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"Design, prepare, and execute a training Program on Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) for Health Care Workers at Ismailia Governorate"
 The Environmental Management of the Unit (EMU) is one of seven components forming the EEAA/DANIDA Environmental Sector Programme (ESP). The EMU main objective is to support the on-going Egyptian processes to build capacity at the local level within 18 Governorates that has very close linkages to the ongoing ESP and other donor support. One of the main targets of the EMU is to establish a number of pilot projects at several governorates including Ismailia HCWM project.
IDC was responsible to provide a total training solution including the preparation, organization, coordination and delivery of 5 training courses for a total number of 156 trainees and supervise another 3 courses for various staff categories (managers, physicians, nurses, technicians, and workers) currently working in the Directorate of Health and Population and various health care facilities at Ismailia Governorate. The overall objective of the training program was to enable trainees to implement a sound HCWM system in their health care facilities. The detailed objectives included delivery of one "Training of trainers" course to a group of personnel (first category) who will be assigned to train different categories of health care workers at various facilities in the future. The other 4 courses were delivered to various health care staff categories. The trained staff in the first category were supervised during their delivery of training to physicians, nurses, and workers from various facilities.
Period: October 2008 – December 2008.
Client: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ DANIDA.
"Planning Support to Regional Branch Offices (RBOsThe Support to Decentralized Environmental Management (SDEM) is one of seven components forming the EEAA/DANIDA Environmental Sector Programme (ESP). The SDEM support in shifting environmental management to the regional level. The goal is that regional branch offices are well established and equipped, enabling the EEAA to carry out its functions at the local level and effectively service decentralized institutions involved in environmental management.
 The overall objective of the SDEM component (of ESP) at the RBOs level is to strengthen participating RBOs to be better able to fulfil their mandate according to the Environmental Law 4/94.
The specific objective of the consultancy assignment was to support the RBOs in preparing, implementing and reviewing annual action plans, through formulating 5 outputs/ deliverables, as follows:
- Support implementing the environmental indicators for RBOs
- Review identified assumptions and risks of the plans developed by RBOs
- Develop monitoring and follow up reports of plans implementation
- Develop performance enhancement of two (2) RBOs, as pilot activity
- Develop planning directives by implementing planning manual (including procedures, references, forms, indicators)
The final outputs/ deliverables were prepared using a participatory approach with the Planning and Follow up Department at the Branches' Affairs Sector- EEAA. The results of the consultancy assignment were communicated with various RBOs and extensively discussed with two RBOs (the North West of Delta RBO at Alexandria, and the Canal Zone RBO in Suez).
Period: May 2008 – September 2008
Client: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ DANIDA.
Helwan Governorate Environmental Action Plan
 As in all Egyptian municipalities, Helwan is facing several challenges in managing environmental issues. This could require addressing several environmental problems simultaneously, including but not limited to; pure drinking water supply, waste water management in households and facilities, and managing municipality solid and hazardous waste etc. The list of environmental challenges seems to be endless, whereas the available resources are limited. Thus, facing these environmental challenges is not considered a luxury issue, but a necessity.
The main objective of the Helwan Governorate Environmental Action Plan is improving the quality of the environment and hence improving the quality of life for the region residents. The scope of work included:
- Defining the main environmental issues and prioritizing actions to improve the indoor, outdoor and working environment and to reduce the negative environmental effects addressed in the environmental profile.
- Demonstrating and clarifying the primary and secondary view points and ambitions of the concerned parties that contributed in preparing these view points.
- Defining the region's future environmental vision, suggesting practical and cost effective solutions for the top priority environmental issues that concern the governorate.
- Setting of goals, strategies, and improving programs for directing and guiding the society on its different levels of authorities, organizations, and individuals, in order to achieve the governorate future environmental vision.
- Identifying the cost of the proposed interventions and establish a time-phased action plan for implementations.
- Identifying the institutional mechanism with clear roles and responsibilities for implementation, follow-up, monitoring and evaluation of the plan.
