Egypt & Netherland Join Hands for Water Cooperation

The Two Countries Will Initiate New Cooperation on the Issues of Water Resource Management and Protection for Next Five Years

Minister Hossam Moghazyof Water Resources and Irrigation and minister Melanie Schultz van Haegenof Infrastructure and Environment, signed the new MoU in Cairo on 3 November.

Egypt and the Netherlands have a longstanding relation on water management of 38 years.

Major challenges

"I am impressed by the challenges that Egypt faces. Providing more than 80 million people daily with clean drinking water is a huge job, like managing a coastline of 1000 kilometers", said Dutch minister Schultz van Hagen on the occasion of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with her Egyptian counterpart minister Moghazy.

Radical solutions needed

According to Moghazy the most important issue of the cooperation is to help Egypt to overcome the effects of climate change on its water utilities and on its northern coast.

It has been agreed that the Netherlands will help to develop follow-up plans and future strategies.

Egypt's minister of water resources said radical solutions are required to solve the problems of water pollution. New technical and institutional solutions are also needed for low-cost water supply and sanitation in Egyptian villages.

The Netherlands will also assist in the implementation of the national programme for irrigation and groundwater protection.

Logistic hubs along Suez canal

Dutch minister Schultz van Haegen is visiting Egypt together with a trade delegation to discuss the development of new ports and logistic hubs along the Suez canal that is currently being expanded.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi started the expansion project on 11 August and recently two foreign consortia have been contracted for this megaproject.

Source: Dutch Water Sector

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