This year, the Ministry of International Cooperation concluded the UN Partnership Development Framework for Egypt 2018-2022 and prepared the upcoming framework. We also prepared the 2023 - 2027 country partnership framework (CPF) with the World Bank Group, as well as the 2022 - 2026 cooperation framework with the European Investment Bank. Moreover, we launched the 2022 - 2027 country strategy with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Country Strategy Papers 2022 - 2026 with the African Development Bank. Additionally, the year featured cooperation with the EU, USAID & UK across several priority sectors, and collaborated on a regional level Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Azerbaijan, and many other countries through joint higher committees. We also worked closely to ensure cooperation with many African countries across the continent through south-south cooperation.

With commitments made, we entered COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh with our key objective being the move from pledges to implementation among which the main messages were that:

• Global climate financing is significantly lower than needed and is also unevenly distributed, with Africa receiving less than 5.5%.

• Innovative and collaborative financing models are required to finance urgent climate action, particularly in developing and emerging markets where it is needed most.

In 2022 specifically, the Ministry of International Cooperation secured development finance in priority sectors that cover the green transition exclusively with $184 million in the housing, utilities and local development Sector; $1.8 billion in the budget support sector; $2.5 billion in the transport sector; $31 million in the renewable energy sector; $137 million in the agricultural, supply and irrigation sector; and $38 million in the environment sector.

This is in line with the Ministry’s commitment to working towards enhancing partnerships with all our development partners to mitigate global food security challenges, ensuring the needs of citizens and better livelihoods by positioning the green transition as a key pillar. 

This year, Egypt defined a comprehensive National Climate Change Strategy (NCCS) for 2050. Within the scope of the NCCS, the Government of Egypt has defined a set of highest priority projects to be implemented before 2030. 

The NCCS includes a focus on mitigation, adaptation, resilience, loss and damage, and the just transition, and is centered around the energy, food and water nexus.  

Some of the Ministry of International Cooperation’s main contributions to COP27 have been the launch of the Sharm El-Sheikh Guidebook for Just Financing and the $13.5 billion secured for Egypt’s NWFE نُوَفِّي Program, the launch of the Country Climate Development Report with the World Bank Group, a total of 9 cooperation and financing agreements worth €160 million, including grants with Germany, and a signing of the “Mediterranean Hydrogen Partnership” and Letter of Intent with the EU & European Bank for Reconstruction & Development.

In 2022, the Ministry of International Cooperation, along with the Ministries of Communication and Information Technology, and Environment, launched the global ClimaTech Run competition, which featured 15 finalists at COP27, of which 5 winners were selected featuring the key theme of adaptation and resilience with a focus on water, food, agriculture and waste management.