Location: Giza, Egypt
Date of establishment: October 2004 (Framework Agreement). More
By decision BC-III/19 the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention in 1995, selected Egypt to host the BCRC for Arabic-speaking countries in Africa and the other Arabic-speaking countries. This resulted to the establishment of BCRC Egypt in 2000 and the Framework Agreement was signed in 2004.Upon its expiry, a new Framework Agreement has been prepared and is under signature by the Parties.
Hosted by: Cairo University in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Environmental Affairs
Parties served: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Expertise: Environmentally sound management of hazardous waste, National Reporting
For more information visit: www.bcrc-egypt.com
Prof. Mostafa Hussein Kamel Director,
BCRC-Egypt
P.O. Box 336 Al-Orman12612 Giza,
Egypt
Tel: +20 (2) 35715115
Fax: +20 (2) 35701015
E-mail: cairo@bcrc-egypt.com;
kmostafa@sci.cu.edu.eg