Egypt Network for Integrated Development: The Next Five Years (2017-2021)

2016 ENID Project Board | 15 November 2016

ENID/El Nidaa’s Mission Contribute to the Global SDGs and National SDS Egypt Vision 2030 by supporting sustainable development of Upper Egypt

ENID/El Nidaa’s Future Plans • First, consolidate progress made in all its three programmes

(Agriculture, MSMEs and Basic Services) with special focus on scalable projects including reaching economic size for sustainability. Also completing the value chain for some activities to increase profitability and reduce cost.

• Second, engage in new projects and best practices. ENID/El Nidaa plans to use Qena’s Zaheer Sahrawy to host an integrated group of interventions to become a model for replication in as part of the national 1.5 million feddan mega reclamation project.

• Third, strengthen the capacity and links with the El Nidaa Foundation established with support from the ENID Project in Jan 2016 to ensure the sustainability and scale up of the project. The Foundation will act as a Knowledge Bank for young entrepreneurs to provide them with the necessary tools to start their own micro projects in all activities supported by ENID.

ENID: Consolidating Progress & Introducing New Best Practices

Consolidating Progress – Basic Services The Basic Services component will continue to operate and scale up its best practice initiatives: a) Girls' Literacy Classes and Vocational Training Centers: 10 villages b) Early Childhood Care & Education Classes: 10 villages

The UAE based Big Heart Foundation has committed $1.3m for upgrading two healthcare units in Qena and Luxor, as well as, establishing two literacy classes and two vocational training workshops in Qena.

Through this project, ENID plans to renovate two healthcare units, provide medical equipment and supplies and enhance capacities of medical staff. They will also expand the literacy+training classes in two villages.

The Component plans to also introduce new best practices: a) Youth led startups in solid waste management: 10 villages

The MSMEs & Entrepreneurship Component plans to continue to implement its successful best practice interventions: a) Establishing Village Clusters for the Artisanal Sector: Based

on its progress to date, ENID will focus on expanding the number of workshops in its OVOP villages to reach the cluster level of 100 workers per village (20 workers per workshop) for all successfully marketed products.

b) Technical and vocational Education and Training (TVET) c) Entrepreneurship and financial literacy classes d) Marketing, Design and Exhibitions

Consolidating Progress – MSMEs

The Component plans to also introduce a major new best practices: a) The Zaheer Sahrawy (Desert Fringe) manufacturing center for

women and Youth

The Sustainable Agriculture Component plans to continue implementing its successful best practice interventions: a) Safe Milk Processing and Marketing b) Safe Poultry Raising c) Recycling Agricultural Residues d) Integrated Fish Farm In the next phase, the Component aims to benefit a total of 2410 people, providing capacity building for 1,410 people and creating employment for 1000 people through its activities.

Consolidating Progress – Agriculture

The Component plans to also introduce a major new best practices: a) Green houses for productive and protected crops: 2 villages b) Palm tree and Palm date industry: 10 villages

Integrated fish farms value chain 9 Feed Cost 82% of Operation Cost 9 Simple Processing – increases Value Added

9 1 feed unit established and operated 9 1 cooling and preparation unit established and

operated 9 1 marketing outlet for fish products established and

operated

Integrating Recycling of Agricultural Crops with the Milk Processing 9 2 milk cooling/processing and units

established in CDAs 9 2 milk processing units provided with

packing facilities to provide a larger variety of dairy products with longer shelf life

Household Safe Poultry Raising 9 Networking / Services 9 2 feed hubs (80% of cost) /

Networking (10 villages) 9 Value Chain / Vet Services

(Crucial) 9 Geographic Coverage

FFS - Hydroponic Farming

9 IRR (Vegetables Tomatoes Cherry – Hot Pepper - Strawberry) 27-39% depending on crop

9 Capital Turn Over 2.5 - 4 years

Consolidating Progress & Adding Value – Sustainable Agriculture

Molasses 9 IRR 47% 9 B/C Ratio LE 1.21 9 Capital Turn Over / Recovery 2.14 year 9 Marketable Food Item 9 Research based by Food Industry

