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GREEN ECONOMY OPPORTUNITIES:SLUM AREASAhmed Darwish, Ph.D.,

Assistant Minister

February 2015

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Agenda

• Green Economy & Slum Areas:• The Link;• Development Strategy; and• People Living There.

• Relevant Sectors; and• Informal Economy

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Density 500 per/fed2-14 floorsMinimal safety and servicesMedium and log term interventions

Unsafe Areas

Density 200 per/fed1-2 floorsNo safetyImmediate Intervention is needed

Unplanned

Why Relevant

Around 40M Inhabitants Around 1M Inhabitants

37.5% of Urban Areas 1% of Urban Areas

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Unsafe Areas-Demographic Statistics-

• Age Groups:• 70% less than 30 years old;• Young Community.

Above 65 Between 16 and 65 Below 160

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

3.1

62.5

34.4

3.7

64.6

31.7

3.9

67.8

28.3

Distribution According to Age Groups

Urban Egypt

Egypt Total Population

Unsafe Areas

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

University Graduate

Middle School

Less Than Middle School

Can Read and Write

Illiterate

0 20 40 60

17.6

3.9

50.6

11.9

16.0

11.3

2.9

49.6

13.6

22.4

4.1

1.9

33.1

27.2

33.7

Unsafe Areas Egypt Total Population Urban Egypt

Unsafe Areas-Demographic Statistics-

• Education:• High level of illiteracy

University Graduate

Middle School

Less Than Middle School

Can Read and Write

Illiterate

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

14.0

3.4

47.3

10.4

24.9

8.2

2.2

41.6

10.5

37.5

3.0

1.5

3.0

21.6

44.5

Unsafe Areas Egyp Total Population Urban Egypt

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Unsafe Areas-Economic Statistics-

OtherPrivate

EmployeePrivate

BusinessGovernmen

t Gender

2.4 79.6 4.0 12.3 Female

2.1 47.7 7.8 41.2 Male

Handi-capped

Retired StudentUn-

employedEmploye

dGender

1.1 1.2 9.4 7.3 81.0 Male Unsafe Areas0.3 0.4 8.5 79.3 11.6 Female

0.5 2.8 15.6 11.6 69.6 Male Egypt Total

Population

0.3 0.8 13.4 71.8 13.7 Female

0.4 4.1 16.7 12.7 66.0 Male

Urban Egypt0.2 1.1 15.3 65.4 17.9 Female

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Housing

Work

Leisure

Social Inclusion

Transpo-rtation

Public Service

sMarkets

Development Strategy

• Integrated Development;• Inclusive Cities; • National Development; and • Social Dialogue.

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Relevant Sectors

• Agriculture:• Traditions;• Technologies; and• Capacity Building.

• Fisheries:• Sustainable Fishing;• Technologies; and• Capacity Building.

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Relevant Sectors

• Construction:• Building Material;• Construction Methods;• Building Codes; and• Capacity Building

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Relevant Sectors

• Municipal Solid Waste Management and Recycling:• Circular Economy;• SMEs;• Recycling Parks;• Technical Assistant;• Capacity Building;• Access to micro finance;• Registration

Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal

Settlements

Informal Economy

• Informal Firms;• Informal Employment;• Incentives:

• Access to finance;• Capacity Building.

• Decent Jobs

INSTITUTIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LEGISLATIVE

COMPONENT

FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

COMPLIANCE

AWARENESS, COMMUNICATION

S AND ENGAGEMENT

EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION:FOOD, FREEDOM

AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

THANK YOU!