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International
Resource Group (IRG) under
the USAID/Egypt funded Livelihood and Income from the Environment (LIFE)
Integrated Water Resources Management Project (Contract No. EPP-I-802-03-00013-00
Task Order 802) is responsible for assisting the Government of Egypt (GOE)
to promote integrated water resources management. The period of performance
is October 1, 2004-September 30, 2008.
The
objective of this Task Order is to provide technical assistance, training,
commodities, and small grants in support of the decentralization of water
management decision-making and an increased participation of all rural
inhabitants in such decision-making in two priority geographical areas and four
Irrigation Directorates; Zifta and West Sharkiya
in the Middle Delta, and Qena and Aswan in Upper Egypt.
With decentralization and participation USAID expects greater civic
responsibility in maintaining the water conveyance infrastructure and
improvements in the quality of local water resources through better
management of locally generated liquid and solid wastes. The objectives are
expected to be achieved through the formation and development of functional
and sustainable Branch Canal Water User Associations (BCWUAs)
and Integrated Water Management Districts (IWMDs)
and developing the capacity of stakeholders to manage solid and liquid
wastes in the targeted directorates.
Seven
tasks are to be implemented under the LIFE/IWRM Program:
1. Formation of Integrated Water
Management Districts
2. Formation of Branch Canal
Water Users' Associations
3. Equitable Allocation of Water
Resources
4. Improved Maintenance and Upgrading
of Water Management Equipment
5. Environmental Services for Improving
Water Quality Management
6. Improved Wastewater Reuse Practices
7. Graduate Degree Training for MWRI
Staff
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There are also a number
of issues that are common to all the tasks. These cross-cutting
issues include commodity purchases; workshops and training; monitoring and
evaluation; donor coordination; public awareness, information, education,
and communications; and gender.
Technical assistance and
other support will be provided to train MWRI and BCWUA staff to collect
water quality and water quantity data and to record, analyzes, and report
the information to managers of the water delivery system. The project may
fund a portion of the costs for equipment required to achieve results,
e.g., purchase of equipment/instruments for field calibration of control
structures. The IWMDs will establish water
resources databases and prepare and disseminate information on water supply
and demand and efficient water use practices.
Development
of a comprehensive M&E Plan will be undertaken and will be an
interactive process of identifying monitoring parameters with clear
indicators and benchmarks for determining progress against applicable SO
results statements.
Over the last two
decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has
worked closely with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI)
improving water management to benefit the economy of Egypt. The
current initiative of the USAID Environment Office and the Government of
Egypt is known as the LIFE program, an acronym for Livelihood and Income
from the Environment.
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IWMU
Integrated Water Management Unit
Tel: (20-2) 3544-9459, 9473, 9475
Fax: (20-2) 3544-9530
Cairo
IWRM Office
Dr. Jeffrey Fredericks
Chief of Party
Tel: (20-2) 3544-9506, 9507, 9485
Fax: (20-2) 3544-9484
jfredericks@irgltd.com
Qena IWRM Office
Eng. Nabil
Fawzy
Regional Advisor
Tel: (20-96) 534-3887
Fax: (20-96) 534-3886
nfawzi@iwrmeg.com
Zagazig IWRM Office
Eng. Maher Khodary
Regional Advisor
Tel: (20-55) 234-8382
Fax: (20-55) 234-8384
mkhodary@iwrmeg.com
International
Resources Group
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