Central

Central Government is responsible for:

• Defining environmental policies, setting priorities
• Implementing initiatives within a context of sustainable development.
• Development of cooperative links with regional and local authorities.

An Egyptian Committee on Combat of Desertification has been established whose members are:

• The Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality - E.O.S
• The Desert research Centre (Egypt)
• The Egyptian Environment Agency - EEAA
• The Faculty of Agriculture-Cairo University
• The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
• The Ministry of Electricity and Energy

​Regional

Following the MSEA policy directives, and in meeting its responsibilities at the regional and local levels within Egypt, EEAA is continuously developing the capacities and partnerships necessary to strengthen its presence in the governorates.

This is achieved through the expansion and the consolidation of its network of Regional Branch Offices (RBO’s), and the development of the capacities of the Environmental Management Units (EMU’s) of the governorates. Moreover, the support to initiatives implemented at the local level, with the aim of enabling governorates in the fields of environmental management and protection, consolidates these efforts.

Additional legislations and regulations at the national, governorates and local levels will be needed.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Environment

Environmental Affairs Agency

Sources:

Consult the official website available at: http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/English/main/about.asp (EN).

See Egyptian National Action Program To Combat Desertification, 2005, available at: http://www.unccd.int/ActionProgrammes/egypt-eng2005.pdf (EN).

See references on the Decentralisation of Environmental Management available at: www.eeaa.gov.eg/English/main/Policies6.asp (EN).

Presidential Decree No. 275/1997

Law 4/1994 for the Protection of the Environment