Period: December 2007– May 2008
Client: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ DANIDA.
"Preparation of a Twinning Project Fiche for Developing an Integrated Hazardous Substances and Waste Management System"
 The objective of this assignment was to support the EEAA in improving environmental and health status in Egypt as a result of sound management of hazardous substances and wastes through a twinning project with a similar European institution.
The specific objective of the project was to prepare a twinning project fiche in the field of integrated hazardous substances and waste management. The twinning operation prepared will help strengthen EEAA's institutional, policy and human resources capacities in the area of hazardous substances and waste life cycle management and in meeting the Government of Egypt obligations under international environmental conventions by adopting EU best practices in this field. The scope of work included:
- Conducting a rapid review and preparing a brief assessment report on EEAA.
- Drafting a Twinning Project Fiche including a detailed description of the twinning project objectives, activities to be implemented and results to be achieved.
- Organizing a one day presentation workshop to exchange views and share comments of all stakeholders.
- Providing Technical Support to EEAA and developing Institutional Pre requisites arrangements (IPA) ensuring the achievement of the twinning mutually agreed results between the EEAA and the European competitively selected twinning agency(ies).
Period: September 2007– March 2008
Client: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ The European Union; Niras A/S- Denmark, and Integrated Development Consultants (IDC).
"Capacity Building Training Programme for Central and Regional inspectors and Technical Staff on Different Environmental Issues"; (Ref 2. 2007)
 The Support to Decentralized Environmental Management (SDEM) is one of seven components forming the EEAA/DANIDA Environmental Sector Programme (ESP). The SDEM support in shifting environmental management to the regional level. The goal is that regional branch offices are well established and equipped, enabling the EEAA to carry out its functions at the local level and effectively service decentralized institutions involved in environmental management.
The overall objective of the SDEM component (of ESP) at the RBOs level is to strengthen participating RBOs, namely Greater Cairo & Fayoum, Suez and Assuit to be better able to fulfil their mandate according to Law 4/94.
IDC was responsible to provide a total training solution including the preparation, organization, coordination and delivery of 16 training courses for 418 central and regional inspectors and technical staff belonging to EEAA on various environmental issues including:
- A training course on Joint inspection of health care facilities, qualifying 24 trainees selected by SDEM to be able to participate effectively and efficiently in environmental inspection activities, emphasizing the health care facilities according to their respective role in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders.
- A training course on environmental disaster management; air pollution. Following the course the participants (24 trainees) will be able to participate effectively and efficiently in environmental disaster management activities according to their respective role in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders.
- Six (6) training courses on Health Care Waste Management at Beni Suef Governorate Health Care Facilities to enable 154 trainees to implement a sound HCWM system at their health care facilities.
- Six (6) training courses on Health Care Waste Management at Aswan Governorate Health Care Facilities to enable 175 trainees to implement a sound HCWM system at their health care facilities.
- A training course on Inspecting Iron and Steel Manufacturing Industries, allowing 21 participants to be able to effectively and efficiently participate in environmental inspection activities emphasizing the Iron and Steel Industries.
- A training course on the environmental inspection of Marine and Nile Ports was executed. The aim was to enable 22 trainees selected by the SDEM component to efficiently participate in environmental inspection activities related to Marine and Nile Ports.
Period: April 2007- December 2007.
Client: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) /DANIDA.
Preparation of the Environmental Profile for Assuit Governorate
Project objectives:
The objective of this assignment is to assist the Middle Upper Egypt Regional Branch Office (Assuit RBO) to develop background papers on different environmental issues to feed in the Assuit Governorate Environmental profile as well as to provide on-the-job training for the counterpart staff of the Task Force on the preparation of the environmental profile.
Scope of work: included
- training of task force members on "Profile Design and Information Issues including GIS";
- preparation of an environmental profile for Assuit Governorate
Period: March 2005 - July 2005
Client: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ DANIDA
Initiating the Decentralization Environmental Management (DEM) activities in Assuit Governorate
Project objectives:
The project aims to assist the Assuit Regional Branch Office (RBO) management in initiating the DEM component activities through providing a pool of short-term consultants.
