Egypt launches project transforming Sharm el-Sheikh into green city

Egypt launches project transforming Sharm el-Sheikh into green city

The Environment Ministry announced on Monday that it is officially launched the project to transform Sharm el-Sheikh into a green city, in cooperation with South Sinai Governorate and the United Nations Development Program, during the opening of the preliminary workshop for the project.

In a speech delivered on behalf of Environment Minister, the Head of the Environmental Affairs Agency Ali Abu-Senna said that the Egyptian government has taken a set of measures to implement sustainable city concepts in Sharm el-Sheikh.

This comes parallel to developing the idea of ​​the “Green Sharm” project, in order to transform Sharm el-Sheikh into a green city.

He explained that many infrastructure and service projects planned and implemented on a sustainable basis have been established, in addition to the recent implementation of biodiversity conservation measures in light of the supportive policies approved by several ministries.

The workshop aims to officially launch the Sharm el-Sheikh green city project, discuss its main issues, its general framework, strategy and implementation plan, and ways of cooperation among all stakeholders to ensure the achievement of all main goals, he explained.

A greener Egypt

He added that this project transforms Sharm el-Sheikh into Egypt and the Arab region’s first green and sustainable tourist city by achieving sustainability