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far along and budget allocated to the Tasks 1.2 and 1.4 was nominal to begin with, and some had been used at the time of de-scoping. A contract modification to reflect the revised scope of work has not been issued by USAID to date. On April 5 a USAID delegation visited West Belbeis Integrated Water Management District (IWMD). The delegation included John Crocker (Political Officer, U.S. Embassy Cairo), Catherine Picard (Environment and Natural Resource Officer), and David Roberts (Nile Program, Foreign Affairs Officer), in addition to John Pasch (Water Team Leader) and Eng. Wafaa Faltaous (COTR). Eng. Nabil Fawzi (IRG) accompanied the delegation. A Ministerial Decree was issued on April 14 reforming the IWRM II Steering Committee to include the following members: Head of Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects (Chairman), Head of Irrigation Department, Head of Planning Sector (Project Coordinator), Head of Groundwater Sector, Head of the Minister's Technical Office, Head of Irrigation Sector, Undersecretary of Water Advisory Services, USAID representative (COTR), and IRGs Chief of Party. Long-Term Technical Assistance (LTTA), Senior Strategic Communication and Public Awareness Specialist Ms. Cheryl Groff’s one-year assignment was extended through June 2011. She completed her LTTA assignment and returned to the United States on June 30. In a second government reshuffle, H.E. Minister Dr. Hussein El-Atfy, resigned in July. Dr. Hesham Kandil, MWRI Head of the Nile Sector, was appointed as the new Minister on July 18. HE Minister Kandil issued a ministerial decree on August 9 appointing Dr. Khaled Toubar to the IWRM II Steering Committee. Another decree was issued on August 16 assigning Dr. Toubar as the Project Coordinator in addition to his position as General Director for Design and Barrage Safety under the Reservoir and Grand Barrage Sector. The project started the year employing six MWRI engineers on Leave Without Pay (LWOP) working full time – two in the Cairo office and two each in the Zagazig and Mansoura Regional Offices. Dr. Moamen El Sharkawy and Eng. Amira Abdel Hady were assigned to the Cairo office. Eng. Ayman Shedid, Water Management Specialist and Eng. Soha Mostafa, Water Information Specialist, were assigned to the Zagazig Regional Office. Eng. Elbayoumi Ali Ez Eldeen, Water Management Specialist and Eng. Akmal Badie Henein, Water Information Specialist were assigned to the Mansoura Regional Office. The LWOP decree expired at the end of June and MWRI recalled all of them on July 14. This left the staff very short-handed. MWRI issued new LWOP decrees for Dr. Moamen and Engrs. Amira in August, and for Ayman and Akmal in September and all four returned to work as project staff. The other two field positions were filled by Eng. Tamer Gomaa in Zagazig in mid-October and Eng. Mohamed Bakry in Mansoura in mid-November. The project has been fully staffed since mid-October after 4 months of being short staffed. Andrew Tczap, IRG Home Office (HO) Senior Manager, completed a 15-day assignment (March 30 –April 16) to prepare a management assessment of the project, assist with preparing Year 3 Work Plan, and assist with a budget review. Dr. Craig Anderson, Expat Institutional Development Specialist, completed a 22-day short-term technical assistance (STTA) assignment (March 30–April 28) to assist with preparing Year 3 Work Plan, assist with Task 1.3 Improvements in Water Productivity and Efficiency, and review the Updated Communications Plan. Firras Traish, IRG Project Coordinator/Procurement Officer completed a 12-day STTA assignment (May 19 –June 2) to review procurement and purchasing files. Dr. J. Fredericks (COP) was reassigned to the Home Office by IRG and he departed Egypt on May 12. Andrew Tczap arrived Cairo on May 9 to take up the position of COP vacated by Dr. Fredericks. 2 ANNUAL REPORT YEAR 3 (JANUARY – DECEMBER 2011)
