EU-Egypt to sign €558 million assistance package
EU Commissioner for External Relations and the ENP, Benita Ferrero-Waldner,
and Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Fayza Aboulnaga, will
sign the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the National Indicative
Programme 2007-2010, tomorrow (March 7). The focus of the €558
million assistance package is to support the reform process and the
implementation of the EU-Egypt ENP Action Plan, adopted by the EU-Egypt
Association Council last year.
Work on the Annual Action Programme 2008, which consists of four programmes
worth € 139 million, has been launched. The €80 million Sector Policy
Support Programme for the Transport Sector will provide assistance to
Egypt’s efforts to reform the Transport Sector. €17 million are allocated to
the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Civil Society with the
objective of identifying concrete measures to improve human rights and
strengthen the role of civil society in Egypt. The €13 million programme of
Support to Political Development, Decentralization and Good Governance aims
at enhancing the efficiency of selected key Egyptian public entities and to
increase transparency and accountability in the administration of public
affairs, both at central and local level. The Improved Water and Waste
Water Services Programme (IWSP) with an EC contribution of €29 million
is an investment programme that will improve the quantity, quality and
efficiency of the water supply and particularly wastewater services for
four million people in the governorates Sharkia, Gharbia, Damietta and
Beheira in the Delta region.
Bilateral assistance to Egypt is complemented by the regional ENPI
programme. Egypt is also eligible to receive funds under the Mediterranean
ENPI Cross-border co-operation programme currently under preparation.
EU – Egypt
Action Plan
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/394&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en |
Source of information | EU Rapid press releases |
Keyword(s) | ENPI |
Subject(s) | CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , FINANCE-ECONOMY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/overview/fol101997/enpi |
Geographical coverage | Egypt |
News date | 06/03/2008 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |