The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, through the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects (NISGP), participated in two sessions held as part of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Türkiye.
The sessions focused on “Harnessing Digitalisation and Youth Entrepreneurship for Climate Action” and “From Waste to Value: Circular Economy Solutions and Sustainable Industrial Production”.
The first session featured Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad; Head of the Central Administration for Sustainable Development at the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) Ahmed Kamal; Director of the Policy Coherence Centre and representative of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Moustapha Kamal Gueye; and Acting Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Türkiye Nabil Gangi.
Moderated by Ambassador Hisham Badr, National Co-ordinator of the NISGP, the session also included presentations by representatives of several winning projects from across Egypt’s governorates.
These included Osama Youssef, who presented an initiative on recycling used cooking and automotive oils; Marwa Gomaa, representing the “Ward Saeed” project; and Hassan Saeed, representing the “Foodix” project.