Technological Center (FITC), Ministry of Commerce

Honey Safe Goats Raising

9 IRR 45% 9 B/C Ratio 1.35 LE 9 Capital Turn over 2.21 year 9 Net Profit LE 1055 / year

Banana Fiber Extraction, Processing and Manufacturing 9 200 farmers (50% women) trained in

banana fiber extraction, processing and manufacturing as well as recycling banana residues

9 50 farmers reporting increase in income 9 50 women reporting increase in income 9 300 tons of banana residues recycled

into high nutritional value compost

9IRR 43% 9Av Net Profit/year LE 10290 9Net Profit LE 10.3/kg 9B/C Ratio 1.58 (LE) 91 hive (100 units) established and

operated 400 kg of honey extracted 93 by-products produced and

marketed

Introducing New Best Practices – Agriculture

Selection of Best Practice Priority Models The best practice priority models were identified through: 1. Direct dialogues with stakeholders including farmers, decision

makers at the Governorate level, senior officers and extension specialists in the Directorate of Agriculture in Qena, and partner CDAs;

2. Follow up to recent research based improvements in agriculture productivity and available appropriate technology for Upper Egypt;

3. Consistency with national and Governorate priorities; 4. Wider developmental impact among poor households and

multifaceted objectives; 5. Greater impact on project Outcomes (employment & income); 6. Verified through assessing economic feasibility to ensure

profitability and hence sustainability (+ marketable products on the shelves).

Zaheer Sahrawy Manufacturing Center for Women and Youth

The Zaheer Sahrawy Manufacturing Center for Women and Youth ENID/El Nidaa has identified 13,800 m2 of land in Qena to provide employment opportunities for poor women and youth in the sectors of RMG and Wood products. With the project extension, ENID plans to use this space to carry out the following: a) RMG factory: Two of the three factory buildings, two stories

each (at a total of 700 m2 per building) are refurbished and will be dedicated to RMG production.

b) Furniture Factory: The third factory building will house advanced machinery to service high end furniture, Arabesque, Sculpting with Camel Bone, Mother of Pearl inlay, and Oyma (sculpted) Woodwork

c) Nursery and Pre-school: provide a place close to work to encourage women to participate

d) French Loom Workshop: ENID will utilize part of this space to establish a French loom embroidery workshop where the trainees will designs wedding dresses and evening wear.

e) Storage and exhibition for handicrafts products: Serve as a central hub that will display ENID/El Nidaa’s wide range of products and house the facility’s administration.

Other Zaheer Sahrawy Best Practice: a) Community-oriented Sanitation: Replicate a successful participatory

community-oriented sanitation system that will provide additional jobs and clean sanitation to the space.

b) Silk production: ENID will initiate an Integrated project for sericulture development. The project will cover the whole value chain from modern cultivation of mulberry trees, silkworm rearing to cocoons, silk reeling, and silk weaving. The project will provide jobs to women and youth in Upper Egypt and will have high potential for increasing export earnings.

The Zaheer Sahrawy Manufacturing Center for Women and Youth

Knowledge Production & Marketing

ENID Knowledge Production & Dissemination a) Knowledge Production and Advocacy: ENID will continue to

communicate results by producing policy briefs and case studies as well as news articles and press releases. ENID will expand its website and social media profiles

b) Knowledge Sharing Online Platform: ENID plans to create this platform for young entrepreneurs and NGOs to provide them with the necessary tools to start their own small projects. It will include: – Feasibility Studies for ENID best practices. – Mapping of best technical assistance providers in various fields. – Database on access to credit, providers and credit terms. – Database on all legal aspects of starting a new project. – Up to date guide of local and international best practices. – Computers and smart phones for 170 NGOs in Qena, Sohag and

Luxor for interactive knowledge sharing and marketing. – Operation of e-shop to support marketing of products.

