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 The Arab Republic of Egypt had signed the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro on the 9th of June 1992, ratified it on the 5th of December 1994. In addition, the Egyptian government signed the Kyoto Protocol on the 15th of March 1999 and ratified it on the 12th of January 2005.
Egypt now has Eight (9)registered projects, One (1) project requesting registration,

Eight (8) under validation projects and Fifty-Five (55) pipeline projects .
So, despite that little number of registered projects, Egypt is the leading country in

the Africa Continent in the CDM field.

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 Most of the CERs (54.7%) have been issued to projects in China. The line on the graph above shows that when 8 countries are included 96% all of issued CERs are covered.
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BARRIERS & ACTIONS

BARRIER #1: Insufficient awareness of CDM and lack of trust in the system BARRIER #2: Lack of Sufficient resources for DNA operation BARRIER #3: Lack of adequate Inst/Tech /legal capacity BARRIER #4: Lack of underlying finance for CDM projects BARRIER #5: Unexploited CDM Potential in Several Sectors BARRIER #6: High transaction cost of CDM cycle BARRIER #7: Lengthy cycle for CDM projects Registration

Action #1: Establishme nt of CDM Awareness and Promotion Unit

Action #2: Training for Staff

Action #3: Prepare PINs for new CDM Projects

Action #4: Assist to Register CDM Projects

Action #5: Assist to Obtain Underlying Financing

Action #6: Assist for Contracting with Investors and Buyers

Action #7: Assist for Monitoring of CDM Project Activities

Action #8: Identify areas for utilizing programmat ic CDM Projects

Action #9: Establish several CDM PoAs

#1: Establishment and Training of the CDM Unit

#2: CDM Unit Technical Assistance for Implementation of CDM Projects

#3: Establishment of Several CDM Program of Activities

 When CDM was firstly brought to life in Egypt, there were not a firm or a specialized entity,

on the national scale, in promoting CDM and/or providing any kind of technical assistance to projects developers who were willing to implement a CDM project.
So, the Egyptian DNA used to recieve a large number of Project Idea Notes (PINs) with NO

steps being taken after that.

This problem was solved when EEAA has established a Unit (CDM/APU) whith 2 main

mandates:
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Promoting for CDM as a tool to improve the economics of environmental projects providing all needed technical assistance during the whole cycle of registring a CDM project

In the past, it used to take very long time for a CDM project to be revised and and get the

Letter of No Objection (LoN) after being submitted. In adition, the DNA Bereau was restricted mainly to the people of Ministry of Environment.
Nowadays, the DNA Bereau is being held on monthly basis. Recently the DNA Bereau has

the authority to issue the LoNs directly.

Also recently, a page for CDM in Egypt has been launched on the official web site of EEAA where any interested person or entity can find an answer for his question about CDM in Egypt.
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The mandate of the CDM APU is:

Providing technical assistance CDM Helpdesk; The promotion, propagation, and marketing for CDM projects; Facilitator for all CDM players; Financial & legal support for CDM projects; Setting mechanisms for cooperation; Support CDM policy making and regulatory organizations. Follow-up the implementation of CDM projects.

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Providing technical assistance CDM Helpdesk

Through the sectorial workshops(15), many potential

CDM projects have been identified (50).

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feasibility studies prepared for different sectors

Three PoAs have been Identified. National baseline Methane Emission Factor for the

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 Technical support to government offices and project

proponents through technical advisor and capacity building (Ministry of Finance , Ministry of Electricity, CEMEX, ONYX, Brick Factory Owners, Egypt Air,.) .

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The promotion and marketing for CDM projects

Awareness on CDM and disseminate information to investors,

professionals, and the general public through website, media, and organization of events ;
Egypts CDM portfolio promoted in national and international

forums and expos .

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Facilitator for all CDM players

Many Developer , Investors , Technology Provider,

and Regularity(DOEs) companies has been for the first time introduced to the Egyptian CDM Market.
Face to Face meetings have been coordinated between

the investors and the Egyptian companies.

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Financial & legal support for CDM projects

Identify innovative mechanisms for sharing project

development costs and to use the carbon contract as a vehicle to obtain financing for CDM projects (Kima, Paper and Sugar Companies,).
Coordinate with other institutions to obtain funds for

capacity building and awareness activities (GIZ, African Bank)

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 Through the sectorial workshops, many potential CDM projects

have been identified after which a seperate on-site visits to each project location were conducted. A portfolio for the investors , brokers, consulting agencies...etc has been created as result of the governomental support for the DNA and CDM/APU members to attend many international workshops, EXPOs, Forums, and carbon trading fairs.

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 Egypt has already implemented one big PoA of scrabing old taxis with new ones operating on Natural Gas with an expected emissions reduction of 25,000 ton CO2eq for the first 10 years. This PoA is currently undervalidation and expected to get registred soon. Other PoAs are in the pipeline like: shifting from traditional open pit chrcoal production to a machinized one, replacing the ineffiecient street lightning, Energy Optimization Solutions for
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Industries........etc.
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 Capacity Building on: Legal issues of CDM GHGs emissions and the EU Emissions Trading

System (EU ETS) in Aviation Sector The National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) CDM PoAs Participation in International Events Carbon Market Insights, Carbon Expo and Africa Carbon Form and CDM-JI Kick-off meeting
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 What is the status of CDM projects worldwide?

including Egypt What re the opportunities in Egypt? What are the barriers for CDM projects in Egypt? What are the services that the CDMAPU provide? What are the outputs to date? implemented projects, registered projects, and identified projects. Provide details of 3 CDM projects (each unique situation) with the costs and return on investment What is the future of CDM projects after 2012? and what are the opportunities?

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