USAID requested a presentation on the draft Year 3 Work Plan and the project staff made the presentation on May 17. A staff meeting, including Regional Office staff, was held on May 18. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Motaleb, Head of MWRI Planning Sector, and IWRM II Project Coordinator attended part-time and discussed his expectations regarding the working relationships going forward. A Steering Committee meeting was held on 19 May. The entire committee was in attendance except for USAID, whose member was notified of the meeting with one day’s notice and had a previous commitment. The Committee approved the Year 3 Work Plan contingent on some minor modifications being made. The modifications were made and the final Work Plan was distributed. During the period May 24 – 26, Eng. Wafaa Faltaous, USAID (COTR) visited Port Said, Dekerness and East Elbohirat IWMDs and attended BCWUA meetings and the Branch Canal Water User Association (BCWUA)’s Women Board Members Orientation for Ismailia GD & IWMDs. Andrew Tczap, IRG Chief of Party, joined for the first day at Port Said, Eng. Nabil Fawzi attended the entire trip and Mr. Mohamed Anas, Economist, Ministry of International Cooperation; Department of Cooperation joined the trip on May 26. A monthly coordinating meeting was held on June 6, with John Pasch and Wafaa Faltaous of USAID, Dr. Motaleb, Eng. Mohamed El Fetyani and Eng. Nabila Bahaa of MWRI, and Andrew Tczap of IRG in attendance. USAID and IRG met on June 9 to discuss the proposed $4.9 million in-kind grants to BCWUAs. John Irons (USAID), John Pasch (USAID), Eng. Wafaa (USAID), Eng Andrew Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil Fawzi (IRG), and Dr. Wadie (IRG) attended this meeting. Several more meetings related to the proposed grant program were held, several with MWRI and USAID decided to abandon the proposed grants program in early August. MWRI/IRG met on June 9 to discuss the need and benefit of adding geographic information system (GIS) training to the project activities. Eng. Andrew Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil (IRG), Eng. Hesham Shebab (MWRI/ID), and Eng. Tarek Saied (MWRI/PS) attended. Engrs. Hesham and Tarek followed up the meeting by canvassing districts and directorates to assess capabilities and requirements. The final conclusion was that GIS was not appropriate at the district level at this time. MWRI (Central Directorate of Irrigation Advisory Service or CDIAS)/IRG met on June 14 & 22 to discuss the potential for cooperation between Livelihoods and Income from the Environment (LIFE) IWRM II project and MWRI Central Directorate of Irrigation Advisory Service (CDIAS). Eng. Andrew Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil Fawzi (IRG), Dr. Moamen (IRG), and Eng. Atef Elkashef (CDIAS) attended. MWRI/CDIAS and IRG personnel met on July 3 and 7 to continue investigating the potential for cooperation. Eng. Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil (IRG), Eng. Mohamed Elfetyani (Planning Sector), Dr. Moamen (IRG), and Eng. Atef Elkashef (CDIAS) attended these meetings. Eng. Atef suggested a training needs assessment (TNA) be conducted by CDIAS staff in the IWRM II area and the project offered their support. CDIAS began by visiting a sample of IWRM districts (50%) to conduct a TNA. Project staff from the regional offices attended most of these sessions. The CDIAS visits were completed on August 4. CDIAS and IRG met on August 10 and 17 to discuss the findings of TNA for the IWRM II Water Advisory Teams and the potential for cooperation between the IWRM II project and CDIAS. Eng. Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil (IRG), Eng. Mohamed Elfetyani (Planning Sector), Dr. Moamen (IRG), Eng. Nagwa (who replaced Eng. Atef Elkashef), Eng. Ahmed and Eng. Ezzat (CDIAS) attended both meetings. Eng. Wafaa (USAID) attended the August 17 th meeting. The main conclusion reached by the TNA was that refresher training was needed in some districts and would be beneficial in all districts. ANNUAL REPORT YEAR 3 (JANUARY – DECEMBER 2011) 3
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Page 8 and 9: IWRM I USAID/Egypt funded LIFE Inte
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Page 47 and 48: INTRODUCTION The tables following t
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