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Administrative and coordination process
• Governorate of the Red Sea – City of Hurghada (Municipality) and Governor’s to approve the plan and its
targets,
• City Council represented by the Governor approval,
• Hotel owners and management in Hurghada – approvals,
• Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoPMRs) – study and approve the quantity of the natural gas
needed for these Hotel connection, including:
- Egypt Gas Holding Company (EGAS) – study and approvals,
- City GAS Company – Governorate of Red Sea (approval for NG supply),
• Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MoERE) – NREA to approve the plan of SWH systems,
• Ministry of Tourism (MoTrm) – Award GB license as part of the hotel license renewal,
• Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) – Assess the environmental impact and benefits, and
• Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation (MoIIC) – international investment approvals.
Government and Administrative Procedures and Approvals
• Initial approval of the Governerate (Municipality),
• Environmental permit: according to Egyptian Law for the Environment, Law 4/1994 amended by Law 9/2009,
• EEAA approval and process: a Preliminary Strategic Environmental and Social Impacts (SESIs),
• Safety and Operation permit by EGAs and City GAS – MoPMRs, and
• MoPMRs approve the supply natural gas.
3. Technical description
Link to Governorate and municipal development plan
The SECAP is built on three drivers: a) reduce energy consumption; b) develop energy production; and c) climate
adaptation actions. Hence, the reduction of GHG emissions from tourism and leisure activities is vital for the
Governorate of Red Sea strategy on climate change mitigation and adaptation. As more than 4 million tourists visit
Hurghada every year a strategic and comprehensive approach to improve the sustainability and change the current
hotels and resorts is urgently needed.
The Governorate will particularly contribute to Egypt’s SDS key performance indicators (KPIs) that are relevant to
SECAP, mainly in Energy, Urban development, Environment, and Domestic energy policy:
• Secure energy resources,
• Increase reliance on local resources,
• Reduce the intensity of energy consumption, and
• Raise the actual economic contribution of energy sector in the national income 62 .
This planned action ≠3 on greening the city hotels and resorts would also support the National Adaptation Action,
especially in the tourism sector:
Costal Zones sector:
1. Reduce climate change (CC) associated risks and disasters.
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Nihal El-Megharbel, Presentation on Egypt's vision 2030 and planning reforms, First Assistant to the Minister of Planning, Monitoring and
Administrative Reform, October 2015.
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