Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals ...

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Overview 8: Ongoing German DC measures in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, 2004
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Egypt:
Promotion of small
and medium-size
enterprises (SMEs) in
the informal and
formal sector;
promotion of adapted
financial services;
job-creation;
vocational training
Algeria:
Improvement of
competitiveness via
promotion of SMEs
new business startups
(esp. women);
promotion of associations;
vocational
training reform
Yemen:
Adapted vocational
training and financing
for informal SMEs;
financing of the country’s
social fund;
Egypt:
Decentralized construction
and funding
of schools;
German university
Yemen:
Institutional capacitybuilding
at all levels;
community dev’t;
teacher training;
promotion of girls’
education;
construction and
equipment of schools
and school authorities
Jordan:
Primary school construction;
improvement of
school buildings in
informal town
districts and refugee
camps
Yemen:
Policy advice on
sector reforms;
decentralization and
budget planning;
awareness-raising activities;
institutional
capacity-building;
advanced management
training, chiefly
for women;
provision of health
and family-planning
infrastructure
Morocco:
Healthcare system
decentralization;
reproductive health /
support for national
anti-Aids campaign
PT:
Hospital equipment;
rehabilitation of
social infrastructure;
Egypt:
Poverty-oriented
water provision;
organizational reforms;
optimized irrigation
management;
maintenance of water
quality;
Algeria:
Integrated water
management, incl.
groundwater protection;
treatment of
drinking water;
organizational development;
agricultural irrigation
Yemen:
Affordable drinkingwater
supply and
sewage disposal;
awareness-raising
work on wasteful use
of water;
Egypt:
Legal advice on environmental
standards
for air and water conservation;construction
of wind and water
power plants
Algeria:
Environmental legislation;
integrated
environmental
management;
monitoring systems;
local environmental
protection;
awareness campaigns
Yemen:
Waste removal and
disposal;
affordable sewage
disposal
Jordan:
Waste disposal;
wind-energy park
Algeria, Morocco,
Tunisia:
Regional projects
“good governance”
(regional dialogue on
participation, pluralism,
transparency,
government accountability;
support for
civil society and
government reform
processes)
Mauritania:
Support for decentralization
/ promotion
of local authorities
and self-determination,
flanking
support for municipal
elections;
development of
corruption-free
administrations;
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