ENID Marketing • ENID will expand its marketing activities in the next five years to

provide higher exposure for handicrafts produced by beneficiaries

• Online sales. ENID/El Nidaa’s e-shop will become operational in December 2016 which will open up a bigger market for furniture and wood products not only in Egypt but also abroad.

• Following the success in previous local and international exhibitions, ENID will target more competitive exhibitions such as Maison et Objet in Paris, France and Ambiente in Frankfurt, Germany.

• ENID also plans to regularly offer new designs for various products displayed at stores where its handicrafts are sold.

Ensuring Sustainability and Impact

ENID Scale up & Impact

• The project will continue to link field-level experience with local & national policies and other development projects (e.g. WB, Canada/ILO, USAID) to maximize synergies and impact.

• The project plans to directly and indirectly benefit some 15,000 people with new economic opportunities and enhanced skills in areas of basic services, MSMEs and agriculture.

• ENID plans to scale its initiatives with focus on Qena to 2 other Governorates of Luxor and Sohag, which has constantly requested ENID’s support.

Ensuring Sustainability • Ensuring sustainability is the main goal ENID/El Nidaa. ENID

provides the young women and men with the necessary skills that will enable them to join the labour force, contribute to the economy and become future entrepreneurs.

• On an institutional level, with the establishment of El Nidaa Foundation in January 2016, the Foundation will serve to ensure the sustainability of interventions beyond the UNDP-MOIC project.

• ENID/El Nidaa’s track record and its partnership with the local government and NGOs on the ground as well as its ministerial and private sector connections also ensure continued support to its projects and alignment with national/local plans.

• Furthermore, in order to be sustainable, ENID/El Nidaa is adopting a long term scaling up strategy for replication of successful models to be conducted in other regions by Corporates and Civil Society Organizations with technical support from El Nidaa when required.

El Nidaa Foundation • The El Nidaa Foundation was established with support from the

UNDP-MOIC ENID project. • El Nidaa foundation will coexist alongside the project to ensure

sustainability. • The Foundation status will allow ENID to approach and partner

with more and new donors especially from the local private sector.

• The support to El Nidaa Foundation is added as a new Output in the Project Extension.

• The Mission of the ElNidaa foundation is twofold: a) Create Knowledge Platform for youth to tap best practice

projects and businesses b) Sustain the effort of marketing on behalf of handicrafts on the

trade basis

MoIC – UNDP Project Framework

Continuing under the MOIC-UNDP Project framework provides ENID with added value as follows: 1. Ensuring that the project is aligned with the Government’s

development priorities and policies and contribute to both the national and international agendas such as Egypt’s Sustainable Development Strategy (Egypt Vision 2030), UNDPF and the SDGs.

2. Provide a flexible project framework that encourages taking risks and experimenting to identify best practices and learn from successful global/regional practices that can work in the context of Upper Egypt and meet the needs of its people.

3. Contribute to additional resource mobilization of at least $3.6

million from donor agencies and partners such as OUDA ($0.7m), Sweden ($0.8m), Italy ($0.5m), UNDP ($0.9m), RBF ($0.3m), and Coca-Cola Foundation ($0.2m).

4. Enhance project’s visibility and opportunities to advocate and influence local and national policies and programmes and participate in North-South-South Cooperation (e.g. ENID session at HLM2 GPEDC).

5. With its convening power, MOIC/UNDP guarantees coordination with other donor projects and cooperation with other UN, bilateral and multilateral agencies and private sector partners working in relevant areas.

MoIC – UNDP Project Framework

ENID Resources (2017-2021) The project will require substantial resources to fulfil all project objectives in the next five year period. At this stage, the project extension proposes an increased budget of $ 3,167,019 as follows: x The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF): $ 1,346,486 x Government of Sweden (SIDA): $ 220,533 x UNDP: $ 100,000 x Unfunded: $ 1,500,000 The project will continue to actively mobilize additional resources to fully implement its proposed activities. ENID is ready to provide any further detail of all planned interventions.