Egypt and Switzerland signed an agreement valued at $11.8 million, to launch the “Hayenna” (Our District) project in order to help local government units in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena improve management of their land and support new urban development initiatives, and boost related local revenues.
The project, which will last from 2018-2024, involves a contribution of $8.1 million by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and $3.6 million by the Egyptian government. Hayenna will be implemented in Qena and a second governorate to be determined during the project’s inception phase. The main project partners are the Ministry of Housing’s General Organization for Physical Planning and UN-HABITAT. Hayenna will provide training to enhance capacities of 350 state sector employees, and will improve the living conditions of some 60,000 citizens living in the four targeted areas of the project.
