Egypt’s investment legislation has been ambitious but has suffered from capacity gaps on local and technical levels, wherein reform has targeted remote and coastal areas with poor resources and capabilities. OHK designed and implemented a study tour for Egyptian officials to Sweden and Denmark to support Egypt’s economic reform activities and address implementation challenges. The study tour was heavy on training modules for innovative decision-making in municipal-type organizations with a focus on technical tools for assisting technical managers in planning mixed urban infrastructure assets and coastal projects.

Our team prefaced the tour by conducting an analysis of the current coastal situation in Egypt’s various shoreline governorates and the key development priorities and management challenges, and formulated in discussion with Egyptian experts and officials a long-term vision for coastal planning and investment management. The resulting conclusions, enriched by the comparative experience in Northern Europe, made their way into a White Paper that now serves as a foundational reference for local officials.