Egypt National Action Plan for Land-Based Sources
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Egypt National Action Plan for Land Based Sources Egypt National Action Plan for Land-Based Sources of Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea 2015 Professor Mohamed El Raey University of Alexandria, Egypt 1 Egypt National Action Plan for Land Based Sources Table of Contents 1-Preface .......................................................................................................................................6 2: SummaryExecutive .....................................................................................................................7 3: Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 14 Background Information: .......................................................................................................... 14 Legal obligations ....................................................................................................................... 14 The National Action Plans ......................................................................................................... 15 Mid-Term Evaluation of SAP/NAP ............................................................................................. 17 Overview of achievements made over NAP (2005) ..................................................................... 17 4: NAP Updating, 2015 ................................................................................................................. 19 Stakeholders ............................................................................................................................ 19 Work Methodology for Updating NAP ....................................................................................... 20 5-Midterm Baseline Assessment ................................................................................................... 24 1. The western region. ...................................................................................................... 24 2. Alexandria Region ........................................................................................................ 25 3. The Delta Region .......................................................................................................... 32 4. Port Said Region ........................................................................................................... 33 5. North Sinai Region ........................................................................................................ 37 Existing Environmental Regulations........................................................................................... 41 Institutional Structure............................................................................................................... 42 Adopted policy ......................................................................................................................... 44 Existing Economic Instruments and Financing ............................................................................ 46 6-Identification of Gaps .................................................................................................... 48 Ecological objectives of EO5 ...................................................................................................... 48 Ecological Objectives of E09 ...................................................................................................... 48 Ecological Objectives of EO10 .................................................................................................... 49 7- Operational Targets .................................................................................................................. 50 8-Program of Measures ................................................................................................................ 55 Legal priorities .......................................................................................................................... 55 Institutional priorities: .............................................................................................................. 55 Economic Priorities: .................................................................................................................. 55 2 Egypt National Action Plan for Land Based Sources Technical Priorities ................................................................................................................... 56 Alexandria region ..................................................................................................................... 56 Kitchener Drain: ....................................................................................................................... 57 Lake Manzala ........................................................................................................................... 57 -Marsa Matruh. ........................................................................................................................ 58 Port Said. ................................................................................................................................. 58 Lake Bardawil ........................................................................................................................... 59 Ongoing Projects ...................................................................................................................... 59 9: Monitoring Indicators for NAP Implementation Projects ............................................................ 61 Information on the institutional arrangements .......................................................................... 63 10: Capacity Building Plan for NAP Implementation ...................................................................... 66 The capacity building plan ................................................................................................................. 66 On job training .................................................................................................................................... 68 Specialized Training ............................................................................................................................ 68 Equipment on BAT for monitoring and assessment ......................................................................... 68 11: Arrangements for Public Information, Awareness Raising, and Education ................................... 70 Presentation of the public information, awareness raising, and education plan. ......................... 71 References ................................................................................................................................... 72 Appendices 3 Egypt National Action Plan for Land Based Sources Glossary BATBest Available Technologies EEAA Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency EIMP Environmental Information monitoring program EWWTP Eastern wastewater treatment plant GES Good Environmental Status GES Good Environmental Status GOE Government of Egypt HW Hazardous waste ICZM Integrated coastal zone management IGSR Institute of Graduate Studies and Research IWWTP Integrated wastewater treatment plant LBS Land-based sources MAP Mediterranean Action Plan NAP Mediterranean Action Plan NSC National steering committee NTC National Thematic Committee SAP/MAP Strategic Action Plan / Mediterranean Action Plan SW Solid Waste UNEP United Nations Environment Program WWTP Wastewater treatment plant WWWTP Western wastewater treatment plant EO5 Ecological Objective of (BOD and Nutrients) EO9 Ecological objective (H.M., organo-carbon,and Chlorinated Hydrocarbons) EO10 Ecological objectives of litter solid and hazardous waste BBE Baseline Budget of Egypt D01 Annual quantities of materials dumped per category. 4 Egypt National Action Plan for Land Based Sources . 5 Egypt National Action Plan for Land Based Sources 1-Preface In 1975, 16 Mediterranean countries and the European Community adopted the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), the first-ever Regional Seas Programme under UNEP's umbrella. In 1976, these Parties adopted the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention).The Contracting Parties adopted an amended version of the Barcelona Convention of 1976, renamed Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean. Subsequently, the LBS Protocol was amended in 1998. The first NAP report was endorsed 2005. In 2008, the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention adopted Decision IG 17/8 that required Countries of the Mediterranean to “continue the implementation of NAPs endorsed in 2005 to the greatest possible extent foreseeing their revision in 2011.” The NAPs considered the environmental and socio-economic issues, policy and legislative frameworks, and the management, institutional and technical infrastructure available in the country. To achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) Article 15 of the LBS Protocol., the updated NAPs will provide Countries involved with a unique opportunity for streamlining new commitments. Substances targeted in the SAP MED include toxic, persistent and liable to bio- accumulate, heavy metals, Organohalogens, radioactive materials, nutrients and suspended solids, and hazardous wastes. Targets and activities are of national, regional, legal, institutional or technical nature. We here report the results of the update of the National Action Plan (2005). Professor Mohamed El Raey, University