Scope of work of consultants: included undertaking the following activities
- assist in the preparation, implementation and reporting for the “DEM Activities Initiation Workshop” planned during November;
- assist in development of the 2005 DEM Subcomponent 5 Annual Work Plan;
- develop ToR for Assuit Governorate Environmental Profile Preparation;
- Prepare a Solid Waste Management Profile as a model for profiling.
As part of the work process, the consultants aimed to implement capacity development activities in close co-operation with the director and task force of the RBO, to enable the RBO staff in Assuit to understand, integrate and apply techniques, methods and models developed and presented by the consultants.
Period: November 2004 - December 2004
Client: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ DANIDA
Investigating the Implementation of the National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP)
Project objectives:
The first National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) was prepared by EEAA in 1992. It was updated in the period 1999-2002 and the updated version represents Egypt’s agenda for environmental actions over the period (2002-2017). The NEAP provides strategic actions that could be interpreted into detailed plans.
Scope of work:
- Preparing policies, strategies and plans for the implementation of specific programs to achieve the objectives
- determining progress in the NEAP implementation;
- Providing guidance for EEAA to coordinate with concerned entities regarding the integration of the NEAP in the national 5-year plan (2007-2012).
Period: December 2004 - December 2005
Client: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ DANIDA
Association: Institute of National Planning (INP)
Environmental Sector Programme – Environmental Management in the Governorates (EMG) of Aswan and Beni-Suef
Project objectives:
Under a direct contract agreement with the Environmental Management in the Governorates (EMG) component of the EEAA/DANIDA Environmental Sector Programme, IDC was responsible, under a direct contract agreement with the EMG Component, to provide a pool of 14 consultants covering the following fields: institution development, environmental training, information technology, environment profiling, GIS, sampling and monitoring, social surveys, solid waste management, wastewater/infrastructure, socio-economic analysis, and environmental impact assessment. This assignment aims to enable the EMG component to fulfil its objectives: (i) to enable the Environmental Management Units (EMUs) in the two governorates of Aswan and Beni-Suef to carry out their mandated environmental management functions; (b) participatory Governorate Environmental Action Plan (GEAP) process functioning in Aswan and Beni Suef, involving people at community level in identifying and rectifying environmental problems through community–based and replicable projects.
Scope of work: IDC’s scope of work included active participation with international consultants in:
- developing environmental action plans,
- design and implementation of pilot projects,
- developing HRD plans and implementation of training,
- developing socio-economic profiles;
- developing communication and public awareness strategies;
- nstitutional and organizational development.
Period: October 2002 – March 2005.
Client: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)/ Danida.
"Conserving the Ecosystem of Lake Nasser and The Governorate of Aswan"
Project objectives:
This project aimed to develop a structural plan to conserve the ecosystem of the Lake Nasser and develop The Governorate of Aswan. This structural plan identified where development activities would take place, through a set of structural local plans, and detailed action programs. The plan also built a portfolio of packaged public and private investments for donors and investors to finance.
Scope of work: formulating the project document which defined objectives, outputs and activities, and detailed work-plan and budget. Tasks included
- preparation for donors meeting to participate in the project,
- updating existing tender document for awarding a contract to an international consulting firm for plan preparation and develop a selection criterion,
- Establishing a monitoring team and preparing its working procedures and tasks.
Period: May 1997 – July 1997
Client: Ministry of Planning/UNDP
"Financial and Economic Diagnosis of Hazardous Waste Management in Egypt"
Project objectives: 
To investigate the economic and financial conditions that determines the design and feasibility of HWM system (HWMS) in Egypt. The economic diagnosis was intended to quantify the direct impact of compliance cost on economic activity (mainly industry) on the aggregate level under free market conditions with minimum government intervention. The investigation focused on the structure of incentives that affect the behaviour of both the generators and the operators of the HWMS.
Period: August 1996 – November 1996
Client: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) |