Egypt-EU water business forum kicks off

CAIRO - 17 October 2018: The first EU-Egypt Water cooperation, including an event titled "Water Business Forum", kicked off here on Wednesday as part of the proceedings of the Cairo Water Week conference, currently in session here.

The two-day forum includes representatives from the Egyptian and European private sectors, Egyptian government officials and key figures from the water sector with the aim to determine the water’s key role in achieving sustainable economic growth and to how to best meet increasing demands and scarce resources.

The EU-EGYPT Water Dialogue , including representatives from European and international development partners and government of Egypt, aims at creating a policy dialogue platform to discuss key strategic issues in the water sector and how to best tackle them ; reflecting transparency and mutual accountability, and drawing lessons from past and ongoing experiences for the betterment of the effectiveness of both investment portfolio, and overall sector development.

Finally, a dedicated award ceremony to the second annual media competition shall be made.