- 30 staff members (with 18 women) of the AMCEN support unit and the Egyptian Environment Agency Affairs (EEAA) were capacitated on Project Planning and Logical Framework, Proposal writing, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.
- 30 staff members (with 13 women) of the AMCEN support unit and the Egyptian Environment Agency Affairs (EEAA) were capacitated on issues and management of degradation, desertification and climate change in Africa.
- Capacity of 32 journalists from different Egyptian media to better report emerging African environmental challenges were enhanced
- Project concepts and proposals developed for submission to the developing partners for financial and technical support to the EEAA in the areas of capacity building and climate change adaptation efforts in Egypt.
- Draft report for the implementation of the Africa Regional Flagship programmes was produced
- Regional cooperation in the area of land degradation and climate change was enhanced and regional network for information sharing was established between 7 African countries (Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Sudan and South Sudan).
- The project identified 5 techniques/measures to adapt to land degradation and desertification in Egypt as follows:-
- Application of remote sensing on "monitoring desertification in Egypt" after establishing the baseline data.
- Program of green belt.
- Land coverage with different grasses and shrubs to reduce the impact of overgrazing as a major cause for land degradation
- Genetic biodiversity conservation in Egypt
- Utilization of species Moranga in the desert areas.
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Key Results
Capacity development of relevant institutions in Egypt has commenced through the NEPAD Climate Change Fund. Thirty (30) members of staff (18 women) of African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) support unit and the Egyptian Environment Agency Affairs (EEAA) were trained on project planning, logical framework, proposal writing, project management, and monitoring and evaluation. Project concept notes and proposals have been developed for financial and technical support to the EEAA in the areas of capacity building and climate change adaptation efforts in Egypt
