas and an adapted system proposed.
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Rules providing for delimitation of strictly protected zones, with
respect to areas where activities compatible with the environment
can be allowed, elaborated.
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Rules disciplining the exercise of allowed activities within
protected areas, including the use of natural resources, elaborated.
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A report clarifying the relationship between central and local EEAA
offices (with a view to decentralizing responsibilities, also with
respect to the management of local funds coming from entrance
fees
and fines), and between EEAA and other Ministries and organizations
(especially with reference to licenses and controls) prepared.
Note
All
the above results will be obtained with respect to the selected
protected areas (see above Objectives).
These would include Wadi El Rayan and at least another
protected area falling under EIECP.
The findings and outputs will then be generalized to the best
possible extent to the Egyptian protected area network.
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International conventions on marine environment of interest for
Egypt, distinguishing among those that
have already been signed or
ratified, and those, whose adoption is suggested, collected.
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Guidelines for appropriate implementation of the International
Conventions, to which Egypt is party, drafted.
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Legislative and regulatory means for implementation of international
conventions concerning marine environment determined.
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Real cases of environmental damages affecting the marine environment
addressed and settled (to the possible extent, depending on judicial
system times) through application of international conventions.
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EEAA Legal Affairs Department
legislative and regulatory role strengthened.
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Legal Affairs Department negotiation
skills, especially concerning compensation for environmental damages, namely for the marine environment, enhanced.
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Training programs prepared and implemented for EEAA relevant
departments, judicial officers, prosecutors, judges, governorates’
officers. This will focus on
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solid waste
management,
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protected
areas, and
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marine
environment.
The
targets will be achieved through implementation of the activities as
described in the Project document.
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