Environmental Street phase 1

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Environmental Street July 1999 Till Now

Strategy:

Mobilizing local resources through raising public awareness about environmental issues in general, especially solid waste management
Highlighting the role of women as an essential pillar in society and stressing on her impact on changing society's negative behavior and attitude
Pointing out positive and negative environmental behavior
Increasing the role of society through participation of all community segments, e.g. children, youth, adults, women, etc.

Stressing on the effective role played by the community committee that works on sustainability of the project on all its levels
Emphasizing the significant role played by the media in changing behavioral patterns
Encouraging youth to uptake environmental projects to increase their income

Expected Results:
Raising public awareness to a level that will enable them to change their behavior in favor of a cleaner environment Coming up with a number of streets that deserve to be named "Environmental Street" not only in Cairo, but in all Egyptian governorates. This will reflect Egypt's civilization Valuable community participation in targeted areas Cooperation between all institutions available in the area to ensure sustainability of the project Creating local dialogue among stakeholders Effective role of women Making use the human resources available by utilizing youth in implementing the project Finding a model street in each governorate
Steps for Choosing the Environmental Street:
Promotion and advertisement about the project in the 27 Governorates. Forming a committee including governmental and non-governmental entities in each Governorate to evaluate the previous criteria and set an action plan for the project implementation Implementing public awareness workshops for each street community The implementation period for each street is 3-4 days in each Governorate and practical work.