Introduction

EIA has been firmly in place in Egypt since the late nineties. Institutional, administrative and regulatory details for EIA are comprehensive, and a range of sectoral EIA guidelines is available. The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) oversees the EIA system,  but sectoral ministries and governing bodies are the competent administrative authorities for EIA. There are no formal provisions for SEA.

ECA, 2005, Review of the Application of Environmental Impact Assessment in Selected African Countries


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Webpages | 04-03-2024

Egypt: Workshop on integrating SEA in Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Under the Joint Cooperation and Applied Research programme funded by the Netherlands Government, Egypt is addressing climate change induced sea-level…

Egypt: Assessing the new National Water Strategy against SEA principles

Webpages | 04-03-2024

Egypt: Assessing the new National Water Strategy against SEA principles

During a workshop held in Cairo in February, staff of the Planning Division of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation were informed on the…

Annual report 2020 online!

Webpages | 19-07-2021

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New MoU Egypt - Dutch water sector

Webpages | 14-12-2020

New MoU Egypt - Dutch water sector

Following successful cooperation since 1970s, Egypt and the Netherlands recently signed a new MoU for an ambitious 4-year cooperation programme in the…

Priorities for strengthening ESIA in the water sector - Egypt

Webpages | 24-01-2020

Priorities for strengthening ESIA in the water sector - Egypt

Cairo - During a 3-day period, a diverse group of stakeholders in the ESIA process - ministerial deparments & academia - discussed the strengths and…

Improving ESIA in the water sector – Egypt

Webpages | 23-09-2019

Improving ESIA in the water sector – Egypt

The Egyptian government, specifically the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation wants to improve their ESIA practice in the water sector.

High level Egypt - Netherlands Water Panel

Webpages | 17-04-2019

High level Egypt - Netherlands Water Panel

The Hague - In the presence of Dutch Minister Ms Van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Watermanagement) and the Egyptian Minister Dr. Mohamed Abdel Aty…

Results COP’18 on Biodiversity:  SEA for mainstreaming biodiversity in energy & mining sector.

Webpages | 10-12-2018

Results COP’18 on Biodiversity:  SEA for mainstreaming biodiversity in energy & mining sector.

One of the results of the recent Conference of parties on Biodiversity in Egypt is the adoption of Strategic Environmental Assessment as one of the…