Report 10 Quarterly Report

1. SUMMARY
International Resource Group (IRG) under the USAID/Egypt Integrated Water Resources
Management II Project (IWRM II), Contract No. EPP-I-00-04-00024-00 Task Order No. 06 is
responsible for assisting the Government of Egypt (GOE) to promote integrated water resources
management. The period of performance of the project is from January 25, 2009 to September 30,
2012.
The purpose of this report is to present the status and performance of IWRM II for Year 1 3 rd
Quarter covering the period from July to September 2009. The quarterly report has the following
content: summary of project activities, accomplishments for this quarter, planned activities for the
following quarter, problems and issues, staff level of effort, status of finance and expenditures, and
list of reports.
A summary of the activities for the quarter follows:
Steering Committee Meeting was held on 6 July. Year 1 Work Plan was approved.
Mansoura Regional Office has been established. The office is under renovation. Eng. El Sayed Nagi
was assigned as Mansoura regional advisor. The head of the IWMU was asked to assign an IWMU
engineer in Mansoura to work with the IRG Mansoura regional advisor.
Implementation Letter between USAID and MWRI to support IWMU was approved.
COP Dr. Jeffrey Fredericks departed on medical leave and was replaced by Mr. Andrew Tczap from
IRGs home office.
Biweekly meetings were held with CTO (Eng. Wafaa Faltaous).
Assignments by expat short term specialists during the reporting period included: Andy Tczap,
IRG Senior Manager/Water IQC Project Director IRG Principal & IWRM II Home Office Project
Manager, to replace COP during extended medical absence from project (7 August to 13 October); Firras
Traish, HO Procurement & Financial Specialist, to review and modify procurement, financial, and
administrative procedures (6 July -20 July); Ms. Joan Ablett, Communication Specialist, IRG Home
Office Communications Director, to review and assist with Public Awareness & Communication
Activities, finalize Communications Plan & prepare Qtr 3 Implementation plan (3- 10 July); and Dr.
Mark Svendsen, M&E specialist, to make presentation to USAID on the Performance Monitoring
Plan (7-10 July).
Under Task 1.1: Formation and Development of BCWUAs “Water User’s Staff Orientation”
training course covering all 8 general directorates and 45 districts was conducted. Water advisory
teams (WAT) are being established in all the 45 IWMDs and coordinators assigned at each
Directorate.
For Task 1.2: Sustainable Local Financing for Canal and Drain Maintenance MWRI has
decided to reorganize Law 12 and prepare a separate law on Stakeholder Participation. MWRI with
IWMU assistance prepared a draft of the law and sent it to the Minister’s office for review and
approval.
Quarterly Report Year 1: 3 rd Quarter (July – September 2009) 1