Egyptian ministers launch 2nd ‘EGY AGRI’ expo in New Valley governorate
Egypt’s Minister of Local Development, Manal Awad, and Minister of Agriculture, Alaa El-Din Farouk, on Thursday inaugurated the second edition of the New Valley agricultural exhibition, “EGY AGRI,” a national event reflecting the partnership and efforts to serve the agricultural
Egypt launches first national beverage carton recycling campaign with global partners
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, under the patronage of Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment, has launched the nation’s first-ever campaign to recycle used beverage cartons (UBC), in collaboration with the Waste Management Regulatory Authority (WMRA)
Egypt extends single-use plastics circular economy project to 2027
Egypt has extended its project promoting circular economy practices in the single-use plastics value chain by one year, pushing its completion to 2027 instead of 2026. The extension comes as part of national efforts to curb plastic pollution and accelerate
Mashroo3k injects EGP 32.1bn to fund over 213k projects since launch
Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development, announced that the national initiative for community, human, and local development—Mashroo3k (Your Project)—has financed 213,313 projects with total investments reaching EGP 32.1bn since its inception in 2015. The programme has played a key role
5,633 projects completed in Upper Egypt with over EGP 27bn investments: Local Development Minister
Minister of Local Development Manal Awad met with a delegation from the World Bank, including Ellen Olafsen, Senior Specialist in Private Sector Engagement, and Zeeshan Kareem, Senior Urban Specialist, alongside other bank representatives. Also attending were Hisham El-Helbawy, Assistant Minister
Egyptian PM addresses agricultural land encroachment
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly chaired a Tuesday meeting to review efforts to combat encroachment on agricultural land and the procedures for its removal. Attendees included Minister of Local Development Manal Awad, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk,
Italy to fund study for revitalization of ancient Roman coastal city of Quseir
Italy’s Ambassador to Egypt, Michele Quaroni, has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to collaborating with Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development on a range of sustainable development and heritage preservation projects across the country. The focus will be on funding a study
Egypt’s Local Development Minister meets S. Korean ambassador to strengthen cooperation
Manal Awad, Egypt’s Minister of Local Development, welcomed Kim Young-hyun, South Korea’s Ambassador to Cairo, for a meeting to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation in the field of local development. The Monday meeting was also attended by Hossam Al-Qawish, Assistant Minister
Local Development Ministry to increase funding through ‘Mashrou’ak’ to EGP 4bn in 2025
The Ministry of Local Development plans to increase funding for the National Project for Human and Community Development, “Mashrou’ak” (Your Project), to EGP 4bn in 2025. The programme aims to finance 3,000 projects and generate 70,000 jobs. In addition, Mashrou’ak
Egypt discusses cooperation with UN-Habitat
Egypt’s Minister of Local Development Manal Awad met with Rania Hedaya, Regional Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and Ahmed Rizk, Head of the UN-Habitat Cairo Office, to explore future areas of collaboration on Sunday. During