| Posted: April 27 2005,18:04 |
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
Yes :
Development of the EPA's activities took place in three stages:
* Development of suburban areas
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Contribution to solving some problems, such as drug addiction and
smoking. Solid wastes were recycled, for example rice chaff was used in
the cultivation of mushrooms.
* Developing profitable projects.
Measures of success:
* Official and public participation in the EPA's activities.
* Availability of funds.
* Managing to execute all activities and projects.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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Major obstacles :
* Governmental routine
* Lack of funding, and insufficient financial resources to guarantee the Association’s sustainability.
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Insufficient support for environment protection and community
development societies. Public support is usually dedicated to only
orphans.
Measures of failure:
* Lack of necessary funding for future projects
* Unsustainable growth of the projects
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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Action areas :
* Environment protection against pollution
* Advocacy for women's rights
* Protection of biological diversity
* Advocacy of safe food
Most important activities :
* Developing environmental projects in Alexandria
* Establishing educational gardens in a suburban area
* Environmental development of the suburban area of Abou Kharouf
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Training 700 youths and school children on using rice chaff in the
cultivation of mushrooms, being a pesticide-free food. The EPA has been
awarded several prizes in different Arab countries.
* Forming the "Bon appetit Network” (Bel-Hana wel-Shifa) for safe and healthy food and combating pesticide pollution of food.
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Installing and maintaining 24 buoys in the Red Sea for anchoring
tourist boats, as anchor chains damage sea corals (Protection of the
Red Sea Corals)
* Responding to people’s complaints for 3 years on the environmental hot line.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
Urging
all companies, factories and the private sector to provide civil
societies with the funding needed to execute their environmental
development projects.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
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Postal address of organization
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E-mail address of organization
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environ-pion@hotmail.com
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Website address of organization
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Sustainable development
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Egypt at a national level
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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