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Gamea takes part in closing session of Green Growth project
28 June 2020  -  Organization :  -  Sector/Entity :  -  Category : General

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The two ministers witnessed the signing of a cooperation protocol to establish a waste recycling project.

Cairo- June 28, 2020

Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea has participated in the closing workshop of the Green Growth project, entitled “Green Growth: Industrial Waste Management and SME Entrepreneurship Hub in Egypt,” along with Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, via video conference, and in the presence of Malinne Blomberg, the country manager at the African Development Bank Group.

During the session, the two ministers witnessed the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Cleaner Production Technology Center, affiliate to Technology and Innovation Industrial Council and the Delta Technology University in the industrial city of Quesna to establish a waste recycling project that integrates industry partners.

“The protocol is one of the most important outputs of the industrial waste management project, and aims to encourage small and medium-sized industries and entrepreneurship in Egypt,” Gamea said.

She pointed out that the most important outputs of the project included the establishment of an electronic platform for exchanging industrial wastes, which has registered more than 160 companies before its official launch today, in addition to awarenewss programs to build the capabilities of industrialists and investors.

The project, which is implemented by the Cleaner Production Technology Center, has contributed to boosting national industry through making use of industrial waste while protecting the environment, the minister further noted.

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