UfM in short Mission To enhance regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of concrete projects and initiatives with tangible impact on our citizens, mainly our youth, in order to address three strategic objectives for the region: human development, stability and integration. 43 Members 28 EU members and 15 Southern and Eastern meet regularly to oversee and coordinate the activities of the UfM. Promoting sustainable and 2 Co-Presidents innovative urban The EU and Jordan have assumed the Nothern and projects Southern co-presidency since 2012, embodying the UfM principle of co-ownership. Zoom on a project IMBABA URBAN UPGRADING PROJECT 1 Secretariat Based in Barcelona, theSecretariat is the operational platform of the UfM. Milestones 2015-2017 2010-2012 2008 1995 • 45+ projects labelled • UfM Regional Forum Creation of the Set up of the • UfM Roadmap Barcelona Union for the UfM • UfM-EU Neighbourhood policy Process Mediterranean Secretariat • UfM-UN Observer Status www.ufmsecretariat.org Contact @UfMSecretariat /UfMsecretariat Palau de Pedralbes Pere Duran Farell, 11- 08034 Barcelona Spain Tel. +34 93 521 4100 Fax. +34 93 521 4102 [email protected] /union-for-the-mediterranean Objectives The main objective of the Imbaba Urban Upgrading Project is to upgrade urban facilities, provide new job opportunities, revenue-creating activities and public spaces. The project aims to strengthen the Zoom on a project integration of Imbaba and al-Warraq, two of the most populated and unplanned urban areas of Egypt, with Imbaba urban the rest of Greater Cairo. In addition, the project aims to explore the feasibility of a development plan for the Duration Upgrading project urban zone to the west of the Ring Road, which has Implementation phase been strongly impacted by the expansion of irregular from 2017 to 2022 UfM action lines settlements. The Imbaba Urban Upgrading Project was labelled Total cost of the • To ensure sustainable urbanization labelled project the occasion of the Second UfM Ministerial €100 million • To identify and promote innovative urban Conference on Sustainable Urban Development, held projects along with UfM institutional in Cairo, Egypt on 21 and 22 May 2017. Phase 1 partners under the framework of the It is the first flagship project to be carried out within (Kawmeya): Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) the scope of the Urban Projects Finance Initiative €50 million (UPFI). UPFI is funded by the European Commission and is aimed at promoting and developing Phase 2 sustainable and innovative urban projects that serve (Rod Elfarag/West of Imbaba): as best practice examples and that are potentially €50 million replicable in the region Results Actions • The continuation of one of the biggest urban Promoter development projects in Egypt, supported by both • Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban The project is part of a wider integrated urban the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Communities, Egypt regeneration project launched by the Governorate of • Governorate of Giza, Egypt Urban Communities and the Giza Governorate. Giza and plans are now underway for the development of the Kawmeya sector, including the • A best practice example of sustainable urban Imbaba and al-Warraq neighbourhoods. redevelopment of 70 hectares of land with a view Financial partners The project includes the following actions: • European Commission (EC) to improving the living conditions of the resident • Transformation of the old Imbaba airport site into a • Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Policy framework population of Greater Cairo’s most densely • Contacts with other financial partners mixed-use urban zone inhabited area. • Creation of two public service centres and green are on-going • First UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development spaces for leisure • The identification of a methodology for Beneficiaries (Strasbourg, 10 November 2011) • Development of neighbouring zones developing unplanned urban areas by providing The project will positively impact the lives of • Restoration of buildings and mixing new basic facilities, upgraded around 2 million inhabitants of the Imbaba • Second UfM Ministerial Conference on • Improvement of pedestrian and road connections infrastructure and revenue-generating activities and al-Warraq neighbourhoods within the Sustainable Urban Development • Upgrading of essential services that can be easily replicated in other cities in Egypt Giza Governorate (Cairo, 21-22 May 2017) (water, energy, sanitation, etc.) and beyond..