1. Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers Informal Settlements Development Facilities Egyptian Cabinet Egyptian Approach to Informal Settlements Development I S D F Dr. SherifAlgohary& Prof. Ali El-Faramwy ISDF, Egyptian Cabinet E mail: TA&CB@ISDF.GOV.EG IDRC Davos 2010

3. International Commitments towards Informal Settlements Development.

4. Scale of Informal Settlement in Egypt.

5. Policies of Informal Settlements Development .

6. Informal Settlements Development Facility Themes.

7. Local Development Practices.

8. Conclusions.I S D F

10. Priority for Unsafe Areas.

11. The main goal of ISDF is to contribute to ensuring safe housing in Egypt.

12. The main objective is to improve the quality of life of the residents in unsafe areas.Deweka Disaster (October 2008)

14. Ensure the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions.

15. safe housing as main human right and adequate standard of living.

18. Classification Criteria of Unsafe Areas Grades are ordered according to degree of risk, thus the higher risk overrules the lower,

20. Setting Goals and reference frame for the activities.

23. National Map of Unsafe Areas Mashtool El-Suq – Sharqia Governorate Safe Areas Unsafe Areas Planned Areas Unplanned Areas

24. National Map of Unsafe Areas Khalf El-Shouna Area- Mashtool EL-Souq City- Sharqeya Governorate Location of the Area in relevance to the city

26. Life threatening areas program (Grade :1)Governmental Authorities 31 Areas State Land 91 areas Rest of Governorates 19 areas 16 areas Private Lands 159 areas Private Land - Assuit Governorate State land - Qalyoubia Governorate Muqatam Area, ManshietNaser, Cairo Governorate Railway Authorities – KafrAlshekh Governorate

29. Improve legal instability of tenure (Grade 4) Governmental Authorities 2 Areas Private Lands 49 areas Governmental Authorities 5 Areas State Lands 17 areas State Lands 15 areas Helwan Governorate Fayoum Governorate

31. Unsuitable conditions areas (Grade 2) needs rapid intervention.

32. Health risk areas (Grade 3) needs improvement according to central authorities programs.

33. Instability areas (Grade 4) according to priorities of local governorates.Finance Mechanism: Both unsuitable conditions areas with added values and instability areas provide financial resources that can be targeted for improvement of unsafe areas projects which have no cost recovery, as well as improving areas which have lack of utilities and instability in tenure areas

34. Partnership and Cooperation Institutional Framework Informal Settlements Development Facility (ISDF) Local Governorate Local Authorities Community

36. Action plans follow up.

38. Mobilization of civil society.

40. Public follow up of project implementation.

43. Preparation of detailed action plans for unplanned areas.

45. Development of unsafe areas.

46. Effective partnership and cooperation.

47. Capacity building of stakeholders in preparation and implement of action plans.

50. Red Crescent Society.

53. Providing 948 units for 2nd stage (A-B) in addition to 14 shop and women social center and mosque.

55. Running on site survey in order to get real information about the community and evaluation of their needs.

56. Building of 11 residential building for those who used to live in shared units or slums.

60. GTZ

62. Encouraging the owners of houses in financial contribution .

63. Creating a successful model for repetition in other areas .

65. Changing high voltage power lines with under ground lines.

66. Construction of a new roads with 22 m width .

68. Environmental enhancement and the disposal of garbage areas.

70. Informal Settlements Development Facilities Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers Thank You Dr. SherifAlgohary Manger of Technical assistant and Building Capacity Unit ISDF, Egyptian Cabinet E mail: TA&CB@ISDF.GOV.EG 2, June 2010 IDRC Davos 2010