Project Activity:
Since 1978

Project Location:
Cairo

Project Management:
Nina Prasch

Project Objectives

• Strengthening a politically active civil society and a decentralized administrative structure
• Supporting civic engagement through regional development in selected areas of Egypt
• Strengthening environmental awareness.

Target Groups

• Local and regional administration employees, Governorate administration employees
• Population groups that are involved in development plans
• Members of non-governmental organizations, and other civil society organizations
• Youth

Brief Project Description
Strengthening democratic awareness among the Egyptian citizens as well as the government administration is a necessity for achieving objectives such as democratization, decentralization, and sustainable regional development.
In the current project, Hanns Seidel Foundation supports knowledge and experience exchange in topics concerning participatory sustainable development on the local level in cooperation with concerned stakeholders (local administrations, NGOs, and citizens).

Through practice-oriented workshops, regional and international seminars, local initiatives from community members in the Egyptian governorates are supported and at the same time the civil community is being promoted.

In reaction to the Egyptian revolution of January 25th 2011, Hanns Seidel Foundation has expanded its program in order to support the process towards a democratic political system. In cooperation with governmental and civic society institutions for political education, numerous seminars and workshops concerning political participation, civic engagement, the new electoral law, and other current topics are being performed.
The project thus makes a contribution to the current democratic reform in Egypt.

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